The course · Currumbin Valley

Learn it once. Keep it for life.

Five sessions. A personal mantra, an effortless technique, the science of why it works, and a check-in two weeks later. Then you don't need a teacher, an app or a subscription.

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The living room where sessions are taught
Where sessions happen. Small groups, one room, no incense.
What you're paying for

Not a class. A skill, taught properly, once.

People sometimes expect the price of a yoga class or an app. This is closer to learning an instrument from someone who's played it for twenty years: a few concentrated sessions, then it's yours.

Your own mantraChosen for you, one to one. Not a generic sound from an app.
Four sessionsTwo days, small group or private. Enough to learn it and feel it working.
The scienceWhy it works, from someone with an Honours in the subject. Understanding it speeds up the results.
The check-inTwo weeks on, once you've done thirty sits and have real questions.
Support for lifeQuestions answered for as long as you practise. Years later, still free.

Paid once. No app, no membership, no annual fee. The last meditation course most people ever need to buy.

On the investment
"There is so much calm in my life now. The best investment I've ever made, hands down."
Belinda C. · Gold Coast · learned 2024

Jeff, 62, came to the course after waking convinced he was having a heart attack and realising he didn't much care. "That's when I knew something had to change." Eighteen months on he describes the practice as the foundation of getting his life back. Read Jeff's story

For context
$850once
This course. Same technique as TM, taught independently, with lifetime support.
$1,550once
The same technique taught through the TM organisation in Australia.

Apps are cheaper, at around $100 a year for as long as you keep paying. Most people stop using them within a month, which is usually why they're here.

Three ways to learn

Same technique. Pick the pace.

Every format includes your personal mantra, all five sessions and ongoing support. The difference is who's in the room and when.

Most popular Weekend

Group weekend

$850concession $600
  • Saturday and Sunday, two sessions each day
  • Two to six people
  • Check-in two weeks later, 20 minutes
  • Ongoing support included
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Fits around work Weeknights

Group weeknights

$850concession $600
  • Monday to Thursday, 6:30pm, one session a night
  • Capped at five people
  • Check-in two weeks later
  • Ongoing support included
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One to one Private

Private course

$1,500from
  • Two-day intensive or spread across four
  • Nervous system assessment: breathing and heart readings
  • A personal regulation plan alongside the meditation
  • Priority ongoing support
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Why it costs what it costs

A straight answer on price.

Groups are capped at six so every person gets their own initiation and real attention across the weekend. That's the whole reason it works, and it's why this can't be priced like a class of forty.

You're also paying for what happens after: the check-in, and answers to questions for as long as you practise. A decade in, people from the first courses still email. That's included, not upsold.

If the price is the only thing in the way, say so on the call. Nobody's been turned away over money yet.

Concession rate for students, healthcare workers and anyone doing it tough$600
Hold your place with a deposit, balance on day one$300
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Next starts

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Reserve holds your place with a $300 deposit. The rest is due on the first day.

What the weekend looks like

Two days, four sittings.

Saturday 11:30am

Your personal initiation

You receive your mantra and have your first meditation, one to one with Rich.

Saturday 2:00pm

Deepening the practice

Review the first sit, refine the mechanics, meditate together.

Sunday 10:30am

The science of rest

What stress does to the body and why this reverses it.

Sunday 1:00pm

Your lifetime practice

Integration, the long view, and how to keep it going when life gets loud.

Two weeks later

The check-in

Twenty minutes, in person or on Zoom.

What changes

What most people notice, and roughly when.

Not promises. These are the things people report most often when they practise twice a day. Everyone's timeline is different.

Sleep gets easierFalling asleep faster and waking less. Usually the first thing people mention.Often within the first week
Less reactiveA bit more space between something happening and how you respond.First few weeks
Clearer thinkingLess rumination, fewer decisions that go round in circles.Two to four weeks
More energyStress stops draining it. Some people find they want less coffee.A month or so
Steadier moodNot flat, just less thrown by the day.Builds gradually
A new baselineCalm stops being something you do and becomes how you are.With regular practice
Common questions

Things people ask first.

If yours isn't here, the call is the place to ask it. No question is too basic; most people arrive with the same handful.

Why is it $850 when apps are $100?

An app sells you a recording. This is a person choosing a mantra for you, teaching you across a weekend in a group of six at most, checking in two weeks later, and answering questions for life. The same technique through the TM organisation costs $1,550. Concession and payment plans exist, so if money is the only obstacle, say so on the call.

What if I can't clear my mind?

You don't have to. Thoughts are part of the process and the technique works however busy your mind is. The idea that some people can't meditate usually comes from methods that ask you to suppress thoughts. This one doesn't.

How is this different from Headspace or Calm?

Apps teach mindfulness, a practice of focused attention that takes ongoing effort. Vedic Meditation is effortless by design: you get a personal mantra and a technique that lets the mind settle on its own. It's a different mechanism, not a better version of the same one.

Is this Transcendental Meditation?

Same tradition, same core technique, taught independently of the TM organisation. That's what makes it far more accessible in cost and availability. Rich is not associated with the Maharishi Foundation.

Do I need any experience?

None. It's taught from scratch, and people who've never meditated often find it easier because there are no habits to undo.

Can I do this if I'm going through a hard time?

Yes, and many people come at exactly those moments. Rich has taught people through serious illness, grief, burnout and major life changes. The call is the place to talk through your situation.

What happens after the course?

You practise twice a day on your own, 20 minutes each. There's a check-in two weeks later, then ongoing access to Rich for questions as your practice and life evolve. No fees, no subscription.

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