DAVID LYNCH
FOUNDATION
AUSTRALIA
About TM
About the Transcendental
Meditation® (TM) Technique
What Is Transcendental Meditation?
It is a simple, natural, effortless technique practiced 20 minutes twice a day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed.
It has been taught by highly qualified Certified teachers worldwide for over 65 years and requires no change in lifestyle or adoption of any belief system.
Heal the Healers
Providing frontline health workers with strategies
to manage trauma-based stress and anxiety
We partner with hospitals, medical training organisations and universities to deliver programs using the Transcendental Meditation technique, providing healthcare professionals with the tools they need to manage anxiety, fatigue, grief, and burnout.
Over 600 scientific studies have found that Transcendental Meditation (TM), an easy-to-learn technique which provides deep stress-dissolving relaxation, can significantly reduce anxiety, trauma, PTSD, depression and burnout in frontline health workers, doctors and administrators.
Hear from ER clinical nurse Tanya Malcolm as she explains how learning TM helped boost her resilience during the COVID-19 crisis.
RESEARCH
STUDIES SHOW FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS ARE BENEFITTING FROM PRACTICING THE TM TECHNIQUE
35%
lower anxiety in nurses
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 20 (2013).
55%
less burnout in doctors
Loyola Stritch Medical School, Chicago.
45%
reduction of insomnia and emotional exhaustion in nurses
Study of 65 health care providers from Miami hospitals; Mercy Hospital, Baptist Hospital and Encompass Hospital, 2023.
70%
reduction in PTSD symptoms in doctors
3-Month Trial with Emergency Medicine Physicians,
Weill Cornell Medical Centre, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY.
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS EXPLAIN HOW TM HELPS MANAGE THE STRESS OF THEIR WORK
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I am a very grateful nurse for taking the TM course. Before TM, I had really bad insomnia, especially after working a 12-hour shift in the ED. I barely slept four hours a night.
Now after practicing TM for eight months, I have no problems with insomnia, and I am now getting seven to eight hours of sleep a night. I have become more centered, energetic and calm at the same time. I am forever thankful for this opportunity.”
Dina Kenyon,
RN, BSN Emergency Department
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center,
Plainsboro, NJ
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Nothing can erase the stress and anxiety in our lives, but meditation has taught me how to handle them better.
It is important for my patients to know how much it has helped me.
I recommend it to everyone to help lower blood pressure and heart rate, help with sleep, and think more clearly.”
Erica Cargill Jones, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine;
Weill Cornell Medical College,
New York, NY
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I love nursing, but there are so many layers of stress in taking care of the COVID-19 patients, as well as with worrying about whether I will personally catch the virus or bring it home to my family.
TM has always been an anchor and a great support to me—even more so during this challenge. I am convinced that TM has made me into 'the best me,' and it has given me great strength and resilience in these times of despair.”
Tanya Malcolm,
RN, ER Clinical Nurse
Adventist White Oak Medical Center,
Silver Spring, MD
“Longevity in a career that will last 40 to 50 years requires a physician to embrace the longview. While knowledge, skills and attitude are fundamental, Transcendental Meditation provides the clarity of mind and calmness that makes this journey as enjoyable and fulfilling as the destination.”
Gregory Gruener MD,
Vice Dean for Education,
Stritch School of Medicine,
Loyola University Chicago.
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Heal the Healers Initiative can assist
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