Yes. However, one important distinction between other techniques and TM is that TM eliminates the negative effects of stress and makes us more resilient, while various other techniques only manage stress. For example, TM improves stress-related diseases such as hypertension and reduces heart attacks, strokes, and death in heart patients by 48 percent. It also helps us cope with stressful situations by increasing creativity, intelligence, integration of brain functioning, and wakefulness; and it accelerates recovery from stressors.

There is an old adage that “The world is as we are.” If we meditate regularly we can change how we react to the world and how the world reacts to us. And for an extra boost in stress reduction, consider going on a TM^® Weekend Retreat, which provides a great opportunity for some really profound R and R.