Excerpt from Wander Magazine’s Live Well Section
Out now in the Wanderlust Issue, Page 10
The unabridged version is available on Wander Magazine’s Website
Explore what happens in the mind and body with Transcendental Meditation practice from the eloquent neuroscientist Dr. Tony Nader
“There’s a curiosity that often evokes a sense of mystique that radiates around the practice of Transcendental Meditation. It’s no cult or religion. And it is not an ephemeral trend. The intriguing concept of TM and its effects have been studied and proven in hundreds of scientific studies since the technique was developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and entered the spotlight back in the 1960s. So there isn’t any woo-woo. More accurately, TM is merely a practical enhancement of one’s own independent well-being and growth, whatever that might mean for an individual. It is fairly simple and requires just a little training and daily dedicated time all to oneself.
“Indeed, TM’s growing number of practitioners over the years has strengthened its reputation. And perhaps the many in the entertainment field, from the Beatles to Oprah to Jerry Seinfeld, along with top CEOs around the world, may at times shroud it in some inaccessible realm. But the truth is that the practice is actually quite grounding. Whatever the case may be, with initiatives around the world from classrooms to boardrooms to recovery rooms, the technique is for just about anyone in the interest of promoting health, peace, and transcendence over that which may weigh heavily on us.
“So what is it?”
