I began my journey with meditation when I was six years old, but I didn’t return to the practice until I was aged 28 and strung out with stress. Like so many others, I was burning the candle at both ends and living between pockets of temporary happiness. I knew there was more to life and I was convinced fulfilment existed, because I’d felt glimmers of it, but I didn’t know how to sustain it. Vedic meditation changed everything for me. It is a simple, natural and effortless technique which instantly had a profound effect on my state of mind and sense of self. As I began to shed the layers of years of accumulated stress, I began to sleep better, eat better, and feel infinitely better.

Meditation and the ancient body of wisdom known as the Veda brought me a new way of looking at the world and moving through it. Life became more effortless, full of flow: good things started happening. I felt like I was travelling the right way down the river, floating and sometimes whizzing along joyfully. Even the bumps didn’t feel quite so big, or take as long to recover from. My intuition was strengthened, so I had clarity about where I should be, and what I should do; decisions felt easy because they became based on what feels deeply right and what brings charm, joy and warmth. Uncertainty started to take on a new form - it began to feel like possibility. I lost rigid attachment to outcomes, and started to enjoy the journey. I became more self-sufficient; instead of seeking fulfilment (and never really finding it) elsewhere, I turned to myself, and became responsible for my own happiness.

After four years of practising Vedic meditation and feeling the richness of its benefits, I decided to become a Vedic meditation teacher. My journey involved over 2500 hours of study and several months of rigorous training in the foothills of the Himalayas, under the tutelage of Thom Knoles - Maharishi Vyasanand Saraswati - the only Westerner ever to be inducted into the  tradition at the highest level. I am officially recognised by the Shankaracharya tradition of India, one of the most revered branches of teaching. As soon as I graduated, I traveled to Australia for a month to shadow and be mentored by one of the world’s most respected teachers, Limor Babai. Earlier this year, I was invited back to India to assist Thom Knoles and his team of Course Leaders to support in training a new group of teachers.

I truly believe that everyone deserves to lead a full, expansive and happy life, and it is within reach. I chose to teach Vedic meditation because it’s the easiest and most sustainable way I know of getting there.