Maharishi International School
Total Knowledge for every student and invincibility for the country
Maharishi International School (under development) will be one of 300 Maharishi schools world-wide offering Total Knowledge for all students and Invincibility for Switzerland: a high level of integration, peace, harmony and progress for our country. Maharishi International School offers every student from around the world and Switzerland a first-class secondary education while developing higher states of consciousness.
We invite you to discover some of the unique characteristics of Maharishi International School below:
- Stress-free, supportive learning environment-students learn the Transcendental Meditation program and its advance techniques including Yogic Flying
- Consciousness-Based education promotes optimal learning and balanced brain development where no student will fail
- Total Knowledge curriculum will be unsurpassed-all disciplines are connected back to the student to make learning easy and meaningful
- Dayschool with supervision of highly qualified teachers
- Single gender education for emotional growth, academic progress, and general well-being
- A school building which considers the basic principle of Vedic Architecture - Sthapatya-Veda - in accordance with Natural Law
- Organic, vegetarian meals with emphasis on fresh foods
Our schools worldwide are entrusted with the responsibility to develop the most important natural resource of our nation—the intelligence and creativity of our youth. The Consciousness-Based education enables any public school and private school in Switzerland to fulfill this responsibility by systematically developing the latent creativity and intelligence of students, so that irrespective of their educational or socio-economic background they can experience increasing success and fulfillment every day. This is accomplished through effective, proven technologies of consciousness, featuring the Transcendental Meditation program and its advanced techniques including yogic flying.
The key of efficient learning is to develop the consciousness of every student. Traditionally, education has attended primarily to what students study—the objective aspect of knowledge—without systematically developing the subjective basis of knowledge, the student’s consciousness. Yet it is the quality of the students’ consciousness, or awareness that determines their degree of intelligence, creativity, confidence, inner calm, and motivation— all fundamental to education.
Scientific research verifies that these qualities are directly developed through Consciousness-Based education, which enlivens holistic brain functioning through the experience of the full potential of one’s consciousness. Our educational system develops creativity and intelligence, improves memory and learning ability, and raises a student’s IQ and academic achievement. Students who practice the Transcendental Meditation technique take greater interest in academic activities, develop increased self-confidence and self-actualization, and display higher levels of moral maturity.
The brain’s development and functioning are influenced by experience. Neuroscience research findings also suggests that the type of experience most valuable for brain development after childhood is experience which fosters greater integration of brain functioning.
Research also indicates that the experiences gained through the prevailing educational approach activate specific areas of the brain without fostering more integrated functioning of the brain as a whole. Such education, due to its exclusively segmented approach to knowledge, actually prevents the total development of brain functioning.
Evidence from decades of research shows that Consciousness-Based education, developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, does promote holistic brain functioning and expansion of mental capabilities.
The Transcendental Meditation technique is the fundamental technology used in Consciousness-Based education. This approach adds study and research in consciousness to the traditional study of the academic disciplines, and includes the twice-daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying, to directly develop full use of the brain’s potential in higher states of consciousness.
Considering institutions as a whole, students at universities and schools using Consciousness-Based education are found to be distinctly more committed academically, more alert, more healthy and balanced, more self-actualized, more satisfied with their education, more harmonious in their relationships, and more mature in moral judgment, compared to students at other educational institutions.
Amidst worldwide dissatisfaction with education today, Consciousness-Based education has been shown by research and educational outcomes to be singularly effective in producing students who are steadily growing in the most cherished qualities of human life and the full expression of their creativity, intelligent, and organizing power.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the Founder of Consciousness-Based education - Unified Field based education - in hundreds of Schools and Universities around the globe. The curriculums of Maharishi Schools and Universities are the most advanced and sophisticated curriculums in the world. They achieve the total development of the human brain—enlightenment—and deliver Total Knowledge to every student—in sharp contrast with conventional schools and universities that promise only all knowledge on a single campus.
The complete revival of Vedic Wisdom through Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology of Consciousness and the application of this perfect knowledge in all areas of society to raise individual life to perfection—life in fulfillment; the establishment of Maharishi Schools, Colleges, and Universities around the world to educate all ages of the growing youth in the science and art of practically living daily life in full accordance with Natural Law, will provide the ground of knowledge and its infinite organizing power to sustain the supreme quality of life on earth—Heaven on Earth—for all mankind in all generations to come.
Our Maharishi schools are Swiss private schools and offer secondary education like any other secondary or middle school preparing young people and adults for the Swiss Matura. In addition our private schools intend to offer the International Baccalaureate organization's programs and diplomas (www.IBO.org) as soon as possible. The Maharishi Schools will be offering the IBO International Baccalaureate Diploma programme and Middle Years programme to children and young people from Switzerland or from the international community. With these programs and diplomas our students will be admitted to colleges and universities or technical universities to continue their education. We also prepare adults to the Swiss federal Matura (equivalent to the German Abitur).
The Basel school starts with 8th grade and the Zurich school with the 9th grade. In the 10th School year we will offer adults' preparation for the Matura examination.
Whether in a boarding school or a day school, the students are cared for by qualified teachers in all aspects of the daily routine; they also do their homework at school. We lay great emphasis on allowing students to learn easily, effortlessly and without stress. The Maharishi International School is an institution of the highest quality, where young people learn in a playful and joyful way and prepare for their final examinations without the usual pressure and stress.
Consciousness-Based education makes use of the natural and effortless Transcendental Meditation program for developing students’ full inner potential.
More than 600 scientific research studies conducted at over 250 universities and research institutes in 35 countries verify the wide-ranging benefits of this technique for individual life and society. By developing increasing use of the total brain, the Transcendental Meditation program strengthens the cognitive, physiological, and affective foundations of learning, while promoting more healthy life-style choices and positive behavior.
At the same time, regular practice of this technique significantly reduces the stress and tension that many students and teachers experience daily, and creates a happy, harmonious, focused learning environment. The Transcendental Meditation program is not a religion or religious practice, and involves no change in lifestyle or belief. More than six million people around the world, of all cultures and backgrounds, have learned the practice.
Selected scientific research findings
Benefits relevant to students
- Improved academic achievement
- Increased creativity
- Increase in fluid intelligence (IQ)
- Improved moral reasoning
- Decreased substance abuse
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- Increased self-esteem
- Improved general health
- Increased field independence (not as easily influenced by others)
Benefits relevant to teachers
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- Increased energy and vitality
- Reduced incidence of illness
- Lowered health insurance use
- Improved mental clarity
- Increased mental well-being
- Increased efficiency
- Increased self-actualization
Our Maharishi schools are Swiss private schools and offer secondary education like any other secondary or middle school preparing young people and adults for the Swiss Matura. In addition our private schools intend to offer the International Baccalaureate organization's programs and diplomas (www.IBO.org) as soon as possible. The Maharishi Schools will be offering the IBO International Baccalaureate Diploma programme and Middle Years programme to children and young people from Switzerland or from the international community. With these programs and diplomas our students will be admitted to colleges and universities or technical universities to continue their education. We also prepare adults to the Swiss federal Matura (equivalent to the German Abitur).
The Basel school starts with 8th grade and the Zurich school with the 9th grade. In the 10th School year we will offer adults' preparation for the Matura examination.
Whether in a boarding school or a day school, the students are cared for by qualified teachers in all aspects of the daily routine; they also do their homework at school. We lay great emphasis on allowing students to learn easily, effortlessly and without stress. The Maharishi International School is an institution of the highest quality, where young people learn in a playful and joyful way and prepare for their final examinations without the usual pressure and stress.
Outstanding Student Performance: Students in Consciousness-Based schools in different countries perform at the top level of state examinations and national tests. This is a natural result from students whose intelligence, comprehension, creativity and confidence are increasing. These students also continue to win top regional and national prizes in science, mathematics, poetry, history, art, drama, creative problem-solving competitions, and other areas.
They learn easily and in a playful manner. Learning generates joy and fun, for this reason our students learn effortlessly and even deal with difficult specialized topics in a relaxed and effortless way. Experience has shown that students at our schools worldwide really love the interdisciplinary approach of Consciousness-Based education.
In general, they do not need additional private lessons or coaching, do not experience anxiety before tests, and any learning difficulties they might have experienced in the past tend to decrease. They are intelligent, creative, alert, happy and successful.
Teacher and Administrators will grow in vitality, creativity, and live Stress-Free Life
The profession of teaching demands that the teacher assume a wide range of roles in guiding students to higher levels of intellectual and personal development. They must be ever alert, moving the class forward, addressing individual needs, solving problems, and handling emergencies. The Transcendental Meditation program benefits teachers and administrators immensely, enabling them to meet their responsibilities with composure, creativity, and joy.
Maharishi International School (MIS)
Hagenholzstr. 90
CH-8050 Zürich
Phone : +41 44 260 44 72
e-mail: Zuerich@maharishischool.ch
Comments from principals, teachers and students about consciousness based education
 Kevin Colgan, former Principal; Social Studies Teacher Pennsylvania, USA
“As a Principal and teacher in both private and public schools for the last 28 years, I feel that the Transcendental Meditation program should be an essential component of every educational program for administrators, teachers, and students. For decades I have observed the profound and far-reaching effects of this program when implemented in the schools.
“Its benefits for me personally include being able to remain composed and maintain clarity of thinking in stressful situations; the ability to remain focused on detail while not losing the larger view; a greater appreciation of my good fortune in being a father, son, and teacher; ability to see the good points in ‘difficult’ co-workers and students; and growth of spontaneous feelings of happiness and compassion and the urge to share them.
“I encourage all Superintendents and Principals to consider implementing the Transcendental Meditation and Consciousness-Based education program to help in realizing their highest educational goals.”
Student Comments
“All the weight of a stressful day comes off my shoulders, and I can relax and see things more clearly.”
“My mind is totally clear and afterwards my thinking is crisp and I concentrate better in class.”
“Tiredness does not get in the way of my thinking.”
“It varies a lot, but it is always good and wonderful—and I can’t imagine what my life would be like without it.”
“It’s really blissful because you are happy with the experience of who you are inside.”
“It’s blissful and enjoyable. It’s fun.”
“It’s quiet and comfortable and I feel connected to everyone and everything.”
“It’s the most natural, effortless thing in the world. I look forward to it.”
“It’s easier to study and keep up with my homework.”
“I feel completely silent and yet totally awake inside, and when I’m done I’m able to focus better in class.”
“I experience the silence and then when I finish meditating, I take part of that silence with me into the day—and the whole day goes better.”
“My mind just settles down until I feel very relaxed and very quiet inside. Afterwards, I have so much energy.”
Harriet and Warren Berman, parents
“As a parent, I feel very fortunate my children attended Maharishi School and studied Consciousness-Based education. They have gained the value of inner knowledge as well as outer knowledge, which is unique to Maharishi School. They are bright, well adjusted, and prepared to enter their next phase of life with a strong foundation. As far as my knowledge, there is no better education in this country.”
Further Student Comments : www.au-tm-study.org/student_benefits.html
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