About TM Benefits It’s effortless It’s effective It’s flexible It relieves stress It builds resilience TM Easy Learning & practising Transcendental Meditation is very easy & completely effortless. Learning Personal instruction 1-on-1 Group teaching Remote learning Course Fees Course fees are scaled according to income with further support for WINZ & those in need. Corporate Professional women who regularly practise TM affirm that it helps them to more easily cope with the pressures of work, encourages their creativity and improves their ability to focus. With over 10 million people worldwide having learnt the TM technique, the health benefits have been clearly documented in more than 400 peer-reviewed research studies. It’s easy to learn and practise – even if you find it hard to meditate. And it’s enjoyable, effortless and flexible, leaving women feeling more relaxed, calm and energised. Helping Hands We are living through really challenging times and we realise there are people who are very stressed and experience anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, ill-health, and don’t have the financial capacity to learn. We are a non-profit charitable organisation and whenever needed, if possible, we offer a Helping Hand Scholarship or Pro Bono service. Your donation, large or small, will go a long way to help us enable those women and young people to make a change from within towards a better outcome for themselves and their family. Our Mission – He Whakaaro TM for Women offers courses especially for women, addressing health, education, and professional and personal development issues. Our goal is to make a positive impact on women’s lives, across every woman and age group in Aotearoa New Zealand. Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi In the spring of 1959, the Indian meditation teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi set off around the world to bring Transcendental Meditation (TM) to those who were ready to learn. He was about to change the cultural history of the Western world.