In this second article on Vedic Dance, exponent, teacher and practitioner of Baharata Natyam, Rebecca Busch introduces elements of Indian classical dance, Bharata Natyam, and explores their significance for personal wellness, and the development of consciousness.

The Academy is pleased to present a global initiative through Maharishi Gandharva Veda music.* A global online Full Moon Festival series featuring world renowned sitarist, Reshma Srivastava will start on the November full moon, November 19.

As a designer, photographer, and Teacher of Transcendental Meditation, John Ashforth was inspired to create this ‘word cloud’ – an artistic representation of the lnvincible Europe Assembly, held in the meditation Dome, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK in 2014. At that time, John was the Assembly leader. His responsibilities included the presentation of participants’ experiences of Transcendental Meditation which were often profound and sublime. He later analysed hundreds of their written accounts and added up their most regularly used descriptive words. Note: The size of the word represents the frequency of the word’s usage.

Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., MARR, is a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in neuroscience), and a globally recognised Vedic scholar. As Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s successor, Dr Nader is head of the international Transcendental Meditation® organisations in over 100 countries. From the Americas to Asia, from Europe to Africa, Dr Nader guides the Transcendental Meditation program and its advanced practices, and the practical applications of this technology in all areas of national life – education, health, business, defense, agriculture, and more.

The sitar master and pioneer of Maharishi Gandharva-Veda music, Pandit Devabrata (Debu) Chaudhuri has passed in Delhi at 85. Debuji will be known to many of us through many wonderful concerts but also through his leadership of the Maharishi Gandharva-Veda programme around the world…

Dr. Jacqueline Carr-Phillips introduces a holistic approach to literature and explains how reading helps to expand awareness. As a specialist in Russian literature in the light of total knowledge, Dr. Carr-Phillips relates the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science to the works of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, demonstrating their value in refining the intellect and emotions, and inspiring the flow of bliss consciousness.

By portraying the inter-connectedness of space and objects, Greg Thatcher’s drawings of ancient yew trees in England, create peace and expansion for the viewer, mirroring the inner experience of transcending in meditation.

Matthew Beaufort, a specialist in art history and Associate Professor of Humanities at Maharishi International University (MIU), connects the exquisite sculptures of Michelangelo with the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science and experience of Self-transcending through Transcendental Meditation.

Former Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Poetry Society poet-in-residence and TES Guest Poet, Dr. Cliff Yates explains what drew him to poetry – the distinctive value of silence in the process of writing. This inspiration led him to not only develop and hone his skills as a highly regarded poet, but to teach and inspire others to locate the field of infinite silence in consciousness, the source of all creative expression, which is directly experienced through practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.

Exponent, teacher and practitioner of Vedic Dance, Rebecca Busch introduces us to the beautiful, blissful world of Vedic dance as an art form for health, happiness, energy and creativity while enjoying growth of consciousness. This is the first in a series of insightful articles by Rebecca on Vedic Dance for full development of life.

Dr. Lawrence Sheaff’s research has led to a comprehensive re-evaluation of the visual arts in the light of Maharishi Vedic Science – the complete science of consciousness. His Absolute Image series of paintings and books about them explore the fundamentals of form and their relationship with the structure and dynamics of consciousness as revealed in Maharishi Vedic Science.

Rhoda Orme-Johnson, Ph.D, Professor Emerita of Literature, Maharishi International University (MIU), explains the fascinating backdrop to the emergence of MIU’s consciousness-based literature department in the 1970’s. The article acts as an introduction to the enlightening book, “The Flow of Consciousness – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Literature and Language”.

In the 1980’s after teaching Transcendental Meditation around the world for 30 years, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was thinking about what more could he do to bring peace and happiness to mankind. He looked deeper into the Vedic literature of India, the oldest tradition of knowledge and human experience, and found Gandharva-Veda music, the eternal music of Nature . . .

Turkish artist, Burcu Cenburci’s interest in Islamic arts is inspired by Mughal and Karamemi florals, and the Vedic culture of ancient India. Focusing on gardens and landscapes, Bercu creates miniature paintings, which blend these traditions with a modern touch.

Filmmaker, artist, writer, musician, photographer, sound designer, actor and founder of the David Lynch Foundation, David Lynch takes questions from an audience of creatives on the topic: “Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain.”

An interview with leading exponent on Maharishi Vedic Science, Dr Anna Bonshek on ‘The Unmanifest Canvas: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Arts, Creativity and Perception’ – a landmark book on the arts, consciousness and enlightenment.

To paint a canvas, carve a block of stone or mold clay; to weave a basket, blow glass or make a piece of jewelry; to design a residence, an automobile, or a website; to build furniture, an architectural model, or develop a fashion trend; to sing an aria, play sitar, or conduct an orchestra; to perform a ballet, recite Shakespeare, or direct a movie; to write a poem, a memoir or develop a storyline. . .