Jhan Robbins David Fisher

The Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique is that associated with Transcendental Meditation, developed by the Indian spiritual figure Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It uses a private mantra and is practised for 20 minutes twice per day while sitting comfortably with closed eyes. TM instruction encourages students to be not distracted by random thoughts which arise and to easily return to the mantra once aware of them. Advocates of TM claim that the technique promotes a state of relaxed awareness, str…