2024 Meditation Teacher Training Certification

A 9-month, Online 250-Hour Teacher Training Certification designed to help you master your practice, grow into your potential as a teacher and build a thriving, conscious business.

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2024 Meditation Teacher Training Certification

A 9-month Online Teacher  Training Certification designed to help you master your practice, grow into your potential as a teacher and build a thriving, conscious business

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“It’s not the style of meditation that matters, but the ability of the teacher to awaken and safely guide the student to their own truth.”

Welcome to Meditation School's 250-Hour Meditation Teacher Training 

Stand in 'presence' as a meditation teacher, guide and conscious-business owner! Join David Gandelman and 10 industry-leading teachers from various traditions as well as 3 conscious-business experts who've supported teachers like Eckhart Tolle, Wim Hof, Sharon Salzberg, Robert Wright and Michael Singer for a high-touch meditation teacher certification training.

Three, 3-Month Levels

9 months to deepen your personal practice, develop as a professional teacher and establish a heart-centered business. Feb 8th - Oct 28th!

2, Live-Classes Per Month on Zoom

18, 2 & 3 hour classes over 9 months to truly master your craft. A guest-teacher will join David one class each month. See the curriculum below!

 

Private and Group Mentorship

9 monthly mentorship groups and 3 private sessions with a teacher to embody your teaching skills, practice and the concepts. 5 or less students per group.

Virtual Retreat

One half-day virtual retreat. Last class of Level 3 is a 6-hour, half/day retreat to deepen your practice and teaching experience.

World-leading Teachers

10 industry leading meditation teachers across traditions and 3 business experts join David to co-teach and mentor

Dedicated Slack Channel

Dedicated Slack channel where you can be in community, ask questions and get access to resources.

Recordings and Resources

Access to all the recordings for at least 2 years and a Teacher's Resource PDF Guide

250-Hour Certification

250-Hour Meditation Teacher Training Certification. Learn more. Learn more.

Ongoing Support Staff

A dedicated staff to make sure you have everything you need to keep you on track.

 

How is this teacher training different?

Most teacher training programs will walk you through the basics of mindfulness based stress reduction techniques, or other similar tools, but there is a lot more to being a professional teacher with a thriving business. Learn to teach from 'presence', set the energy of a room and develop a style from your heart.

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What Kind of Meditation Style is Taught in The Teacher Training?

During this training, David and the other teachers will walk you through a variety of traditions, and more importantly will help you ground in "presence" and develop your own language and style as a teacher.

There is so much that goes into becoming a professional teacher with a thriving business then mastering one technique or lineage. You will learn how to safely set, hold and even entertain the energy of a room, how to record and guide all types of meditations and to develop a teaching-style from your own heart.

Zen

Vedanta

Hinduism

Buddhism

Vipassana

Mindfulness

Kundalini

Intuitive Development

Visualization Techniques

Mysticism

Yoga Nidra

And more...

What Kind of Meditation Style is Taught in The Teacher Training?

During this training, David and the other teachers will walk you through a variety of traditions, and more importantly will help you ground in "presence" and develop your own language and style as a teacher.

There is so much that goes into becoming a professional teacher with a thriving business then mastering one technique or lineage. You will learn how to safely set, hold and even entertain the energy of a room, how to record and guide all types of meditations and to develop a teaching-style from your own heart.

Zen

Vedanta

Hinduism

Vipassana

Mindfulness

Kundalini

Intuitive Development

Visualization Techniques

Mysticism

And more...

The 3 Levels

You'll embark on a program structured into three distinct levels. Each level lasts 3 months, making up a comprehensive 9-month journey. Over this period, you'll attend a total of 18 classes: every month, you'll participate in both a 2-hour and a 3-hour class. Beyond the classes, you'll benefit from 9 monthly small-group mentorship sessions. Additionally, each level offers you a private mentorship session. To enhance your experience, the program also includes book studies and dedicated meditation hours for your personal growth.

Level 1

Mastering Meditation as a Teacher 

The first 3 months of teacher training focus on deepening your own personal meditation practice, understanding the philosophy and teachings of the world’s great traditions, and awakening to a deeper level of presence as a guide. See our in-depth class by class schedule below.

One of the most important aspects of meditation is having a consistent meditation practice. As you move through the program, engage with the material, and meditate regularly, you will naturally land into a consistent structure for your own practice.

Traditionally, one of the goals of meditation has been to find, or awaken to, enlightenment. Sometimes we refer to this state as nirvana, samadhi, satori, or moksha. It is a place beyond identification with the mind, and the home to your true nature as a being. In Level one, you will learn the philosophy behind awakening, and move into the energy of it through practice. 

This training is non-ideological in the sense that we do not adhere to one tradition, but recognize that every tradition was created by an individual who had an awakening experience, and built a structure around that experience to help others find it in themselves. With that in mind, level 1 and beyond will offer you the opportunity to find your own truth and wisdom that is derived from your inner work, and level 2 will teach you how to share that wisdom.

Level 2

Mastering Your Teaching Skills

In this phase of training you’ll learn how to teach what you know. As you solidify what kind of meditation practice, principles, and philosophy you ascribe to and want to share with the world, you’ll have the opportunity to teach in small groups, write out your own guided meditations, and get real-time feedback on your style from your peers and teachers. 

You’ll also overcome fear of public speaking in a safe and structured way. As a teacher in training you’ll learn to connect with your students from your heart and use your presence to help calm, comfort, and awaken them to their own truth. 

As you begin to relax as a teacher and guide, which only comes through practice, you may find yourself enjoying teaching more and more. The more you enjoy being in this sacred space, the more your students will trust you as their guide, and keep returning to your classes. 

By the end of level 2 you will have had ample experience and opportunities to teach, hold space, and develop your craft. As you graduate from level 2, we’ll begin to explore how to become a teacher in a professional way in level 3.

Level 3

The Business of Teaching & Serving 

The last level of teacher training will be primarily focused on how to get your message out into the world, attract students, and set up a sustainable and sacred business structure that sustains you financially, and serves the world.

You’ll learn to simplify and craft your offers, brand your teachings in a way that aligns with your values, find the right marketing channels for your work, hire and scale a team in affordably and to share your light with the world.

We’ll also work on the mindset of abundance and prosperity as a meditation teacher. It’s no secret the majority of meditation teachers in the world today struggle with making a living.

 Collectively, the experts in this certification training have worked with over-500 six, multi-six and seven figure earning meditation and spiritual teachers — and we are here to help you set yourself up for success, joy, and healthy finances while teaching in integrity.

This training will help you overcome energetic limitations, and teach you the practical tools to achieve your career goals with alignment and integrity.

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Graduation Requirements

Complete 100% of the classes live or by recording. Contact us at [email protected] if this is a challenge for your timezone.

Attend at least 75% of your 9 small-group mentorship calls and all 3 of your private sessions

15 Hours of teaching on your own time reported to your mentor. 1.5 - 2 hours will take place during break-out calls.

Hand-in 3, 10-20 minute guided meditation audios.

Book study and final paper.

250-Hours Breakdown

18 Classes: 45 Hours

9 Mentorship Groups: 13.5 Hours

1 Half-Day Virtual Retreat: 6 Hours

3 Private Mentorship Sessions: 3 Hours

Record Meditations: 1 Hour

Teaching Hours: 15 Hours

Book Study: 20 Hours

Practice Time: 146.5 Hours

Graduation Requirements

250-Hours Breakdown

  • 18 Classes: 40.5 hours
  • 9 Mentorship Groups: 13.5 hours
  • 3 Mentorship Sessions: 2 hours, 15 minutes
  • 1, 1/2 Day Virtual Retreats: 4 hours
  • Teaching Hours: 15 Hours
  • Recorded Meditations: 1 Hour
  • Book Study: 30 Hours
  • Practice Time: 144 Hours

Homework:

  • 15 Hours of teaching on your own time reported to your mentor. 1.5-2 hours will occur during break-out calls.
  • Hand-in 3, 10-20 minute guided meditation audios.
  • Book study and final paper

David Gandelman

David Gandelman is a spiritual teacher, author, and guide, whose mission is to awaken souls on their path of growing into being human, and living an enlightened, purpose-driven life.

He is the founder of the Meditation School app, and host of the Meditation School, Energy Matters, and Grounded Sleep podcasts. His meditations have been streamed millions of times. He has taught at Cornell University, NBC Universal, SAP, and numerous other organizations. David is also a top-ten teacher on Insight Timer.

David holds a B.A. in Western philosophy from Rutgers University, which combined with his studies in Eastern spiritual traditions living in the Himalayas, as well as his experience as the director of a school for intuitive development and mysticism in Hawaii, informs a teaching style that connects energetic experience, ancient wisdom traditions, and humor in order to create a safe atmosphere for people interested in learning to meditate and develop into their potential.

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.

The Teachers & Mentors

Desi Ivanova

The Art of The Visual Journey

Cody Edner

How to Master Being a Teacher

Robin Berzin, M.D.

The Neurobiology of Meditation

Scott Stabile

Breathwork Facilitator and Author

Ceri Bethan

Embodying a Trauma-informed Approach to Mindfulness

Ed Fox

The Power of Mantras and Mindfulness

Hilary Jackendoff

The Art of Yoga Nidra

Lou Redmond

Motivate and Inspire as a Meditation Teacher

Jamie Wozny

Self Love and Healing Through Meditation

Your Business Mentors

Matthew Beck

Crafting Your Offers, Launches & Content

Jamie Moran

Mind-mapping Your Business

Kyle Pivarnik

Mastering Paid and Free Marketing

Bindi Belanger

Pathways to Spiritual Entrepreneurship

The Teachers & Mentors

Desi Ivanova

The Art of The Visual Journey

Cody Edner

How to Embody Leadership as a Teacher

Robin Berzin

The Neurobiology of Meditation

Scott Stabile

The Art of Teaching From The Heart

Ceri Bethan

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Mindfulness

Ed Fox

The Power of Mantras and Mindfulness

Lou Redmond

Motivate and Inspire as a Meditation Teacher

Hilary Jackendoff

The Art of Yoga Nidra

Jamie Wozny

Self Love and Healing Through Meditation

Your Business Mentors

Matthew Beck

Crafting Offers and Income Streams that Align With Your Essence

Jamie Moran

Mind-mapping Your Business

Kyle Pivarnik

Mastering Paid and Free Marketing

Bindi Belanger

Pathways to Spiritual Entrepreneurship

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1-year membership to Meditation School

Get access to 300+ hours of guided meditations, courses, and coaching with world-leading teachers. Meditation School will be used in tandem with this training.

Reviews

See what people on Insight Timer say about David's meditation courses.

"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."

The Full Curriculum

Classes: Every second Wednesday (5-7pm PST) and every fourth Saturday (9am-12pm PST).
Mentorship Groups: Held once a month.
Private Sessions: One session offered per level.

LEVEL 1: MASTERING MEDITATION AS A TEACHER


 

CLASS #1: Introduction to Meditation & Its Foundations
  • Introduction to Meditation
  • The Science Behind Meditation
  • The Benefits of Meditation
  • Common Misconceptions About Meditation
  • Meditation Postures
  • Breath Awareness Meditation
CLASS #2: Deepening Your Practice & Exploring Mindfulness
  • Deepening Your Meditation Practice
  • The Power of Mindfulness
  • Mindfulness in Daily Life
  • Body Scan Meditation
  • Loving Kindness Meditation
CLASS #3: Advanced Techniques & Overcoming Challenges
  • Advanced Meditation Techniques
  • Overcoming Meditation Challenges
  • The Role of a Meditation Teacher
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #4: The Art of Guiding Meditations
  • The Role of a Meditation Guide
  • Preparing to Guide a Meditation
  • The Structure of a Guided Meditation
  • Common Challenges and Solutions
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #5: Exploring Different Meditation Traditions
  • Introduction to Different Meditation Traditions
  • Vipassana Meditation
  • Zen Meditation
  • Transcendental Meditation
  • Yoga Nidra
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #6: Meditation in Daily Life & Cultivating a Routine
  • Integrating Meditation into Daily Life
  • Building a Daily Meditation Routine
  • Overcoming Obstacles in Daily Practice
  • Meditation and Sleep
  • Guided Meditation Practice

LEVEL 2: MASTERING MEDITATION AS A TEACHER


 

CLASS #7: Mindfulness in Action & Advanced Techniques
  • Mindfulness in Action
  • Advanced Mindfulness Techniques
  • Mindfulness and Emotions
  • Mindfulness and Relationships
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #8: Meditation, Stress, and Healing
  • The Impact of Stress on the Body and Mind
  • Meditation as a Healing Tool
  • Techniques for Stress Reduction
  • Meditation for Emotional Healing
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #9: Meditation for Different Populations & Settings
  • Adapting Meditation for Different Populations
  • Meditation in Clinical Settings
  • Meditation in Educational Settings
  • Meditation in Corporate Settings
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #10: Advanced Mindfulness Techniques & Deepening Awareness
  • Advanced Mindfulness Techniques
  • Deepening Awareness in Meditation
  • Mindfulness and the Five Senses
  • Exploring the Nature of Reality
  • Guided Meditation Practice
CLASS #11: Four Types of Meditation & Navigating Challenges
  • Four Types of Meditation
  • Embracing Uncertainty: Navigating Challenges and Deepening Intuition
  • Understanding Enlightenment in Meditation
  • Mastering the Art of Guided Meditation
CLASS #12: The Art of One-to-One’s, Mindfulness and Trauma Work
  • Opening a Meditation
  • Guiding Students with Confidence and Connection
  • Guiding One-on-One Sessions
  • Understanding Trauma Triggers and Developing Emotional Resilience
  • Trauma-Informed Approaches
  • RAIN Meditation

LEVEL 3: THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING & SERVING


 

CLASS #13: Teacherpreneur Career Blueprint
  • Mapping out your career goals as a teacher
  • The current business landscape: apps, courses, studios, coaching and more 
  • How to get started with nothing 
  • The abundance and confidence mindset
CLASS #14: Discovering Your Teaching Niche
  • Who are you trying to help?
  • Mind-mapping your ideal student/client 
  • Understanding your value proposition as a teacher
CLASS #15: Digital Content Platforms & Tools
  • Creating audio/visual content best practices
  • Choosing a direction and getting started
  • YouTube, podcasting, apps, books, Substack, Insight Timer and more
CLASS #16: Scaling & Personal Coaching Success
  • Hiring the right team
  • Email marketing and building funnels that work and inspire 
  • Building a 1-to-1 coaching business
CLASS #17: Expertise Monetization & Marketing
  • How to charge your value
  • Retreats
  • Marketing, paid vs organic 
  • Social Media
Virtual Retreat
  • Q&A Review
  • For the love of service 
  • Raising your financial havingness
  • Sharing your gifts: from Joseph Campbell to Eckhart Tolle
  • Stepping out into the world meditation and conclusion

Why This Teacher Training?

Watch our Becoming a Meditation Teacher Video Series!

Broad and Deep Training

Most meditation teacher trainings focus on a very specific meditation tradition, which can leave your options as a teacher more narrow based on what kind of students you’ll be able to reach.This training takes a broad look at a number of popular traditions, harnesses the wisdom of each, and then teaches you how to find your own voice and wisdom to share with the world.

Industry-Leading Teachers From Various Traditions

We’ve brought together some of the world’s most talented teachers from various backgrounds and traditions to share their wisdom and skill set. Each of these 10 experts will lead an hour of class each month.

David's Unique Experience

David has taught everywhere from Cornell University, to fortune 500 companies, to cultivating 80,000 followers on Insight Timer, to being the director of a school for mysticism in Hawaii and the founder of his own meditation app and style. His work will be to help you not teach his style, but find and master your own style.

Conscious Business

With rich backgrounds and experience in conscious business, from building meditation apps, Insight Timer, books, podcasts, email funnels, marketing, retreats, course creation, and more, the Meditation School teachers will bring a unique and powerful combination of knowledge that will help you find your path, master it, and make a livelihood for yourself if you decide to do so.

What Business Skills will I learn?

The paradigm of being a meditation teacher and guide is shifting! We teach you to embody your value as a teacher, set up your business and attract clients who align with your heart.

You'll learn how to:

  • Strategically set-up a business model that feels "alive" for you and earns real, sustainable income
  • Create 1:1 offers, group programs, courses and teach online
  • Run campaigns to attract and enroll aligned-students 
  • Teach in studios, Universities and set-up retreats
  • Create content, use softwares and build a team
  • Take advantage of opportunities like teaching on apps, podcasting and paid ad campaigns

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 20 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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What Can I Do With My Certification?

  • Teach at Meditation Centers, Yoga Studios, Festivals and Retreat Centers
  • Offer One-to-One Packages, Sessions and Programs as a Teacher and Coach
  • Teach Corporate and University Workshops, Classes and Trainings
  • Teach Group Trainings, Group Courses, Programs and on Apps like Insight Timer
  • Add Meditation and Energy Tools to Your Healing, Coaching or Therapy Practice
  • Grow a Platform or Business From Which to Launch Your Visions
  • Significantly Deepen Your Own Practice and the Ways You Walk Through Life

 

A Note From David

When I lived in an ashram in the Himalayas in my early 20’s, I knew that meditation and spirituality would be the core of my life moving forward, but I had no idea how I would make that happen. I didn’t have a career, money, a relationship, a home, or a clear sense of what my purpose was beyond loving to sit still and focus on finding enlightenment.

I eventually moved to Hawaii where I studied the intuitive healing arts. I graduated from multiple programs, including a 3 and ½ teacher training and I began to teach regularly. I then spent a number of years as the director of a non-profit meditation center, where I was always unfortunately overworked and poor. I also noticed I was teaching someone else’s teachings, wisdom and information. The tools were great, but they hadn’t become my own heart.

I eventually decided to go my own way and I started teaching on various apps, building online programs, podcasting, and writing. My career as a teacher unfolded out of a desire to teach my own style and truth to my students, and to do it on my terms. Everyone’s dream, right?

But it wasn’t an easy path…at all. I had to teach myself the business side, hire coaches, read countless books and take financial risks over and over. Fortunately over time everything came together, but I would not recommend my path. Looking back, there were far easier and more efficient ways to do the work, to teach, and to live.

During this training I am going to teach you how to avoid as many dead-ends, time suckers, bad investments and poor decisions as possible. I’ll also teach you how to grow into yourself as a teacher, discover and develop your voice, and share your teachings with the world in a healthy, rewarding way.

From my experience, the hardest part of being a meditation teacher isn’t actually teaching. You will master that over time with the tools that you’ll learn in this program. It’s all the other stuff that you have to do around your teaching, from managing your books, to attracting students, to building programs that serve your community and earn you an abundant income.

I also want to take a moment and talk about the types of meditation you’ll learn to teach and the philosophy behind it. And to do that I want to start with my two favorite definitions of meditation. The first is, 'Meditation is the bridge between the conscious and unconscious mind'. And the second is, 'Meditation is the awakening of consciousness out of the dream of the mind, and a deepening into reality'.

Your job as a teacher and guide will be to help people awaken to who they really are by cultivating their awareness, and in doing so, they will learn how to manage their energy, find their answers through sitting still, deepen into inner-peace, and have more emotional and mental clarity.

To be a great teacher, we have to accomplish three things: we have to entertain, educate, and enlighten, and in that order. Teacher training will teach you how to keep students attention, structure your meditations properly, avoid the monotone meditation voice that puts people to sleep, and truly awaken consciousness.

If you feel ready to step into your power as a guide and teacher, or to take your teaching, healing or spaceholding career to the next level, then come join me and a group of some of the world's most amazing teachers and get certified to teach meditation.

What Can I Do With My Certification?

  • Teach at Meditation Centers, Yoga Studios, Festivals and Retreat Centers
  • Offer One-to-One Packages, Sessions and Programs as a Teacher and Coach
  • Teach Corporate and University Workshops, Classes and Trainings
  • Teach Group Trainings, Group Courses, Programs and on Apps like Insight Timer
  • Add Meditation and Energy Tools to Your Healing, Coaching or Therapy Practice
  • Grow a Platform or Business From Which to Launch Your Visions
  • Significantly Deepen Your Own Practice and the Ways You Walk Through Life

 

What You'll Learn

  • Safely ground into your own awakening through meditation

  • Develop a unique teaching style and language from the heart

  • Hone your teaching skills through live-practice, writing and recording meditations, mentorship and small-group practice

  • Explore the world's meditation traditions to understand the foundations of embodying awakening through this art

  • How to set and hold the energy of a room and class

  • Embody The Tools You Need To Build A Successful Online Business
  • How to set-up, structure and launch your business that aligns with your essence and generates abundant income
  • Set-up offers and connect with heart-aligned students
  • How to thrive in today's marketplace as a meditation teacher and guide
  • Genuinely stand in your own "presence" as a leader, meditation teacher and guide at a high-level

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