The Transcendental Meditation technique is a unique and specific form of meditation, distinguished by its ease of practice and holistic range of benefits. The technique had been lost to society, even in India, before Maharishi introduced it to the world in 1955. To maintain the technique's original effectiveness and help ensure that it doesn't get lost again, it is taught in a systematic, standardized way by certified instructors worldwide.
When you learn the TM technique, your course tuition goes entirely to cover your educational expenses of learning. The TM course tuition is determined by what it costs to make the course available—there are no "profit margins" built into the fee. The reason you can learn the TM technique today is because others before you paid their tuition to sustain the program.
The TM technique is offered by a non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization [501(c)(3)], called Maharishi Foundation, which exists solely to bring the benefits of effective meditation to people everywhere.
TM instructor Robert Roth explains the course tuition:
When you learn the TM technique, your course tuition goes entirely to cover your educational expenses of learning. The TM course tuition is determined by what it costs to make the course available—there are no "profit margins" built into the fee. The reason you can learn the TM technique today is because others before you paid their tuition to sustain the program.
The TM technique is offered by a non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization [501(c)(3)], called Maharishi Foundation, which exists solely to bring the benefits of effective meditation to people everywhere.
TM instructor Robert Roth explains the course tuition:
Why is the TM technique not taught for free? Let's reframe the question: Does one really need a certified teacher, personalized instruction, a seven-step course and follow-up to correctly practice this meditation technique and enjoy its benefits? The experience of thousands of teachers providing meditation instruction around the world for the past fifty years — along with hundreds of independent, peer-reviewed scientific research studies verifying the program’s effectiveness — tells us the answer is most definitely yes: this way of teaching is absolutely necessary and works marvelously well.
If learning the TM technique requires personalized instruction, the time of a professionally trained and certified teacher, a series of classes, an adequate teaching space, and support and follow-up, obviously expenses will be incurred — thus the course fee.
Anyone who wants can learn: There is a standard tuition for the TM course, but there are reduced rates for full-time students, couples, families, children, or those under financial hardship. There are also payment plans, grants, scholarships and work-study options to help cover the tuition. Due to the non-profit and non-commercial structure, anyone who wishes to learn the TM technique can learn. For current fees and payment options, please contact us.
Additionally, a portion of everyone's course fee goes to support TM programs for people who cannot afford to pay — such as at-risk youth, veterans, the homeless, Native Americans, and inner city school kids — all of whom typically learn for free. With the help of private benefactors such as the David Lynch Foundation, over 140,000 schoolchildren in the U.S. and abroad have learned the TM technique free of charge and practice meditation twice daily during in-school “Quiet Time” programs.
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________________________________________________________Anyone who wants can learn: There is a standard tuition for the TM course, but there are reduced rates for full-time students, couples, families, children, or those under financial hardship. There are also payment plans, grants, scholarships and work-study options to help cover the tuition. Due to the non-profit and non-commercial structure, anyone who wishes to learn the TM technique can learn. For current fees and payment options, please contact us.
Additionally, a portion of everyone's course fee goes to support TM programs for people who cannot afford to pay — such as at-risk youth, veterans, the homeless, Native Americans, and inner city school kids — all of whom typically learn for free. With the help of private benefactors such as the David Lynch Foundation, over 140,000 schoolchildren in the U.S. and abroad have learned the TM technique free of charge and practice meditation twice daily during in-school “Quiet Time” programs.
Will other practices give the same results? (click here)
Dr. Sandeep Chaudhary: When you purchase anything of value, of course, cost is a consideration. But the TM technique is actually inexpensive if you consider what you're getting: a program you'll benefit from every day of your life — a program known to help prevent heart attack and stroke, to help people sleep better, to avert the harmful effects of stress. And those are just side effects. The real benefit is that you enjoy your life so much more.There's also ongoing follow-up and personal checking of meditation to ensure correct practice, and there's continued knowledge and guidance, if desired, at TM centers everywhere for the rest of your life — and you get all that follow-up for free.
As a physician, I see the TM technique not only as lifesaving but also as a cost-savings tool. We know how much the average American spends on health care in a lifetime. I live with these statistics. And I see the cost of it everyday in human terms.
I've also seen the statistics on how the TM technique reduces health care costs. Let me tell you, anyone who says the TM technique is too expensive, just take a look at how much money America is spending on medical bills and health insurance every year. It's a lame argument.
The Transcendental Meditation program is the most powerful preventive medicine we have. It pays for itself many times over.
Dr. Sandeep Chaudhary is Medical Director of Wellspring Endocrinology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.
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