From Student to Teacher
If you've been a student of meditation, sat for many hours in meditation, absorbed various teachings, attended workshops, read books, experienced profound moments of clarity, tasted the peace that exists beyond thought, and feel the call to become a guide...you're in the right place.
Who Is This Training For
This training is designed for those who feel a calling to deepen their practice and guide others, whether personally or professionally.

Health Care & Mental Health Professionals
Practitioners looking to integrate mindfulness, presence, and energetic awareness into their healing work, enhancing patient care with tools that support emotional regulation and spiritual connection.

Yoga Teachers & Wellness Practitioners
Teachers and facilitators ready to offer more depth in their work by guiding meditation sessions, hosting mindfulness workshops, and supporting students through personal transformation.

Educators, School Counselors & Academic Advisors
Professionals seeking to manage stress and burnout in academic environments, while offering students powerful inner tools to navigate life with clarity and balance.

Social Activists & Community Leaders
Changemakers inspired to lead from the heart, support healing in communities, and create safe spaces for growth through accessible meditation and self-awareness practices.

Coaches & Holistic Business Professionals
Life coaches, executive coaches, and holistic entrepreneurs who want to elevate their offerings with embodied meditation practices, and better support clients in connecting to their deeper purpose.

Executives, Leaders & HR Professionals
Leaders committed to cultivating presence, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness in their workplace — building conscious cultures that support wellbeing from the inside out.
What Kind of Meditation Styles Will You Learn?
Throughout this comprehensive training, David and Michael will guide you through the wisdom of multiple meditation traditions, from ancient Eastern practices to modern Western approaches. Rather than limiting you to one specific lineage, this multi-tradition foundation helps you discover your authentic teaching presence and develop a unique style that resonates with your heart.
The Shifts You'll Experience
The Structure: 4 Levels
What's Included?


4 Levels
Four levels to deepen your personal meditation practice, develop your teaching skills, and establish a heart-centered teacher platform (if that's your goal).

Live Classes on Thursdays
Two live Zoom classes per month for Levels 1–3, and one class per month in Level 4. All classes are held on Thursdays at Thursdays at 12:00 - 2:00 PM Pacific. *Recordings will be available within 24 hours of class.

Private 1-on-1 Mentorship
Optional monthly 1-on-1 Mentorship with the teachers of your choice to help you understand the material, master meditation, and find your career path as a teacher.

Small Group Mentorship
Monthly mentorship groups (max 6 students) for the first 9 months of the program. These intimate sessions offer space for personalized feedback, community, and support from your mentor and peers. Peer led group for level 4.

World-leading Teachers
9 industry leading meditation teachers across traditions, guest speakers, and 3 business experts to teach you ever aspect of becoming a teacher in-person and online.

Dedicated Slack Channel
Dedicated Slack channel where you can be in community, share your meditation experience, network, ask questions, and have access to our administrators.

Recordings and Resources
Access to all the recordings of class in case you can't make it live. Also, you'll receive pdf's of all the teachings to keep.

250-Hour Certification
250-Hour Meditation Teacher Training Certification upon completion of all the program requirements.

Ongoing Support Staff
A dedicated staff to make sure you have everything you need to keep you on track, and answer any questions you have along the way.

Practicum
Starting in Level 2, students will have 30-minute practicums twice a month. During these sessions, they will guide each other through 10-15 minute meditations, which they can then use for their meditation hours.

Extended Access Post-Training
Enjoy 1 year of unrestricted access to all recordings and materials after the conclusion of the training.

Teacher Training Guidebook
Receive a 80-plus page guidebook containing all class notes, materials, and essential links from the training.

Meditation Business Launch Guide
A special PDF guide, with all content from Level 3. This resource offers updated links to the top hardware and software solutions to initiate or expand your meditation business.

Exclusive Access to Aligned Virtual Teams
Get first-come, first-served access to Aligned Virtual Teams, a virtual teams company co-founded by David to help meditation teachers scale their business.
Community Access
You’ll be welcomed into our private student community where connection, support, and inspiration are always just a message away.

Enjoy access to:
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Ongoing conversations with peers, teachers, and mentors
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Share your meditation experience
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Discuss current reading assignments
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Share ideas, ask questions, and receive encouragement
- Make friends for life
This community will open a week before the program begins, and continue to support you through every step of your training.
Your Guides


Praises for David

David Gandelman’s Grounded Mind Program has made learning to meditate easy and accessible. Honestly, I can’t believe how quickly I was able to see progress – in my ability to calm my brain as well as my ability to handle stress. I have become a meditator after only four months of this one year program, and I look forward to my next meditation each week.

Grounded Mind has helped me dive deeper into my meditation practice. David's meditations have enabled me to stop taking my stress so seriously, move out old energy, and start to cultivate the new kind energy I want in my life. I even felt less tired and more energized at the end of the meditations, and I continue to use those tools daily.
Praises for Michael

Michael provides a truly unique coaching experience that is life changing. He has an extraordinary way of connecting with people and tailoring guidance and feedback in a very personalized and empathetic manner that produce effective results.

Michael has a gift. He has a magical gift of being able to bring the exact words that you need in the moment to your heart and the spirit of the project. He is not just a coach, he’s a complete support system.
Hear directly from our students...

"I have found that this pandemic has been kind of lonely for me and I don’t mean that in severe way. Like you know, I’m home now with my amazing wife and my amazing two kids and I have my family around me but there's a certain lack of social interaction that is missing from me. And so early in March for the first time ever i ended up just going to the guided tab in Insight Timer just because I kind of just wanted to hear someone else’s voice and i've actually been doing these guided meditations almost consistently since March now and they range from courses. I know you've talked about Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, David Gandelman, Sarah Blondin. They’re just some amazing guided meditation coaches on Insight Timer."
Why This Teacher Training?
Watch our Becoming a Meditation Teacher Video Series!

Broad and Deep Training
While most meditation teacher trainings limit you to a single tradition, this comprehensive program draws from the wisdom of multiple lineages—Zen, Vedanta, Buddhism, and beyond. This expansive approach doesn't dilute your learning; it deepens it. By understanding the common threads across traditions, you'll develop a more authentic and versatile teaching style that resonates with diverse students and situations.

Industry-Leading Teachers & Business Experts
You'll learn directly from renowned meditation teachers and conscious business experts who've shaped the industry. These aren't just guest speakers but active mentors who will guide your development throughout the program. Each expert brings decades of experience and will lead dedicated sessions, ensuring you receive diverse perspectives and proven strategies from the field's leading voices.

The David & Michael Advantage
Your co-teachers bring a unique combination of spiritual depth and practical mastery. Together, they've guided millions of students across multiple platforms and built thriving meditation businesses from the ground up. David and Michael will share their complete journey with you—the successes, the challenges, and the exact strategies that work. More importantly, they'll help you discover and walk your own authentic path as a teacher, not follow someone else's blueprint.

Conscious Business Mastery
Your teachers don't just talk about building a meditation business—they've actually done it. David and Michael bring proven expertise across every aspect of the conscious business landscape: from launching meditation apps and reaching millions on platforms like Insight Timer, to creating bestselling courses, hosting successful podcasts, and building sustainable income streams through authentic marketing.
What Business Skills Will You Learn?

You'll learn how to:
- Attract Your Students – Learn marketing strategies that feel like genuine connection, drawing in students who truly resonate with your message
- Design Your Unique Business Model – Create income streams that feel authentic and energizing, not draining or salesyRun campaigns to attract and enroll aligned-students
- Expand Your Teaching Reach – Secure opportunities at studios, universities, retreats, and corporate settings with confidence
- Master Digital Platforms – Navigate apps, social media, and content creation to build your audience organically
- Build Multiple Revenue Channels – From intimate 1-on-1 sessions to scalable online courses and group programs that serve hundreds
- Scale With Integrity – Build systems, hire team members, and grow your impact without losing your authentic voice or burning out
What Can I Do With My Certification?
Here are a few of the things you can do with your Meditation Teacher Training Certification:
- Significantly Deepen Your Own Practice and move through life as a guide
- Teach at Meditation Centers, Yoga Studios, Festivals and Retreat Centers
- Teach Corporate and University Workshops, Classes and Trainings
- Teach Group Trainings, Group Courses, Programs and on Apps like Insight Timer
- Grow a student base and following on YouTube, Spotify or Apple
- Significantly Deepen Your Own Practice and the Ways You Walk Through Life
- Offer One-to-One Packages, Sessions and Programs as a Teacher, Guide and Coach


250-Hours Breakdown

21 Classes: 42 Hours

9 Small Group Mentorship Sessions: 9 Hours

Optional 1-on-1 Mentorship: 12 Hours

Teaching in the practicum space or on your own: 20 Hours

Guided Meditation Recordings: 10 Hours

Book Study: 20 Hours

Self-Guided Meditation Practice: 150+ Hours
Meditation Teacher Certification
250-hour Teacher Certification
While there is no nationally accredited certifying board for meditation teacher training certifications, we have put together a board of directors encompassing a group of professional meditation teachers who are renowned in the space.
This board of directors has reviewed and approved the curriculum, training structure, hours requirements and teaching faculty.
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Enrollment Options
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Early Bird Pricing Ends September 31st.
The Training
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The Full Curriculum
Quick Breakdown of the Full Curriculum

Classes
- Thursdays at 12:00 - 2:00 PM Pacific.
- Two classes per month in Levels 1–3
- One class per month in Level 4

Mentorship Groups
- 60 minutes, once a month
- Small groups (max 6 students) for the first 9 months of the program

Optional Private Sessions
- 60 minutes each
- Monthly 1-on-1 sessions
- Specific meditation and career guidance

Practicum Teaching Space
- Begins in Level 2
- 30-minute peer-led sessions, held twice monthly throughout the training
- Free to stay another 30-minutes to discuss
LEVEL 1: MASTERING MEDITATION AS A TEACHER
Lesson 1: Introduction to Meditation & Its Foundations
Lesson 2: The Four Approaches & Understanding Awakening
Lesson 3: The Four States of Consciousness & Mindfulness
Lesson 4: Wake Up To Your Life, Ego Structure and The Biology of Meditation
Lesson 5: Introduction to The Pain Body & Purpose
Lesson 6: No Bad Parts & Exploring Yoga Nidra and Its Transformative Power
LEVEL 2: MASTERING YOUR TEACHING SKILLS
Lesson 7: How To Structure a Meditation
Lesson 8: Understanding Vipassana and Mantras
Lesson 9: The Hero's Journey and Setting a Theme for Meditation
Lesson 10: Analogies, Metaphors and Visualization
Lesson 11: The 4 Types of Meditations, Students and Ethics
Lesson 12: One-to-One’s and Imposter Syndrome
LEVEL 3: THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING AND SERVING
Lesson 13: Insight Timer, YouTube, and Podcasting
Lesson 14: Resistance, Value Propositions, and Offerings
Lesson 15: Content Creation
Lesson 16: Building a Team, Marketing & Ads
Lesson 17: The Energy of a Teacher
Lesson 18: Mastering the Art of Teaching
LEVEL 4: PRACTICUM
Lesson 19: Practicum Review & Self-Guided Teaching
Lesson 20: Embodying the Path of a Teacher
Final Class: Closing Ceremony and Community Celebration
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