During the interview aired on December 7th in the Dr. Oz Show, Oprah Winfrey discussed her life after The Oprah Show, including the impact her practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique is having in her own life, and in the lives of her 400 meditating employees.
She also discussed her visit to Fairfield, Iowa, home of Maharishi University of Management founded by spiritual leader and Vedic sage Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
"For me at this time in my life I recognize that everything is about moving closer to that which is God. And without a full, spiritual center-and I am not talking about religion, I am talking about without understanding the fullness from which you've come you can't really fulfill your supreme moment of destiny," said Winfrey.
"I think that being connected to that which is greater than yourself, for me at this particular time in my life, is the most important thing and that's what I am working on," added Winfrey.
In January 2012, Winfrey will be airing her newest series, Next Chapter, where she will be showing in one of its chapters what she learned from a visit to TM Town, a 9500 small village located in Fairfield, Iowa where a third of its population meditate.
"There's a traffic jam in Fairfield at 5:30 pm with mothers, and doctors, dentists and lawyers, and engineers and clerks and soccer moms all headed to the dome where this Iowa-people who look just like you and me, go there and they're all meditating," said Winfrey.
"And in order to prepare for doing that show I brought Transcendental Meditation teachers into Harpo Studios to teach me and my team how to meditate; so we started meditating," added Winfrey.
Winfrey said that initially 7 started to meditate, then from 7 to 70 which later led to 270, and now everyone in the company meditates.
"9:00 in the morning, and 4:30 in the afternoon no matter what is going on, we stop and we meditate," said Winfrey.
Winfrey said that such a way of being "still" with ourselves, coming back to the center and recognizing that something is more important than you, it's more important than the work you are doing brings a kind of energy and an intensity of energy which we have never had before.
"And you can't imagine what has happened in the company, people who used to have migraines, don't. People are sleeping better, they are having better relationships and they are interacting with other people better. It's been fantastic," she added
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