Transcendental News, Vol 24. No 2, September 2020

Synchrony of
silence – online
group meditations
One popular offering of
the lockdown era which
will no doubt continue,
is the online group
meditation, where Meditators
access a Zoom call and meditate at
the same time – in the UK, at 8am
and 6pm.
Reaction has been positive, as in
this feedback from a TMer in East
Sussex.
“The online group experience
has been nothing short of
transformative, my meditation is so
much calmer, I am having longer
moments of that experience of
pure peace, and am valuing the
times of thoughts as stress relief. I
am already noticing the benefits
in my life of a deeper meditation
experience, family relationships
that have been broken for over
three years have now been healed.
I am naturally wanting to take care
of my physical health and have
started doing some gentle Yoga
and am eating a much healthier
The David Lynch
Foundation UK has
been receiving a
lot of interest in
their Heal the Healers Now
campaign, which provides
free TM courses for NHS
frontline staff. “We’re
currently raising funds, and
will be starting a project
with paramedics in the east
of England in the autumn,”
reports DLF UK director
Deirdre Parsons.
www.justgiving.
com/campaign/
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diet. I just feel more relaxed and
happier.
“The leader of the group
meditation does a little ten
minute teaching or answers
questions at every session either
on practical issues about TM or
on fascinating aspects of Vedic
knowledge. Once a week there
is a Zoom link with Dr Peter
Warburton the leader of the TM
organisation in the UK, and his
beautiful stories of his time with
Maharishi are just a delight. There
are about 300 of us meditating
together and a lovely sense of
shared purpose and mutual
support has developed. The group
meets at 8am every morning and
6pm every evening, it is free to
join and you don’t have to make a
commitment, but if it is as valuable
for you as it is for me you won’t
want to miss it!”
Contact your local TM Centre/
Teacher for joining details. n
Heal the Healers now
Ringo Starr supports the DLF
Welcome to new
TM Teacher
Christine Curtis
Christine learned
Transcendental Meditation
in 1986 with Pat Stone.
The anxiety attacks she
experienced prior to learning
TM disappeared, and she went
on to work has a Paramedic
for 26 years in the London
Ambulance Service.
“I moved back to my
roots near to Leek, Staffs and
decided to take the plunge
and attend the TM Teacher
Training Course in 2019/20,”
says Christine. “I’ve now set up
a TM Centre in my farmhouse
in the north Midlands and ran
my first course here in July. I
feel I have come a long way
but of course all thanks to
Maharishi for this amazing
technique.” n
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