Vedic Meditation Is Easy To Learn and Simple To Practice
You might be wondering about the difference between Vedic Meditation and other forms of meditation, such as Mindfulness Meditation and Transcendental Meditation. Which is a good question, one that is answered during the introductory session.
I have been teaching, or involved in teaching, meditation for over 28 years and meditating even longer.
Therefore, I believe that you will benefit from my personal experience with Vedic Meditation and the teaching thousands of people to do the same.
In case you are interested, you can read more about me here: About Warwick Jones
Vedic Meditation is fundamentally different from other forms of meditation that can be taught via books, video and audio recordings.
And if you think about it for a moment, if it could be taught via one of those methods, don’t you think someone would have done so by now?
That is why the introduction session is an important step in learning Vedic Meditation. Before you can learn it you first need to fully understand what it is that you are learning.
Because if you don’t fully understand what Vedic Meditation is and how it is different from other forms of meditation you will have great difficulty when it comes to leaning.
Step One: An Introduction To Vedic Medic Meditation
Your first step to learning Vedic Meditation is to make an appointment and then attend an “Introduction” session.
And while the introductory session is a prerequisite to learning Vedic Meditation, there is no obligation or your part or mine that you have to go any further.
The Introduction session presents the range and magnitude of possible benefits that can be gained from the regular practice of the Vedic Meditation technique.
The lecture is about 90 minutes and includes:
- Description – what Vedic Meditation is and also what it is not
- Benefits – improved mental potential, health, and social behaviour etc
- How to start meditating– an outline of the steps of instruction to learn Vedic Meditation
These talks are free of charge, and involves no commitment to learn, phone Warwick Jones, 021 532 768, and arrange your own confidential time.
Additionally, to the points above, the presentation also covers:
- What you can realistically expect to get out of the practice
- How Vedic Meditation works
- Where it comes from
- And how does it differ from other systems of meditation and relaxation
You can only successfully learn Vedic Meditation when YOU want to learn, therefore the decision needs to be yours and yours alone!
Go Home And Sleep On It
At the conclusion of the Introduction session, we tend to ask you to go home and think about it, before making arrangements for the next step.
By tradition, the teacher does not mark his/her diary for the next appointment at the time of the introductory session.
You are asked to go home and sleep on it. Call back the next day to make an appointment for the next step if you are so inclined, or at some other time in the future.
The main point here is that you will not be asked to commit to learning Vedic Meditation at the introductory session. This way you know that YOU have made the decision to learn, and not “felt obliged” or been “talked into it”.
We enjoy working in a personal and confidential environment, therefore almost all our courses are One-On-One. With the option for friends, family and workplaces to learn in groups – so it can’t get any simpler than that!
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021 532 768
Step Two: Personal, One-on-one, Instruction
Learning Vedic Meditation cannot be done overnight or from a book, video or audio technologies. The course unfolds over two and one-half months.
Personal instruction in the Vedic Meditation technique begins with a one-to-one session with Warwick Jones, followed by three more sessions on consecutive days. In these sessions, you’ll actually learn to practice the technique. Each session usually takes about two hours.
Following the four sessions above, there are three additional sessions scheduled at intervals over two months.
Warwick is available seven days a week, by appointment, with standard appointment times, each day – 8 & 10 am, 1, 3, 5 pm.
You simply choose the day of the week that you can begin the four-day course at the time that suits you best each day
Course structure
Sessions are between 90 minutes and two hours each
Introduction: Attending an “Introduction” session is the prerequisite for learning Vedic Meditation.
Personal instruction:
(within six weeks of the Introduction)
A one-on-one session of Personal Instruction – in this sessions you’ll actually be learning Vedic Meditation.
Days three, four and five:
A series of 2-hour checking sessions following your Personal Instruction in Vedic Meditation. It is to review your progress, explore the mechanics of the technique in relation to your experiences, and therefore verify and validate the correctness of your practice.
Follow-up Programme
Day six: one week after day five.
In this session, we answer any questions and offer an explanation to your experiences if these have changed in the last week. We also explore and discuss the benefits of the regular practice of Vedic Meditation as they begin to unfold in your life.
Day seven: one month after day six.
You have been meditating at home for a month at this stage, so we need to check your progress and process of meditation. As well as providing the intellectual understanding of the changes taking place.
Day eight: one month after day seven.
A final review of the mechanics of the technique and to verify and validate the correctness of your practice.
Two-year follow-up:
Warwick offers a free two-year follow-up program to ensure that the benefits of Vedic Meditation are stabilized in daily life. After this, there is a nominal charge for checking – validating and verifying, correctness in your practice of Vedic Meditation.
Learn to Meditate
Phone Warwick Jones
021 532 768
Step Three: Personal Experience
Learning Vedic Meditation is effortless and really easy. It is neither mind-control nor mental discipline, it’s not concentration, a contemplation, a philosophy or a way of life.
By the end of the course, you will have all the knowledge and experience you need to meditate on your own at home; you have learned a technique, not become part of a group or organisation.
Unlike many other meditation techniques, Vedic meditation is renowned for being easy to integrate into the busy lifestyle of a householder.
Once you have learned Vedic Meditation it is essentially something which you can do on your own.
However, on completion of the course, there is a complete two-year follow-up program that is available for every meditator.
The program includes regular personal Check-ups & Refresher sessions and special seminars to ensure your complete understanding and knowledge of the Vedic Meditation technique to enable you to maximize the benefits.
Check-up & Refresher sessions
As we mentioned above, the Vedic Meditation program involves the twice-daily practice of meditation and regular ‘Check-up & Refresher sessions‘ – should you need them.
Check-ups and Refresher sessions are a simple process which ensures that the technique remains absolutely effortless.
This effortlessness is vital because: first, if it’s not effortless, it’s not Vedic Meditation, and if it’s not Vedic Meditation, who knows what the results will be; and second, if it’s not effortless, it won’t be easy, and if it’s not easy, people tend to stop.
Check-up and Refresher sessions, therefore, are a vital aspect of the Vedic Meditation Program.
Learn to Meditate
Phone Warwick Jones
021 532 768
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