PERSONAL PRACTICE

Private Meditation Sessions: Choosing a Guide and Format

Private meditation sessions give you time with a guide and the opportunity to ask questions about your own practice. If you are deciding between a recording, a group, and one-to-one guidance, the useful question is what kind of support you want to pay for.

A private appointment is not a promise of faster progress. It is a different format: the conversation and the booked time are dedicated to you. Understanding that distinction makes it easier to compare options and choose a manageable commitment.

What changes when a session is one-to-one?

With a recording, you can choose when to listen and repeat the same practice. A group offers a shared session at a set time. An individual appointment gives you a direct opportunity to explain what you find confusing, ask about instructions, and discuss whether the approach suits you.

For example, you may enjoy guided recordings but be unsure what to do when your attention repeatedly shifts to work. Or you may want to try meditation privately before joining a group. These are useful reasons to explore an introductory appointment. They do not mean that one format is universally better than another.

Choose the guide as carefully as the format

Read how the guide describes their background and the service they actually offer. Meditation teaching, coaching, and psychotherapy are different services. A biography that mentions psychological ideas does not, by itself, establish a clinical qualification or the availability of therapy.

Ask how an appointment is structured, what kind of questions you can bring, and whether the guide’s approach matches your reason for booking. For health-related concerns, discuss appropriate support with a qualified healthcare professional. The NCCIH guidance recommends asking about an instructor’s training and experience and not replacing conventional care with meditation.

Compare the full commitment, not just the session price

A lower price per session can be appealing, but the total payment and the conditions matter just as much. Before choosing a package, confirm these practical points:

• The length of each paid session.
• The number of appointments included and the total price.
• How dates and time zones are agreed.
• Whether the package has an expiry date.
• The cancellation, rescheduling, and refund terms.

These questions help you decide whether the package fits your calendar and budget. Do not assume an expiry period, weekly schedule, or refund policy when it has not been stated.

Individual meditation with Katya Noades

Katya’s current individual offers are a free 20-minute online trial, a single meditation for $185 USD, and a ten-session package for $1,250 USD. In the package, each meditation works out at $125.

Ten separately purchased sessions would cost $1,850. The package therefore saves $600 against that comparison. The $125 rate applies when purchasing the ten-session package; it is not the price of a standalone appointment.

The trial gives you a way to experience Katya’s guidance before deciding on a paid format. Her professional biography describes individual consultations, group meditations, and workshop experience. Availability and the terms of a paid booking should be confirmed directly with her.

Start with the next decision you can make comfortably

If you mainly want to discover how the practice feels, begin with the trial. If you prefer to decide one appointment at a time, a single session gives you that option. Consider ten sessions when you want to set aside time for a continuing practice and the agreed schedule and terms work for you.

You do not need to choose a long-term commitment on the basis of a price table alone. Ask questions, experience the guidance, and make the next decision with clear information.

Email Katya about an individual session. New to the format? Read what to expect from your first online meditation.