More testimonials and stories from our Vedic meditators.

Georgia, Melbourne

Lastly, my biggest struggle in my life has been with how hard I am on myself, it has been very limiting for me in lots of different ways, and something I've only just become aware of and able to address. I am only now coming to realise that in any situation I find stressful or anxious, I jump so quickly to blaming myself for the thing that's making me stressed, to a point that so much of my internal dialogue is just hating on myself. Previously, to try and stop this I would then be hard on myself for being hard on myself (!!), and tell myself to shut up, or find something or someone else to channel the anxiety towards, or act out some pretty unhelpful and destructive patterns that give me a quick hit of dopamine, while never really staving off the low self esteem. Now, I have just started realising I let those thoughts come and go, and that I'm able to exist in a place of "maybe I'm not the worst", and work from there. The relief that comes from the space this place gives me is wild. Like, never felt relief like it in my life! I've no doubt that meditation has allowed me to have the peace of mind to get there. I'm so grateful. Thank you Laura, as always, for your teaching and wisdom. Forever thankful for you and having crossed paths.

Kate - Mother and teacher on the Sunshine Coast

Learning Vedic meditation with Laura has been one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life. I feel like my meditation times are my safe place and where I can just be, without judgment or expectation. Living with mental illness daily, my life has felt ruled by my brain feeling like shit and not always seeing a way out. Only months prior to meeting Laura and being accepted into your scholarship, I was in a really bad place and couldn’t see a way up or forward without so much pain. I tried lots of meditations but never found lasting release from the chaos in my head….. Until I was taught Vedic meditation. It has changed my life and I couldn’t (and won’t ever) live without it. Thank you thank you Laura with all of my heart xo

Tanya - on the Surf Coast

I feel very proud of my one year meditation anniversary today, especially looking back over the last year. I haven’t missed a day! I greeted the very first sunrise of 2022, then I meditated. The solitude & blissfulness was breathtaking. The obvious benefit I’m finding right now is being able to flow with life. We are facing a big decision about selling the house or not (both been stood down from our employment). Instead of sheer panic & anxiety, I’m calm & letting things flow. What an investment I committed to one year ago. I couldn’t be more grateful. Thank you and Jai Guru Deva.

Brad - Business owner in Melbourne

Must say from the first day when I had no idea or preconceived opinion of mediation, the form of meditation you taught me has been so easy to do twice a day and the difference I feel I could not have imagined. Not saying life has always gone to plan and everything is rosy (although people think I see the world through rose colour glasses) but I believe the way I see life and deal with certain situation over the past 2 years is totally different to how I would had handled situations for the previous 50 years. Thanks you for guidance and support Laura.

Cameron - Property investment in Melbourne

It’s been 2 weeks now since I learnt but it seems much longer! Amazingly, I already feel established in my twice daily practice and re-setting my morning rituals to ‘win the day’. I feel I’m a much more engaged person to be around. I look forward to each sitting with great curiosity, knowing and accepting each experience will be different. I still have many meditations where I get massively distracted and unsettled but you’ve taught me ‘there is no such thing as a bad meditation’ and every time-out is helping me better accept myself, embrace my imperfections and be kinder to others. The big surprise has been the out-of-meditation time. Concepts like transcending and manifesting were all very fuzzy and ‘out there’ for me, but by helping me observe my thoughts, trust my mantra for guidance and be open and curious to what comes, I’ve had ideas, opportunities and connections seemingly magically falling into my path!

Trudy - Mother on the Surf Coast

I have continued to meditate twice daily throughout my pregnancy. I honestly feel like the meditations so far have really helped me fight off any additional tiredness/lethargy. I have been feeling relaxed, calm and ready to move through the next stages. And feel this has also helped my husband feel calm about the birth. Meditation is becoming a part of me and my life, so I trust I will continue once I move into motherhood. I truly appreciate this practice, and you Laura, for introducing me to it, and look forward to exploring and diving deeper in the future.

Lyndon - Communications in Melbourne

I’m happy to let you know that my meditation habit is strong. I have only missed my second meditation a handful of times over the last year. The thing I have always noticed is the amount of time meditation gives back to me. Less time sweating over things, and a clearer mind that gets thing done. A quiet mind that is prepared to release its grip on the day and take advantage of more sleep. Some meditations are blissful and drifty and dreamy. Some are like a news bulletin you want to end. I take them as they come. Some days I sneak an extra ten minutes, because, like, who wouldn’t! Thanks Laura for your emails throughout the year. Whilst I’ve not had the chance to participate in the community as much as I would like, it’s always a comfort knowing it’s there.

Michael - Self-employed on Surf Coast

After just 6 months of meditating, the person I am now finding is an amazing person, with so many extra levels I never knew I had! I always considered myself a happy and independent person but there were things that always niggled away at me and I just assumed that was the norm... I can now feel a lot of those niggles falling away and I can just focus on what I want to do and who I am – which makes me a better person but also more able to give to others as well. I was on that journey but meditation has certainly helped a great deal! It has also helped me to better understand what a particular moment needs. Not all moments are sunshine and rainbows… Being able to recognise that and how to deal with it all and not get worked up as much as I used to (as you say we are still human and things will still annoy us – but we can process it much better if we are grounded and solid in ourselves) is a huge change I have noticed.

Brian - Entrepreneur in New York

Learning with Laura Poole was life changing. Before we met I had attempted unsuccessfully to incorporate meditation into my life for years. But that changed when I found her. Studying with Laura was fun and immeasurably rewarding. Over the course of several sessions she imparted doses of her deep wisdom from the ancient Vedas on me. The classes were delivered in a way that was easily digestible and memorable. In the months that followed Laura demonstrated a heartfelt commitment to my success as her student, which made all the difference. Still to this day she remains dependably accessible, emotionally supportive, and generous with her insights and resources. Since setting up a personal meditation practice with Laura as my teacher I have noticeably witnessed greater clarity of mind, an increase in the quality of my relationships, and have been promoted at work - twice in one year. I highly recommend Laura and Vedic Meditation to anyone seeking to transform or improve their quality of life. If you have the chance to work with her, take it. You will be blown away by the results.

Victoria - Speech pathologist in Melbourne

I love my practice and it has been revolutionary really. I'm at the stage where meditation has become indispensable and just vital (very dramatic but true!!!) to my life. I can never go back. So the consistency thing is very easy. I like to meditate first thing in the morning in my bed and then I try my best to meditate at 6pm when I get home from uni. I unfortunately learned the hard way last month during one busy week and stopped scheduling in evening meditations. I really felt the difference in my state of being, the way I was connecting with others, my productivity and the way I related with myself. So now I'm really prioritising the 2 x meditations and adapting when I don't have time (like train and car meditations). Since 3 months meditating, in terms of ease, I have noticed it has been quicker for me to slip into a relaxed state at the start and I'm having less agitation. I don't think I'm actually having less agitation, but maybe, I'm just not caring anymore and letting go more easily. I've had some nice experiences too which I’ll try to explain. I slip in and out of a state where I feel like I'm sinking into a big ocean and where I feel really vast. Sometimes my meditations feel like honey. If the flavour of honey could be a feeling, that's what I was experiencing. But on the whole I've been doing great! I love coming to group meditations and listening to some of the podcasts out there. I think the extra knowledge from you and others has really supported my practice. I'm never not inspired! Thank you so much.

Phoebe - Musician and Mother in Melbourne

Vedic meditation is a game changer with sleep deprivation. A 20min meditation did so much more for us than a 20min nap. The thing is, new parents don’t have time to sleep between feeds, there’s so much to do... so to get the mental equivalent of 3hrs sleep in 20mins is AMAZING! So glad we already had our practice as we knew how valuable it was, and now prioritise it up there alongside eating and showering!

Oscar - Movement Coach in Melbourne

Thank you Laura - you are one of the few genuinely good and original teachers out there. I appreciate most that you live what you teach, with no 'days off'. I recognise if a teacher and their process is worth following and I would like to continue learning from you and go further along this process for a few years! Since starting Vedic meditation, I feel like I am a better teacher myself. In the time I have been meditating my class numbers have grown, as I am able to share an understanding with more people, with greater clarity and simplicity. Also their practices are developing in a more profound way. I am more patient with my students and friends and I'm able to help them in a more meaningful way, that is relevant for them (less about helping me through the act of helping them.) I am seeing my dogs more as the unique animals they are (their spirit/energy), less of habits that they have, or dog training techniques they have been taught etc. When we run together it is like meditation for all of us and they are becoming calmer with less anxiety. My physical practice is developing faster. I am better able to detach from thoughts and emotions and instead bring awareness to my body's movement. I am also faster at learning new movements, skills and routines. I am eating waaaaay less meat and sweet foods. Less food in general actually. Much less coffee from 2 a day to 1 every 3 days or so. Wow that's quite a bit of stuff!

Simone - Model in Melbourne

When I started the course, I had basically lost my job, because I was “too emotional” and “too emphatic”. I was told I needed to care less about other people. I was back at uni trying to get a degree to change into a career where I don’t deal with people. Literally the day after I started the course, I felt like a whole weight had lifted off my shoulders. Everything has just been positively improving since then. I’m now able to deal with other people’s energies and bounce back. I don’t come home from work and cry every day. I’m able to give more to the people around me and I still have positive energy left for myself. I cannot tell you how much you and the course have changed my life. I have had doctors and specialists try to tell me that I need anxiety medication for the past 10 years, when all I needed was a script for meditation. So thank you!!!! You’ve helped me in ways I can’t explain, and now I can pass on help to others.

Erin - School teacher in Melbourne

Not only did I learn this beautifully effortless technique but I was then introduced to the beautiful community that is Mahasoma. I am so grateful that I have a network of people around who are also experiencing life through the lens of Vedic meditation. I am only new and yet feel very welcome and at home already.

Kim - Artist and Mother in Melbourne

My introduction to Vedic meditation was a wonderful calming and reassuring process. We managed to connect initially in the most serendipitous way with her in Australia and me in South Africa. Cailin explained everything so clearly and made me feel at ease, her support afterwards has also been very valuable. Two months in and I am always looking forward to my meditation.. the effect it is having in my life is invaluable.

Kristy - Mother on Sunshine Coast

What to even say? I mean, really. The beginning of everything being different. Unfolding. Expansion. Lightness. So many things. I've done guided meditation before, but it always seemed like a chore. This technique is simple and I genuinely look forward to it. Outside of the practice, I've noticed a real sense of spaciousness. I feel less reactive, less bothered, and less inclined to hold onto things. I've previously spent a lot of effort noticing and addressing tension (and stress, overthinking tendencies... etc), but I'm finding the same shifts are occurring without the effort. There is still awareness and change, but it's coming from a place of ease.

Shaunn - Business consultant in Melbourne

When you first hear about meditation, you often have a pre-conceived idea about it being 'hippy' or 'new age. Laura is a genuine soul and breaks through all of those notions, delivering a very down to earth approach to teaching this great technique for everyday people. When I first started learning the technique, each morning was quite chaotic. I had a lot of thoughts and couldn’t seem to ‘concentrate’. However, with Laura’s knowledge of Vedic meditation, she made me realise that this was a normal sign of stress leaving the body. I have incorporated it into my daily routine and each day I feel like I am becoming more concise in my thinking, have much more space between my thoughts so I can make the right decisions and overall feel a subtle sense of peace when the rest of the world is running at a crazy pace. I have to thank Laura for her unique talent to break down every step of the process so you feel motivated to meditate everyday. She has become a close friend and I highly recommend her to anyone looking at giving it a go!

Skye - Marketing and Communications in Melbourne

Thank you for being you and creating such a beautiful community for us to all be a part of! Deep gratitude for all your care and love over the last 12 months with your advanced Rishi and Siddha trainings - I have loved every minute of it!

Courtney - Business owner in Sydney

Meditation has replaced all the food and booze and drugs and clothes and relationships and work that I used to use in order to mask emotional pain of inadequacy and self-consciousness that I was feeling. Letting go of those things is really hard when you feel like they're a part of who you essentially are. But Vedic Meditation and the community and support that it provides during the process of letting all these things go is invaluable - and a hell of a lot cheaper! And better for you… And less painful. So in effect, meditation has probably saved me a bunch of money, has taken me on a rollercoaster ride of experiences and has given me the ability to look back on those experiences with the clarity of knowing that they are just those - experiences - and that they are not me. I am something much bigger than those experiences and feelings… something much more graceful and grounded and humble and centered.

Adi - Receptionist in Melbourne

I have noticed a sense of peace within myself. A stillness. I like to think I am a pretty calm person but this is a deeper tranquility within that I have yet to experience during anything else or any other time. Thank you again for sharing this amazing gift of meditation (I haven't missed a single session!) You’ve truly helped me move through some challenging times over the past 3 months.

Glenda - Integration Aid in Melbourne

Vedic meditation has been an absolute gift, it feels like a twice daly retreat. I didn’t know meditation could be this easy! I left each day of my course feeling inspired and joyful and felt so confident in my practice as Kathleen explained everything so well. I can’t imagine ever missing a session.

Stefanie - Artist and Mother in Melbourne

Doing the meditation course was so nourishing. It felt like someone finally handed me a glass of water in the desert after I've been offered thousands of fancy cocktails. It's just so simple and so good and really all I needed :)

Erin - Steiner teacher in Melbourne

The first time I learnt Vedic meditation I felt like I had been gifted the warmest most beautiful golden cloak. I felt that with this practice I had been given a tool to handle life with, a way to process and release experiences. I remember thinking about how if i was to go to a nerve racking situation like a job interview, that whatever would happen I would be ok. Because now I had a way of moving through things, of letting go of emotions I use to wade in - and this was just after the first meditation. I felt and continue to feel a real sense of ‘its all okay’, this knowingness has changed everything. With immense gratitude to my teacher Kathleen.

Aiden - Carpenter and artist in Melbourne

Meditation has been the key to my everyday. It has been the one thing that continually provides to me the feeling of oneness and unity with the never ending universe we live in. It has helped me gain clarity about the big picture of life and who I want to be and give back to this world. The the four day Vedic meditation course was Kathleen was such a comfortable environment where like minded individuals grew together, blossomed together and learnt such a valuable tool. The benefits and changes in my life from learning were instantaneous. I let go of worry, fear and stress and continue to do so everyday. I will always remember Kathleen talking about “surrender” in our course together. I have truly began to learn and experience surrender in my day, how to let nature and the divine plan run its course. I know I’m truly safe and loved. Vedic meditation reinforces that every single day.

Sophie - Nanny in Melbourne

Meditation has helped me in every single aspect of my life. It brings me back to my most pure and simple self. The practise has allowed me and taught me how to ‘let go’ and to have nothing but trust in myself and the universe. The experience from my four day course has by far been on of the most transformative, vulnerable and magically beautiful times for me in this lifetime so far. Learning how to reach that blissful and quiet state of my mind was euphoric. Every time I entered the space we were learning from it felt like home. I thank my lucky stars for the people that I learnt with and my beautiful teacher Kathleen daily. The benefits could go on forever. My perspective has gone from blurry and all things unstable to a stable, grounding and positive outlook on life. Everything naturally comes with love, compassion and gratitude and I couldn’t imagine it any other way.