Dr. Nancy Londsorf TM immediately gave me that experience of my mind calming down, settling down, and took me to a place which was very quiet inside that I hadn’t been to before, couldn’t remember having been to. It created a very deep state of relaxation but also a quality of fulfillment of bliss, like that inner place was a very special place. Gillorie Myrthil Now I can go and retire to myself and find my peace. I come out and I know exactly how to go about the rest of my day to accomplish whatever I need to. Anna Bruen TM is just a time for me to know myself. I’m able to settle down more quietly beyond the thoughts, beyond the thinking, beyond the feelings, and just be purely me in my essence. Cherylann Johnson Every time that you meditate and you get a sense of peace and this kind of love, it kind of envelopes everybody. You just have this glow about you. As you get deeper and deeper into this meditation and practice twice a day you realize—I’m invincible, I could do anything, nothing could stop me. Lani Aulicano In high school, I ran cross country. The feeling that you get just before you start a race is like you’ve got all this potential energy. It’s kind of like TM on a very subtle level in that it sets you up for your day. It just runs smoothly. There’s a quietness, I don’t really want to say quietness—It’s a peacefulness, but it’s a peaceful intelligence. Claudia de Navraiz I’m generally happier. I’ve always been a happy person but I’m happier even than I was. It’s a deeper happiness. It’s a more abiding happiness. Patricia Spurio, MSW Washington DC I would have an hour break to eat and meditate and then I would facilitate a group for women who had been court-ordered to attend this “pattern changing” group. I would feel so tired after my day and knowing that I was going to this group. But I knew that I was going to revive myself in that middle period of time and meditate. Even the agency was supportive of my meditation. They would give me an office to meditate in. They were really excited about it. They’d say “I need to meditate” because they all saw the effect it was having on me. Medolia Morales Chile You’re doing things in your daily life—homework and school and all that—but then when you transcend during TM you have that other thing extra that’s so much bigger. It’s like beyond all of that. You have the small and then the big picture. It helps us as students to not be overwhelmed in school with homework, and in sports we take it lightly—It’s still competitive but it’s not like we’re overwhelmed with the competition. We’re overall calm and just happy. Coral Morales Chile The incredible rest that we gain during TM is cultured in our system more and more, so the more we do our program, the more creative we are, the more expanded we feel, and the more calm we are.