Winter 2025-26 MIU International World Peace Assembly

MIU Campus

Course Dates: December 30, 2025 – January 13, 2026, in person and online. The first meeting will be at 8 pm on December 30 and the final meeting will be the traditional January 12 celebration in the evening.

Course leaders: Dr. Craig Pearson, Gerry Geer, Dan Law, and Muna Askar, with special guest speaker Dr. John Hagelin.

Prerequisites: This course is open to all TM-Sidhi program participants. Meditators are also invited to join the meetings. (Please note: a TM Retreat is available 12/19-26 which offers the full rounding program for Meditators.)

Course fee: Includes afternoon and evening knowledge meetings, in-person or via Zoom. Housing and meals are separate.

• $195 general tuition fee
• $95 for local Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City residents
• FREE for full-time employees of MIU, Maharishi School, Maharishi Foundation, and other TM organizations, as well as MIU students/faculty/staff and full-time TM teachers and IAA grant recipients.

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Highlights

LARGE GROUP TM AND TM-SIDHI PROGRAM PRACTICE in MIU’s Golden Domes

MIU Campus

This is the centerpiece of every WPA — the deep dive into the Self with a large group of Sidhas. It’s a leap forward in your personal growth, and an infusion of peace and harmony into US collective consciousness. It’s the best holiday gift you can give yourself and the country.

A RICH PROGRAM OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING MEETINGS, in person and online, featuring:

• Maharishi videos on higher states of consciousness plus talks Maharishi gave during his early visits to the US, along with discussions
• Discussions of personal experiences of higher states
• Celebrations on New Year’s Eve and January 10 and January 12
• Take silence in the first days of the new year, if you wish
• Special meetings for young people
• Talks by Dr. John Hagelin and other leaders
• MIU alumni panel discussions — what they’re doing, how they continue to benefit from MIU
• AI and consciousness — faculty panel discussion
• New TM projects from around the world — recent videos
• Live entertainment every evening
• Maharishi AyurVeda tips for good health, more energy, and longevity
• Advanced Techniques — 50% discount from your usual income-based course fee
• And more . . .

Argiro Student Center with Vedic Observatory

SPECIAL FEATURE
Celebrating the 1993 National Demonstration Project / Group for a Government in Washington, DC.

• This historic 4-week assembly, led by Dr. John Hagelin, brought together 4,000 Yogic flyers from 82 countries in the most highly-publicized demonstration of the Maharishi Effect to date.
• Violent crime dropped 23%, public opinion and media coverage toward the president improved dramatically, quality of life in Washington improved significantly, and the US Congress became more harmonious and productive.
• Hear the amazing behind-the-scenes stories from leaders and course participants.

More about the course

MIU’s winter and summer World Peace Assemblies have been highights of the year for everyone involved — participants, presenters, and organizers alike.

If you’ve participated in these gatherings, you know how rich the experience in the Golden Domes can be with a larger group of Yogic flyers rounding together. Participants have reported beautiful experiences of growth of consciousness.

The afternoon and evening meetings are incredibly rich, with knowledge, news, experience discussions, and much more.

And throughout the two weeks, we are infusing extra peace and harmony into world consciousness from the deepest level of natural law — from within our own Self.

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Reviews from Summer 2025 World Peace Assembly

This course was beyond fantastic. Just divine. Even joining on Zoom from Maryland, I felt so connected to everyone leading the course and on the course that it was as if I were there in person. My experiences during these two weeks were very deep! Thank you so much for the Zoom option (special thanks to the AV team)! —LY

Excellent assembly. Content wonderful. And Craig was the perfect emcee! —BK

My wife and I really enjoyed WPA. I especially enjoyed Dr. Hagelin’ s lectures on Quantum physics and dark matter. Raja John added a great dimension to the WPA. Found Craig Pearson very charming and added the continuity to the course. Also we are very fond of the Maharishi videos although some of them we had already at our TM Center; we have seen them many times. We enjoyed watching Paul Morehead and his Yoga Asana presentations. Also we liked the Ayurveda tip of the day. We appreciate the ability to attend the daily WPA meeting. It is expensive to travel to Iowa from Hawaii where we live. —CD

It was wonderful- had some good experiences of higher states – GC etc even from Hawaii —MD

Very entertaining as well as very informative —ML

This was my first virtual/remote WPA. It exceeded my expectations. So many interesting presentations and discussions and sharing of deep personal experiences by the participants. Dr. Craig Pearson did an excellent job orchestrating and managing the proceedings. —PB

The last 3 assemblies have resulted in a big boost in my meditation in the weeks and months after the assembly. Very promising. —JH

Very, very good. You all did a terrific job organizing it. Such a nice variety of important topics. And I noticed improvement in how you included the Zoom participants. I know it wasn’t easy, but I appreciate it. Thank you very much! I really enjoy listening to some of the leaders at MIU – most especially Craig Pearson and Gerry Greer (who did an outstanding job of giving the Zoom participants a sidhis refresher without every mentioning anything he shouldn’t have) —LF

It was wonderful and the attention placed on organization was very obvious. I would say this was the most organized course experience in my history. Heartfelt appreciation and thanks to Dr. Pearson in particular. —LM

This assembly has been so well articulated with a variety of presentations, informative, inspiring, nourishing and joyful, creating a lovely context for Maharishi’s Knowledge to shine. With deepest appreciation, thank you. Jai Guru Dev. —MF

Exceptional, especially the variety of interesting topics presented, especially TM in South Africa with Teddy and the new MIU athletic program. —GS

It was a wonderful combination of deep experiences with the group, deep knowledge, world movement updates, inspiration and entertainment! The woman’s panel was a perfect addition! Having meetings in Dalby Hall made it interactive and personal. We all felt so close! —PW

Fabulous in every way. All meetings were intricately conceived and executed as well as lovingly presented. Diverse and fascinating presentations, expanding our appreciation of the worldwide expansion of the programs developed by Maharishi in service to benefit all mankind and establish permanent world peace. Nice stretch times with Paul Morehead. Tapes of Maharishi. Such an uplifting 2 weeks! Thank you —JC

It was wonderful — I experienced so much support of nature during this course even though I was attending online. I wasn’t rounding but had a bit of feeling of deeper Being even so. —ZZ

Use of Dalby Hall for meetings was brilliant! It worked out very well in terms of ease and comfort. I hope use of Dalby will be the default meeting venue for all WPAs going forward. —RB

So very grateful! This was my 3rd and, in my opinion, by far the best WPA. —GM

It gave a boost to programs. —Anon

I really enjoyed the zooms, morning and evening….everything was perfection herself….and thank you for including questions from zoom chat…..This WPA was the best yet in variety and depth of sharing…The Aryuvedic tips were superb and of course relevant to the Vata season..I enjoyed each of the panels and this WPA being more inclusive with women’s voices/perspective….I appreciated listening to the tape where Maharishi spoke on Mother Divine..also the sport panel was inspiring….Learning about what is going on in the Movement world wide was uplifting…Hagelins lectures on dark matter and the unified field inspired me as well..I appreciated all the personal sharing from the past and of individuals experiences. The morning zoom on information about GMO was revealing indeed! I could go on and on…..All pretty much was seamless and when it wasn’t it was ok as I was in that silence where all is well.Thank you all, Craig, Gerry, John and the rest of you..PS also loved the daily stretches…. —JL

The course was delightful. TM Around The World, Ayurvedic Tip for the Day, Mid-afternoon stretching with Paul, great evening entertainment, lots of great panels and drop-in visitors/speakers, and the delightful Craig Pearson to keep us on time and on track. —JM

I loved the fact that it was so personable. Rather than being lectured to, as might have been the case in the past, group participation was invited. It was almost like a fireside chat with your family. The atmosphere was light, loving, accepting and non-judgmental, like a good meditation – ground zero for the unfoldment of Cosmic Consciousness. —CS

Loved it. Wish I could have been here the first week too. —MB

I just loved it! You give us everything we need! Appreciate everyone’s time putting all this together for us. Also really enjoy having to view the lectures again on Zoom. Loved the knowledge meetings for developing our Consciousness with Raja Hagelin and always Maharishi Tapes. Encourage all of you to keep organizing WPA’s for us! It helps our evolution! That is why we are here! THANK YOU —CW

It was truly wonderful. John Hagelin’s comments were very meaningful to me, especially the Gita readings. It answered questions about how my personal experiences have deepened and even what to expect! I enjoyed M’s videos more than ever as though hearing them for the first time. I loved hearing experiences from around the world and our local students and sports team group. It has been rich and satisfying and I wish there were more people in the dome all the time. Jai Guru Dev —MM

The schedule gets better and better each time. —DM

A wonderful WPA, even for those of us who were joining remotely! Raja John’s talks were warmly inspiring gems. Also appreciated Mario’s presentations on the global (and national) initiatives supported by the DLF and the Maharishi Foundation. The Awesomeness breaks were lovely, the Ayurvedic vignettes helpful. And Craig Pearson’s anchoring and steadfastness in keeping us on track were much appreciated. My practice was further deepened, and this was a great way to start 2025 – with more light inside. Thank you so much! —Anon

President John Hagelins’ presentations were superb, as usual. At times he ends sentences with a very low voice. If he keeps the same pitch until the end of each sentence that will help. Dr. Craig Pearson, vice P., conducted very well as the Master of the Ceremony. —PJ

I enjoyed the meetings. —SB

Excellent! —Anon

I am greatly enjoying the World Peace Assembly. —PH

It was a beautiful course, with the most interesting, enjoyable and uplifting meetings, especially the last Saturday with the grade A football coach telling us about forming the new team at MIU. There was a wonderful camaraderie and feeling of being one family in the audience during the meetings, with people coming from different areas. Gerry did a great job choosing perfect tapes to watch. Congratulations to all who worked so hard and organized the course. —PS

I attended the meetings as much as possible via Zoom meetings, since during the course I remained in NYC teaching TM. I absolutely ADORED the connection to the course – so powerful, invigorating, full of the transcendent. It was amazing – and easy to feel an increase in unboundedness in NYC. So much connection! The organization and care that went into the presentation of all the material was beyond impressive. The session on C-based education in South Africa with Rod Falk was extraordinarily moving and should be used to inspire sidhas (and donations) across the world. And the stories of introducing TM in Eastern Europe/Russia were deeply stirring. Wished it would never end. We need high numbers in FF. —Anon

I enjoyed the WPA! —JW

It was wonderful, felt like coming home. This was the best recent WPA with the emphasis on Maharishi’s tapes and knowledge. Thank you to everyone who made this course such a success. I really enjoyed all of the personal stories of people who were with Maharishi, made my heart swell. —GK

I loved it! Thank you to everyone making this possible for me and definitely look forward to more courses! I experienced total expansion in every direction! The course took care of everything from the TM Program to every topic from the town, MSAE and MIU Fairfield IA to the world and more. I Loved being in the Dalby Hall meetings with everyone -friends and people with the same years of courses I have had from all over the world. It had an amazing evolutionary effect on me. When I was on this course the feeling of gratitude toward MMY for my program, techniques and everything else I have learned here for unfolding who i am became the most profound sweetest feeling for two weeks and culminated with the puja. Words cannot describe the profound gratitude I feel for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi JGD — CW

It was wonderful. It gave me a glorious break from the daily woes of our current world. And reminded me again why we’re here, and what an important gift Marharishi has given us. I do wish it could have gone on 3 weeks since I was a Zoom participant, but understand the work involved! With that said thank you Dr. Pearson and all for a job well done! Jai Guru Dev. It’s also exciting to hear the TM news from around the world. Knowing the TM presence is growing and helping others gives us hope for a brighter future for the future generations. —LS

Superb —DS

It was wonderful and the attention placed on organization was very obvious. I would say this was the most organized course experience in my history. Heartfelt appreciation and thanks to Dr. Pearson in particular. Amy and the AV crew did a perfect job with the remote sessions, audio and video. A huge improvement over the previous on-line WPA and even the in-person Election assembly. Interaction with the online chat improved as the course went on. Many thanks and blessings to all who organized and participated in this WPA. Jai Guru Dev —DL

Loved it. Thank you so much! —JK

Excellent! Deep rest,well organized. Dr. Pearson was perfect! The knowledge sessions with Dr. Hagelin were priceless and inspiring. —DS

It was wonderful in SO many ways! I loved the greater intimacy of the meetings in Dalby Hall, and the opportunities to hear the experiences, questions, and thoughts of so many course participants. And I also enjoyed the fact that people connected by Zoom could also ask questions and make comments that were relayed to the whole group. The range of speakers and topics was very inspiring, and the entertainment diverting. —ZF

I enjoyed the course tremendously. Every meeting was very inspirational. Craig is an amazing person and brings his own inspiration and leads every meeting with such great words and with enthusiasm. —DW

I really enjoy the WPA, very inspiring. Before the course, I had no idea of what is going on in the world regarding TM. All the speakers and subjects were very interesting but I know I missed a lot, unfortunately because of the language. These courses are a real gift. Thank you for offering them. I hope to be advised for the next ones if offered. —MC

As a zoom participant, I thoroughly enjoyed the WPA: presenters, John Hagelin’s stories, Craig Pearson smooth emceeing, Paul Morehead’s stretches, Maharishi’s videos, tribute to Guru Dev and Maharishi. —CH

This was the best course ever, in terms of the presentations made. They were all inspiring and energizing. —SV

Absolutely LOVED it – when I was able to attend. I couldn’t make all of the meetings but the ones I did, I thoroughly enjoyed. —CS

It was excellent. —LL

FAQ

• Who can participate in this course?
  Everyone who practices the TM-Sidhi program can participate in the full program in the Golden Domes plus the knowledge meetings. Meditators can participate in the knowledge meetings and group meditations. Please note that a TM Retreat is available 12/19-26 which offers the full rounding program for Meditators.

• What is the deadline to apply?
  There’s no deadline if you already have a valid dome badge or are taking the course online. If you don’t have a valid badge, please apply early so we have time to process your application (this can take up to five days, longer if you’re from outside the US). If you need to reserve a room, it would be good to do that soon.

• When will I receive the Zoom links?
  Zoom links will be sent out to everyone on Sunday, December 28. If it is after December 29 and you have not received your Zoom link, please contact ce@miu.edu

• When can I come to register for the course?
  Daily 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm (except Sundays) – Gate Ridge Court building, 2nd floor office.
  Registration times for December 29: 1:30 – 4:00 pm and 7:30 – 9:30 pm
  Registration times for December 30: 9:30 am – 9:30 pm

• Where do I get meal cards?
  Single meal cards or 5-meal cards or 10-meal cards for Annapurna can be purchased at Vishwa Shanti Cafe in the Argiro Student Center for $14/meal.

• How can I sign up for a half-price Advanced Technique?
  Email Wally DeVasier at the Fairfield TM Center. wdevasier@tm.org

• What is the course schedule?
  – All meetings will be in Dalby Hall in the Argiro Student Center. The first meeting will be Tuesday evening, December 30, at 8:00 pm. The last meeting will be Monday evening, January 12, 2026.
  – Meeting times 1:30 – 3:30 pm and 8:00 – 9:00 pm CST.
  – Group program starts at 7:30 am and 5:00 pm in the Domes. If you’re participating remotely, please log into Virtual Dome and synchronize your program times.

• Can I come for a shorter time than the full WPA dates?
  Yes, you’re welcome to come for any length of time you wish. The course fee is the same since you will be able to view all of the meetings online and they will be posted online afterwards for you to view for up to one year.

• What is the refund policy?
  We offer a full refund for the course fee to anyone who requests it by ​Thursday, January 1, 2026.

• Other questions?
  Please email the Office of Continuing Education at ce@miu.edu.