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For her birthday, Katy Perry tweets fans to support Transcendental Meditation for school kids, veterans

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21 October 2012

Katy Perry says that Transcendental Meditation changed her life and, for her October 25 birthday, she is asking her fans to donate to the David Lynch Foundation, a US-based charity that provides meditation instruction at no charge to inner-city school kids, veterans suffering from the traumatic stress of combat, and many others across the globe.*

In a tweet two days ago to her 27 million Twitter followers, Perry writes:

''Transcendental Meditation changed my life. For my birthday I would love to pay it forward. In lieu of gifts, donate to www.davidlynchfoundation.org/katyperry.''

Perry joins a growing number of A-list celebs who practice Transcendental Meditation, or ''TM'' as it is called, including Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Russell Simmons, Jerry Seinfeld, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Cheryl Crow, Moby, Ben Harper, and Laura Dern.

On the David Lynch Foundation donation web page, Perry writes about her support for TM:

''I have been meditating for two years now, and it's the best thing I have ever done to help bring more creativity, positive energy and peace to my life. When I'm tired, stressed, anxious or depressed, I meditate, and it clears my mind, and makes me feel relaxed and happier. I have shared the meditation experience with my friends, and recommend it to everyone I know.

''I support the David Lynch Foundation because it brings Transcendental Meditation to millions of adults and children all over the world who suffer from post-traumatic stress, such as veterans, inner-city school kids, and women and girls who are victims of violence.

''Please help me celebrate my birthday by making a donation to DLF. Your donation is not only special to me, but to all of the people whose lives you will help through the lifelong gift of meditation.''

Last year, Perry urged her fans to ''pay it forward'' with donations to the ASPCA to care for abused animals.

For more information, please contact heather@davidlynchfoundation.org.

Click here to view a 5-minute video with highlights of the David Lynch Foundation's programs.

Katy Perry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/katyperry

* In addition to Transcendental Meditation programs for schoolchildren, veterans, women and girls, prison inmates, the homeless, American Indians and other indigenous peoples around the globe, a new outreach of the David Lynch Foundation recently began, focused on African PTSD relief. The David Lynch Foundation was also inaugurated in the UK in May.

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