world. I am very fortunate in that the one in my area of the world, Washington DC, is 5 minutes away from me. There are people who drive for miles away to come to the center. Each teacher is certified by the transcendental meditation organization. The normal fee is $1500 but because they want as many people who want to learn to learn it, they have various "grants" to make it affordable. If you get referred by a doctor, they cut the fee. For me, the doctor referral cut it to $1020. My daughter is an adult who lives in her own household but since she's a student, they charged her $750.
I know that sounds bad but considering that you get lifetime free access to any transcendental meditation center around the world for making sure you are doing it right, it's not bad. They have free introductory sessions at all of the tm centers. Go to tm.org and do the little thing to find out where the nearest center is and go to the free lecture. When I went they were also giving away a nice book called Transcendental Meditation: Healing and Transformation through... by Norman Rosenthal, MD. Look for it.
They really teach it to you in one session but they want three follow up sessions on three successive days so it's about 4 90 minute sessions. After that they have you check in once every two weeks for a couple of weeks; then once every couple of months for two.months. Then you are on your own with the right to.come back at any time.
Before I decided to pay, I tried making up my own mantra and doing it on my own for a few weeks. Because I went to the free lecture I knew that when you pay you are really paying for them to give you a mantra. However I was not able to get the same satisfaction doing it myself, as I have been getting with the mantra they gave me and the instruction.
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