Relief from within: TM for everyone


Apart from water, food, shelter, and other basics, there's another form of disaster relief that's vitally important: relief from the residual stress, anxiety, and trauma. 


To this end, the Asheville TM Center is making Transcendental Meditation available at no cost to everyone in our area (including Upstate SC and East Tennessee) who feels the need—especially those most directly impacted by the disaster. 


Thanks to generous donations from our local meditating community—and in partnership with the David Lynch Foundation—for at least the next few months (beginning October 20, 2024), we are offering the standard TM training without charge—or on a donation basis for those in a position to give back.  

 

The course fee may be waived for everyone who signs up through December 20, but you have at least through January to take the TM course. Cut-off time for waiving the course fee is midnight December 20.

 

Reviving Asheville


We are fulfilling our goal of having hundreds of people learn TM in Asheville over these next few months—more than 500 have already signed up to learn since we started "Relief From Within" in October. The effects will be not only to relieve stress and anxiety on an individual level, but also to uplift the collective consciousness and help with the renewal of our area.


Steps for learning

Step 1: Online Intro Sessions 
 
Learn about:
• Scientific research on the TM technique
• How TM works
• How it's different from other forms of meditation
 
Scientific intro: John Hagelin, quantum physicist (16 min.)
 

Bob Roth Intro (20 min):
 
 
Optional • Women physicians on TM and women's health:
https://youtu.be/jxBVTE0N1DQ?si=acvTu390q6Otn91t



Step 2: Fill out registration form
 
Step 3: Attend a preparatory 30-minute Zoom meeting with the teacher
 
If you registered before December 20, 2024, choose a day and time that's most convenient for you:
Tuesdays 12 Noon
or
Wednesdays 7:30 PM*
No Zoom Preps until Dec. 31/Jan 1.
*If these times are not possible for you, let us know and we'll try to accommodate your schedule: meditationasheville@tm.org.
 
These Zoom meetings will include other course participants, but will also provide the opportunity to chat one-on-one in private with the teacher if you feel the need. You don't need to register for these virtual meetings—just click the link at one of the designated times.
 
Step 4: Schedule your TM course
 
After your Preparatory Zoom meeting, you'll receive an email with links to schedule your course.
 
The TM course consists of four 90-minute sessions, one each day over four consecutive days. The first session is personal, private instruction in person with your teacher—at the Asheville TM Center—followed every day for the next three days by: 

1. A 90-minute in-person class each day, or 
2. A 90-minute virtual lesson each day (viewable any time of day at your convenience) and a 30-minute Zoom meeting with your teacher.

TM Course fee waived for residents of Western NC
 
The standard sliding scale TM course fee, payable by installments, allows our non-profit foundation and local TM Center to be sustainable, helping us make the TM technique available to as many people as possible—especially to under-resourced, at-risk populations who cannot afford to pay (half the course fee goes to help someone in need learn through scholarships). For standard course fees, see below. 

Follow-up: There’s free ongoing follow-up and support for the rest of your life—virtual and also in person at any TM center in the country or around the world. 

Prerequisite: Abstinence from the use of any non-prescription drugs (marijuana, ecstasy, ayahuasca, etc.) for 15 days prior to learning.

 

Group Meditations


Everyone who has learned the TM technique is welcome to join our weekly Group Meditations at the TM Center. As the scientific research shows, when you're practicing TM, you're meditating not only for yourself, you're benefiting all those around you.


Asheville TM Center
165 East Chestnut Street
Asheville, NC 28801
828-254-4350
(c) 828-380-0325

A non-profit, educational organization (501(c)3)

"No other 'stress management technique' has anywhere close to this amount of hard data in support of its claims to reduce stress. If TM were a new drug, conferring this many scientifically verified benefits, it would be the biggest-selling, multi-billion dollar drug on the market." —Norman Rosenthal, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical School

"Transcendental meditation is a simple, natural technique... This form of meditation allows your body to settle into a state of profound rest and relaxation and your mind to achieve a state of inner peace, without needing to use concentration or effort." —Mayo Clinic

Household income     Course fee  or Four Monthly Payments

$200k + $980 $245
$100k - $199k $880 $220
$50k - $99k $780 $195
Less than $50k         $540 $135
Full-time students $420 $105
Less than $29k             Ask about financial aid
MIU students Speak with your TM teacher
Military veterans         Full scholarship

Honor System:

We won’t ask you for evidence of your household income.

We’re a non-profit providing support for at-risk children, veterans with PTSD, and many others in need.

We rely on your integrity.

Thank you.

 


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