Transcendental Meditation® | Natural Stress Relief™ | |
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For Profit? | Nonprofit with employees (USA 501(c)(3) tax-exempt) | Nonprofit and volunteer (USA 501(c)(3) tax-exempt) |
Course Fee | The TM course fee for adults with under $50,000 income is $500; for greater, up to $960 (as of January, 2020; see TM website) | $47.00 for the hardcopy learning materials and four prepaid email consultations, available on this website. (Or $25.00 for computer files you download, print, and burn yourself prior to use, available from Istituto Scientia in Italy.) |
Teaching method | One personal and five group instruction sessions led by a trained and "recertified" TM® instructor (six 1½-hour sessions) | Self-learning using simple, easy to understand instructions provided in a printed manual and short audio CD (two 1-hour learning sessions a day for three consecutive days) |
Travel required | Must find and travel to a Maharishi Invincibility Center, six times for the course and once for each additional followup or support meeting | No travel ever required (uses self-learning materials delivered by postal mail) |
Advanced programs | Advanced Techniques and the TM-Sidhi® Program, both high-priced and available at special locations after practicing for about a year or more | None |
Ceremony performed at the time of instruction | A Hindu-style puja: a "ceremony of gratitude" performed by the teacher prior to instruction involving incense, camphor, candle, altar, and picture of Maharishi's teacher, Guru Dev, with offerings of fruit, flowers, and a new handkerchief provided by the student | None |
Personal support | Free and unlimited checking of meditation at centers located in or near many large cities throughout the world; no help with problems or answers to questions available online | Free or low-cost answers to questions about experiences and the fine points of NSR™ practice by Web forum, email, telephone, and Skype audio conferencing |
Technique first widely available | 1959 | 2003 |
Validation by scientific research | 600 studies, of various levels of reliability, documenting a wide range of health and other benefits of the regular practice of Transcendental Meditation® | Electroencephalographic (EEG) validation of the unique state of deep rest (transcending), galvanic skin response (GSR) validation of the unique state of deep rest (transcending), and two pilot studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, showing the dramatic reduction in anxiety and the increase in self-actualization resulting from just two weeks of practice of NSR |
How to learn more | Visit our page on Transcendental Meditation® or visit the official TM® Website | Explore this Website or visit the Istituto Scientia NSR™ Website |
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