When I learned Vedic Meditation, I remember being shocked by the cost.
I'd been to an intro talk for a similar technique where they said it was $1500. I looked around and most teachers including Tim who I learned with were $1000 or more.
Looking back on this cost, I now see what a great investment it was. An investment in me, for a skill I'll have for life that gives me benefit every single day.
I have guitars and cameras that cost more than this that I hardly ever touch!
But when I started teaching, I wanted to make it more available to more people, without devaluing it. It sounds like a self-serving thing that a salesman might say but we tend to value things more highly when they cost us more, so the price actually works for you in getting you to stick to it.
That's why it's so much harder to make a habit of something you read in a book or a guided meditation from an app.
I wanted to make it more available to more people so instead of a flat rate, I operate a sliding scale based on income, starting at $500 and going up to what most other teachers charge.
I don't ask you to prove what you earn, it's an honour system. And it's not to penalise those who earn more, the top rates are what others charge as their standard rate, but makes it available to more people. This was something that was important to me.
I encourage people to pay in instalments over four months to spread the cost out, like you would a gym membership or a personal trainer.
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