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Animals as Leaders Guitarist Practices Transcendental Meditation

Posted on Apr 12th 2010 3:00PM by Amy Sciarretto Comments

Howard Stern and Jennifer Aniston may be the most famous practitioners of Transcendental Meditation, but Animals as Leaders guitar hero Tosin Abasi also swears by it.

"You are supposed to do it twice a day, in the morning or before dinner, but I don't always get to do it twice since I don't have a structured life right now being on tour," Abasi told Noisecreep. "But I am glad I learned the technique."

He picked it up during high school, when he visited a friend's dwelling and saw a picture of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the person responsible for bringing TM to the West. "I asked, 'Who is that? Your guru?' as a joke and my friend was like, 'Yeah!' His family is like a second family to me, and they gave me books about it and it totally open the door for me."

Abasi said that TM offers multiple physical and physiological benefits. He said, "It can reduce stress, lower your blood pressure and if you are well-rested, you can do anything 100 percent." But the process also affects practitioners on a much more profound spiritual and mental level. "It aligns you with deeper portions of your consciousness," he admitted. "As a creative being, who knows where creativity comes from? It's good to know yourself on a deeper level, beyond intellectual and beyond thinking, and to experience your non-physical."

The guitarist thinks that practicing TM affects his playing -- in the best possible way. "I have my best shows if I meditate directly beforehand," Abasi said. "When it comes to playing guitar, I am utilizing my body to achieve speed and accuracy, so meditation achieves focus."

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herzwerkii

Tosin in short time will be recognized for the true visionary that he really is.

I think the release of a follow up album is going to solidify his name and presence globally.

After meeting him in person, you can really understand that he is a person functioning on a higher level.

April 28 2010 at 8:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gingerspice

This is very inspiring. Abasi sounds like a really positive person, I love how he says, "...with TM you can do anything 100%." My brother practices Transcendental Meditation and he has so many friends, people fall in love with him just at the first meeting. There is defiantly something to this.

April 14 2010 at 4:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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