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Wellness, Well-being and Being

I recently read that there is an initiative amongst some health and spa leaders to focus on wellness (health) rather than well-being (happiness and emotions). This gave me pause. Half a century ago, the concept of a mind-body connection didn’t even exist, not to mention such a nuanced distinction between wellness and well-being. In fact, when the first research study by Dr. Robert Keith Wallace on the Transcendental Meditation technique was published in Scientific American in 1972, it rocked the scientific community.

You Must Rest

Australian cartoonist Michael Leuning offered a profound insight regarding modern life when his cartoon character Mr. Curly declared:

I believe the world is sick with exhaustion and dying of restlessness… the prolonged ongoing state of fatigue to which our world seems to be rapidly adapting is ultimately soul destroying as well as earth destroying… love cannot take root in this sad situation…. love cannot take root in this sad situation…. Tiredness has become the most suppressed feeling in the world. Everywhere we see people…

Nature Finds a Way

“There is a force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.” – Mahatma Gandhi

When I think about nature, I think about my childhood, which was spent constantly out-of-doors. As a family we were campers, picnickers, hikers. If we could do anything outdoors, we did.

I grew up in New Mexico where nature was as intimate to our daily life as our own selves. Unlike life in an apartment building in a city, where the…

Stress-Free Menopause: An Interview with Ellen Dolgen

Ellen Dolgen has devoted the last ten years of her life to helping other women through the often difficult transition of menopause. With her many TV appearances, Menopause Mondays blog posts, books, and social media outreach, she has helped millions of women experience a healthier and happier life transition. Here she talks about the Transcendental Meditation technique…

The Shampoo Summit: Women as Peacemakers

Iris Zaki is an Israeli filmmaker based in London. She recently created an award-winning documentary called “Women in Sink” including a 7-minute segment called “The Shampoo Summit.”

Set in an Israeli hair salon called Fifi’s that is patronized by both Jewish and Arab women, the film is an intimate, fun, and revealing testament to the uncomplicated, natural harmonizing power of women, despite the neighborhood’s environment of racism and fear.

Motherly Love: From Mothers and Others

What does it take to be a mom? Are all women cut out for it? Are women without children deprived of the blessing of giving that most tender unqualified love?

Mothering is for everyone

Intuition, patience, wisdom, love—all the divine qualities associated with motherhood—often depend on how rested we are mentally and physically as well as how aligned we are with our emotional virtues and the most…

Women, Wisdom and the World

Last February, seventeen women students at Maharishi University of Management (MUM) gathered for a special course called “Women, Wisdom and the World.” Taught by Leslee Goldstein, Ph.D., and Percilla Herrera, the two-week course focused on the role of women historically, in the present, and in a more perfect future.

One of the unique features of MUM is that the students practice the Transcendental Meditation technique twice daily, which has been …

The Pursuit of Happiness: Recreational Drug Use, Addiction, and TM

The British comedian and actor Russell Brand said that in his life, especially in the area of drug addiction, the Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice granted him a radical turnabout. Since learning the TM technique in 2009, his life has gained unanticipated stability—drug free and happier than ever before. Regarding his TM practice, he affirms, “It’s really good if you’ve had addiction issues.”

Awakening Spiritual Life

When my father was a young minister and doctoral student in the Boston area, he would listen to weekly radio broadcasts by Howard Thurman, the first African American chaplain at Boston University. Later, my father described to me the clarity and calm in his voice, as if each word was a pearl on a string.

My father considered Thurman to be one of the greatest individuals he knew. He explained that Thurman’s life was devoted to cross-cultural…

Maharishi University of Management: A Unique University Helps Women Grow in Consciousness, Creativity and Leadership

Like many young women today, Andrea Zapata enrolled in college right after completing high school. Deciding that she wanted to study environmental sciences at a university, she threw herself into researching different transfer options, but soon became discouraged.

“I grew disillusioned with universities that had great environmental programs yet did not show full integrity with the quality…