★★★★★
This has honestly changed my life. I'm a calmer, more present human being. Sleep improved, stress reduced, all within weeks of starting.
Renee S.Marketing manager
Vedic Meditation · Currumbin Valley, Gold Coast
A mind that finally switches off.
An effortless, twice-a-day practice for people who are high-functioning and running on empty. Learned in one weekend in Currumbin Valley, yours for life. No apps, no willpower, and there's a science to why it works.
Talk to Rich
20 minutes, free, no script.Zoom or in person. You'll know by the end if it's a fit.
Rich MuirHonours, Psychological Science
500+ people taught here in person
500+ people taught here in person
Where you'll learn: Rich's home in Currumbin Valley
What it does to the body
Calm you can feel. And measure.
Each sit drops the body into a deep state of rest. Do it twice a day and the whole system recalibrates: heart rate settles, breathing slows, sleep deepens, reactivity falls. Stephen watched it happen on his wrist.
"I can honestly say I'm feeling like a new person. Feelings aren't always facts. It was pretty cool to see the data reflect the change."
Stephen Beverland · CFO · learned in 2025
Resting heart rate, Apple Watch
74 → 66BPM
One person's data, shared with permission. Not a study, just what happened.
500+
people taught in person on the Gold Coast
10 yrs
close to a decade teaching, nearly 20 practising
Hons
Psychological Science, thesis on stress and breathing
Sound familiar?
Your mind works hard. It just won't stop.
You're good at your job, you hold a lot together, and you're tired in a way sleep doesn't fix. Your head is still going at 11pm. You've tried the apps, maybe a class, and it felt like one more thing to be disciplined about.
The problem isn't your willpower or your schedule. Most approaches ask the mind to fix the mind, which is like asking someone exhausted to try harder to relax.
A calm mind is the byproduct of a calm nervous system, not the other way around.Rich Muir
Why this works when apps didn't
The easiest meditation you'll ever learn.
Vedic Meditation isn't concentration and it isn't mindfulness. You're given a personal mantra and shown how to use it so the mind settles by itself. Nothing to focus on, nothing to get right.
Most meditation
Asks you to focus, watch your thoughts, and bring your attention back every time it wanders.
Feels like effort. Effort is exactly what a tired mind can't sustain, so most people quietly stop.
Vedic Meditation
You receive a personal mantra and a technique that lets the mind settle on its own, the way a body settles into sleep.
Nothing to concentrate on, control, or fail at. It sticks because there's no effort to give up on.
The course
Five sessions. Self-sufficient for life.
Four sessions to learn and establish the technique, over one weekend or four weeknights in a group of two to six, or privately across two to four days. A short check-in two weeks later. Then you don't need a teacher, an app or a subscription.
Session 1
Your personal initiation
You receive your mantra and learn the technique, one to one, in about an hour.
Session 2
Deepening the practice
Review your first sits and refine the mechanics so it works anywhere.
Session 3
The science of rest
What stress does to the body, and why this reverses it. Understanding it speeds up the benefits.
Session 4
Your lifetime practice
Integration and the long view. You leave confident you can do this on your own.
Two weeks later
The check-in
Twenty minutes, in person or on Zoom, to see how it's settling.
Upcoming group weekends · Currumbin Valley
Investment
Group weekend or weeknights, two to six people$850
Private course, one to one$1,500
Check-in and ongoing supportIncluded
Paid once. No app, no membership, nothing to keep buying. Payment plans available, just ask on the call.
Client stories
What changes when you actually learn to meditate
★★★★★
Rich is an amazing teacher. His course significantly changed my mental wellbeing. I haven't felt this un-anxious in years.
PeteMeditating six months
★★★★★
Effortless and effective, with palpable benefits within days. A twice-daily ritual that becomes a life-changing practice.
Amy A.Entrepreneur
★★★★★
Meditation has become my anchor in moments of difficulty. Through the hardest months it gave me the steadiness I needed to keep moving forward.
Justine S.Business owner
★★★★★
We felt at ease from the very first session. Rich gave us not only the technique but a deep understanding of the science behind it.
ReeceGold Coast
★★★★★
Life has been the best it's been in years. My practice is now non-negotiable, no matter where I am or how I'm feeling that day.
MichelleGold Coast
Close to a decade teaching people to be calmer. 500+ taught in person. Read more stories
Where you'll learn
Not a studio. A home in the valley.
Courses run at Rich's place in Currumbin Valley, twenty minutes from the highway and a world away from it. You learn in the living room, sit on the deck, and walk out to the trees between sessions.
25 min from Burleigh and CoolangattaParking on siteAddress sent with your booking
Fit
Honesty matters here.
This is for you if
- You carry a quiet undercurrent of stress, even when life looks fine on the surface
- Your sleep is disrupted and your mind won't switch off at night
- You're high-functioning but running on empty
- You've tried apps or mindfulness and found them effortful or forgettable
- You're navigating burnout, a health challenge or a major life change
Probably not for you if
- You want a quick fix. This is a practice, not a pill
- You're not willing to give twenty minutes twice a day. That's the whole investment
- You need to stay in full mental control at all times. The technique works by letting go
- You can't complete five sessions over a few weeks. The structure only works finished
The teacher
Grounded in tradition. Informed by science.
Hi, I'm Rich. I've taught Vedic Meditation on the Gold Coast for close to ten years and meditated for nearly twenty. My Honours in Psychological Science, with a thesis on stress, breathing and wellbeing, is why I teach the mechanism as well as the method.
I work with busy professionals, parents, people in burnout, and anyone who tried the apps and found them hollow. No trends, no forcing the mind. A timeless technique, taught properly, that works for life. I teach independently and am not associated with the Maharishi Foundation.
Honours, Psychological ScienceThesis on stress, respiration and wellbeing
500+ people taughtIn person on the Gold Coast, over close to a decade
Nearly 20 years of practiceTwice daily, without exception
Initiated in the Vedic traditionDirect teacher-to-student lineage
Start here
The first conversation is free.
Twenty minutes to understand where you are, answer your questions honestly, and see whether this is the right fit for you right now. No pressure and no script.
Talk to RichZoom or in person · Currumbin Valley, Gold Coast