Meditation & Mindfulness
Teacher Training
Enhance your own personal Meditation and Mindfulness practice
AND learn how to introduce others to Meditation & Mindfulness.
110hr fully accredited 6-month/part-time program
Starts 26th June 2024
This program is suitable for you if you wish to:
- Complement and enhance your existing offerings/role, particularly in the health & wellness and human services space, with mindfulness and meditation theory, practices and activities
- Deepen your own personal understanding of meditation and mindfulness, and establish a consistent practice (and reap the consistent benefits!)
- Enhance your relationship to others around you and to life itself, through the cultivation of acceptance, compassion, patience, trust, kindness, and more beneficial, skilful qualities
- Create a rewarding career pathway as a certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher!
Super early bird intake is now open for the June 2024 intake!
110hrs, part-time over six months, offered via:
✓ 5-Day Opening Training Immersion (in-person, Sunshine Coast)
✓ Weekly online trainings and practice sessions
✓ Personal study/practice hours, with full support from your teachers and trainers
You can take longer to complete the program if you wish!
Option to extend the personal study/practice requirements beyond six months, if you wish to space the program out over a longer period of time to fit in with your other obligations.
This Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training 110hr program is about reconnecting to what matters most...
Mindfulness is a remembrance of what IS, now. That is, seeing this present moment clearly, while cultivating attitudes - or ways of being, that are beneficial e.g. loving-kindness, compassion, acceptance, gratitude.
When we can be here fully in the present moment - without distraction and with a spacious awareness, we unveil CONNECTION to our highest Self and life around us.
With Presence, your physical body, breath and mind fall back into alignment, and you become whole-spirited again. Everything comes back to life!
There is so much going on in life to distract us away from the now - and our highest aspirations, like living with peace, harmony and vitality.
This program is as much about your own Self-Realisation as it is learning how to introduce others to meditation and mindfulness.
This Accredited Program Includes Eight Key Modules
The Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training program is accredited with the Meditation Association of Australia, the national peak body for registration and representation of meditation teachers.
Understand Various Meditation Styles, Theory & Approaches
Discover a variety of meditation styles including history, philosophy, intended effects and potential implications.
Deep Dive Into Mindfulness Meditation
The main style of meditation taught during this program is Mindfulness Meditation. Learn vocabulary, sequencing, pacing, and a range of meditations to suit a variety of audiences.
Teach Meditation
By the end of this program, you'll have the confidence to share an Introductory Meditation Program - teach it outright or incorporate the teachings into your existing role/offerings.
Teach Mindfulness
By the end of this program, you'll be equipped to share an Introductory Mindfulness Program, supporting others to integrate a variety. of Mindfulness practices into everyday life.
Practice Teaching & Planning Classes
Within the safe space of our teacher training group, you'll learn and practice teaching meditations, and holding space for individuals, and groups. You'll also learn how to effectively sequence meditation classes.
Physiology, Psychology & Neuroscience
Learn about brain function, attention training and impacts of meditation on behaviour and cognitive functions, including therapeutic aspects on stress, trauma, pain, illness and more.
Develop a New Relationship With Thoughts & Emotions
As you expand your awareness, and 'observe' more rather than 'attach', you'll develop a healthier relationship to your own Self. This will put you in great stead to teach from personal experience with Meditation & Mindfulness (combined with your own pre-course experience).
Ethics and Holding Space for Others
Understand the role you play as a Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher within a broader referral, client and community network. Learn about professional boundaries, confidentiality and legalities/insurances.
"The Mindful Yoga School’s Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher Training is life changing! The program is so well paced with sessions that keep you invested in your own practice and the teachings in such a gentle and heart felt way. Erin is the queen of space holding and she is the embodiment of presence. An amazing teacher who not only imparts her vast knowledge in this field, but also real-world experience (all with love, compassion and gentleness). I walked out of this program with not only valuable skills in mindfulness, meditation and holding space but a deeper sense of devotion to my own practice. Thank you, I am so grateful!"
~ Melina
Program Inclusions
- 110 hours of comprehensive Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training via a program accredited with Meditation Association of Australia.
- A 100+ page Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training manual that you'll be using for many years to come (personally and/or professionally) including meditation scripts and more.
- 5-Day Opening Training Immersion at the incredible Chenrezig Institute (held in the Wellbeing Centre) with option to stay in on-site accommodation (extra cost)
- Full Trainee Support as you progress the at-home study/practice requirements in between weekly online sessions
- The training, tools and resources to effectively deliver a half-day or four-week Introductory Meditation Program AND a half-day or four-week Introduction to Mindfulness Program
- A beautiful Pema Chodron text book included in program cost (mailed to you prior to program commencement so you can make an earlier start on chapter review questions if you wish)
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Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training Hub access (online) - access to all presentation slides, meditation audios, recorded training sessions, and other complementary training and resources - lifetime access!
- Building library of meditation audios as the group contributes teachings to your online hub
- Option to commences study/practice requirements from time of enrolment (get a head start before official program commencement date)
- Option to extend study/practice requirements beyond the six-month program - study at a pace that suits you and your existing obligations/roles.
Program Schedule & Dates
Opening Training Immersion
(held in-person at Wellbeing Centre, Chenrezig Institute)
Wed 26th June - Sun 30th June 2024
Wed:10am - 5pm
Thu, Fri, Sat: 8am - 5pm
Sun: 8am - 3pm
PLUS
Live Online Training & Practice
(Wednesdays fortnightly)
10th July 6-7pm (teaching hour)
24th July 6-8pm (training)
7th August 6-7pm (teaching hour)
21st August 6-8pm (training)
4rd September 6-7pm (teaching hour)
18th September 6-8pm (training)
2nd October 6-7pm (teaching hour)
16th October 6-8pm (training)
30th October 6-7pm (teaching hour)
13th November 6-8pm (training)
27th November 6-7pm (teaching hour)
11th December 6-8pm (training)
AND
Some at-home study and practice requirements in your own time, such as meditation practice and journaled observations, and a book review.
Full support from The Mindful Yoga School team in between our contact hours, as you progress with your at-home study/practice hours.
Note: accommodation and catering at Chenrezig Institute is not included in the in-person contact hours/ You can contact Chenrezig Institute direct here if you wish to stay and/or enjoy meals at the Big Love Cafe.
Past program participants say...
Kate
'This was an incredibly life changing course which has given me profound and practical skills for both my personal and professional life, and to help enhance and enrich others' lives with this knowledge and wisdom! '
Danielle
'Erin is a generous teacher - not only in her giving of time and space, but with her deep knowledge and understanding of life, connection to each individual, and what humanity needs - especially at this moment in time.'
2022 Graduates, Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training program
Lead Program Trainer:
Erin Lee
Lead Trainer, Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher Training (110hr) program
Erin is the Founder of The Mindful Yoga School and lead trainer for this 110hr, accredited program.
With a personal practice of 23+ years in mindfulness, meditation and yoga, and ten years of dedicated teaching, Erin Lee brings a wealth of study, knowledge and experience to this program.
Having experienced the healing benefits of meditation and mindfulness for herself as she navigated challenging life events, Erin has since gone on to train in Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation, Buddhism and various styles of yoga.
She leads residential mindfulness and meditation retreats, teacher training programs, classes, workshops and corporate training programs supporting people to transition toward a more connected, harmonious and meaningful experience of life through the modalities of yoga, mindfulness and mediation.
Specialist Trainers:
Sabine Schroeder
Psychotherapist (Post Grad Dip Psychology), Yoga Teacher, NLP Coach and Hypnotherapist
Sabine Schroeder joins this program to deliver insights into the positive impact of meditation and mindfulness on psychological functioning and emotional wellbeing.
In her personal life, Sabine has been an avid practitioner of meditation, mindfulness and yoga for well over 20 years.
Professionally, she is a trained facilitator in various Mindfulness Programs delivered over many years for individuals and groups including the highly regarded Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zin.
As a therapist for well over 20 years, Sabine has assisted thousands of people to experience relief from stress, anxiety, depression and pain using mindfulness-basedtechniques. She will be sharing the specifics of exactly how meditation and mindfulness can positively impact physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing and how it can rewire the brain.
Ash Cargill
Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher
Ash is a friendly and down-to-earth Mindfulness Meditation teacher.
Ash's lived experience of love, loss, childbirth and parenting has grown her compassion and empathy. She is passionate about the power of community: bringing people together to share, learn, grow and heal.
Meditation has been a foundation part of Ash's life since teenage years, and she now runs her own meditation classes and workshops on the Sunshine Coast, supporting many members of her local community to find stillness amongst a busy modern world.
Ash will be facilitating the fortnightly online Meditation Teaching Hours during this program. You will feel nurtured and well cared for within the space she holds.
Payment Options
Early bird enrolment rate available until end April!
Make an start on the at-home study/practice hours anytime from NOW (or you can also wait until program officially commences in June).
FAQs
I'm unable to make some of the training dates, can I still undertake this program?
I just want to deepen my own experience of meditation and mindfulness. Is this course right for me?
Can I do a payment plan?
Will I be qualified to teach meditation and mindfulness as soon as I've completed this program?
My meditation practice hasn't been consistent up until now...is this still right for me?
Can I make a start on anything before the program officially begins?
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