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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.”
- David
Welcome to Meditation School's 250-Hour Meditation Teacher TrainingÂ
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 4 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.


Four, 3-Month Levels
12 months to deepen your personal practice, develop as a professional teacher and establish a heart-centered business. Feb 7th - Oct 26th!

2 Live-Classes Per Month on Zoom
18, 2 & 3 hour classes over 12 months to truly master your craft. A guest-teacher will join David one class each month. See the curriculum below!
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Private and Group Mentorship
12 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 Retreats
2 half-day (4-hour) virtual retreats to deepen your practice and teaching experience. One at the end of Level 2 and one at the end of Level 4.

World-leading Teachers
10 industry leading meditation teachers across traditions and 4 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 1 year and a Teacher's Resource PDF Guide.

250-Hour Certification
250-Hour Meditation Teacher Training Certification.Â

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

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.

Office Hours
Office hours with David and other teachers to address questions, provide additional guidance, and enhance your learning experience.

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 a first-come, first-served access to Aligned Virtual Teams, co-founded by David, Jona, and Bindi. Their company specializes in aiding budding meditation teachers with skilled and affordable virtual assistants to scale their businesses.
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 year 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.
How is this teacher training different?
Most teacher training programs will walk you through the basics of mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques or similar tools — but there’s so much more to becoming a professional teacher with a thriving practice.
This training teaches you how to lead from direct experience, not from a script, helping you cultivate a genuine teaching presence that resonates deeply with your students. You'll learn to set the energy of a room, develop a teaching style from your heart, and guide students from an authentic place of inner embodiment.
Weaving together Eastern wisdom and Western approaches, this program also offers grounded business training — so you’re not just developing your inner practice, but also creating an outer impact. You'll leave prepared to teach with confidence, build real connections, and grow a practice rooted in both purpose and sustainability.
What Students Are Saying

Jen Reed
This training helped open up so much for me. The first section was especially powerful and sometimes painful, but on the other side, it is beautiful. Many stuck energies have been dislodged and I am feeing more confident than ever, not only as a meditation guide, but also as a human navigating this existence. I would recommend this program to anyone who is open to putting in the hard emotional work!

Katja Astner
David's Teacher Training Program transcended the typical educational experience. His exceptional wisdom and expertise, delivered in a bucket full of humor, made this training truly exceptional. It was not merely an immersion into a profound knowledge of meditation practices and diving deep into your own practice, but a transformative journey that encouraged me to grow as a person and a teacher. The inclusion of well-known guest teachers offered authentic and unpretentious insights into their methods and also their business models. Truly grateful for being part of this incredible experience.

Tami Droese
This program expanded my healing meditation practice and gave me the tools and confidence to teach on my own and develop my meditation teaching space.

Jossy Pike
What sets this training apart from others is not only the opportunity to learn from multiple teachers but also to have an entire module focused on the business side. Thoroughly enjoyable, informative and professional.

Kate Mishcon
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Joining this meditation teacher training was the best decision I ever made. I was a bit concerned at first as I'm based in the UK and was worried about time zones, but Jona and David couldn't have been more accommodating, and changed the hours each month to make sure that people outside of the US could join as many classes as possible.
David has the most engaging teaching style and had me hooked from day 1. His programme combined a really impressive range of expert speakers, with excellent reading materials, teaching practice spaces and inspiring live classes. I'd highly recommend this incredible programme!
What Kind of Meditation Style Is Taught In The Teacher Training?
The Structure Of Teacher Training
This Teacher Training program is structured in three distinct levels.
Each level lasts 3 months, making up a comprehensive 12-month journey.
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Each month, you'll participate in both a 2-hour and a 3-hour class. Beyond the classes, you'll also get 12 monthly small-group mentorship sessions.
Each level offers you a private mentorship session, book studies and dedicated meditation hours for your own 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 1: Class Schedule and Curriculum

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.Â
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.Â
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 2: Class Schedule & Curriculum

Level 3
THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING AND 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.
Level 3: Class Schedule & Curriculum

Level 4
Practicum
 The final stage of this certification journey is about integration and real-world application. In this level, participants will take everything they've learned and begin stepping into the role of teacher with confidence and clarity.
Each month, join a 2-hour live session that includes guided meditation and open Q&A to deepen understanding and refine your teaching presence. You’ll receive direct feedback from mentors and peers, helping you strengthen your voice, presence, and delivery style in a supportive environment.
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As a culmination of your training, you’ll submit a final recorded meditation session — audio or video — for personal review and feedback from David. This is your opportunity to demonstrate your growth, embody your teachings, and receive guidance to continue evolving your practice.
This level is where it all comes together — through practice, reflection, and mentorship.
Watch at Your Convenience
Missed a Live Class? No Problem!
All our classes are recorded and uploaded to your library within 24 hours after the live session. This ensures you can watch and learn at your convenience, fitting the training seamlessly into your schedule. Whether you’re catching up or revisiting lessons, you’ll have easy access to all the material whenever you need it.
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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 12 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.

Engage in a book study component, which includes required reading from select texts. Please note, participants will need to purchase these books themselves as they are not included in the course materials.

Submit a final paper reflecting your learning and experience throughout the course.
250-Hours Breakdown

24Â Classes:Â 60 Hours

12 Mentorship Groups:Â 18 Hours

2Â Half-Day (4-Hour) Virtual Retreats

4Â Private Mentorship Sessions:Â 4 Hours

Recorded Meditations: 10 Hours

Teaching Hours: 15 Hours

Book Study:Â 35 Hours

Practice Time: 121.5 Hours

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.
Meet Your Teachers & Mentors

Desi is a Meditation Teacher and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. She specializes in healing people on a deeper mind and soul level through visual journeys.
Desi co-teaches with David in Meditation School, leads workshops, taught at The Den in Los Angelos for many years and runs a prolific private practice!
She helps individuals to transform their mindsets and change their life so they can impact more people, create their dream life with more ease and feel completely fulfilled.

Ceri has been a devoted practitioner in mindfulness for over a decade. Passionate about helping people fully inhabit their truest selves, she completed her 400 hour Teacher Training at The Den Meditation in Los Angeles in early 2018, and the Compassion Teacher Training. Ceri is a certified Mindfulness and Compassion instructor, a certified Reiki practitioner, a certified Therapeutic Imagery facilitator, and a Guided Imagery Specialist for children. Ceri is committed to helping students cultivate present moment awareness in order to live life more fully, and to fully embrace their inner worth. Ceri teaches regularly at The Den Meditation, The Mindry in Malibu, corporate meditations and private coaching sessions.

Ed Fox is a meditation and spiritual teacher and stress release coach. He is the founder of The Stress Release 3X program, a coaching program that can help you create a mastery over releasing stress while becoming your best and empowered self. With over 30 years of teaching experience Ed's style embraces heart to heart coaching with ancient wisdom and emotional-based release experience to facilitate the healing of deep rooted stress and emotional wounds.

Cody Edner has been teaching meditation and intuitive awareness for over 30 years. He is the co-host of the Energy Matters podcast, Founder of Intuitive Vision, Co-Founder of the EnergyMatters Academy and currently travels teaching advanced intuitive training programs, workshops and seminars. He is also the former director of the Berkeley Psychic Institute of in Rosa and Aesclepion Wellness Center. Cody first awakened to his intuitive gifts when he was 14 years old while watching his aunt receive a psychic reading. He suddenly realized that he was “reading along” with the psychic, having the same awareness and insights as the reader. After that experience, Cody began to study meditation and metaphysics deeply. Even today, he continues to explore, learn and teach about what it means to be psychic. Cody is a meditation teacher, intuitive reader, healer and medium with 30+ years’ experience. He has done tens of thousands of energy readings & healings and taught thousands more to meditate and tap into their intuitive abilities. He currently spends his time between Colorado Springs and Leadville, Colorado.

Dr. Robin Berzin is a functional medicine doctor and the Founder and CEO of Parsley Health, one of the nation’s leading holistic medical practices designed to help people overcome chronic conditions.
She is also a certified meditation teacher, yoga instructor, and runs courses and trainings through outlets including MindBodyGreen and Health 2.0.
Dr. Berzin teaches people how to reduce stress and anxiety as well as to increase their baseline energy and connect to their spirituality through meditation with an emphasis on understanding how practice impacts our neurobiology!
Dr. Berzin attended medical school at Columbia University and trained in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Her new book, State Change, was published by Simon Element in January 2022.

Hilary Jackendoff is a New Jersey born, ashram-trained Yoga Nidra & meditation teacher. She began studying Tantric Yoga in 2008 and spent two years formally training while living at an ashram in Australia. Hilary is a senior teacher at The DEN Meditation in Los Angeles, where she co-created the studio's Meditation Teacher Training. She offers Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainings, meditation teacher mentorship, and private sessions. Private sessions may include self-inquiry, intention-setting, breathwork, meditative practices, and intuitive coaching. Hilary has been featured as a sleep meditation expert on Good Morning America. Hilary's teaching philosophy aims to demystify ancient wisdom, helping students realize that the spiritual doesn't have to be so serious.

Lou is an author, meditation teacher, life coach, and inspirational speaker. His honest and relatable approach offers hope and guidance to those on the path of meditation and self-development. His meditations have been listened to over 850,000 times and his online courses have guided thousands to more meaning, fulfillment, and impact. Lou is also the founder of One Mindful Education, an organization that brings meditation, yoga, and mindfulness into schools across the world.

Jamie Wozny is a Certified Meditation Teacher, Transformational Life Coach, Reiki Master, and Healer.
Since she resides in Los Angeles, she works with a wide variety of celebrity clients as well as servicing large private corporate clients like NBC, Hulu and Sony Playstation. Jamie is an exclusive teacher with packed classes and wait lists for her courses at the Den Meditation, named the most popular meditation center in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Dr. Amy Johnson’s Coaching Program who is one of the most respected and successful in her field. She has also studied Michael Neill’s Programs for years. Michael, a Hay House Author, is one of the leading transformative coaches of his kind.Â
Jamie has held transformational retreats world wide as well as been a guest on the trendy Elissa Goodman Show. She is blessed to be invited to speak on a variety of health and wellness podcasts including the loved “Awakenings in Real Life” Podcast on I tunes. She was honored to be interviewed for her expertise by the popular Musician and Actress Ashely Tisdale on her channel as an expert on meditation, energy healing and well being.Â
Jamie has been healing from anxiety and chronic illness over the last 8 years as she’s been studying a wide variety of healing modalities during that time so she was her own greatest canvas for practice. As to be expected, she has learned a great deal about deep physical, emotional, spiritual and energetic healing by connecting to her true nature to completely transform her life from the inside out. This has created a powerful shift in her own existence as well as with others on the planet simply by reuniting with her deepest, formless, truest Self. Her passion is to help other fascinated spiritual seekers looking for deep healing learn to do the same, giving them the guidance she wished she had on her journey.Â
She has been blessed to be teaching and healing others for the last 8 plus years using the universal understandings she has learned that have helped her overcome her own fear and sickness and regain a deeper connection to her formless self in turn finding connection, peace and expansion on an Earth that is so desperately seeking souls to find their light.

Jessica Amos is a life coach, mindfulness teacher, and storyteller with a punk rock heart and a deep reverence for the human experience. With over 13 years of coaching experience, she brings a grounded, no-nonsense, and radically supportive approach to her work—guiding others to honor themselves, embrace their wholeness, and see the sacred in both the beauty and the messiness of life.
She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, a 2x TEDx speaker, and an Insight Timer teacher with over 500,000 reviews and 23,000 followers. Her courses and programs have reached more than 90,000 students worldwide, with over 1.2 million downloads. Known for her intuitive and compassionate presence, Jessica helps others move from surviving to thriving, always with the belief that the answers already lie within.
Your Business Mentors

Matt is a Business Strategist, Launch Strategist and Intuitive Coach who's worked with over 400 world-leading healers to design, launch and scale their programs and trainings.
As an expert in helping you create and birth businesses and programs that align with your essence — he's worked with leaders like Wim Hof, Steven Kotler, Sounds True, The HeartMath Institute, Sharon Salzberg, Guru Jagat, Robert Wright, Damien Echols, Mirabai Starr, Valerie Kaur and countless others.
After working as an Acquiring Producer at Sounds True Matt started Elevate Courses in the fall of 2019 to help healers grow, scale and shift the value-system in our culture and economy by embodying their power and unique gifts. He has helped design and launch almost every training and program type imaginable in the spiritual and psychology spaces. Matt has played a key role in dozens of multi-6 and 7 figure launches. He is also an intuitive healer and has taught energy-based meditation and healing practices since 2009. Before stepping into the spiritual media space full-time, Matt worked in Ivy League research studying the neuroscience of mystical experiences and healing trauma across traditions.

Jamie’s mission is to help climate technology companies “cross the chasm” to successfully tell their story, find their customers, and go to market faster. As an early-stage revenue and marketing leader for science-based tech startups, he has had the opportunity to cut his teeth in the Bay Area Lean Startup world. As the first employee at a San Francisco venture-backed neuroscience technology company, he developed the go-to-market strategy and sales & marketing function for a national rollout.
Jamie’s core skills are in early B2B startup customer discovery, go-to-market strategy, and building sales & marketing teams. He sees climate change as the defining challenge of our lifetime, and is passionate about finding ways to commercialize viable solutions at scale to achieve drawdown and ultimately net negative.

Kyle Pivarnik is a digital marketing executive with over a decade of experience in the health & wellness and mindfulness & meditation space. He currently serves as the Director of Ecomm for Sounds True and has worked alongside major brands in the industry, honing a pragmatic approach to marketing that is heart-centered, data driven, and repeatable. He focuses on a simple objective, connecting people, which he accomplishes by delivering great content through optimized sales and marketing channels. In 2022, he successfully marketed a New York Times Best Selling book, and he oversees multiple-million dollars annually in paid media and ad spend.

Chaz Bademan brings over a decade of experience in the tech world and more than 12 years in the creative industry to his work as a teacher and mentor. With a unique blend of creative vision and strategic insight, Chaz partners with coaches, consultants, and creative entrepreneurs to help them elevate their brands through video, digital marketing, and community building.
His passion lies in guiding others to uncover their creativity and build purposeful business structures that support a life of meaning and self-expression. For Chaz, it's never just about business—it's about making a positive impact and empowering others to live more creative, fulfilling lives.
Full Program Cost
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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
Quick Breakdown of the Full Curriculum
Classes
Every second Wednesday (5:00 -7:00 pm PST)
Every fourth Saturday (9:00 AM -12:00 PM PST)
Mentorship Groups
90 Minutes, Once a month
Private Sessions
60 Minutes, One session per level
Office Hours
Optional student meeting for extra help and clarification
Practicum Teaching Space
Begins in Level 2, 30-Minute Weekly Practice
LEVEL 1:Â MASTERING MEDITATION AS A TEACHER
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- The Four Noble Truths
- Transforming Dissatisfaction Through Meditation
- Bridging the Conscious and Unconscious Minds

- Enlightenment and Awakening
- The Ego and Surrender
- Integration of Enlightenment into Daily Life

- The Four States of Consciousness
- Awakening and Lifelong Meditation Practice
- The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

- Wake Up To Your Life, By Ken Mcleod
- Understanding Ego and Identity
- States of Consciousness and Self-Perception
- Social Constructs and Their Impact on Identity
- The Biology of Meditation

- The Concept of the Pain Body
- Meditation on the Pain Body
- Teaching Meditation as an Art

- Introduction to Yoga Nidra
- Benefits and Process of Yoga Nidra
- Application for Trauma and PTSD
LEVEL 2:Â MASTERING YOUR TEACHING SKILLS
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- Building a Connection with Students
- Guiding a Meditation: Departure, Initiation, Return
- Helping Students Recognize Subtle Layers of Their Being

- Mastering Meditation Postures
- Definitions and Core Principles of Vipassana
- Introduction to Mantra Meditation

- Patterns in Spiritual Traditions
- Teacher’s Role and Development
- Setting a Theme for Meditation

- Guiding Meditation with Authenticity and Adaptability
- Somatic Experience in Meditation
- Teaching By Analogy and Metaphor

- Opening a Meditation
- Key Themes and Concepts
- Historical and Cultural Context
- Ethics For Meditation Teachers
- Understanding Different Types of Students

- The Four Types of Meditation
- One-on-One Guidance
- Imposter Syndrome
- Practical Guidance for Meditation Teachers

- Q&A Review
- For the love of serviceÂ
- Raising your financial havingness
- Sharing your gifts: from Joseph Campbell to Eckhart Tolle
- Stepping out into the world meditation and conclusion
LEVEL 3: THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING AND SERVING
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- The Importance of Teaching in the World
- Insight Timer
- YouTube for Meditation Teachers
- Podcasting

- Understanding Resistance in Creative Work
- Value Propositions for Meditation Teachers
- Offerings for Meditation Teachers

- Understanding Your Audience and Platform Choices
- Understanding Content Creation Cycles
- Tips for Content Creation and Productivity
- Choosing the Right Platform for Your Content
- Project Management Tools
- Long-Term Content Strategy and Audience Building
- Lead Magnets and Email Lists

- Building Your Team
- Marketing Philosophy: Storytelling and Problem Solving
- Running Ads and Audience Targeting
- Lead Magnets and Building Trust
- Digital Marketing

- Understanding the Role of Energy as a Teacher
- Managing Energy as a Teacher
- Teaching as an Ongoing Learning Process
- Energy Dynamics in Teaching
Stepping into the Teacher Energy - The Teacher’s Role in Energy Management
- Handling Discomfort and Anxiety as a Teacher
- The Process of Growth in Teaching
LEVEL 4:Â PRACTICUM
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- One 2-Hour Session a month with Meditation and Q&A
- Receive peer and mentor feedback
- Submit a final audio/video session

- Q & A Review
- Writing and Publishing for Meditation Teachers
- Content Creation, Marketing, and Community Building for Meditation
Teachers
Who Is This Training For
This training is for you if...

You’re a meditation practitioner ready to teach

You're a healer, coach, therapist integrating meditation

You want to deepen your path and potentially build a heart-centered business
Why This Teacher Training?
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 & Business Experts
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 12 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.
Grow Your Conscious Business
Learn from pros who've supported Eckhart Tolle, Wim Hof, and others. Includes:
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Business Systems

Branding + Voice Development

Building a Client Base

Access to Affordable Virtual Support via AVT
What Business Skills Will I Learn?
Business Skills Taught
The paradigm of being a meditation teacher and guide is shifting!Â
Learn 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 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.Â
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What Can I Do With My Certification?
Here are a few of the things you can do with your Meditation Teacher Training 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
Frequently Asked Questions
General Program Questions
How long is the training?
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Can you explain the 250 hours requirements?
How do we hold people accountable and track progress?
What do I need to complete to graduate?
Who are the guest teachers and what do they offer?
How do the mentorship sessions work?
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What Can I do with this certification?
Are there any additional materials I need to purchase for the course?
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Why choose this teaching training over others?
Who is this training appropriate for?
How much experience do I need as a meditator?
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