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For present study 75 volunteers between 20-40 years were selected (37 males and 38 females) Volunteers were trained for Transcendental meditation (TM.) After training period they practiced TM every day 20 minutes for 6 weeks. Anxiety score was measured by using clinical anxiety scale (C.A.S.) as given by R.P.Sainath et al [1] before and after the TM session in each volunteer. Comparison of anxiety score before and after the TM was done by statistical analysis. Anxiety score reduction was found significantly in females as compared to males who practiced TM. Key wordsTranscendental meditation, Anxiety score, clinical anxiety scale, statistical analysis International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research ISSN:0976-5530 & E-ISSN:0976-5549, Volume 3, Issue 4, 2012 Introduction Nowadays stress is an absolutely inevitable part of life. Stress causes hormonal changes, biochemical changes [2-4] various illnesses and psychosomatic diseases. [5, 6] Linkage between body and mind are now well appreciated and therefore one can use yogic practices in preventing and treating such stress related illnesses. Several studies have been done on effect of various yogic practices and meditation on anxiety score. [7-9] The present study examined the effects of TM on anxiety score Transcendental meditation (TM) is a common form of meditation that is easy to learn. Methods and materials Seventy five volunteers (37 males and 38 females) were selected. Following criteria were used for selecting the volunteers. 1. Age between 20 to 40 years 2. No history of heart attack, hypertension, diabetes, or any other chronic illness that required regular pharmacological treatment. 3. No history of major psychiatry disorders, current alcohol abuse/ dependency disorders. Each volunteer was explained the whole programme. Interested and co-operative volunteers were selected. Written consent was obtained from volunteers. The volunteers were asked to discontinue if they felt giddy. An approval of institutional medical ethics committee was obtained before commencing the study. Name, age, sex, height and weight of each volunteer were recorded. The anxiety score was measured in each volunteer and the readings were noted as controlled readings. 75 Volunteers were selected for present study 37 male volunteers and 38 female volunteers. Session was divided into: 1. Training session for 6 weeks 2. Practicing session for 6 weeks Session Training sessionIn this session volunteers were trained for Transcendental meditation (TM). This is a progressive relaxation technique. Technique was taught by giving individualized personal instructions. Technique of TM was taught as below [10-13] Meditator sits quietly in a comfortable position with his back erect, eyes closed, (lotus position) and takes slow and deep breaths. Citation: Mendhurwar S.S. and Gadkari J.V. (2012) Effect of Transcendental meditation (TM) on Anxiety score in healthy humans. International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research, ISSN:0976-5530 & E-ISSN:0976-5549, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp.-147-149. Copyright: Copyright©2012 Mendhurwar S.S. and Gadkari J.V. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.