Movement
Transcendental Meditation
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s mantra-meditation movement — the most widely taught meditation programme in the world.
Movement · Founded 1,957 · India; worldwide · Active today
Founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
What it was
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi launched the Transcendental Meditation movement in 1957-60, teaching a simple mantra technique drawn from the Vedic tradition through a standardised global course.
Endorsed in the 1960s by the Beatles and later studied in hundreds of papers, TM brought silent meditation to a mass secular audience.
Its place in the lineage
The bridge that made Eastern meditation a mainstream, measurable practice — and a forerunner of the modern mindfulness wave.
Founders & leaders
The circle · 2 in the Atlas
Each star is a teacher; colour marks how they were tied to the order. Tap a star to open them.
