Mindfulness Teacher Training Online and In person days if chosen

"Train to Teach Mindfulness Intuitively."

Are you interested in mindfulness training for teachers and meditation teacher training? All of our online and in person option meditation teacher training courses are led by Suryacitta and supported by Gaynor Quilter. Suryacitta is known as the Teacher’s Teacher. He is one of the most experienced and innovative teachers in the UK . Browse the courses below to find a mindfulness teacher training programme that suits you.

Taking bookings now for October 2023

Become a Certified Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion teacher by joining our 12-month Teacher Training Programme.

Price £1645

Early Bird £1345 if booked before 30th June 2023

Mindfulness Training

What you will learn on our Intuitive Mindfulness Training

Skills to teach mindfulness courses, classes, workshops and one-day events in a range of settings

How to teach Mindfulness intuitively and to learn to trust your own experience and practice

How and when to use metaphors, images and stories to enrich your teaching

The roots and subtleties of this ancient practice

How to use the brilliant arts of silence and pauses as teaching aides

How to guide different mindfulness and compassion practices

How to be confident during inquiry and how to respond to the questioner not just the question

How to cultivate awareness in your student’s personal and professional lives

Join Our Mindfulness Teacher Training Today

Joining the year long Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training Pathway will show you how to teach in a new and refreshing way, keeping your teaching simple, effective and without jargon. You will be shown how to teach mindfulness and compassion in the setting of your choice.

On completion of th year long programm Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training Pathway each trainee will be accredited and qualified to teach our Mindfulness and Compassion course. Book your mindfulness training for teachers course now and register with your deposit below.

Price £1645

Early Bird £1345 if before 30th June 2023

In-Person and Online Mindfulness Teacher Training pathway

Our mindfulness teacher training pathway is structured so that there is an initial 2-day in-person or online retreat. Then throughout the year there are themed monthly teaching and learning webinars - structured to include tutor teaching input, student teaching and space for inquiry and discussion. Based on student feedback we have also included additional day retreats. These will give you a real live sense of how Suryacitta and Gaynor run a retreat. The first retreat (optional) retreat in December will be around meditation, silence and inquiry. The second in February will be focussed around themes from the programme.

Trainee teachers will have access to a pre-recorded ntuitive Mindfulness and Compassion course. On this pre-recorded eight session course you will see how Suryacitta teaches the material. There is recommended reading to support and reinforce the learning during your mindfulness training for teachers. There will be different monthly learning partner to provide peer support and connection.

You will receive two individual one-to-one sessions with the tutors, one focused on your practice and one on your teaching.

Over the months you will learn to develop the protocols for teaching mindfulness, but more importantly you will learn to embody the teachings so that you can teach from your own experience and practice. You will join a committed peer-group of like-minded mindfulness trainee teachers.

“This has been a wonderful experience and a chance for developing greater self awareness and instilling the confidence to teach mindfulness. Not just about the mechanics of the 8 week course. The challenging moments were handled so gently that the opportunities for growth were maximised. Truly nourishing in all senses.”

Sarah

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“I am infinitely grateful for the experience. During the training course mental constructs continued to drop away revealing more of the jewel within us all. It has deepened my own practice and given me the confidence to pass on the miracle of mindfulness to others. ”

Paul B

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Is the Mindfulness Teacher Training For Me?

Graduation from the 12-month Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training pathway will give you a certificate from Mindfulness Community Interest Company and endorsed by CPD - Continuing Professional Development Standards Office.

The 12-month Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training pathway is for people already working, or intending to work with mindfulness and or compassion in their professional lives. This could be through teaching formal mindfulness courses or bringing mindfulness into other roles and disciplines, including health and social care, private practice, business, education, coaching, non -profits, criminal justice and many others options. The possibilities are limitless.

Our graduates repeatedly say the experience has been transformative. Meditation teacher training has deepened, giving them the understanding, confidence and capacity to teach from their own experience and practice.

(See testimonials)

Qualification, Graduation and Accreditation

Graduation from the 12-month Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training pathway will give you a certificate from Mindfulness Community Interest Company and endorsed by CPD- Continuing Professional Development Standards Office.

You will be qualified to lead your own workshops, classes and courses in Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion in your professional work with clients, groups and organisations. The Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion course was used as the foundation of the MSc in Mindfulness and Compassion at Coventry University.

This is not a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction qualification. MBSR is a particularly defined Mindfulness modality having its own separate training programs.

Graduation will only take place if students have participated in at least 80% of the pathway.

Mindfulness taught simply and practically

is transformational, not just educational.

Price £1645

Early Bird £1345 if booked before 30th June 2023

Learn to use the beautiful art of silence and pauses in your teaching

Price £1645

Early Bird £1345 if booked before 30th June 2023

Graduates will be equipped to:

Teach mindfulness classes, workshops, courses and one-day mindfulness events.

Deliver the Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion course created by author Suryacitta Malcolm Smith

Teach mindfulness and compassion to groups in a variety of settings including in health care, business, non-profits, education and a host of other settings.

Bring mindfulness techniques into individual work including psychotherapy, coaching, chaplaincy and social work.

Give mindfulness lectures

Network and Wider impact:

The year long pathway provides you with an approach based on simple, practical and proven teachings and resources backed by expertise and experienced teachers. Our graduates have gone on to teach around the UK, Europe, Australia adn Central America in a diversity of settings – from health and social care to classrooms; yoga studios to boardrooms, equipped with the knowledge, confidence and ease in their ability to teach from their own experience. The course is adaptable and provided them with the skills to mould it to their own unique setting.

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We can offer payment plans for those who are eligible for the meditation teacher training course. This is usually payment on a monthly baisis. Please ask for more details.

+ Is the Training For Me? Pre Requisites

What to expect from our Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion 12 month Pathway

Reignite, dive deeper and refine your own personal mindfulness practice

Learn the Skills to teach mindfulness courses, classes, and one-day and weekend meditation events

Learn how to teach Mindfulness intuitively and to trust in your own experience

Learn the three pillars of excellent mindfulness teaching - simple, elegant, practical

Grow your ability to lead and guide students one-on-one and in groups

Learn to teach a number of mindfulness practices; including the Mindfulness with Breathing, Compassion, Being at Home and Serene Reflection

Learn how to work with common obstacles around the different meditations you will be teaching

No ticky boxes for you or your students

Learn how to work with challenging students and groups

Learn how to be confident during the inquiry process and respond to the questioner and not just the question

How to cultivate awareness in your student’s personal and professional lives

How to use metaphors, images and stories to enrich your teaching

How to use the brilliant arts of silence and pauses

How to help students work with troublesome thoughts and emotions

How to leave your students wanting more not less

Join a committed peer-group of fellow trainees and benefit from personal support from the tutors

+ Entry Requirements - Trainees will have:

A daily meditation practice. This is the cornerstone of being able to teach well and to teach from your own experience. All trainees will be expected to maintain and deepen their practice throughout the year long pathway

A minimum of six months regular mindfulness meditation practice

Attended a one or two day silent retreat or will do so prior to the start or during the pathway

Attended a mindfulness and compassion course or similar. ie MBSR, MBCT or has attended Buddhist teachings

Exceptions concerning these entry requirements are at the discretion of the tutors, please contact us

+ At a Glance?

This is a year long Intuitive Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher Training Pathway

It begins with an initial 2 day virtual or in-person retreat ((October 2023 see below)

1 day retreat and one optional silent retreat

6 X 2 hour Live webinars

2 one to one 1 hour sessions with Suryacitta and Gaynor

Final virtual and in-person morning meeting with graduation

Usual number of students 12

+ Two Day Virtual Retreat will cover:

The three pillars of excellent mindfulness teaching, guiding meditations and what mindfulness is and is not

Keeping teaching Simple, elegant and practical

Guiding meditations

Inquiry process - Trusting simplicity

Intuitive Teaching

The two pools of mindfulness practice

The price of practice

+ Teaching video

In the final quarter of the year you will be asked to submit a short recording of your Mindfulness and Compassion teaching for your specific audience or an introduction to Mindfulness. You can choose any theme from the 8 session course. Videos will be around 20 minutes in length. This will form the basis of your one to one session with the tutor. We can help with technical issues if needed.

Pease Note: You do not need to record this to a group but can be filmed alone.

The pathway includes

2 day opening retreat

1 one day retreats and one optional silent retreat

6 x 2 hour webinars

2 one to one sessions with the tutors

Saturday morning tea ceremony celebration

Venue: Our mindfulness teacher training takes place online over Zoom or in the Kuti in Leicestershire UK .

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The full cost is £1645.00

Early Bird £1345.00 if booked before 30th June 2023

The cost includes all administration fees; tuition fees for the four day retreat; 6 learning webinars and the graduation retreat. As well as 2 individual one to one sessions focused on your teaching of the key themes and a second for discussion of your practice. The pre-recorded eight week mindfulness and compassion course.

The initial deposit of £200 secures a place. This is non-refundable.

Payment and Payment Plans:

We will invoice you for the full remaining amount, 3 months before the start of the pathway, unless you have chosen to pay monthly.

We can offer monthly payment plans that start the month after the deposit has been made. Please ask for more details.

Cancellation Policy:

The initial deposit of £200 secures a place. This is non-refundable.

20% of paid balance is refundable up to a 2 months before the pathway commences.

There will be no refunds once the 12 month pathway has begun.

If for any reason you have to cancel we will endeavour to transfer you to our next year long programme.

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