Alarik Arenander
I first saw Alarik on a video. I was on my TM teacher training course in Vittell, France, in 1974, We watched a number of videos of scientists interacting with Maharishi. One of the scientists was a quite young-looking man. He did not have the name recognition as some of the other scientists. But he had a fascinating name: Alarik Arenander. The best questions and sharpest observations seemed to come from him. Who is this guy? I wondered.
I never dreamed he would become such a close friend. The better I got to know him, the more impressed I became. He’s a blazing beacon of braininess and bliss. He’s a teacher, a scientist, a beekeeper, a gardener, a chef. He’s always helping people, giving people gifts, sharing great ideas. He’s a Powerpoint prodigy. He’s a fast talker. He’s an effusion of energy.
He’s an entrepreneur. He and Cynthia created a successful company featuring “Dr. Arenander’s Holistic Health Formulas,” for the brain, mouth and teeth and gums, hair and skin, many based on Cynthia’s cognitions.
He learned Transcendental Meditation in 1970 and became a teacher the next year, in Majorca. He worked directly with Maharishi in the 1970s. Along with Dr. Cynthia, he became a founding faculty of MERU (Maharishi European Research University), in Switzerland. There he worked with Dr. Paul Levine to produce the first EEG coherence research.
He was a founding faculty member in MIU’s first PhD program, the Neuroscience of Human Consciousness. He was the first in the world to offer the 16-lesson Maharishi AyurVeda courses — Diet & Digestion, Maharishi Yoga Asanas, etc., in San Diego. He was the first to teach a course on Dr. Tony Nader’s research, “Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and Vedic Literature” — 48-lesson course he created. He created some of the first online courses for MERU: “Youthful Brain,” “Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and Vedic Literature,” “Presenting the Model of Vedic Physiology; Development of Human Potential.”
He and Cynthia spent years traveling around world on behalf of Dr. Nader and Raja Luis, creating groups of Yogic Flyers to create collective coherence and peace.
Alarik holds a PhD in Anatomy and Neuroscience from UCLA and has conducted research in cell differentiation and brain development, DNA regulation of brain function, child cognitive development, addiction, aging and Alzheimer’s disease, EEG mechanics and consciousness, and Veda and Vedic literature.
And he’s a total joy to know and be with.