Large groups practicing the advanced Transcendental Meditation program were associated with significant reductions in U.S. homicide and urban violent crime rates during an intervention period of 2007-2010. Can large group meditation lower the crime rate? The most recent in a series of studies spanning decades suggests again that a sufficiently large group practicing an advanced program of Transcendental Meditation, the TM-Sidhi program,...

Leaders of the Institute for Excellence in Africa convened a meeting in Nakuru to discuss strategies to create coherence in collective consciousness so that Kenya may avoid social conflict in the run-up to the 2017 national election. Shown: Paramjeet Kwatra, Kristin B. Naituli, Simon Mwangi, Jim Schaefer, Elphaz Ronoh and Kinuthia Pat Kimani.   

  Kenyan tribes arming ahead of elections An arms race is on between two of Kenya’s largest ethnic communities ahead of the 2012 presidential election after the last disputed vote triggered weeks of tribal bloodletting, a rights group said. An explosive combination of a desire for revenge and lack of state security has seen Kalenjin and Kikuyu communites in Kenya’s Rift Valley stockpile firearms, said the Centre for Human...

Ideal Girls High School was founded in 2008 as the first Consciousness-Based school for Girls in Africa. Our school gives non-sectarian, quality education for girls. We are in Mbale District in eastern Uganda. Success in Exams IGHS has had outstanding success in the Ugandan national exams. That means we have a successful school in Ugandan terms. Since 2009, 92% of our students have passed the “O” level exam at Grade 10 — even though...

This project was started at the request of local community leaders who wanted to create greater harmony between tribal groups in the area. It addresses both PTSD and social harmony issues. SaveSave

Combating the effects of PTSD. Straight Talk Africa host Shaka Ssali interviews Solomon Mwangi, Director for African PTSD relief projects in Kenya, Dr. David F. O’Connell PH.D and Author of “Prescribing Health: Transcendental Meditation in Contemporary Medical Care”, and David Shapiro, President of African PTSD.

The Global Union of Scientists for Peace asked Presidents Obama, Hollande and Putin to use a scientific alternative to violence against terrorism: transcendental meditation. John Hagelin, Bob Roth and Col. Brian Rees join us to discuss the benefits. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/whats-working-meditation-counter-terrorism/5669e8c68795a21f65000c2c