Posts By Janet Hoffman
Teaching Children About Love and Acceptance: An Interview with Children’s Book Author Arlene Maguire
Children’s book author Arlene Maguire is a cum laude graduate of Rutgers University in New Jersey. After receiving a teaching degree, she taught elementary school and then began writing picture books for children. To date, she has […]
A Beginner’s Candid Interview About TM
Reprinted from April 2022 As a long-time Transcendental Meditation teacher, it is clarifying to get a fresh perspective on the TM program. I spoke with a woman who was very […]
New Report Focuses on Women’s Risks for Stroke
I was happy to see that there was a recent increased focus on women and their risk of stroke, as gender is a factor that can significantly affect risk, prevention, […]
Transcending the Stereotype of the Woman Driver
A commonly held stereotype is that women are poor drivers. Two experiments have confirmed that women made twice as many driving mistakes after hearing that cliché! All women who had […]
Next President of the United States
(excerpted and adapted from our blog post of March 3, 2014) Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution states: Before he enters on the Execution of his Office, he shall take […]
Enlightenment: Life Free From Suffering
This interview of Maharishi, founder of the Transcendental Meditation program, is excerpted from Robert Oates’ book Celebrating the Dawn, originally published in 1976 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. Q: […]
Relax! How to Calm Down Successfully
Never in the history of calming down has anyone calmed down by being told to calm down. Do you tend to be high strung, stressed, anxious, over wrought, or tightly […]
Relationship of Transcendental Meditation and Yoga: A 1965 Interview With Maharishi
Q: Maharishi, do your teachings or beliefs bear any relation at all to yoga? Oh yes, of course. Essentially, it is yoga. It is the mind which is brought to […]
Is the World “Awake?”
Have you heard of panpsychism? It sounds mysterious or a little on the ugga bugga side, but, in fact, panpsychism is simply the view that all things have consciousness as […]
Meditation for Millennial Moms
In 2021, 2,000 women in the U.S. who were between the ages of 25 and 35 were surveyed about their health and wellness experiences. The response from 64% (three out […]