Transcendental Meditation

10/06/2025

How to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique in the WNC and Upstate SC region...

Email from Asheville NC TM Center Steps to learn Transcendental Meditation Asheville TM Center "Between the chaos and stress of a hurricane and an election, to be able to quell and calm anxiety has be

10/02/2025

You’re snapping at people you love. You’re not sleeping well. You’re wired but exhausted. That’s not your personality, it’s your nervous system begging for rest. A daily pause can make a lasting difference. Quiet in, clarity and calm out.

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10/02/2025

The final project of award-winning filmmaker David Lynch was his foundation's short documentary entitled "Relief from Within," a film made in Asheville after Hurricane Helene.

For 20 years, Lynch’s foundation has supported teaching the Transcendental Meditation technique to at-risk and underserved populations. David was passionate about offering TM to inner city school kids, the military, police, first responders, and survivors of domestic violence—everyone at risk from over exposure to toxic stress. Research studies have found TM to be highly effective at bringing relief from PTSD and increasing resilience.

David's foundation worked with Asheville meditation teachers to bring certified TM instructors in from other cities and states to offer training, volunteering to teach whoever wanted to learn and waiving all course fees. Over 600 people signed up.

Most of these new meditators reported an inner peace and calm they had never felt before. Amid the destruction and loss, they found a treasure deep inside—a place of comfort, safety, and expansion.

“That first meditation session was the first time I had any sense of relief in the last two or three months,” says Asheville musician Haydon Welsh. “Each time I sit down to do it, I feel a little closer to home.”

Artist Ruth Greenberg’s studio was destroyed when the French Broad River obliterated Asheville’s cherished River Arts District.
After practicing this meditation for two weeks, she said, “This is actual healing. I feel safe in my life, I feel calmer. I feel a kind of happiness that just bubbles up out of me. I hadn’t felt that in so
long.”

Now, a year after Helene, meditators continue to come together throughout the week at the Asheville TM Center for group meditation and healing.

David Lynch did not live to see the finished product of his short film about Asheville, but here it is: a collection of interviews in which local people describing what happened to them a year ago, and the transformation they experienced after learning an effective meditation technique.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiHxmovMmaI).

The Asheville TM Center offers free, 30-minute online introductory sessions every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Register at MeditationAsheville.org.

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09/26/2025

The TM technique doesn’t ask you to clear your mind, it effortlessly settles your nervous system. No concentration. No breath control. Just a simple technique that actually works whether your thoughts are quiet or loud.

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09/18/2025

Not all meditation is created equal. Here's why the TM technique works, even if nothing else has.

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09/04/2025

Stress stacks, and you can’t out-run burnout with more hustle or another vacation. The TM technique works with your nervous system to reset from the inside out.

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08/28/2025

The TM teachnique is a key, unlocking the passageway beyond our relative streams of thought. Find peace and stillness at the end of the corridor by reaching the transcendental state of consciousness.

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08/27/2025

Consciousness is the foundation of everything—so it makes sense that it's also the foundation of happiness. Shifting your state of consciousness is essential for releasing negative thought patterns, and there’s no safer or more natural way to do that effectively than with the Transcendental Meditation technique.

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08/22/2025

This timeless wisdom reminds us that beneath all differences – of culture, language, belief, or background – is a shared essence. The TM technique allows us to experience that unified field within ourselves.

08/21/2025

What we think, we become. Think positive. Think big.

08/18/2025

RIGHT NOW is a great time to support the Asheville TM Center's RELIEF FROM WITHIN project. We were granted matching funds for whatever donations we raise through August 31. This is so we can continue offering TM scholarships to people in our region most impacted by Hurricane Helene. We hope to offer as many scholarships as possible on a case-by-case basis. In the months after Helene, we've waived the course fee for over 400 people.
You can contribute here:
https://davidlynchfoundation.donorsupport.co/page/Asheville
🙏THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BRING RELIEF TO WNC!

As part of the David Lynch Foundation's Meditate America initiative, hundreds of people in Western North Carolina who were impacted by Hurricane Helene have learned Transcendental Meditation. This gift was made possible by donations from local meditators. Those who learned the TM technique reported....

08/17/2025

TM practice is more than a mental technique. It enriches our physiology and spirit in the process of calming the mind. Find a TM teacher at learntm.org/4kXekWv

08/15/2025

OCTOBER WEEKEND RETREAT FOR TM MEDITATORS:
https://enjoytm.org/retreats/weekend-tm-retreat-at-blue-ridge-assembly-black-mountain-nc-fri-oct-31/

08/13/2025

When your mind feels busy, the TM technique gives it a quiet place to land. It naturally settles mental activity, without effort, concentration, or control. That’s why it works, even on the most distracted days.

Find a local TM teacher at learntm.org/46Bnowy

08/11/2025

RELIEF FROM WITHIN: FINDING CALM AFTER THE STORM
Madison Residents invited to learn Transcendental Meditation
• Offered for free by the Asheville TM Center & David Lynch Foundation

• Special offering for residents of Marshall, Hot Springs, and Madison County impacted by Helene.
• Full scholarships are available to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique (while they last!)
• Qualification: You live or work in Madison County

Hundreds of scientific studies have found that the TM technique provides deep rest to the body and allows the brain to function with greater coherence—reducing anxiety, improving intellectual performance, and increasing emotional resilience.

Filmmaker David Lynch's final project was to offer TM at no cost to WNC residents in the aftermath of Helene. David sent his documentary team to Asheville to make a short, moving film, interviewing survivors who shared their story of loss and how this meditation helped them recover. Over 400 people in WNC learned TM for free during the months after the storm.

Please note: The authentic Transcendental Meditation technique is taught by certified instructors through a 5-lesson course over a few days. The course requires at least one session in person at the Asheville TM Center, with remaining sessions done either online or in person.

To sign up to learn the TM technique, email meditationasheville@tm.org.

To learn more about this meditation practice, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/---LEARNING-TM.html?soid=1140242802495&aid=ZkvzOMFsnz4

08/10/2025

TM practice doesn’t require focus, belief, or lifestyle changes. It’s a technique — simple, reliable, personal. Learn it once. Use it for life.

FInd your TM teacher at learntm.org/44QCgWH

08/08/2025

You’re not lazy. You’re depleted.
Rest is not a reward — it’s a right.

07/26/2025

RELIEF ROM WITHIN: TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION • FREE TM CLASSES for residents of Madison County who were impacted by the storm. (If you work in Madison, you still qualify.)
Come to Ginny Lou's Friday, August 1, at 6:30 pm to sign up—and enjoy some great live music from the Pinelli Family, with Julian's world Class fiddle playing!

06/29/2025

One of the most interesting and relevant podcasts you'll ever hear....

Rich is joined by Bob Roth, America's most experienced meditation teacher, to discuss the fourth state of consciousness and TM as AI-age survival.

06/27/2025

Hey, TM meditators, do us a favor and go to our local Google listing and say something about your experience with TM. it will help spread the word ... THANKS!!! 🙏🏼🥰

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06/19/2025

06/18/2025

https://www.richroll.com/podcast/bob-roth-916/

Another excellent and insightful exploration of meditation with TM's Bob Roth and Triathlon star Rich Roll (world-renowned plant-based ultra-endurance athlete, bestselling author, full-time wellness & plant-based nutrition advocate and motivational speaker. etc etc...).
Bob's specialty is bringing clarity and depth to the world of errors and misunderstanding of meditation.

Rich is joined by Bob Roth, America's most experienced meditation teacher, to discuss the fourth state of consciousness and TM as AI-age survival.

04/18/2025

04/18/2025

How to learn meditation in Asheville:

https://meditationasheville.blogspot.com/2025/01/steps-to-learn-transcendental.html