Meditation has, without doubt, provided me with the tools and confidence to cope with the anxiety around performing consistently at an elite level. Furthermore, it has given me the perspective to deal with the high and lows in terms of results, performance and external feedback. Because the method of meditation I’ve been taught is not time consuming (20 mins twice a day) it’s not a burden for me to fit into my routine, regardless of the existing obligations or where I may be in the world.

Practising VM regularly and consistently, twenty minutes twice a day, the everyday chaos of life becomes playful and I can take pleasure from everything I do. The feeling of being ‘snowed under’ and ’stressed out’ evaporates and I feel calm and in control. I make better decisions that keep things evolving in a creative direction, and I becomes more adaptable and discerning — an important skill for any architect!

What a truly wonderful gift you have shared with me, and with such ease, grace, light and love – thank you. It was the simplest of techniques yet a lifetime could not come close to fully understanding nor embracing its possibilities – yet what a journey to be on… Just the fact that for 40 minutes every day one practices acceptance itself – to be with all that is and all that isn’t – that in itself, aside from all the other startling benefits, could change one’s perspective and life in wonderful and radical ways.

Since I started meditating 9 months ago, I have experienced deeper and more meaningful relationships with friends and family, and reprioritised my work-life balance…Overall I have gained a sense of calm, lightness of being and increased meaning and enjoyment to life.

I have been meditating twice each day for nearly 8 months now and find increasing benefit from the practice; life is very much more pleasant and I can take the challenges of each day so much more in my stride and in spite of increasing years, accomplish all I want to and sometimes more.

The pressures of the HSC present a very challenging period in the life of any teenager … Initially critical of the claimed advantages such as deep rest and its associated benefits, I was soon proved wrong, noticing improvements in my clarity of thought, ability to concentrate and study, and a deep sense of relaxation after every session. At its basic level; meditation provided me with the rest I needed to supplement a rigid routine of study, exercise and co-curricular activities. Monday night meetings also provided a nice break to escape the HSC lifestyle and to present reality again to me-something which was easy to lose sight of when I was so absorbed in my own pursuits. I sometimes wonder how I might have got through certain points in the year if I hadn’t had ‘the practice’.