Brahmanandam Meditation School
Belong and grow
About Us
Brahmanandam Meditation School (BMS) is dedicated to fostering regular meditation practise. BMS donates all profits to charity, to stay true to the purpose of service - not profit. Our aspiration is to make you feel an integral part of the BMS community and benefit from mutual growth.
Meet the Team
Prabha Srinivasan
Yoga Philosophy & Meditation Teacher
Prabha grew up in southern India, deeply immersed in the cultural teachings of Yoga. Prabha has been teaching yoga philosophy and meditation for the last 10 years. Prabha is a registered Counsellor, and published author of two books: Guidance in Your Handbag and Moon's Quest - Enlightenment through Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Prior to starting BMS, Prabha was running Hridhaya Centre for Wellbeing - a not-for-profit community organisation that was based in Mackay. Through BMS, Prabha aims to foster a community of meditators irrespective of their location and level of experience with meditation.
Margie Deurhof
Ayurveda Teacher
Margaret (Margie) is a Ayurvedic practitioner, teacher, counsellor and artist, offering holistic health consultations, ayurvedic workshops and sacred art lessons. Margie is a graduate of the Australasian Institute of Ayurvedic Studies. Margie's qualifications include Advanced Diploma in Ayurveda. Diploma in Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation, Master’s degree in Guidance and Counselling, Graduate Certificate in Research Methods, Diploma in Special Education, and Diploma in Teaching. Margie describes Ayurveda as 'my life, my passion and my calling'. Prior to embracing Ayurveda, Margie enjoyed a rewarding career as a teacher and guidance counsellor.
Kurt Wilk
Buddhist Philosophy Teacher (in training)
Kurt is undertaking an extensive study in exploring Buddhist philosophy, mindfulness meditation and correlations with western psychological frameworks. He has a special interest in exploring the mindbody connection to transcend dukkha (Pali word for suffering, unsatisfactoriness, and pain). Kurt is also a HeartSpeak Practitioner, HeartSpeak Lite Instructor, Reiki Practitioner and a music educator. Kurt feels that the study of Buddhism is enriching his existing practise from both scientific and compassionate perspectives. This blend of academic knowledge and heartfelt practice informs Kurt's approach to healing.
Brian Osborn
Meditation Mentor
Brian first started meditating using books as his only guide, looking to embrace a peaceful way of life. While it somewhat helped, Brian knew that he needed some personal advice and guidance to progress in meditation. He found his way to a teacher and also discovered that meditating with a group is powerful. Brian states that his journey has been like travelling along a road that is sometimes flat and easy, interspersed with steep and windy parts. The steep parts occurred when Brian found himself having not meditated for a week, a month, or several months! Even during those steep parts of life, Brian felt he still retained an awareness - of what was happening and how he was acting, he knew regular meditation was the answer to having a smoother journey through life. Brian has been meditating, learning Yoga Philosophy as well as Buddhist philosophy, for the last 10 years and wishes to share his experience with those learning to meditate. As a meditation mentor at BMS, Brian’s intention is to share the joys of meditation and living mindfully. Brian strongly believes that meditation has helped deal with the challenges that have arisen and continue to arise in his life. Brian wishes to spread the peace and safety that comes with being part of a sangha.
Karen Chapman
Meditation Mentor
Karen was first introduced to meditation at the end of a Yoga class in New Zealand, during her late 20s. Following this, Karen signed up for a 8-week meditation class and found meditation to be calming, bringing forth feelings of relaxation. Since then, she continued to explore meditation. In her work as a massage therapist, Karen found herself moving into a peaceful state, tuning into the person and becoming absorbed into the healing process. Over the time, Karen found her main challenges with meditation were working with the monkey mind and making time to sit for meditation. These challenges resulted in long lengths of time where Karen didn’t practice at all. Around 2016, Karen reconnected with her practise through Yoga Philosophy study and deepened her practise of meditation. Karen likes to use a technique or a visualisation to start her meditation. Karen found that meditation has helped her through some very challenging life events and helped in transforming certain experiences which makes her eager to share her experience with others. As a mentor at BMS, Karen's intention is to be a sounding board for others, while continuing to strengthen her own practise.