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Free info session May 15: learn about our 2024 Meditation Teacher Training Program
May 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Meditation Teacher Training
September 7 – November 16, 2024
Reserve your spot in the info session here.
Please join me 7:00p ET-8:00p ET on May 15 to learn about the Open Heart Project 2024 Meditation Teacher Training program which begins September 7. We will talk about the curriculum, course requirements, and how (in my opinion) the teaching path is the richest path of all–whether you go on to teach or not!
We are lucky to live in a time when meditation is easily accessible and no longer positioned as new age bs. When I began to practice 30+ years ago and told family and friends that I was a meditator, they thought I had joined a cult. Now one can learn to meditate in schools, hospitals, fitness clubs, and even on an airplane. (A flight I took recently had a “calming meditations” channel.)
One of the reasons meditation has become so mainstream is because science says it’s good. Thank you science! Thank you for the extensive research you’ve done over the last few decades to prove that meditation can regulate blood pressure, lower the stress hormone cortisol, help with pain management, insomnia, and all manner of things.
However… While appreciating that a few decades of research into meditation has concluded beyond doubt that “there’s science behind it,” we may forget that 2500+ years of Buddhist (anecdotal) research has also proven that meditation doesn’t just help manage so-called negative mind states, it actually gives rise to extraordinarily positive ones. Western science may have deconstructed depression, pain, anger, and so on–but on the Buddhist side, compassion, wisdom, and fierce courage have been deconstructed. If you stop and look, you will see that a very precise path has been laid out that explains exactly how to get there.
Weirdly, these steps are almost always left out of meditation teacher trainings. I guess people think it sounds too woo-woo. That is sad to me because teachings from the Buddhist path–the very teachings that gave rise to the practice we now know as mindfulness meditation–are what give the journey meaning and power beyond what can be described.
I’m so extremely happy to offer a Meditation Teacher Training program that brings the practice together with foundational Buddhist teachings. This 11-week program begins September 7. All the details are here.
At the May 15 info session, I’ll be online to talk it all over with you. I’ll share details about the curriculum and answer any questions you may have. After the info session, I’m offering a limited amount of 15-minute Zoom meetings with me to talk together one-to-one about any remaining concerns.
It would be great to see you there! Please register for the info session here. A recording will be sent to all who register so don’t worry if you can’t join live.
I hope to see you there.