Meditation Teacher Training: Mindfulness and Concentration
Find your unique voice as a meditation teacher with our 85 hour Meditation Teacher Training course. Unlike other courses which might rely on scripts, we empower you to discover and develop your own authentic teaching style with our expert teaching team. Dive into teaching from day 2, and experience real teaching scenarios to build confidence and skills. You will leave the course ready to blend meditation seamlessly into your yoga classes and/or to deliver a range of standalone meditation classes and courses which your students will love.
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Embark on a Transformative Journey with our Meditation Teacher Training Course
Welcome to the Yogacampus Meditation Teacher Training – a unique, 85 hour online journey designed to empower you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to teach meditation authentically and effectively. This blended online course is an invitation to delve deeply into the world of meditation, exploring its rich traditions and diverse practices. Whether you're a yoga teacher eager to integrate meditation into your classes, or you aspire to lead standalone meditation sessions, our course is tailored to meet your goals.
Discover Your Authentic Voice: Move beyond the scripted teaching methods prevalent in some other courses. We believe in nurturing your individuality, guiding you to find and hone your unique teaching voice. Our approach is about encouraging self-discovery and authenticity in your teaching style.
Hands-On Teaching Experience from the Start: Experience the thrill and learning curve of practical teaching right from day two. Our course emphasises real-life teaching scenarios, providing you with ample opportunities to practise and perfect your skills in a supportive environment, and to receive feedback from your teachers and peers.
Explore a Tapestry of Meditation Practices: Dive into a comprehensive exploration of meditation's historical roots and contemporary applications, whether concentration based, mindfulness based, or heart centred. From traditional techniques in various yoga and Buddhist traditions to modern mindfulness practices, our curriculum is a blend of depth and diversity.
Inclusive and Trauma-Sensitive Teaching: Embrace the art of teaching meditation in a way that is inclusive, empathetic, and aware of diverse needs. Learn to create a safe and welcoming space for every student, acknowledging the unique journey of each individual.
Seamlessly Integrate Meditation into Yoga: For those who are yoga teachers and/or yoga practitioners, equip yourself with the techniques and know-how to incorporate meditation into your yoga classes or self-practice, enhancing the experience for your students and you.
Comprehensive Resources and Support: Benefit from our state-of-the-art online learning system, live sessions, and a wealth of resources that support your learning and teaching journey. Our blend of theoretical knowledge and practical exercises ensures a well-rounded and enriching experience.
Get ready to deepen your understanding of meditation, but also to emerge as a confident, skilled meditation teacher, ready to inspire and guide others.
Live online sessions will include:
- taught practices of āsana, prāṇāyāma, and meditation
- small group practical teaching exercises
- group discussions and feedback
- lectures
- teacher led discussions.
Pre-recorded lectures will cover:
- the historical context of meditation across a range of traditions
- the neuroscience of meditation and mindfulness.
As a member of the community of Yogacampus meditation teachers, you will also have the chance to join live online sessions with one or both of the course teachers after the course finishes, in order to share with fellow graduates your questions and insights about teaching meditation, and to discuss topics of interest.
You will be required to:
- participate in an online discussion forum
- maintain your own personal meditation practice at least 5 days a week, and a meditation diary
- participate in, and report on, online or face to face guided meditations
- record yourself guiding meditation
- offer feedback on other participants’ guided meditations
- complete online quizzes and other written and practical assignments.
It is important that you are actively involved in the course, by participating in the forum, your group assignments, and the Teaching Weekends. This is not a self-study course.
Course Structure
There are three teaching weekends on the following dates:
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2024
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October 2024
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November 2024
Timings: The FIRST SATURDAY (21 September) will run from 9.30 to 16.30. All other days will run from 9.30 to 15.30 UK time (with an hour lunch break).
Before the first weekend there is a series of short videos to watch and a few short assignments to prepare.
Between teaching weekends, you will have online and written assignments to complete.
Required Reading
There are two required books for the course:
- Moving Inward: the Journey to Meditation by Rolf Sovik
- Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson.
Both are easily available in paperback or Kindle versions. Please ensure that you have access to both books during the course and ideally read them before the course starts.
Course Assignments
During the course, you will be required to:
- contribute to the online discussion forum
- maintain a diary of your own regular meditation practice and submit a summary of your reflections and insights
- be observed teaching 5 different meditations to one or more fellow participants during the course weekends
- complete an online quiz after each weekend and after each pre-recorded lecture
- practise guided meditations of minimum 20 minutes each, either in person with a teacher or online, and submit a reflective report on 5 of those
- record yourself teaching a guided meditation and receive peer feedback
- design a 4 week meditation course.
Pre-Course Preparation
Please note that, before the first weekend, you will be asked to:
- watch a series of short videos (just over 1 hour in total length)
- complete a short online quiz
- contribute to two online discussion fora
- prepare to teach a short guided meditation during the weekend.
You will also be asked to do a small amount of reading.
What Will I Learn?
This course will empower you to:
- develop and maintain your own personal meditation practice and integrate meditation into your daily life
- find your own way to structure and teach guided meditation in a number of different styles
- understand the historical context of meditation within a number of different traditions
- understand the effects of meditation on health and wellbeing
- assess the benefits and risks of different meditation techniques
- develop your own business delivering meditation classes and courses.
Who is the Course for?
This course is ideal for you if you are:
- a yoga teacher or trainee yoga teacher
- an experienced meditation practitioner
- a professional from a relevant related field (e.g. school teacher, counsellor, coach, therapist, psychologist, or health care professional)
and you wish to:
- add or deepen your ability to bring meditation into your regular yoga classes
- share standalone meditation practices with others, in an individual or group setting
- develop and teach your own meditation courses.
To be eligible for the course, you will have a regular personal meditation practice.
Replay
Certain parts of the course will be recorded, and the recordings shared with participants for 6 months. However, participation in all live sessions is essential for certification.
Course Resources
During the course, and for a period of six months after completion, you will have access to:
- introductory videos
- recorded guided meditations
- recorded lectures
- the online discussion forum
- recordings of the Teaching Weekends.
You will also receive a detailed course manual containing articles, textual extracts, and lecture notes.
After the Course
On satisfactory completion of the course, you will be ready to:
- incorporate meditation into your yoga teaching
- teach meditation as a standalone practice to individuals and groups, in yoga and other (e.g. corporate) environments
- design and deliver your own meditation courses.
Certification
On satisfactory completion of the course, you will receive a Yogacampus Certificate of Completion for 85 hours.
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Yogacampus Diversity and Accessibility Bursary
We are offering one bursary (50% off the full course price) to a dedicated yoga student with a demonstrated financial need and active involvement in a community that could benefit from yoga. This bursary is provided by Yogacampus – The Life Centre Education, a not-for-profit educational body committed to sharing knowledge and making yoga accessible to all.
Bursary places will be awarded to a teacher or trainee who has the ability and commitment to take the course teachings into a disadvantaged community and play their part in the drive to increase accessibility to these profoundly healing practices. Priority will be given to those who themselves are from marginalised or vulnerable groups or are from a minority ethnic background.
To apply, please complete our online form before the closing date of 18 August 2024. Notification of bursary acceptance will be sent out the following week.
Meet the Teachers
The course will be led by Isabell Britsch and Graham Burns, with contributions from specialist teachers.
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Dr Graham Burns has taught yoga professionally since 2001, and has had a daily meditation practice for the majority of that time. He taught the meditation component of the Yogacampus Yoga Teacher Training Diploma course. He has also taught on the MA course in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation at SOAS University of London, from where he holds a PhD in ancient Indian philosophy.
Isabell Britsch teaches meditation, mindfulness and related modalities in classes, courses and workshops. She has been practising meditation and mindfulness (mainly in the Vipassana tradition) since 2003. She is particularly interested in how meditation affects psychological and physiological processes and the changes in brain structure it can bring about. Her teaching is also informed by her studies in trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Isabell teaches yoga at a senior level and is involved in training new teachers.
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