Melbourne Meditation Centre - Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria

Rebecca Crozier

Matt’s Yarra Valley retreat is a welcoming place to reset from the busyness of modern life. He also creates an ideal environment in which to explore your own meditation practice. The simple accommodation and country surrounds were exactly what I needed to get back to basics and not have to impress anyone. Meals were delicious and nourishing. Matt’s teachings were wise and enlightening. The four days ended too soon. Thank you Matt.

Kate Beckwith

I did the beginner mindfulness course and a cultivating self compassion course. Gained useful knowledge and skills from both. Learning meditation can be a bit intimidating but Matt is a pro at building up the intensity from week to week. He is very experienced and knowledgeable about teaching meditation and takes a lot of the mainstream BS away by being practical and genuine. I found the skills I learned very useful for being a social worker encountering crisis and trauma in my job. So grateful! ✌

Gigi G

I was a student of Matt’s meditation teacher training as well as the 6-week beginner course. Before starting, I was worried I wasn’t going to be wearing enough purple to fit into the group but to my pleasant surprise Matt’s no-frills teaching style meant the classes were inclusive of all experiences, backgrounds, and interests. What I’m trying to say is the courses were really enjoyable, the atmosphere is welcoming and friendly, and you won’t feel alienated for not knowing what palo santo is.

Samantha Griggs

Just finished my course with Matt and I couldn't rate it more highly! I've always had interest in meditation practice but found it so tricky to fit into my daily life regularly, I'm so glad I signed up. I feel calmer generally and have already found myself integrating the techniques automatically as a habit - so cool! Absolutely recommend this course.

Nicky Angelone

I've just returned from a 5 day meditation retreat with Melbourne Meditation Centre which I thoroughly enjoyed. The timetable is curated perfectly with enough space between sessions to rest, go for a walk, read or lay in the sun. While the retreat is in silence there are sessions which involve teaching and sharing of experiences and it's amazing how well you connect with people, without conversations, through this safe and open space Matt so seamlessly creates. Matt's facilitation of the retreat, along with his teaching and insights into meditation are some of the magic ingredients which make this retreat so accessible and valuable to all. Liu's gentle yoga and masterful Yoga Nidra each day are another big draw card. I would thoroughly recommend Matt's retreats to anyone needing to take a break from life and find new perspectives and energy to take back to the world with them. Looking forward to next year!

Chelsea Haworth

I was recently lucky enough to complete the Meditation teacher training course with Matt, at the Melbourne Meditation Centre. I highly, highly recommend this course for anyone seeking to expand their knowledge of meditation in an honest, sincere, open minded, kind, compassionate, intelligent and discerning way.

Matts Teachings are unfettered by bias and not constrained to a specific doctrine or mandated by a particular philosophical or spiritual belief. This impartiality gives rise to a clear and broad overview of our approaches to meditation and allows us to consider what really works for us as individuals (and therefore as teachers to support and allow others to do the same) as we question the subtle layers of our own personal indoctrinated ideals.

In my experience, Matts approach to meditation offers tools that invite a discovery of life-long learning, self-growth, self-trust and truth seeking.

Matt is a gentle, accepting, open, kind and true teacher. A great strength of Matts is that he is able to challenge students to honestly question themselves about their own experiences. This leads an individual to develop a greater level of discernment and clarity on the vast subject of meditation, through one’s own experiential insights, rather than students ‘learning’ from a set of ‘rules’ that need to be imbibed , unquestioned, and regurgitated for an exam.

The course is extremely well planned, diverse and expansive in its offerings and understandings, regarding the plethora of approaches to meditation.

The price of the teacher training course (as well as all of the MMC offerings) is extraordinarily reasonable. What is delivered in this course provides truly exceptional value!

The contact hours of learning were always enjoyable, challenging and inspiring. In adjunct to this Matt has developed a huge MMC online resource that is available to be utilized by current students and graduates alike. I find this resource to be incredibly illuminating and return to it whenever I am in need of some inspiration and reminders.

Matt was extremely supportive and always willing and quick to communicate with me individually when I was requiring help. His commitment to sharing meditation in an honest unpretentious manner shines through in the way he values and supports individuals in an extremely thorough and respectful manner.

Matt is humble, unpretentious, open minded and deeply knowledgeable.
He is a wonderful teacher for anyone wishing to come to know a broad, unbiased, truthful approach to meditation.

I feel really blessed to have been lucky enough to have found Matt to study with, as the course has not only positively influenced the way I practice and teach but it has positively influenced the way I live.

Karen Holden

Beautiful silent meditation retreat in the Yarra Valley. I highly recommend to reset in nature away from the hustle of everyday life. The team look after you and offer various meditation, movement, insights into meditation practice, mindfullness and the emotional journey whether you are new or a
experienced meditator. I will be back for.more.
nspiring wildlife and tranquility on your doorstep. I will cettain

Kim Brian

Best of Best!!