80hr 4-Week
Meditation Teacher Training

 Clifton Hill, Melbourne

Gain the confidence to teach meditation and mindfulness with skill and integrity — in your own way — under the guidance of one of Melbourne’s most experienced teachers.

 Next course starts August 4, 2024

On this page you’ll find details on our 80hr 4-Week Meditation Teacher Training Intensive, held over four Sundays in Clifton Hill.

You can also complete our Meditation Teacher Training on a 7-day retreat.

If you haven’t already, you may like to peruse the complete overview of our approach to Meditation Teacher Training.

Our 4-Week Meditation Teacher Training Intensive is open to anyone with an interest in guiding or teaching meditation.

However, to participate, you must have completed — or be participating concurrently — in our Meditation & Mindfulness for Beginners Course.

Find out what you’ll learn on the Beginners Course and why it’s a compulsory prerequisite.

Introduction

The Melbourne Meditation Centre’s Teacher Training program covers all the areas required by Meditation Australia for accreditation, and offers a curriculum which is both thought-provoking and comprehensive.

Over ten fascinating modules, you’ll be introduced to topics and concepts that cover all the domains of learning necessary to fully equip you as meditation or mindfulness teacher in any context.

Expect an interactive, engaging class with opportunities for discussion, teaching practice, small-group work and both formal and informal learning.

Module 1: Meditation 101

In this introductory module we’ll explore the fundamentals of meditation and mindfulness.

We’ll take a look at some of the many ways in which meditation is defined, and then examine the assumptions and stereotypes that most students bring to class (and that make meditation more difficult and less adaptable than it needs to be).

Expect some serious myth-busting, along with some accessible and enjoyable beginner-friendly techniques.

Module 2: Mechanics of Meditation

Many people are introduced to meditation via YouTube or an app such as Headspace or Calm.

They’re usually given clear instructions to follow, but no explanations as to why they’re being asked to follow such instructions. This leaves them effectively blind, with no idea how to adapt the techniques according to their own unique needs and tastes.

In this module we take a deep dive into the mechanics of meditation, exploring the simple (but non-obvious) principles that underpin all meditation techniques.

We’ll do this by comparing and contrasting how our minds function ‘normally’ with how our minds function during meditation — and by investigating exactly how we use and direct our attention in order to access or generate meditative states.

Module 3: What Happens (When I Meditate?)

Meditation instructions are usually very simple. For example, you’ve probably heard the suggestion: “focus on your breath, and when you notice that your mind has wandered, gently bring your attention back.” That doesn’t sound too hard.

However, human minds are not so simple. And while people might think they are following meditation instructions, there’s typically a LOT more going on within.

As meditation teachers, we need to understand all the ways things can go right and wrong for a meditator. We need to understand what trips people up and what weird and wonderful things students will do (often without knowing it).

In this module we’ll explore the fact that what happens inside people minds (when they meditate) rarely looks anything like what people think is meant to happen.

We’ll also explore the attitudes and mindsets that are essential in order to develop a healthy meditation practice; noting that without these healthy attitudes no meditate technique will work as intended.

Module 4: The Creative Meditator

Having introduced meditations focusing on movement and touch, sounds, body and breath in previous modules, in this module we will branch out into visualisation, affirmation and mantra.

More interestingly, we’ll investigate the opportunities we have as meditators to adapt the techniques we’re familiar with according to our own needs. Well explore how meditation can be both a creative and intuitive process — and that by trusting in these inner drives we can keep our pratices both relevant and fresh.

Who is the course suitable for?

Typical participants include yoga teachers, psychologists, counsellors, massage therapists, teachers and others involved in education, health and wellbeing. Students usually go on to offer meditation in their community (e.g. school, TAFE, wellbeing centre, etc.) or workplace.

Course Registration & Payment

Your place on Teacher Training is not guaranteed until payment in full has been received.

You can pay via direct debit, by cheque or money order, or by credit card via paymate.com.au or PayPal.

You may pay in installments. As long as you’ve paid in full by the time the course begins anything goes! When you register for the course, all you’ll need to do is select to pay by direct debit, and you can then make transfers on your own terms.

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