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Advanced Lecturer Series: Consciousness-Based Secondary Education - Maharishi Schools in the US, Canada, and Australia

Sunday April 12, 2026
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
ET
Adv Lecturers series US 2
Consciousness Based Education in Maharishi Schools
in the United States, Canada, and Australia
Sunday, April 
8–9 pm ET / 7–8 pm CT / 5–6 pm PT on Zoom
Join  us for a panel discussion with insights and stories from leaders in the application of Consciousness Based Education in Maharishi Schools in the United States, Canada, and Australia.The panelists will include Richard Beall, PhD,  Natalie Miller, BS and Frances Clarke, BS.
Dr. Richard Beall, Head of School Emeritus of Maharishi School in Fairfield, IA, United States
Dr. Richard Beall has had a distinguished 40+ year career in education. In 1981 he and his wife Andrea helped establish Maharishi School in Fairfield, Iowa, the first complete Preschool-Grade 12 system of Consciousness-Based Education (CBE) in the world. He has served as administrative director, teacher, coach, and principal, and Head of School for the past 16 years. 
Dr. Beall earned a Masters Degree in Educational Administration and his Doctorate in Curriculum Development in 1996 at Maharishi International University. His dissertation was selected as the university’s most outstanding of the year. 
In 2003 Dr. Beall founded Carolina International School, an award-winning public charter school near Charlotte, North Carolina. After guiding the school for four years, he returned to Maharishi School in 2008 when he was appointed Head of School. In the past 16 years Dr. Beall restored the school’s boarding program and oversaw significant changes to the school culture and functioning.
He is passionate about the field of education, with special interests in individual learning differences, global education, and the holistic effects of developing consciousness.
 
Natalie Miller, BS, School Principal at Victoria School for Ideal Education, Victoria, BC, Canada
Prior to becoming Principal, and Teaching Assistant at Victoria School for Ideal Education, Natalie worked in several private schools, school districts, and a daycare, nurturing and learning from students of all ages. With all of this experience, she grew high academic standards, grounded in compassion, and flexibility. She is able to understand each student’s unique needs and assist them to flourish and grow. 
In her enjoyment of teaching Natalie leans on nature for its fundamental blueprint of knowledge, “I believe real life samples and examples are the best teaching tools”. For this approach, she appreciates the amount of nature embedded in the curriculum at Victoria School for Ideal Education.
Frances Clarke, BS
Principal Emeritus of Maharishi School in Reservoir, Victoria, Australia.
Frances Clarke was a pioneering founder and long-serving principal of the Maharishi School in Victoria, Australia, where she established a curriculum focused on Consciousness-Based Education, including the practice of Transcendental Meditation. She has been recognized for fostering a calm, stress-free learning environment and has a scholarship named in her honor. She established the school in 1997 in Bundoora with 20 students before moving it to its current location in Reservoir.
She introduced Consciousness-Based Education to Australia, which integrates the standard Victorian curriculum with Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the “Science of Creative Intelligence”. Clarke retired from her role as Principal in November 2015. Following her retirement, she was appointed as the National Director of Consciousness-Based Education
The school honors her contribution through the Frances Clarke Scholarship, which is available for children of parents who practice Transcendental Meditation.
Sunday, April , at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT / 6 pm MT / 5 pm PT.
If you would like to enjoy a 20-minute group meditation, please join at 7:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm CT / 5:30 pm MT / 4:30 pm PT.
Meeting ID: 825 6476 6083
Passcode: 883849

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