Summary of Benefits
Everyone is aware of the effects of stress on the body and few doubt anymore the importance of a sound and relatively stress-free physiology for effective mental performance. Yet no educational assessment programs, to our knowledge, have looked at the effect of education on health and physiological functioning.
Published research on the Transcendental Meditation program in educational settings during the past 40 years has shown a wide range of practical benefits for both students and teachers. Hundreds of scientific studies have been conducted on the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation program at more than 200 independent and leading universities and research institutions worldwide.
Benefits for students include:
- decreased stress and stress-related disorders
- reduced substance abuse
- increased intelligence
- increased learning ability
- improved memory
- improved academic performance
- improved standardized test scores
- increased integration and wholeness of personality
- increased emotional stability and maturity
Benefits for teachers include:
- decreased stress and stress-related disorders
- decreased anxiety
- reduced substance abuse
- increased creativity
- improved job satisfaction
- improved interpersonal relationships
- reduced health care utilization and costs
“I’ve seen that my sons who practice the TM technique are calmer about approaching new situations, and that includes less anxiety about peer relations, and more willingness to go their own way, gently.”
—Rabbi Jonathan Magidovitch, B’Nai Torah synagogue, Highland Park, Illinois.