MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 

WINTER WORLD PEACE ASSEMBLY 

December 29, 2024 – January 12, 2025 

DAILY SCHEDULE 

• Afternoon meeting – 1:30–3:30 pm 

• Evening meeting – 8:00–9:15 pm 

All meetings in Dalby Hall.

This schedule is subject to change. 

Advanced Techniques – Email Wally DeVasier, wdevasier@tm.org, if you haven’t signed up yet. 

SUNDAY • December 29 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

First meeting of the WPA 

• Welcome by MIU President Emeritus Dr. John Hagelin and Craig Pearson, Vice President of Development of Consciousness 

• Maharishi video – “Can We Reach CC in This Lifetime?” (12 minutes) 

MONDAY • December 30 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Maharishi Invincibility Institute, South Africa – 
  Dr. Taddy Blecher, CEO. 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Maharishi video— “Merv Griffin Show: Maharishi Introduces the TM-Sidhi Program to America,” with Burt Reynolds, Doug Henning, and Squire Fridell (75 min.) (postponed)

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• TM-Sidhi Checking – Sidhas only – Dalby Hall, with Drs. Doug and Linda Birx 

• Meditators and Zoom participants – Festival Hall, with Gerry Geer
  Maharishi video: “The TM-Sidhi Program: Lighthouse to Enlightenment” (30 min.)  

TUESDAY • December 31 • New Year’s Eve 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Bali: “Peaceful Students Creating a Peaceful World” 

• “The Value of Advanced Techniques” – Mario Orsatti 

• Standing Asanas – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Maharishi video – “Cosmic Consciousness: The Mechanics of Witnessing” (40 min.) 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Paul Skevington (piano), Karen Aoki Kouider (flute), Rosalind Stowe (viola de gamba) 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – Vata pacifying diet – Simon Rodriguez

• Maharishi Video – “History of the Movement” (25 min.) 

• Dr. John Hagelin – Fireside chat 

WEDNESDAY • January 1 • New Year’s Day 

11:30 – 1:30 – Guided tour of the History of the Movement display in the MIU Library (you also visit that display any time on your own)

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Nepal 1: November's 50th Anniversary Celebration of Maharishi's Visit  

• “Universal Consciousness and the Non-Collapse of the Wave Function” – with Dr. John Hagelin 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Muna Askar and Karen Aoki Kouider, Vedic recitations, voice and flute

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – “Prana and Being: The Gift of Sukh Pranayama,” Paul Morehead

• Bhagavad-Gita readings – with Dr. John Hagelin 

• Maharishi video — MSAE 325 “Mastery of Yogic Flying” (12 min.), August 6, 2006 

THURSDAY • January 2 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Nepal 2: “Nepal to Lead the World” 

• TM Around the Country — TM at the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, with Dr. Carla and Duncan Brown 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Maharishi video, “Growth of Perception from Multiplicity to Duality to Unity, Part 2” (56 minutes) 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Jeffrey Hedquist, guitar and vocal  

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – “​​Enjoying a Blissful Winter,” Paul Morehead 

• Maharishi video – “Ayurveda: Enlivening the Junction Point” (17 min.) 

• Bhagavad-Gita readings – with Dr. John Hagelin 

FRIDAY • January 3 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Nepal 3 

• Maharishi video – “Creating Coherence in Collective Consciousness Through Maharishi’s Super Radiance Program in the Year of All Possibilities” (40 min.)  

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Expert Panel – Scientific research on Transcendental Meditation, with Dr. Robert Schneider, Dr. Fred Travis, Dr. David Orme-Johnson, Dr. Leslee Goldstein, Dr. Marie Loiselle, Dr. Ken Cavanaugh 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Skunk River Medicine Show band (Tom Morgan, guitar, and George Foster, bass) 

• Maharishi video — “Rising to Unity Consciousness” (26 min.) 

• Bhagavad-Gita readings – with Dr. John Hagelin 

SATURDAY • January 4 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Ukraine

• Maharishi video — “The Fruit of Vedic Study: Brahman Consciousness” (30 min.) 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Martin Brett and Jon Lipman, presentation on North Campus Village and Maharishi Vastu

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Steve Hillis, piano 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – “Vata-pacifying routine,” Simon Rodriguez

• Celebrating the World Peace Project 1978 – participants share their stories 

SUNDAY • January 5 

11:30 – 1:30 – Guided tour of the History of the Movement display in the MIU Library (you also visit that display any time on your own)

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Thailand: “Children of Thailand to Inspire Ideal Education Throughout Southeast Asia” 

• TM Around the Country — TM Relief Effort in North Carolina, with Tom Ball and Jeanne Ball ZOOM 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Maharishi video— “Difference in Cognition Between a Man in Brahman Consciousness and a Vedic Seer” (30 min.) 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Joetta Hurlin, chimes & gongs 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – Vata Balancing Behavioral Tips – Vaidya Sanjeev Kalra 

• Celebrating the Project 1978 – participants share their stories 

MONDAY • January 6 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Latin America 1: “Consciousness-Based Education for All Levels of Society” 

• Africa 1: “Establishing Consciousness-Based Education in Higher Education” 

• TM Around the Country — TM project in Folsom Prison, with Rick and Nancy Bellmer ZOOM 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Expert Panel — Food Purity – with Dr. John Fagan, Dr. Steven Druker, and Ken Roseboro  

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – David Leffler and the My Romance Trio 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – “How to Enliven Bliss in the Senses,” Paul Morehead

• Maharishi video — “Mechanics of Memory in Ignorance and Enlightenment” (25 min.) 

TUESDAY • January 7 

ADVANCED TECHNIQUE INSTRUCTION – FIRST DAY 

• Techniques #2, #3, and #4 – 2:00 pm at the Peace Palace. 

• Night Technique (#1) – 7:30 pm 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the Country — Lifeline Project of Meditate America — video 
  (45 min.) 

• Standing asanas break – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Expert panel / The Divine Feminine – Dr. Leslee Goldstein, Dr. Sankari Wegman, Dr. Elinor Wolfe, Dr. Susan Runkle  – Maharishi video, Mother’s Day talk, 1976

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Jonas Magram, guitar and vocal 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – “Dry skin in winter? – Abhyanga,” Vaidya Sangeeta  

• Maharishi video — ”Experiencing the Source of Creation” (45 min.) 

WEDNESDAY • January 8 

11:30 – 1:30 – Guided tour of the History of the Movement display in the MIU Library (you also visit that display any time on your own)

ADVANCED TECHNIQUE INSTRUCTION – SECOND DAY 

• 2:00 pm – Peace Palace 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• Dr. John Hagelin – “Dark Matter, Subtle Bodies, and Rebirth” 

• Standing Asanas – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Dance

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day, “How to restore balance in a natural way,” Vaidya Sanjeev Kalra 

• Bhagavad-Gita readings – with Dr. John Hagelin 

THURSDAY • January 9 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World – Latin America 2: Mexico: “Building the Basis for 10,000 Groups” 

• Expert panel / Fairfield Resilience Committee — Faith Reeves, Anne Walton, Marg Dwyer — making Fairfield resilient in the face of unfolding challenges 

• Standing Asanas – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• TM Projects Around the US / Special course at Stanford University – with Laurent Valosek

• Maharishi video— “Revival of Knowledge: Rediscovery of the Path to Enlightenment” (37 min.)   

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment –  Owen Blake on piano with Michael Dugan

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day – “Nourishing recipes in winter,” Vaidya Sangeeta  

• Maharishi video— “The Art of Leadership” (16 min.)  

• Bhagavad-Gita readings – with Dr. John Hagelin 

FRIDAY • January 10 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• TM Around the World 

• Dr. Tony Nader speaks at the United Nations on World Meditation Day 

• Standing Asanas – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Maharishi video — “Knowledge is Different in Different States of Consciousness” (57 min.) 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Elaine Reding and the Chamber Singers of Southeast Iowa 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day 

• Maharishi video—“Wholeness and Parts: The Nature of Brahman Consciousness” (18 min.) 

• Bhagavad-Gita readings – with Dr. John Hagelin 

SATURDAY • January 11 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30  

• Poetry – Poems of Ruth Guillard read by Ros Stowe  

• TM Around the World 

• Expert Panel – MIU’s new sports program and Consciousness-Based sports – with Ruben Sanchez, Luke Jaicks, and Owen Blake CONFIRM 

• Standing Asanas – with Dr. Paul Morehead and Carol Morehead 

• Maharishi video— “How Does Activity Develop Cosmic Consciousness?” (26 min.) 

• COURSE PHOTO 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• Entertainment – Richard Beall / Maharishi School 

• Maharishi AyurVeda Tip of the Day 

• Dr. John Hagelin – Fireside chat – including discussion of experiences  

SUNDAY • January 12 

AFTERNOON – 1:30–3:30 

• MERU celebration – Video of Maharishi, address by Dr. Nader 

• COURSE PHOTO – rain date 

EVENING – 8:00–9:15 

• MIU achievements – Dr. John Hagelin and friends 

• Maharishi video – Seagull story