500 hour Meditation Teacher Training Course

Topics covered in this course:

Section 1: Technique Training and Practices (TTP)

TTP 101 – Preparations for Meditation

• Clean your bowels
• Comfortable Cloth
• Meditation room, a sacred space
• Do not think about the past
• Meditate faces forward
• Do not attempt to do any meditation exercises when you are tired
• Get a quiet place where you can meditate.
• Prepare your mind
• Cleansing your mind and body
• Regularity

TTP 102 – Postures of Meditation

1. Sukhasana (easy pose)
2. Swastikasana (auspicious pose)
3. Siddhasana (accomplished pose for men)
4. Padmasana (lotus pose)
5. Arddha Padmasana (half-lotus pose)
6. Vajrasana (thunderbolt pose)
7. Bhadrasana (gracious pose)
8. Dhyana Veerasana (hero’s meditation pose)

TTP 103 – Pranayama / Breathing Exercises before Meditation

• Pranayama
• Naadi (Energy Channel)
• Chakra (Energy Center)
• The Koshas
• Subtle Bodies
• Five Vayus (Airs)
• Three Aspects of Pranayama
• Essential Guidelines of Pranayama
• Types of Pranayama

TTP 104 – Concentration developing exercises

• Trataka (Gazing)
• Nasikagra Mudra (Nose Tip Gazing Mudra)
• Shambhavi Mudra (The Eyebrow Center Gazing Gesture)
• Visualization
• Mindful Walking
• Sitting Still in a Chair
• Fix Gaze on Fingers
• Fix Eyes on Outstretched Glass
• Concentrate on Opening and Closing Fists
• Concentration Increases the Sense of Smell
• Concentration on the Within
• Concentrating on Sleep
• Practice Talking Before a Glass
• Controlling Desires
• When You Read
• Watch Concentration

TTP 105 – Mantra Meditation

• How Mantra works for mind and body?
• What is a Meditation Mantra?
• Why do we recite mantras 108 times?
• How to Begin Your Mantra Meditation
• Guru Mantra
• Spiritual Mantra
• Deity Mantra
• Personal Mantras
• Mangala Mantra

TTP 106 – Vigyan Bhairav Tantra 112 Meditation techniques

TTP 107 – Body Scan

TTP 108 – Yoga Nidra

• Introduction
• How Yoga Nidra works
• How Yoga Nidra restores health?
• Experiences in Yoga Nidra
• Doctrine of Karma
• Karmic experiences
• Extrasensory experiences
• General Suggestions
• Need for a qualified teacher
• Preliminary Asanas
• Position
• How the practice is given
• Guidelines for ensuring a successful practice
• Techniques and Practice
• Short Class Transcription
• Long Class Transcription

TTP 109 – Chakra Meditation

TTP 110 – Patanjali’s Meditation Sutra

TTP 111 – Hatha Yoga Meditation Sutra

TTP 112 – Dynamic Meditation

TTP 113 – Sankhya Meditation

TTP 114 – Vedantic Meditation

TTP 115 – Adwait Meditation

TTP 116 – Transcendental Meditation

TTP 117 – Buddha’s Meditations

• Vipassana
• Anapan Sati (Mindfulness of Breathing)
• Zen Meditation
• Mindfulness

Section 2: Philosophy Psychology Lifestyle Ethics (PPLE)

PPLE 201 – The Philosophy, Psychology & History of Meditation

• Hinduism
  • Upanishads
  • Bhagwad Gita
• Jainism
• Buddhism
  • Lankavatar Sutra
  • Diamond Sutra
  • Zen
• Sikhism
• Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtra
• Ethics
• Practice

PPLE 202 – Secular Applications

• Psychotherapy
• Clinical applications
• Meditation in the workplace
• Sound-based meditation

Section 3: Human Anatomy & Meditation (HAM)

HAM 301 – Respiratory System

HAM 302 – Endocrine System

HAM 303 – Nervous System

• Neuroscience
• Neuroplasticity

Section 4: Professional Essentials (PE)

PE 401 – Teaching Methodology

• How to conduct Guided Meditation
• The difference between Guiding Meditations & Teaching Meditation
• Important Aspects of Guided Meditation
• 7 Steps to Guide Someone through a Meditation

PE 402 – Tools & Props of Meditation

• Types of Meditation Props

PE 403 – Professional Development