The specific, as well as holistic, effects of practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique have been thoroughly documented. Findings associated with the practice have included a range of physiological, psychological and sociological benefits, but have also encompassed measures of general health, well-being and human development. However, few if any indigenous test instruments have been used to gather these data. In Perú, a test instrument called Test de Autoevaluación de Meditación Transcendental (i.e., Self-Assessment Test of Transcendental Meditation) designed to measure benefits of Transcendental Meditation in school children and adolescents has been deployed with some degree of success. The test was designed about 25 years ago to measure physical health, cognitive health, emotional health, and school performance, and has been completed by about 50,000 primary and secondary s...