North Shore Transcendental Meditation Centre, Sydney

07/10/2026

You can be capable, responsible and good at what you do — and still reach a point where everything feels like too much to hold.

The work is still there. People still need you. Decisions have to be made. And sometimes the circumstances creating stress cannot simply be removed.

So perhaps the question is not only:

How can I make my life less demanding?

But also:

How can I feel better able to meet the life I already have?

A newly published 2026 randomized controlled study on Transcendental Meditation offers an interesting perspective.

After three months, compared with an active control group, women practising TM showed significantly:

↓ perceived stress
↑ resilience
↑ self-efficacy
↑ happiness

This study adds to an existing body of research on TM and stress. What particularly caught my attention in this new study was self-efficacy — our sense that we are capable of dealing effectively with what is in front of us.

In everyday language:

“I can handle this.”

Perhaps wellbeing isn't only about having fewer demands.

Perhaps it is also about having greater inner resources with which to meet them.

We explore the new research in our latest Notes from Silence.

Read: https://www.northshoremeditation.au/en/journals/transcendental-meditation-stress-resilience-2026-research

28/07/2026

Each time our community comes together for a group meditation, a familiar them emerges.

There is something different about sitting together in silence.

Many describe the experience as feeling especially quiet, deep and restful.
Some say their meditation seems to settle more easily.
Others leave feeling lighter, calmer and more connected.

Why might that be?

From a scientific perspective, research has shown that Transcendental Meditation is associated with increased EEG brain coherence—a sign of greater integration between different parts of the brain.

Some researchers have further observed that meditating together further enhances this coherence.

Maharishi offered a simple explanation.

He described consciousness as a field that underlies all individual minds.

When people meditate together, he suggested, we are not only experiencing greater inner silence ourselves, but also contributing to greater coherence in the collective.

Whether you understand it through neuroscience,

through Maharishi's understanding of consciousness,

or simply through your own experience,

there is something special about sharing silence.

two weeks ago, after our community meditation and potluck dinner, that feeling was once again unmistakable.

Perhaps some things are easier to understand not by explanation, but by experience.

24/07/2026

Some stories stay with you.

Last week, during our community dinner, one meditator shared why they first learned TM.

"I lost both of my parents within a year.
I was grieving.
I cried every day.
I needed something to help me."

Then came one sentence that quietly filled the room.

"Learning TM saved my life."

Everyone's journey is different.

Some people learn because they want better sleep.

Some because work has become overwhelming.

Some simply become curious.

There is no single reason.

But hearing these stories reminds us that sometimes a simple daily practice can become an anchor during life's most difficult seasons.

Thank you for sharing your journey so openly.
❤️

22/07/2026

"How do you keep your meditation practice regular?"

That became one of the most interesting conversations during our community dinner last week.

Everyone had their own answer.

One person said:
"I realised TM isn't just another thing on my to-do list. It's something that helps me become a better version of myself. Once I understood that, I started to prioritise it."

Others shared practical ideas:
☀️ Meditate first thing in the morning, before the day becomes busy.
🚌 Use the train or bus journey to work.
✈️ Take advantage of travel time.
🏨 Meditate wherever you are. TM doesn't require special music or a perfect room.

One experienced meditator smiled and added:
"After a while, my body begins to enjoy the experience. It starts reminding me it's time to meditate."

Regularity isn't about willpower.

It's about discovering something so valuable that it naturally becomes part of your life.

How have you built a healthy habit that has lasted?

17/07/2026

An evening of meditation, connection, and inspiring stories.

Last night our North Shore Sydney TM community came together to celebrate the launch of the new national TM Australia website.
As always, we began with what brings us together—a group meditation.

Afterwards, over a potluck dinner, everyone shared something simple but surprisingly powerful:

How do you keep your meditation practice regular?
Some spoke about the calm they feel each day.
Others shared improvements in sleep, relationships, resilience during stressful times, clearer thinking, healthier skin, and simply feeling more like themselves.

No two stories were the same.

Yet one message came through clearly:

The greatest benefits come from regular practice—and sometimes the encouragement of a supportive community makes all the difference.

We also celebrated by giving away three local wellness gifts as our appreciation gifts to the community:

🌿 A complimentary One-Day TM Deep Rest Program
🌿 A Maharishi Ayurveda Lifestyle & Diet Consultation
🌿 A Maharishi Marma Therapy Session

Thank you to everyone who brought delicious food, shared your experiences, and helped make the evening so warm and welcoming.

If you've ever been curious about Transcendental Meditation, you're always welcome to come along to one of our introductory talks and discover what it's is all about.

16/07/2026

New website for TM Australia!

Learn Transcendental Meditation, taught one on one, in-person, to improve your sleep, mental well-being and reduce stress and anxiety.

15/07/2026

Other meditation practices try to handle thoughts - but it is another act in itself. An act usually takes effort.

TM is effortlessly.

26/06/2026

“Love is a highway to evolution. And just as a highway is marked from both sides, it's a closed circuit. You can play but play in this region. Don't go this way, this way. So love has its own boundaries and the channel of love opens itself to the unbounded, but within boundaries.

One goes within boundaries and within boundaries one proceeds to the boundless. So the love is blind but it is intelligent. It's not unintelligent blindness. It's very very intelligent because it's the love of the cosmic intelligence.

It’s the love of the unbounded intelligence. So whereas love is blind, it is intelligent. Blind for its march ahead. Intelligent enough not to get swayed here and there and there and there. Proceed on and on and on. It's intelligent. It's very intelligent. Wide awake. It's blindness but not the blindness that results from dullness but blindness that results from fast march towards the goal. Love is a very, very gentle yet very, very strong most powerful force of life.

It is life. Love is life.”

~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

22/06/2026

From Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Wisdom for enjoying more of life

“As it is, our stand is in the material field, in the gross material field of creation. We experience form through the eyes, sound, through the ears, smell, through the nose. Our nose is able to smell only a certain degree of smell. When the smell becomes much subtler the nose fails to smell it. In a sugar particle, we don't smell anything but the ant feels the smell from a distance. Our nose is not able to experience that subtle degree of smell which other animals are able to smell. That shows the smell is there, but we fail to smell.

Likewise, the form is there, but with very minute forms, we need a microscope to see, our eyes fail to see. The sound is there, but our ears fail to hear. We need a radio to catch the waves. The sound is there, but our ears cannot hear. That shows all this machinery of our experience, all these senses, are capable of giving experience to the gross creation. Only subtle fields of creation, our senses are not able to experience. This shows all the time we are stuck up in the experience of the gross relative order. The creation, subtler creation, in the field of Relativity, is out of our experience.

So what we have to do to get to the Absolute status of life? We have to start from our present stand of experience - present level of experience and begin to experience the subtler phases of either sound or form or smell or taste or touch - any. Only we have to experience the subtler fields of creation till we are able to experience the subtlest creation and transcend it to get to the field of the Absolute. That would mean experiencing the whole field of subtle creation and transcending the subtlest creation to
get to this Absolute Being.

This meditation is a way to lead our attention directly on these lines and get to the taste of the Absolute Being, Bliss Consciousness.”

~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

16/06/2026

"Wandering is not the nature of the mind. To remain settled down somewhere in Bliss is the nature of the mind.”
~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Those who practice Transcendental Meditation regularly often know exactly what Maharishi means.

Beneath the activity, thoughts, plans, and distractions of daily life, the mind naturally seeks a quieter, more settled state. When given the right technique, it moves there effortlessly.

This is why one does not need to believe in TM to learn TM and enjoy its benefits.

TM is not based on belief, concentration, contemplation, or trying to control the mind. It works with a natural tendency of the mind to move toward greater happiness and fulfilment.

Whether you are completely new to meditation, an experienced meditator, curious, or even skeptical, TM can be learned by anyone.

One thing that does matter is learning from a qualified TM teacher through a course carefully designed to provide the full understanding and correct practice of this effortless technique.

Over time, regular practice can help release accumulated stress, improve clarity and wellbeing, and support the development of higher states of consciousness.

Have you ever experienced moments when the mind naturally became quiet without effort?