The best book about meditation I’ve come across. Jillian cuts through the noise around what meditation is with clarity and authenticity. We know the devastating toll stress is having on our health. Understanding the power of meditation as a tool for combatting this is invaluable.

Dr Frank Lipman, functional medicine expert and New York Times best-selling author

The physical and mental benefits of meditation are well founded but I think the brilliance of Jillian is how she makes this powerful, transformative practice so much more accessible and enjoyable for those who use her methods. I loved having her on my podcast where she spoke with a deep knowledge about the fascinating science behind meditation and shared her own journey to discovering the ancient practice.

Dr Linda Papadopoulos, leading UK psychologist

I’m so pleased Jillian is sharing her life-changing wisdom with the world. What we all need right now is meditation.

Robert Hammond, co-founder the High Line, New York

Meditation has been life changing for me – I’m so glad I invested the time in learning how to meditate properly. I love working with Jillian because she understands how to fit meditation into our busy lives in a way that’s enjoyable and easy. Without a doubt, meditation is the best way to change my mood and help me cope with stress.

Amelia Freer, nutritional therapist and international best-selling author

I learnt to meditate with Jillian at a very stressful point in my life (they say that meditation finds you when you need it most). Her meditation practice is backed up by years of research and knowledge: from the way she explains how our brains work; about what exactly happens when we meditate; about its effect not just on our minds, but our bodies and every aspect of our lives from work, to creativity, to energy, and relationships. It’s the only type of meditation I could stick to, where everything falls away. It’s like sprinkling magic dust over your life.

Susannah Taylor, wellbeing journalist and columnist at YOU magazine

I can’t imagine life without meditation. My husband and I have been meditating since 1991 and it has supported the best of who I am and how I am. Meditation is spiritual and enlightening, as well as practical and grounding. My three kids meditate, too. I say the family that meditates together stays together.

Renee Elliot, founder of Planet Organic and co-founder of Beluga Bean

Meditation allows me to live a fuller and more present life. It helps me sleep better – I fall asleep easier and stay asleep through the night. Jillian makes meditation manageable in a practical, judgment-free way. She’s so calm and serene you want to know what her secret is – luckily for us, she teaches it for a living!

Madeleine Shaw, nutritional therapist and author

It’s no exaggeration when I say that learning to meditate changed my life. I have lived with anxiety for as long as I can remember, but I’ve been better equipped to cope with it since I completed my Vedic Meditation course four years ago. Now I have the tools to help me tune into my body and be more compassionate with myself, my loved ones and my community. This book will demystify the misconceptions you might have about meditation and make you actually want to meditate! When we live in a world that tells us to be anywhere but the present, that is pretty amazing.

Venetia La Manna, podcaster and fair fashion campaigner

In this straightforward book Jillian lays out what meditation is in mumbo-jumbo free language. There’s nothing arcane or esoteric here: Vedic Meditation is presented in a clear, modern context and covers the work-a-day stuff frequently not addressed in other books. An essential text showing why incorporating meditation into contemporary life is something we need more than ever.

Nathan Larson, film composer, author and musician

Meditation has improved my life exponentially, in far too many ways than there is room to list here. The most noticeable life changers have come from simply sitting down, twice a day and letting go of trying, controlling and doing and just allowing things to happen as they are around me. I’m a much more chilled-out, less tense person now, at home, at work, around a dinner table. Plus, I’m not constantly tired. That is a life-changer in itself!

Suzanne Duckett, journalist, broadcaster and founder of Onolla

Meditation has totally changed my life. Not only in the daily things like feeling calmer, less frantic, more able to adapt, less reactive…. but it also prepared me for an incredibly difficult time in my life. My life was thrown upside down in a matter of minutes and although I experienced a huge amount of anxiety, stress and pain, I was able to navigate through it in a way I could never have imagined myself doing. I was surprised by my ability to recognise that things were out of my control and I had a decision to make: do I open myself up or shut myself down? I decided to open myself up to the possibility that this experience was going to shape my life for the better. Jillian has not only been a meditation teacher to me but also a mentor. Her outlook on life is incredibly inspiring, I have never met someone who listens so intently, who is able to speak about meditation in such an accessible and down to earth way. I will never be able to thank Jillian enough for changing my life. I am living my best possible life feeling healthy and happy and so much of that is down to this incredible practice.

Sophie Dear, yoga teacher and mentor, podcast host