Thom learned Vedic Meditation in the 1960s from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the great Indian guru who brought meditation to the West in the 1950s. Thom spent the next 26 years with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and was the first westerner and householder (someone with a family) to be inducted as a master. He then went on to teach in Australia, where he researched neuroscience and consciousness at Maharishi European Research University (MERU). He received an honorary doctorate, “Doctor of Science of Creative Intelligence” (D.Sci) in 1978 and quickly became a sought-after public speaker and educator, consulting to more than 40 top corporations and federal and state governments.