The Quest for Enlightenment: Transcendence in the Lives of Great Thinkers
I was fascinated by these transcendental experiences of great thinkers and sages throughout the ages. The search for Enlightenment is not new.
Ecology, Beauty, and Consciousness: An Interview with Shel Pink
BY LINDA EGENES Shel Pink is a lifestyle futurist and founder of the cutting-edge SpaRitual, a vegan nail, body, and lifestyle brand. Now at the forefront of the Slow Beauty movement, Shel sees the green movement transitioning towards a discussion of slow ideals in direct response to a lifestyle that has become too fast. With…
Five Ayurvedic Weight Loss Tips for Spring
BY LINDA EGENES When spring rolls around, it’s a relief to shed winter hats, boots and coats. But for most of us, it’s not so easy to shed the extra pounds that we may have put on over the winter. Yet spring is the perfect time to detox and lighten up. According to Maharishi Ayurveda,…
Overcoming PTSD with Transcendental Meditation
BY LINDA EGENES Colonel Brian M. Rees, M.D., is a member of the Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve, and has over 37 years of commissioned military service. A graduate of the U.S. Army War College and veteran of five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he is a board-certified family physician who received his medical degree…
Four things you should know about stress: An Interview with William Stixrud, Ph.D.
BY LINDA EGENES William Stixrud, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and director of William Stixrud & Associates in Silver Spring, Maryland, a group practice specializing in learning, attention, and emotional disorders. Dr. Stixrud is an adjunct faculty member at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Enlightenment: What is stress? Dr. Stixrud: Stress is anything that…
An Interview with Jack Forem on Transcendental Meditation
BY LINDA EGENES As my husband and I drove home from a family trip in the light of the full moon, I pulled out my review copy of Jack Forem’s Transcendental Meditation: The Essential Teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and read the introduction aloud. Wrapped in the warmth of the author’s exquisitely crafted story, we were transported…
Stress, the Brain, and Student Life: An Interview with Dr. Fred Travis
BY LINDA EGENES Fred Travis, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition at Maharishi University of Management. He is the author of more than 50 research papers that investigate the relation between brain wave patterns, conscious processes, states of consciousness, and meditation practice. He regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses,…
This Valentine’s Day, Give Your Muse a Hug
I was listening to an NPR interview of a woman writer explaining how she keeps her muse happy by talking to it. After a while I realized the woman being interviewed was Eat Pray Love’s author Elizabeth Gilbert, whom I consider to be a writer’s writer, one of my favorites because she crafts her words…
American Heart Association Advises Doctors to Prescribe Transcendental Meditation for Hypertension
I’ll never forget Maggie, one of the first women I taught to practice the Transcendental Meditation technique. As a young TM teacher in the 1970s, I was feeling less stressed and happier with daily meditation, yet the dramatic improvements in other people sometimes startled me. Maggie tearfully told me in the interview before instruction that…
James Meredith: A Music of the Heart
BY LINDA EGENES James Meredith is not your typical classical musician. For one thing, he’s had a multifaceted career. As an accompanist he is a musical partner with mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and dramatic soprano Olivia Strapp. He is the founding director of the celebrated Sonos Handbell Ensemble, which has brought audiences to their feet…