How to Do Transcendental Meditation (Step-by-Step Guide)

Maybe you already know how to meditate but do you know how to do transcendental meditation? Meditation was first developed in India many years ago (around 5000-3500 BCE). It took quite some time to become popular in the western world, but today it is celebrated as a therapeutic tool to ease stress, anxiety, [1] depression, [2] and addictions. [3] In the past years, it has also become recognized to improve mental performance, and it consequently became a multi-billion dollar business. When we think about meditation, we usually think about what’s called “mindfulness meditation,” but there are seven different kinds of meditation that are being practiced all over the world: Loving-kindness meditation Body scan or progressive relaxation Mindfulness meditation Breath awareness meditation Kundalini yoga Zen meditation Transcendental meditation Over the past decade, Transcendental Meditation® (aka TM® or T.M. Meditation®) has become extremely popular, scoring a staggering 5 million followers that practice it every day. You may have heard about the benefits of T.M. and wondered what it was all about. T.M. is a type of mantra meditation that has been introduced to the Western world in 1950 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. [4] He taught the practice all over the world for 40 years to spread its movement, touching anyone from politicians to The Beatles. Today, many celebrities such as Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Degeneres, and Howard Stern publicly stated that T.M. changed their lives. [5] The popular movie director David Lynch even created a foundation to help spread transcendental meditation around the world. These big names certainly contributed to the success of this practice (together with the large body of studies proving its benefits), [6] but the main reason for the popularity of T.M. is its simplicity. If you’ve tried to meditate in the past, but you couldn’t stick […]

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