Meditation
Gentle Stillness Quiet
30–60 min $
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Mindfulness coaching
Gentle Stillness Guided throughout
60 min $$$
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Where these differ most. Everything is a description of the session, never a promise about you.
| Attribute | Meditation | Mindfulness coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Spoken guidance | ●●●●● 3/5 Moderate | ●●●●● 5/5 Very high |
| Quietness | ●●●●● 5/5 Very high | ●●●●● 3/5 Moderate |
| Interaction with others | ●●●●● 2/5 Low | ●●●●● 3/5 Moderate |
| You are mostly | Seated | Seated, in conversation |
| Typical group | 5–30 | 1–12 |
| One-on-one available | Sometimes | Yes — much of it is |
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Oria Haven insight
- Meditation is the quietest room of the set.
- Meditation is usually the cheapest way in; Mindfulness coaching sits at the top of the range.
Scores describe a typical Perth session — what the hour is like, not what it will do for you. Individual studios vary; their listings carry the specifics.
What is it like?
| Attribute | Meditation | Mindfulness coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Physical intensity How hard the body works in a typical session | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low |
| Movement Still and lying down (1) to constantly moving (5) | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low |
| Stretching & mobility work How much of the session is spent on it | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low |
| Strength work Resistance, load or bodyweight effort | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low | ●●●●● 1/5 Very low |
When you are actually there
| Attribute | Meditation | Mindfulness coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Spoken guidance Silent (1) to continuously instructed (5) | ●●●●● 3/5 Moderate | ●●●●● 5/5 Very high |
| You are mostly | Seated | Seated, in conversation |
| Quietness Loud or music-led (1) to near silence (5) | ●●●●● 5/5 Very high | ●●●●● 3/5 Moderate |
| Hands-on Whether a practitioner touches you | None | None |
Who is it like being with?
| Attribute | Meditation | Mindfulness coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Typical group | 5–30 | 1–12 |
| Interaction with others | ●●●●● 2/5 Low | ●●●●● 3/5 Moderate |
| One-on-one available | Sometimes | Yes — much of it is |
| Experience needed | None | None |
Before you go
| Attribute | Meditation | Mindfulness coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Typical price | $ | $$$ |
| Typical session | 30–60 min | 60 min |
| Can be practised at home | Yes | The practice between sessions is the point |
Which one sounds more like you?
A summary of the differences above, not advice — only you know which you would rather walk into.
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- Guided throughout
- Sound-led
- Sociable
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A few places from the categories you compared — somewhere to start, not a shortlist.
Eric Harrison has taught meditation in Perth since 1987 — some twenty-five thousand students on — with an approach that is deliberately rational and practical, free of spiritual framing. Day-long mindfulness workshops run one Saturday a month ($210, $150 concession) and include his textbook and guided audio for home practice.
$150 / session
Next: Monthly, Sat 9am
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Non-diet dietitians specialising in eating disorder recovery, with a weight-neutral, Health-at-Every-Size approach and credentialed eating-disorder clinicians on the team. Consults run $105–$240 depending on length and clinician, with Medicare rebates under eating disorder and chronic disease plans.
$105 / session
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Fremantle's Spanda School runs structured silent retreats built on non-dual meditation, gentle movement and rest — one-day sittings at the school itself, and three- and seven-day residentials at Donnelly Lakes near Pemberton. Two formats serve different depths of practice: a guided version for those newer to silence, and longer unguided sits for experienced meditators. Around a hundred students come through each year, some from interstate and overseas.
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Boutique reformer studios in Mahogany Creek and Kalamunda running fifty-plus classes a week since 2022 — reformer and restorative reformer alongside sound baths, meditation, breathwork and nervous-system regulation programs. The Mahogany Creek studio adds The Sanctuary, a sauna and cold plunge, plus a creche for the Mini + Me classes, and the team runs retreats as far afield as Ningaloo.
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