Learn Transcendental Meditation (TM)
with Certified Teacher, James Miles, Maharishi Foundation UK
Be all that you can Be
What I Do?
I teach Transcendental Meditation (TM), a very simple and natural technique, practised morning and evening, sitting silently, for 20 minutes. It brings the mind to a state of inner silence, peace and fulfilment, without any effort or concentration. This is called transcendental or pure consciousness. With regular practise, this state is enlivened into daily life, thus producing more alertness and clarity of mind, more energy and efficiency and more peace and happiness. Ultimately bringing fulfilment to all quarters of life .
As we keep up our twice daily practise, twice a day, one increasingly fulfils their full potential. This lead us to higher states of consciousness, to a state of SELF-realisation, a state of enlightenment. This is liberation, freedom from all suffering, in a state of absolute bliss consciousness, which is what the mind and heart is fundamentally seeking.
It is a great privilege to teach this technique and knowledge, gained from my teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It is of paramount importance to life; the purpose of life, which is fulfilment and wholeness, harmony and happiness. I look forward to speaking to you about it and ultimately teaching you.
What Next?
The next best steps when interested in TM - Prelim Steps
1. Watch this short TM Intro video by Dr Tony Nader (14 mins), who heads up the worldwide TM organisation.
2. Attend my free ZOOM intro talk, held on Tuesday evenings at 19:00 (45 mins). Here I talk in depth about what TM is, where it comes from, the benefits, how it works and the course involved. Plus you can ask all your questions. Simply use the ZOOM link below or use the national TM website to book in: uk.tm.org. If you can't make this time, please contact me and we’ll work something else out.
Join Zoom Meeting
Topic and Time: TM Introductory Talk, Tuesdays at 19:00.
Meeting ID: 860 7426 8987
3. Have a 10 mins one to one ZOOM call with me, go over a few questions and work out a date for you to learn.
Alternatively if you feel ready to learn, you can book on to an upcoming course of mine on the national TM website. Press the buttons below.
The Course
Next - The Course
Once completed the above preliminary steps, you are ready to learn Transcendental Meditation. Steps 4-7:
4. Your one to one, in person, personal instruction in TM, learn how to do it. This lasts no more than 1hr 15mins. I usually teach on a Friday.
For NW London - Kailash Centre, St John's Wood
For Bath - Widcombe Social Club
Steps 5, 6 and 7 steps - 2 options:
All IN PERSON or Hybrid course.
All In Person
Return to the centre on the next 3 consecutive days (steps 5,6 & 7) after learning (Sat, Sun and Mon), for your TM checking meetings. Here, each day we go through the different themed course material, discuss, answer your questions and have a group meditation. This is a group meeting with all the other people that learnt on the same day as you. These meetings last between an 1hr 30mins to 2 hrs.
Hybrid
1st day is still the same, we meet in person, but instead of returning to the centre on the next 3 consecutive days, you do all the course material on the TM APP. Here you watch lectures and take questions and answers, from Dr Tony Nader, who heads up the worldwide TM Organisation. This is why it’s good to watch the lecture from Dr Nader in the prelim step 1., as a nice intro to him.
Additionally on each of these three days, we will connect on ZOOM at 18:15 for a group meeting to check your meditation practise. This is with all the other people that learn on the same day as you. It’s nice to hear other people’s questions and experiences. We will also have a group meditation, to check your meditation. The meeting will last about 45 mins, finishing at 19:00.
This is the crux of the course, but we check in again a week later over ZOOM, then a month later and then you have a TM Teacher for life who you can contact. Plus you are plugged into the TM community, locally, nationally and internationally.
About Me
James Miles MSc(R)
I have been teaching Transcendental Meditation in London and the South West for 10 years, having personally taught 500 people the technique. I love being able to share the benefits I have experienced — including greater energy, peace and fulfilment — as well as bringing together a large and vibrant community of meditators for courses and retreats.
My TM story is I learnt in 2012 while doing a Chemistry MSc(R) at Bristol Uni. It changed my life and I often say I have a life before and after TM. I went from a man riddled with anxiety, lowness and confusion, to a happy, confident, fearless individual, now with the means to fulfil my potential and live the life I always dreamed of. It is a honour and a prvilage to teach this wisdom and technique.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi &
Dr Tony Nader
Maharishi brought the technique and knowledge of Transcendental Meditation to the world is the 1950's. His goal, to end suffering to human life and bring about world peace
Dr Nader is a medical doctor and neuroscientist. He worked alongside Maharishi on the research of TM. Before Maharishi left he asked Dr Nader to look after the TM worldwide organisation, which was from early 2008.
"The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness"