What do I need to start TM?

Time.  A bit of time is the main thing you need to start Transcendental Meditation.

Sometimes, people imagine that they might need to be good at relaxing in order to meditate. Before  learning TM, people often say to me “I can’t make my mind quiet.”  They’re absolutely right!  Nobody can click their fingers and stop the mind thinking. Luckily, this isn’t a pre-requisite to learning Transcendental Meditation.

Some people imagine that they might need to sit very still to meditate or that they’re going to need a very quiet place to meditate. Noise is no barrier for Transcendental Meditation. You can meditate successfully on a train or bus on the way to or from work.

People sometimes think it will take them some time to be ‘good’ at Transcendental Meditation.  This isn’t true either. If given the correct instructions in the correct way, most people meditate correctly from the first session.  We always teach Transcendental Meditation in 4 consecutive sessions so that each student has plenty of practice and enough knowledge about how TM works to continue successfully.  We also provide free follow-up after the TM course.

So, you don’t have to be ‘ready’ to mediate or feel calm or that you have enough head space to begin.  You don’t need previous meditation experience either.  All you need to start Transcendental Meditation is the time to attend an introductory chat and then the four easy sessions of instruction.  After this, to get 100% of the benefits of TM, you need 20 minutes twice a day to meditate. For the benefits we get from TM, it’s well worth spending 20 minutes meditating.

Time is the only thing the teacher can’t give you. You don’t need to worry about doing it right or being able to do it properly.  That’s the teacher’s job.  To get the benefits from TM, all you need to do is just start and then allocate a little time morning and evening and the whole thing takes care of itself.

You can learn Transcendental Meditation with The Meditation People on our Online/Hybrid courses, which we teach every month.  You can also learn TM face to face in Hove, East Sussex.