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- *David Lynch Foundation Event in San Francisco: Meditation for Students (70 min)
San Francisco school superintendent Carlos Garcia:
the Quiet Time program is “transforming lives, and it will transform our society”
June 1st, 2011 | San Francisco
Presenters include: Bob Roth, Norman Rosenthal, NurJehan Khalique, Carlos Garcia, James Dierke, Laurent Valosek, John Hagelin
The David Lynch Foundation held a benefit gala in San Francisco on June 1 at the Legion of Honor, to showcase the successes of a five-year project to bring the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique to students in inner-city San Francisco schools. In this video, you will hear James Dierke, principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School talk about the unprecedented academic achievements of his meditating students; iconic filmmaker David Lynch talk about the inspiring work of his foundation among at-risk populations; and Dr. Norman Rosenthal, internationally renowned psychiatrist and NY Times bestselling author, discuss the amazing results of scientific research on the TM technique.
Also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cr111zIDFPw
- *NBC News - San Francisco Schools Transformed by the Power of Meditation (3 min)
Cynthia McFadden, Tim Sandler and Elisha Fieldstadt for NBC News. Broadcast 12/30/2014.
- *One of San Francisco's toughest schools transformed by the power of meditation
The Guardian, 24, 25 Nov 2015
- *Quiet Time program report
Center for Wellness & Achievement in Education & SFUSD Research, Planning, & Accountability Department April 21, 2015
- *The Atlantic - Mantras before Math Class
By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, The Atlantic, Nov 10, 2015 "After growing up with Transcendental Meditation as a spiritual practice, the author visits public schools where it’s being used as a simple tool for stress-reduction and well-being."
- *The Transcendental Meditation Program in a California Public School [Visitacion Valley MS] (7:30)
Student and teacher testimonials.
- Celebrities join S.F. schools' meditation
San Francisco schools program marks 6 years of meditation Jill Tucker, Neal J. Riley, San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 2013 Updated: January 10, 2014 So, David Lynch, Russell Brand and Barry Zito walk into a high school auditorium. While that might sound like the start of a weird joke, that eclectic combination of celebrities (surrealistic film director, zany British actor and Giants pitcher, respectively) sat in a San Francisco high school auditorium Monday with 700 students and ... meditated.
- Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education - Blog
The Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education provides the Quiet Time program in northern California (archived page courtesy of the
Internet Archive)
- Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education - Research
On October 28, 2012, CWAE received its first award from a national organization recognizing its work with the Quiet Time program. The National Community-Based Organization Network (NCBON) in conjunction with its Bay Area co-hosts, the California Public Health Association--North and the Alta Bates Medical Center Ethnic Health Institute, gave the Public Health Champion Award “In recognition of dedicated service and outstanding accomplishments in the field of community-based public health.” Both CWAE and Visitacion Valley Middle School received the award for their joint implementation of the Quiet Time Program.
- Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education - Videos
The Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education has been rolling out the Quiet Time program in San Francisco schools. www.cwae.org
- Effect of Meditation on Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Stress in the Workplace: A Randomized Controlled Study
Laurent Valosek, Janice Link, Paul Mills, Arthur Konrad, Maxwell Rainforth, Sanford Nidich. Perm J 2018;22:17-172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/17-172 ABSTRACT Context: Research highlights the role of emotional intelligence and perceived stress as important factors associated with mental and physical health and organizational effectiveness. Objective: To determine whether a mind-body technique, the Transcendental Meditationa (TM) program, delivered in the context of a workplace wellness program, could significantly decrease perceived stress and improve emotional intelligence in government employees. Design: Ninety-six central-office staff at the San Francisco Unified School District were randomly assigned to either an immediate start of the TM program or to a wait-list control group. Main Outcome Measures: The Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory and the Perceived Stress Scale were administered at baseline and at 4-month posttest. Results: Findings indicate a significant increase in emotional intelligence total score (p < 0.003) and a significant decrease in perceived stress (p < 0.02) in TM participants compared with controls. A significant increase in general mood, stress management, adaptability, intrapersonal awareness, and reality testing composite scales for emotional intelligence were observed (p < 0.05); a significant increase was not observed in the interpersonal scale. Compliance with meditation practice was high (93%). Because of the sex composition in this study, results are most generalizable to female employees. Conclusion: The TM program was effective as a workplace wellness program to improve emotional intelligence and reduce perceived stress in employees.
- James Dierke - A quiet transformatiion
James Dierke, National Middle School Principal of the Year, 2008 and former Principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School published this inspiring article on the impact of the Quiet Time program at his school in the Sept/Oct 2012 issue of Leadership, a publication of the California Association of School Administrators.
Last line was cut off: "and a great optimism about our ability to realize this vision for education."
See https://content.yudu.com/Library/A1y7aq/SeptemberOctober2012/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acsa.org%2FFunctionalMenuCategories%2FMedia%2FLeadershipMagazine%2F2012-Archives%2FSeptemberOctober-2012.aspx
- James Dierke - Results of the Transcendental Meditation - Quiet Time Program (8 min)
Former principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School in San Francisco and a former Principal of the Year. This presentation was made as part of a National Education Summit on Quiet Time in the Classroom
- Linda Esposito - What One Urban School District Can Teach the Country About Stress Relief
Huffington Post,
Posted: 01/02/2014 3:53 pm EST Updated: 03/04/2014 5:59 am EST
- Peace in Every Breath
Jan Campbell. The Santa Barbara Foundation's Chief Philanthropic Officer and Senior Vice President, Ms. Campbell is responsible for all donor services, including gifts, grants, planned giving, as well as engagement and education. Last week, Rubayi Estes, a Community Investment Officer at the Santa Barbara Foundation, and I joined Foundation donor Eric Schwartz in a visit to Burton High School, which is located in a working class area of San Francisco. This high school, as well as a feeder middle school, use a form of transcendental meditation to help teens master self- control, reduce stress and, ultimately, succeed academically and personally. This assembly celebrated the success of the program and featured a visit from United States Surgeon General Vice Admiral (VADM) Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., who participated in the group meditation and facilitated a discussion with students who shared their personal insights on what having 15 minutes of “quiet time” meditation twice a day has done for them. (webpage not found, 9/6/2025)
- San Francisco - Everett Middle School principal
When the principal was hired, the staff asked him how he felt about introducing the Quiet Time program.
- San Francisco Examiner - Meditation program mends troubled Visitacion Valley Middle School.
Meditation program mends troubled Visitacion Valley Middle School. Dan Schreiber, The San Francisco Examiner, May 8, 2011 (archived page courtesy of the
Internet Archive)
- San Francisco - Meditation transforms roughest schools
David L. Kirp SFGate / San Francisco Chronicle
Published 6:37 pm, Sunday, January 12, 2014
- Surgeon General Vivek Murthy 2015 TEDMED presentation on Happiness (12 min)
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discusses the important role happiness plays in our health. At 6:15 he devotes 3 minutes to the experience at Visitacion Valley Middle School. (Includes transcript)
- Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Facebook posts
Two 11/3/2016 posts and four photos from Murthy's visit to San Francisco Quiet Time schools.
- U.S. Surgeon General and The Guardian hail TM in schools
TMhome.com, June 1, 2015