ADHD: Meditation, not Medication

http://www.mum.edu Sarina Grosswald, Ed.D., explains her research on ADHD. Includes interviews with kids who learned Transcendental Meditation. From the David Lynch Weekend, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa. (March 26, 2005)

Maharishi University of Management (MUM) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the arts, sciences, business, and humanities. The University is accredited through the doctoral level by the Higher Learning Commission.

Founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the University features Consciousness-Based education to develop students' inner potential. All students and faculty practice the Transcendental Meditation technique, which extensive published research has found boosts learning ability, improves brain functioning, and reduces stress.

Maharishi University uses the block system in which each student takes one course at a time. Students report they learn more without the stress of taking 4-5 courses at once.

The University has a strong focus on sustainability and natural health, and serves organic vegetarian meals. The B.S. in Sustainable Living is MUM's most popular undergraduate major.

Maharishi University of Management http://www.mum.edu
Consciousness-Based education http://www.mum.edu/cbe/
Transcendental Meditation http://www.mum.edu/tm.html
Research http://www.mum.edu/tm_research/welcome.html
Block system http://www.mum.edu/cbe/block.html
Sustainability http://www.mum.edu/sustainability.html
Natural health http://www.mum.edu/cbe/natural_health.html
Organic veg meals http://www.mum.edu/campus/dining.html
BS Sustainable Living http://www.mum.edu/sustainable_living/

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• hyperactivity
• attention
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• Meditation
• Maharishi

[xxpoppyelfxx]

Soon as she said that they are narcotics i stopped watching. Opiates and Benzo's are narcotics which are the complete opposite of STIMULANTS. Yeah giving kids below the age of 17 stimulant meds is completely unnecessarily due to the emotional and physical effects when they are still developing at a rapid rate. Especially since public schools pretty much hand you a HS diploma for just showing up for class. College on the other hand, would be an effect time for their use.

[MaharishiUniversity]

@xxpoppyelfxx hm...You are technically right. However, "Class 2 narcotics" is an older term used to describe medicines (since these are approved for legal purposes). These medicines have the largest abuse potential compared to other prescribable drugs and are typically kept in a locked cabinet in the pharmacy. Examples include amphetamines like ritalin, adderal, concerta; also pain drugs like oxycontin, fentanyl.

[Vegheadsrock]

If I calmed my stress anymore than it already is, I would be dead. What type of meditation do you recommend if I am a passive daydreamy slow sluggish type?

[MaharishiUniversity]

@Vegheadsrock The thing about TM is that it's a natural technique that improves the way you function. It doesn't force any particular type of change. If you're the jittery type, then probably you'll feel calmer after you practice TM. But if you're overbalanced the other way - as you say, sluggish - then it will help normalize that and you'll feel more energy.

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

Meditation or... poison? I choose meditation, too late already choice made. Not possible to change choice LOL.

[MaharishiUniversity]

Actually, some of the students in this video were on medication, but with the support of their doctors they were able to reduce/eliminate it after they'd been practicing TM for a while. So it is possible, but be sure to check with your doctor.

[Znsane]

I agree 100% Viper1210. Schools do NOT promote imagination and individual thinking. If someone is thinking about something or daydreaming, they get labled by teachers as "not paying attention"

Society and schools push us to act and perform in humanly unnatural ways, and an ADHD child is more instinctly natural & childlike. Society trys to "MAKE" adults out of children by teaching-out and removing the normal child-like tendencies to make a bland, controlled, lifeless and conforming adult.

[ikweetvannixs]

So without medication it is an other child,

that you do not accept as he is.

You liked your druged child more. What message is that to your child?

[rh001YT]

add/adhd ?aquistion. If one wants to be noble, meditation is a good first step, as it both calms the mind and poses the question "what am I pursuing and why?" Ignoble pursuits can be revealed and then abandoned. The ignoble child simply "does", the noble child asks "why". Nobility requires excersize and a simple natural diet. Regards schooling, the noble child learns how to learn - note taking, flash cards - the ignoble child plods along. emphasize nobiity and a lot of child "problems" go away.

[swadedallday]

i think its all in our mind lol

what did the people do back when? lol come on

[JonDeth]

And don't forget chelation.

Pull all the heavy metal poisoning out of their brains from the vaccines!

That's the real cause of all these neurological disorders, a brain stained with neurotoxin from early childhood.

[2HundredPercent]

@Vegheadsrock My experience with TM is that it promotes balance. If I'm tired and sluggish, then after meditating, I feel more energetic and motivated. If I'm over excited, then after meditating I feel more calm. To me, it feels like TM gives me whatever I need most at that time.

So, based on my own experience, I'd recommend you try TM!

[bladdan]

how do u learn Transcendental Meditation, i have adhd

[thepathlesspath]

Can definitely attest to this... Meditation has helped me far more than any concentration medication. Adderal may help you write a paper, sure I'll be honest, it does... But meditation is a far more powerful tool for concentration... I never imagined I'd be able to sit still for 25 minutes.. but eventually it happened... mindfulness is an essential tool for so many aspects, an untapped resource.