David Lynch Foundation

02/11/2026

A study looking at how transcendental meditation affects genetic expression found that this popular form of mediation suppressed the activation of genes associated with stress responses. Link in bio.

01/20/2026

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
https://vimeo.com/event/5647764/4bb3302816

On January 20, 2026, we invite you to join a global group meditation livestream honoring the life, creativity, and humanitarian legacy of David Lynch on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
This one-hour virtual gathering will bring people together from around the world to meditate collectively and celebrate David Lynch’s lifelong commitment to inner peace, creativity, and healing through Transcendental Meditation.

The meditation and reflections will be hosted by Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and Tony Nader, MD, PhD, head of the Global Transcendental Meditation Organization.

Event Details
🗓️ January 20, 2026
⏰ 2 PM PDT/5PM EDT

🌎 Virtual | Livestreamed on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/event/5647764/4bb3302816

This event is open to everyone—longtime meditators, newcomers, artists, healthcare workers, first responders, educators, veterans, and all who have been inspired by David Lynch’s work and vision for a more peaceful world.

01/20/2026

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

life, creativity, and humanitarian legacy of David Lynch on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

This one-hour virtual gathering will bring people together from around the world to meditate collectively and celebrate David Lynch’s lifelong commitment to inner peace, creativity, and healing through Transcendental Meditation.

The meditation and reflections will be hosted by Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and Tony Nader, MD, PhD, head of the Global Transcendental Meditation Organization.

Event Details
🗓️ January 20, 2026
⏰ 2 PM PDT/5PM EDT

🌎 Virtual | Livestreamed on Vimeo

This event is open to everyone—longtime meditators, newcomers, artists, healthcare workers, first responders, educators, veterans, and all who have been inspired by David Lynch’s work and vision for a more peaceful world.

https://vimeo.com/event/5647764/4bb3302816

Link in bio

01/20/2026

On January 20, 2026, we invite you to join a global group meditation livestream honoring the life, creativity, and humanitarian legacy of David Lynch on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
This one-hour virtual gathering will bring people together from around the world to meditate collectively and celebrate David Lynch’s lifelong commitment to inner peace, creativity, and healing through Transcendental Meditation.

The meditation and reflections will be hosted by Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and Tony Nader, MD, PhD, head of the Global Transcendental Meditation Organization.

Event Details
🗓️ January 20, 2026
⏰ 2 PM PDT/5PM EDT

🌎 Virtual | Livestreamed on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/event/5647764/4bb3302816

This event is open to everyone—longtime meditators, newcomers, artists, healthcare workers, first responders, educators, veterans, and all who have been inspired by David Lynch’s work and vision for a more peaceful world.
Please register to receive the livestream link and join us for this shared moment of reflection, gratitude, and global unity.

01/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPPkt9p6Zw

“Devastating” feels like too small a word for the destruction and trauma wrought by the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. It produced overwhelming stress, fear, tr...

12/02/2025

Giving Tuesday is here—and today, you have the power to bring peace, healing, and hope to people carrying some of the heaviest burdens in America.

This year, the need is urgent. Stress, trauma, and burnout continue to rise, especially among veterans, first responders, healthcare workers, women facing violence, and under-resourced communities. Many of these individuals face extraordinary challenges with limited access to meaningful support.

Through Meditate America, the David Lynch Foundation is working to change that by expanding access to the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique—at no cost—to those who need it most.

Spotlight: The Women’s Health Initiative

Women make up the majority of individuals experiencing the highest levels of toxic stress—especially those serving as caregivers, healthcare workers, survivors of violence, and mothers balancing multiple demands.

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) brings the healing power of Transcendental Meditation directly to these populations,
providing an evidence-based tool proven to calm the nervous system, reduce stress, and support emotional healing.

A few key research insights:

*Women are three times more likely than men to develop PTSD.
(Gender and Issues in PTSD, Handbook of PTSD, 2013)
*75% of intimate partner violence survivors develop PTSD, and more than half experience depression — far above the general female population. (Journal of Affective Disorders,
2004)
*WHI programs are now reaching women in partnership with hospitals, crisis centers, family service agencies, and veteran support programs nationwide.


Your gift today changes lives immediately.

With your support, we will bring free virtual TM introductory sessions to hundreds of U.S. cities, expanding access for thousands of at-risk individuals who otherwise would not receive this support.

And today only, your impact goes twice as far.

Your generosity can help someone experiencing trauma find calm…
help a mother regain stability…
help a healthcare worker restore resilience…
help a veteran reconnect with hope.

Thank you for helping expand Meditate America—today and every day.

Donate Today!
https://davidlynchfoundation.donorsupport.co/page/GT25

11/11/2025

Today, on Veterans Day, we honor all those who have served — and we invite you to help heal the invisible wounds that so many veterans carry home.

Yesterday, you met Jonny Mize, a U.S. Army Combat Veteran whose life was transformed through Transcendental Meditation (TM) through a partnership between the U.S. TM organization and the David Lynch Foundation’s Veteran Lifeline Program.

Jonny’s story is one of thousands — veterans who struggle with anxiety, depression, and trauma and suicidal ideation long after their service ends. Tragically we lose 21 veterans every day to su***de. TM gives them a simple, evidence-based tool to find calm, clarity, and renewed purpose.

“TM brought me back to balance and peace. It helped me heal from trauma and reconnect with myself. It gave me my life back.” — Jonny Mize, U.S. Army Veteran

This Veterans Day, your gift will make that same transformation possible for others like Jonny.

Your support today helps veterans heal — and strengthens our entire community.

To Help More Veterans Like Jon Please Donate Today

Your support for US Military Veterans is critical. Veteran's Lifeline is a national initiative delivered through a partnership between Maharishi Foundation USA and The David Lynch Foundation, to prevent su***de among veterans by delivering the Transcendental Meditation technique to vets and their fa...

11/10/2025

This Veterans Day, we honor those who have served—and we invite you to help heal the invisible wounds of war.

Tragically, 21 veterans die by su***de every day in America. With your help we can do something about it by supporting our 21 to None Initiative.

Meet Jonny Mize, a U.S. Army Combat Veteran who served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. When he returned home, his battles continued.

“My life was filled with anxiety, depression, anger, and loneliness. I struggled with addiction and even attempted su***de.”

Then Jonny learned Transcendental Meditation (TM) through the a partnership between the U.S. TM Organization and the David Lynch Foundation’s Resilient Warrior Program—and everything changed.

“TM brought me back to balance and peace. It helped me heal from trauma and reconnect with myself. It gave me my life back.”

Today, Jonny is thriving—with more energy, purpose, and love for life than ever before. He’s now a Certified TM Teacher, sharing the same technique that transformed his life with fellow veterans in San Diego.

“I’m living proof that suffering can transform into peace. TM gave me back my life—and now it’s my mission to protect peace by sharing it with others.”

On This Veterans Day You Can Help Veterans Like Jon By Donating Today
https://bit.ly/49bHvmt

10/29/2025

David Lynch Foundation CEO Bob Roth joined Let's Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa to demystify meditation. talks with Kelly about how he has helped quiet the minds of David Lynch, Oprah, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, and answered all of her questions. He weighs in on how often one should meditate, how to meditate and how to time your meditation. He shares the long term benefits of practicing and why mantras are secret, and he tells us how to quiet David Letterman's mind. Check it out.

09/30/2025

Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation and NYT best-selling author, recently sat down with the Scales of Success podcast to explore how the Transcendental Meditation technique is creating real change in the world. From veterans and trauma survivors...

Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation and NYT best-selling author, recently sat down with the Scales of Success podcast to explore how the Transcendent...

09/11/2025

The New York City Fire Department lost 343 members on September 11th, 2001. Over 2 decades later the trauma from that day is still felt among the FDNY members, their families and the entire country. We have lost more FDNY members from cancer related to the 9/11 recovery efforts at the World Trade Center than we did on that fateful day.

The David Lynch Foundation launched a program with the FDNY Counseling Services Unit (CSU) in 2023 to help address the trauma FDNY members are facing. Hundreds of FDNY members have participated in the program including; active duty and retired firefighters/EMS, peer counselors, CSU counselors, family members and medical staff. Most notably, the foundation has integrated with the CSU addiction transition program teaching TM to a monthly cohort of members experiencing substance use disorder.

Salvatore Cassano Commissioner FDNY (Ret.) is the National Chairman, TM for First Responders Initiative.

On this day we ask you to support our Meditate America Initiative to address the devastating epidemic of trauma and toxic stress among at-risk populations like first responders through the evidence-based Transcendental Meditation ® practice in order to improve health, boost brain and cognitive capabilities, and increase happiness in life.

Support Meditate America Today! https://davidlynchfoundation.donorsupport.co/page/meditateamerica

09/10/2025

September is World Su***de Prevention Day. Tragically there is an epidemic of trauma and toxic stress in America that is fueling and increase in su***de rates.
Su***de is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34
We lose 21 veterans everyday to su***de. We lose more police and firefighters to su***de than we do in the line of duty. And the rate of su***de among female nurses is nearly double that of women in the general population. People with PTSD are at significantly higher risk of su***de attempts compared to those without PTSD.

There is hope.

TM has been demonstrated to be a highly effective intervention for addressing the trauma that is plaguing our veterans, first responders and healthcare workers and putting them at higher risk of su***de.

The Department of Defense funded a $2.4 million study on veterans with PTSD and found TM to be as effective as the VA’s first line intervention for PTSD. That's why we have launched our 21 to None Program to combat veteran su***de.

We are also working tirelessly to help firefighters, police officers and nurses across the U.S.

With your help we can reduce the number of su***des among these populations through our Meditate America Initiative.

Through Mediate America every day we deliver the Trauma Healing TM technique to vulnerable veterans, first responders, domestic violence survivors and healthcare workers who need it the most. And some day soon our dream is to have TM covered so that it’s affordable and accessible to anyone who needs it.

I encourage you stay tuned to watch this short video on the success of our our 21 to None program combating the epidemic of su***de among veterans through TM.

https://youtu.be/VxaZHOwW2Ds

This Su***de Awareness Month please help us address su***de by supporting for Meditate America today. Visit meditateamerica.org.

Tragically in the time it takes to read this, another veteran will fall from the ranks. This national tragedy is compounded by the fact that such acts cause ...