Melbourne Meditation Centre

31/01/2026

Ever feel like your brain has too many tabs open? 🤯

There's a simple way to close a few — and it's not as hard as you think. Learn how on one of our six-week Meditation & Mindfulness for Beginners courses; starting this week in Glen Waverley, Richmond, Geelong, St Kilda and the Melbourne CBD.

What you’ll get: ✅ Practical tools to reduce stress and anxiety. ✅ Better sleep. ✅ A 168-page textbook & 50+ guided meditations to keep. ✅ The flexibility to attend at any of our venues.

No experience needed. No "woo-woo." Just down-to-earth, science-backed techniques that work for real people with busy lives.

👇 Join over 20,000 students who have found their calm with us.

Our six-week course is a great place to begin if you are new to meditation and mindfulness, or looking to refine and develop your skills.

14/01/2026

Your guru is your heart.
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13/01/2026

Gain the confidence to teach meditation and mindfulness with skill and integrity — in your own way — under the guidance of one of Melbourne’s most experienced and successful teachers.

February 2026 Intake

10am — 4pm
Sundays February 1, 8, 15 & 22

Balwyn.

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12/01/2026

Considering getting back into meditation this year?

You'll find a simple three step process to follow below.

Also, remember:

There's no "right" way to do it.
You don't need to adopt a special posture.
Trying to stop yourself thinking doesn't help.
You don't need a special mantra, a guru, or a perfectly quiet place.

What will help:

Treating each session like an experiment.
Being curious about what you think and feel.
Letting your inner dialogue be kind, encouraging and supportive.

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09/01/2026

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08/01/2026

I was at home alone earlier this week, and found myself craving human connection. For a while, I just refocused on my work, setting that pang of loneliness aside. But feelings, I've noticed, don't really like to be ignored. My next strategy was to ask myself how I could stop feeling this feeling! That didn't work too well either.

Then I thought: maybe this lonely feeling is feeling lonely! Maybe it's my job to hang out with it for a while? Maybe it wants to be heard? Maybe it wants to be understood? Maybe it has something to say?

And that, in my opinion, is meditation in action. Not trying to keep my mind still, or focused on the breath, or busy chanting a mantra. Instead, paying attention to what really matters: honouring feelings as information instead of problems to solve.

07/01/2026

Here's some feedback someone just left for me on Insight Timer:

"That was exactly what I needed! I’ve used countless guided meditations over the years, mostly body scans. But, I don’t think I’ve ever been able to just let my thoughts gently flow in and out like that before. I felt so much better afterward in my body and mind. Thank you so much!"

Receiving feedback like this is one reason I like doing what I do — offering meditation instruction that doesn’t rely on clichés and platitudes everyone has heard before, but instead draws on insights from two decades of working with people in person.

You can listen to the track here: https://insighttimer.com/melbournemeditationcentre/guided-meditations/meditation-for-a-tired-body-mind-no-background-sounds

05/01/2026

Here’s something new for 2026.

For years I've posted about meditation per se. But I’ve realised most people aren’t interested in meditation itself — they’re interested in what it can do for them.

Last year I spent a lot of time reading about anxiety and insomnia, because they’re two of the main reasons people come to meditation. But the more I learned, the more obvious it became that meditation overlaps with almost every part of our psychological life — not just the difficult bits.

And the people who are drawn to meditation are usually curious about the bigger picture too: how we think, how we relate to ourselves, and how we get in our own way.

So this year I’m sharing more of the insights that come from my own practice and reflections. Here’s one:

Twice this week someone complimented my work. And twice I batted it away — with a joke, a deflection, or a story about why the compliment didn’t “really” apply to me.

Only later did I realise how unfair that was. Not just to myself, but to the people who were trying to express something genuine.

It pointed to a bigger pattern: If you’re someone who’s hard on yourself, perfectionistic, or quick to self‑deprecate, it might be wiser to trust the feedback you get from people who know you… more than the familiar, internal commentary you’ve rehearsed for years.

When we do that, we let real‑world evidence outweigh the old narratives that quietly erode our confidence — and the pride we might otherwise feel in our work.

And that, perhaps, is what meditation can do for us, when we let it breathe. When we let self-awareness work to enhance not just what we think needs working on, but on what life reveals to us from day to day.

02/01/2026

Before making a resolution for this year, make a resolution for this month.

Before making a resolution for this month, make a resolution for this week.

Before making a resolution for this week, make a resolution for this day.

Before making a resolution for this day, make a resolution for this hour.

Before making a resolution for this hour, make a resolution for this minute.

Before making a resolution for this minute, make a resolution for this second.

Before making a resolution for this second, please pause to appreciate this moment, just as it is.

— Martin Boroson

01/01/2026

✨ Ready to make 2025 the year you actually feel calmer — not just promise yourself you will?

If you’ve been thinking about learning to meditate, or getting your practice back on track, my first workshop of the year is coming up — and it’s the perfect place to start.

Most people think meditation is about “clearing the mind” or sitting perfectly still. It’s not.
It’s about learning simple, realistic skills that help you navigate stress, overthinking, and everyday life with a little more ease.

In this workshop, you’ll learn:
• Practical techniques you can use immediately
• How to work with your mind, not against it
• Ways to make meditation feel natural (even if you’ve “failed” before)
• A down‑to‑earth approach that doesn’t require silence, discipline, or superhuman focus

Whether you’re brand new or returning after a break, you’ll walk away with tools you can actually use — not just good intentions.

🧘 Melbourne Meditation Centre — Meditation Workshop
📅 Sunday, January 18, from 2 -
📍 St Kilda.
🔗 Details & bookings: melbournemeditationcentre.com.au/meditation-courses/meditation-workshops/

If you’re looking for a gentle, grounded way to start the year, I’d love to see you there.

31/12/2025

I've made a bunch of New Year's Resolutions over the years.
And if I'm honest, none of them really amounted to much.

In fact, I'm not sure they would have made much of a difference to my life even had I managed to see them through.
I'm done with 'em! Perhaps you can relate?

Still, I think it's good to do a little self-reflection as the new year approaches:Taking stock of the year that's been, reaffirming values, considering new directions.

One thing I've been doing recently — and I'd highly recommend — is to prune away dysfunctional thinking habits.

For example:
I used to be quite optimistic, but I'd noticed myself becoming somewhat cynical. I dressed this up as "being realistic".
I also have a tendency to discount praise, and downplay compliments. I justified this by telling myself it's virtuous to be self-deprecating and humble.
On a similar theme, I tend to worry about whether I leave a favourable impression on new people I meet.

You'll probably have your own list of unhelpful thinking patterns.
And to change them, you have to know what they are.

That's one reason I recommend that you pay attention to your thoughts during meditation, instead of trying to calm or clear your mind.

But what do you do once you've found an unhelpful thought?
You might be tempted to counter them with positive affirmations.

Some people swear by them, but I never found them helpful at all.
Kind of like sugar-coating a turd.

Too often they're based only on wishful thinking:

"I should be more optimistic."
"I'm worthy of the praise I receive."
"I leave a favourable impression on everyone I meet."

These aren't going to cut it; because they're just mental gymnastics.

Instead, I began road-testing my thoughts based on real-world evidence.

And that helped me to discover that many of my negative patterns were running on decades-old assumptions...
The thoughts seemed true, but only because I wasn't questioning their veracity.

I decided that the feedback I received from the people in my life was less biased than the feedback my brain served up. Less judgmental.

So I pay attention to the results I achieve, the way people respond to me, the patterns that keep repeating.
Not fantasy — evidence.

When I let that evidence register, the shift feels different.
It’s not “I hope this works.”
It’s “I’ve seen enough to trust this.”

That’s the difference:
✨ Evidence‑based reframes stick.
❌ Fantasy‑based ones don’t.

The bottom line: if you want to change your thinking this year, don’t fake it.
Let the truth you’ve been overlooking finally count.

24/12/2025

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Don’t try to stop your thoughts. Just observe them. Watch them drift by like clouds in the sky.”

It's a popular metaphor used in mindfulness and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy.

But you may have noticed: Popular doesn't mean good. Popular doesn't mean wise. Popular doesn't mean it works. And in this case, popular may be doing you more harm than good.

But I can't explain why in one short paragraph. So if you want to stop wasting your time pretending that your thoughts are clouds (and learn what strategies actually work to transform your thinking for good), read the full article at https://melbournemeditationcentre.com.au/articles/why-watching-your-thoughts-like-clouds-passing-through-sky-is-the-worst-meditation-advice-ever/