Maharishi, as his devotees call him, introduced America to the ancient technique of transcendental meditation. T.M. is a stress-relieving technique that has practical applications in business and most other walks of life.
Shanaberger, in turn, is an experienced yoga instructor for Lifestyle Family Fitness and teaches her students how the practice can relieve stress and help them to focus on their goals. "It helps the practitioner understand themselves," she says. The result is that they can get in touch with "what is going on inside, and how to let go of what needn't be held."
Letting go of the horrors of war is not an easy task for soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or P.T.S.D. Yet, it is necessary before they can adjust to civilian life and return to the workforce.
John Zisman is a transcendental meditation teacher in Florida and used the technique in his real estate business. "I was in real estate sales and investment for over 20 years," he says. "T.M. helped me to stay focused, feel refreshed and gave me that edge to succeed through clearer thinking and feeling less stress and pressure." Zisman is participating in a national outreach to help soldiers with P.T.S.D. "The TM program, in concert with Operation Warrior Wellness, is making available a personal improvement program called "Transcendental Meditation" to 10,000 vets who suffer from acute P.T.S.D.," he says. (MORE)
Source: Huffington Post
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