Testimonials

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn Vedic Meditation. I have been doing it regularly since I started the course earlier in the year, and I can truly say it has changed my life!

No tiredness or stress symptoms anymore; less fatigue from working; more energy generally (to get up at 5.30 am every day); more patience (I have tested this now staying with my parents for 2 weeks) and generally more content and happy.

Simone, Business Manager

I have a beloved great-uncle who is 96 and he’s been meditating twice a day for over 60 years. I have always admired his dedication, and whilst he’s not naturally a zen person, it helps to keep him balanced. I tried meditation a number of times, but never stuck to the practice. When a friend of mind started meditating, she was so different in herself that I became curious. I went to a talk and instantly liked the ease with which Jillian explained Vedic Meditation- no fluff but lots of practicality. For me, the course shifted a lot of emotions that felt bumpy for a few days but left me feeling lighter. I have definitely found the practice helpful to clear my head and raise my energy levels, and deal with life events over the last few years. As an osteopath I am working hands on with clients, and I think meditation helps me to keep clear and centered and sharpens my intuition. It’s also been a helpful practice on long-haul flights. In the future I would like to take the exploration deeper into the vedas- especially as my surname means ‘three vedas.’

Avni, Osteopath and Doula

London Meditation Centre was recommended to me by a friendly yoga teacher. For many years I had suffered periods of acute insomnia and related stress and had gone through several periods of feeling as if I was losing my tether. I had always been interested in meditation but sceptical about whether westerners, far removed from Buddhist or Hindu traditions, could really ‘meditate.’ My insomnia had got so bad that I decided I was willing to try anything.

I was impressed by Michael’s introductory talk—which was full of common sense and free from pseudo-spirituality—and decided to give it a go. Meditation turns out to be incredibly easy, almost effortlessly so and the benefits were immediate: straight away I felt waves of calm washing over and the stress draining away.

Now I’ve been meditating twice a day for four years now and my insomnia is cured: I sleep well. I feel calmer and happier than before and find that when life does get difficult meditation helps iron out the ups and downs and keeps me steady. In many ways my appreciation of life has deepened and I’ve been able to make several decisions and commitments that I was previously too frightened to contemplate.

I genuinely believe learning to meditate was the best thing I ever did and it has opened my mind to a whole new understanding of the world and my consciousness.

James, Novelist and Academic

I approached the London Meditation Centre because I was becoming increasingly anxious and angry at events and situations in my life. I couldn’t work out why I was constantly feeling this way, as on the surface everything was fine.

From the first moment I met Jillian and Michael, I felt reassured and they helped me better understand my situation. Even when taking part in the course I immediately felt calmer and more positive in outlook.

As a fully paid up member of the ‘cynics club’ I have to admit that I didn’t know what to expect but loved the fact that the course was inspirational, fun and crucially for me, practical, showing exactly how meditation can become an essential part of people’s busy and demanding lives.

Overall, I am more productive in both my home and work life. I feel more (though not totally) in control rather than constantly worried. I would recommend the London Meditation Centre to anyone feeling like I did.

Peter, President of Global Sales

One of the (many) things I liked most about the initial course (and indeed the Introductory Talk), was how eruditely Jillian and Michael spoke about both the mechanics and long-term benefits of meditation. Their deep and forensic knowledge and understanding of this wonderful gift are enshrined not just in spiritual mandate, but also in empirical cognitive and scientific evidence. As a Headteacher, this appealed to me immensely!

Jillian and Michael both have a warm, genuine humility and an unwavering authenticity that underpin them both as people and as teachers. Combined with their expertise and mastery of this beautiful practice, these make for a highly desirable set of qualities. Having now undertaken my first advanced course (I am itching to do my second!), Jillian and Michael continue to provide me with spiritual nourishment and model spiritual integrity to me in their practice. I find the latter particularly inspiring.

Lee, Headteacher

I am a natural sceptic, and it was a great help to get me over the threshold that Jillian comes across as so normal. She couldn’t be further from a mumbo-jumbo hippy. Since learning to meditate, I have done so every day for eight years or so. It keeps me (broadly) sane.

Benedict, Lawyer

I have gotten so many benefits from having taken your course a couple years ago. I feel more connected to my life and able to be more effective in my work and personal relationships.

Jillian was my teacher and she had a nice way of leading you through the process of meditation and making me feel welcome. I had practiced meditation before and had seen the results via my friends so I was ready for the course. But I wasn’t aware of all the health benefits and wasn’t aware of how many ways it would affect my everyday life; such as with helping me stop smoking (I know it sounds weird), helping me change jobs to be a designer that I am now, and to help me find a steadier place for me to have a relationship, which I have now.

It just gets better the longer I practice. Thanks guys for making a huge difference in my life.

Larry Tee, Clothing Designer and DJ/Songwriter

I thoroughly enjoyed the course and have made meditation an important part of my day. My wife and I did it together and have found meditation to be wildly helpful in dealing with the craziness of work and family pressures. Michael and Jillian’s style mean that anyone can take what they need from this course – no matter where they are or what they’re doing in their lives. I just wish I did it 20 years ago.

Chris, Hedge Fund Partner

I was very excited to be able to find support for my meditation technique in London. But, I never imagined how much support I would find. I am very grateful to you for welcoming me with such warmth and kindness, and for answering all my questions during my first year as a meditator.

Since I met you, I could not stop insisting to my husband to learn Vedic Meditation with you, until he finally did. And every day since he learned with Jillian, I am amazed by the wonders meditation has done to him, on so many levels. Hence, I am grateful to you for teaching him a technique that he loves to practice every day, and that we can share as a family.

We both love coming to your Monday meditations, and they are something we always look forward to experience. Besides being able to feel your support and the energy of the entire group meditating at once, there is always something new for us to learn from your discussions.

Thank you both so much for having the group nights to meditate, the pregnancy workshop which was incredibly instructive to me, your unconditional support, and the diverse methods that you provide to enhance and advance our experience as meditators.

Diana

I loved how personal and intimate the course was. I felt completely at ease and not at all overwhelmed with all the new information I was taking in. Jillian made me feel like it was second nature to me; I felt so much trust in the room.

Jillian and Michael have such a vast amount of knowledge, and yet manage to integrate it into such simple descriptions which I feel I can attain. They don’t take themselves too seriously. In fact, I find myself laughing more when I am around them! Everything feels completely as it should be with them, and they manage to take such old knowledge and keep it current, relating it all to the world we live in now.

I was worried I would not be able to do the course for many reasons, but Jillian addressed these issues with me, and allowed me come to my own decision without pressure. The more I did it, the more my life turned around for the better – my life is so much more enjoyable and effortless.

I saw everything and everyone in such a different way. Life was so much easier, lighter and happier. I attracted new energies into my life.

I love the Monday night groups; it’s great to be reminded of why we do the practice, its benefits, to hear people’s questions, to be around like-minded people and to meditate with such a large amount of people.

I love the retreat! The food was amazing, the venue and the surroundings were incredible and it was a huge shift for me emotionally – I want to do more!

Yvette, Mum and actress