Meditation Teacher Training

Yoga Alliance Hours: 105
Integral Yoga® 300-hour Program

Our Meditation Teacher Training program will enable you to go deeper in your own practice and guide your students to go deeper in theirs. You will receive instruction in the theory and techniques of meditation, including mantra, visualization, breath awareness, witnessing, and prayer. You also will learn the Yogic breathing techniques and how to refine and develop them. You will be taught different ways to incorporate meditation into Hatha Yoga classes. After completing the training, you will have the knowledge, skill, and confidence to teach a six-week meditation course.

Curriculum

This course trains you to teach a workshop or meditation course, which will provide your students with the information, experience, and motivation that a new meditator needs in order to begin and develop a regular meditation practice. Your curriculum includes instruction and training in the following:

Theory of meditation
The principal techniques of meditation, including mantra, breath, and witnessing
Overcoming obstacles to meditation practice
Leading guided meditations and visualizations
Answering questions about Yoga and meditation
Maintaining a spiritual diary
Developing a personal practice routine and a long-term practice plan
Deepening and refining your own practice
Integrating your meditation practice into daily life
An outline for a workshop of any length
A syllabus for a 6-week meditation course

Certification

At the end of the course, graduates receive a diploma certifying them to teach Integral Yoga Meditation. This course qualifies for 300-hour Integral Yoga Certification.

Prerequisites

The course is available to certified Yoga instructors of all traditions who have had a meditation practice for at least six months and to anyone with well established meditation practice. Daily 30 min meditation practice and attendance in one group Integral Yoga meditation per week is required during the training.