Where can I learn Vedic Meditation in Los Angeles?

Bradley Raider teaches Vedic Meditation courses through MDT8 in Brentwood on the Westside of Los Angeles. The technique is learned over four in-person sessions designed to make students completely self-sufficient in the practice. Courses are also taught in New York City and Philadelphia, with private instruction available worldwide.

How long does it take to learn Vedic Meditation?

Vedic Meditation is traditionally learned over four 90-minute sessions taught on consecutive days. During the course, students receive personal instruction and learn how to practice the technique effortlessly for 20 minutes twice a day. After completing the course, students are fully self-sufficient in the practice for life.

What makes Vedic Meditation different from mindfulness or meditation apps?

Vedic Meditation is a simple, effortless technique practiced with eyes closed while sitting comfortably. Unlike mindfulness practices that require concentration or control of the mind, Vedic Meditation allows the mind to settle naturally into deep rest. It is traditionally learned in person with a teacher so students become completely self-sufficient in the practice.

Who teaches Vedic Meditation at MDT8?

Vedic Meditation courses at MDT8 are taught by Bradley Raider, a meditation teacher with over 14 years of experience and more than a thousand students trained. Courses are taught in Brentwood, Los Angeles as well as in New York City and Philadelphia, with private instruction available worldwide.

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Vedic Meditation

A simple, effortless practice for deep rest.

Vedic Meditation is practiced comfortably with the eyes closed for 20 minutes twice a day. Unlike techniques that ask you to concentrate, control your thoughts, or clear your mind, the practice requires no effort or focus.

Rooted in the ancient Vedic tradition of India, the technique uses a mantra to allow the mind and body to settle naturally into increasingly deep states of rest. With regular practice, that experience begins to influence life outside meditation — supporting greater clarity, resilience and equanimity.

Vedic Meditation + Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Vedic Meditation are distinct practices. Mindfulness trains our capacity to bring awareness to present-moment experience; Vedic Meditation is an eyes-closed resting technique that allows the mind to settle without effort or concentration.

The two are highly complementary: Vedic Meditation cultivates deep rest and adaptability in the nervous system, while mindfulness strengthens our capacity to meet daily life with greater awareness and equanimity.

“It's simple, effortless, and effective. I only wish I had done this years ago.”

Joe, Seattle

“The experience of meditating every day has sort of felt like falling in love. It feels like I’ve found an anchor. But unlike love, it’s not another person. The anchor is me.”

Sasha, Los Angeles

"I couldn't have predicted the positivity that this practice would bring to my life. Many of my anxieties that were previously present have seemed to disappear."

Danielle, Philadelphia

Learn it once. Practice it for life.

Vedic Meditation is learned live and in person over four 90-minute sessions on four consecutive days. Each session builds on the one before it, giving you both the experience of the technique and the understanding needed to practice confidently on your own.

F O U R S E S S I O N S

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Personal instruction over four consecutive days.

G R O U P O R P R I V A T E

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Learn in a small group or privately, with courses offered in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and other cities.

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Once you’ve learned, you are completely self-sufficient in the practice. No subscription, app, studio or ongoing program is required.

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Everything in life is a practice.

For a deeper introduction to Vedic Meditation, Bradley explains the practice, how it works, and why learning to meditate can become something you carry with you for life.

Bradley Raider

Bradley Raider is the founder of MDT8 and a certified teacher of Vedic Meditation. He has practiced and studied meditation for two decades and trained in the Vedic tradition as a protégé of Maharishi Vyasananda.

His students have included founders and CEOs, physicians, clinical psychologists, attorneys, artists, filmmakers and families — from first-time meditators to people with years of experience in other contemplative practices.

Alongside meditation, Bradley’s work as an award-winning filmmaker, teacher and entrepreneur informs a practical approach to consciousness: how greater equanimity can support creativity, relationships, performance, health and a more fully engaged life.

“Bradley inhabits one of the most genuine, thoughtful and honorable approaches to life that I’ve ever witnessed. As a teacher, he is not only knowledgeable, but is also able to share the wisdom he has developed with compassion, humility, and respect.”

Ashley, Los Angeles

“Bradley’s passion is entirely infectious, and he has a gift for sharing it. He communicates ideas in a patient, thorough, and immediately relatable way. I have seen firsthand his enormous capacity for generosity of spirit and thought, and I feel honored to consider him a mentor.”

Kate, New York

“Bradley is a not just a well studied, fountain of knowledge of the Vedic tradition, but he is a natural teacher and is someone who listens with his heart. I am so grateful he opened my eyes and heart to this tradition as it has changed the way I see things and the way I think.”

Alexis, Los Angeles