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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

End Anxiety!: Proven Benefits of the Transcendental Meditation® Program by James G. Meade ’66

October 1, 2022

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(New York: SelectBooks, 2022).
Global warming, gun violence, political animosity, economic insecurity, COVID-19. Given these uncertain and troubling times, it’s no surprise that anxiety levels are high. In his latest book, Meade offers a solution — the Transcendental Meditation program as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “This may at first seem like a novel approach to the issue, but studies on the effects of Transcendental Meditation on the mental states of its practitioners have been ongoing for over 50 years, and the findings are conclusive: Transcendental Meditation can have a real and powerful positive impact on our mental health, especially in terms of mitigating anxiety, stress, and depression,” notes the author, who has taught the practice to thousands in places ranging from his Los Angeles home to Tanzania, South Korea, and Nepal.