In March 2009, the surviving Beatles members, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, announced that they would reunite on stage on April 4, 2009 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall in order to raise money to teach transcendental meditation to children internationally.CNN.com: Surviving Beatles reunite to promote kid’s meditation

The Maharishi, as we called him, always gave all onus and praise to his Guru, Guru Dev, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/introduction.htm

In rememberance with Love and respect I offer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mde8oEm3Y1c&feature=PlayList&p=361D2604A5B2AAA4&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=96

TM is not without its controversy, and some of the claims made have been a stretch based on the actual scientific results, but in science assumptions and theories arise all the time. Taking away from the assumptions and purely looking at the research one can see that something good happens when one meditates using the TM technique.

Reference Information on the science behind TM and the research conducted can be found at: http://www.mum.edu/tm_research/welcome.html and http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/TMResearch/index.cfm

The reason is simple, says Stephen Bodian, author of "Meditation for Dummies," a bestseller in its second edition. Meditation helps people who feel bad to feel good, and people who feel good to feel better.

Meditation, which is turning your attention inward towards your mind, has been reportedly used by more then 15.3 million people according to the National Centers for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) to help ease symptoms of illness.

This is NOT instruction in the practice or technique of TM.

• 1. Begin with 15 minutes of specific Yoga Asanas

• 2. Before TM, one can practice a few minutes Pranayama it settles one down and sets a more conducive condition to begin TM

• 3. TM - Sitting comfortably, eyes closed, one mentally introduces the mantra in an effortless manner.

• 4. Following TM a few minutes of Pranayama is helpful in reintroducing oneself to the world.