
WHAT IS VEDIC MEDITATION
We’ve reached a point where most of us are at least familiar with the term meditation and likely have a modern interpretation of it being a tool to relieve stress. This is indeed the case, but meditation can actually provide much more than relief from the negative impacts of stress. A more traditional understanding of meditation is it being a mental practice designed to affect the mind and body into more expanded states of awareness. Really, it’s all one in the same thing as stress inhibits the expansion of your awareness.
Vedic Meditation is an effortless, yet profoundly powerful, technique that launders stress and fatigue from your system and rapidly expands your self-awareness. In this practice you are given a personalised mantra (or sound) that works as a vehicle to lull the mind into deeper, quieter, more expansive and creative states of awareness. It’s a process we call transcendence, which means to ‘go beyond’. Within this practice we can ‘go beyond’ the existing models of both mind and body and carve out new ways of living. With continued practice we begin to notice how this expanding awareness infuses our daily life, sprouting increased capability of the mind and enhanced functionality of the body. Yes, the body too, as what happens within the mind inextricably prints out in the body. While the mind is transcending into new realms the body is able to self-soothe in a deep level of rest which enables all bodily systems to function more optimally and return to homeostasis.
Vedic Meditation is practiced for 20 minutes twice daily. When you sit and close your eyes there is no need to try and stop yourself from thinking, no need to try and make yourself more relaxed, and no need to concentrate on or control anything. It truly is an ‘effortless’ practice, made even more beneficial amidst a culture that values, emphasises and rewards striving and doing all the things, which is often to the detriment of your wellbeing. Meditation returns you to an anchored and grounded state of being and implicit within that can be:
Reduced stress and anxiety
Experience of greater happiness and fulfillment
Increased energy and vitality
Greater focus and clarity
Enhanced creativity
Elevated motivation, passion and enthusiasm
Being more present and connected in daily life
Growth of resilience and adaptability
Spontaneous gratitude
Emotional stability
More connected relationships
Alleviation of addictive tendencies
Nervous system regulation
Improved physical functioning and performance
A boosted immune system
Regulation of blood pressure
Hormonal balance
Better quality sleep
Vedic Meditation is steeped in ancient wisdom and upon learning this technique you also gain access to this body of knowledge and how to apply it to your life experience. The correlating wisdom of the practice is like the belt the tool of meditation is carried in and provides even more understanding of life as a whole and enhances your natural ability to navigate with grace and ease.
HOW DO I LEARN
Vedic Meditation is only ever taught in-person (not online) and is delivered over 4 sessions:
Session 1, 1 hour
This session is 1:1. You witness a ceremony and are given your unique mantra and initial instruction of how to meditate.
Session 2, 1.5 hours
We now meet as a group and discuss meditation experiences and refine the technique with more detailed guidance on how to practice and how to establish self-sufficiency.
Session 3, 1.5 hours
We talk modern stress and its negative impact on our lives and how meditation enhances mind and body.
Session 4, 1.5 hours
We explore the functioning of the mind and how meditation elicits expansion of your consciousness state.
GROUP MEDITATIONS
Following the course, all students of this technique are warmly invited to regular, free, group meditations. These gatherings facilitate accountability to your practice and give opportunity to delve deeper into the enveloping knowledge and its application to daily life.
ADVANCEMENTS
At any stage after learning, students can also receive the additional practice of Vedic Rounding. And after each year of consistent meditation students are eligible to receive an advanced mantra. These advanced practices, together with learning the underlying wisdom, facilitate higher and more inclusive states of consciousness.
INVESTMENT
The course fee is $800 and includes:
The 4-session course
Access to free group meditations
Options to advance the practice in the future
Lifetime support and guidance from Carly
Ability to re-sit the course should you wish to be refreshed on the practice with any Vedic teacher globally, at no cost
FOR THE COURSE TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU
If you would love to learn but the public courses on offer don’t suit, or you would simply rather learn privately, the course timings and location can be customized for you or for a group of friends / family / colleagues. Please note, this greater intimacy takes the course investment fee to $1600 per person.