Meditation and mindfulness are powerful ways to heal and light the way back to our own personal truth. The world benefits not only from meditation practitioners but teachers willing to serve and be a catalyst for others – lighting the way. SHINE’s Meditation + Mindfulness Instructor Certification will excite you, equip you and empower you with the skills necessary to meet this global need.

 

Target audience for this course: Certification is designed for both practitioners and teachers of meditation and mindfulness. Ideally created for teachers and healers such as – coaches, yoga teachers, counselors, therapists, health care professionals, support group coordinators, Reiki practitioners or anyone else with a desire to learn more and/or teach.

 

Prerequisites for the course: No prerequisites, all are welcome. Recommend a current meditation practice.

 

Setting expectations for students:

• What is the focus of this certification: This certification will explore many different styles of meditation and mindfulness – as you learn about and experience these difference styles – you will be guided to styles that work well within your own practice. This certification will also give you the confidence, skills and ability to lead others in meditation along with tools to start and maintain a meditation practice for yourself and clients/students.

• What key topics will be part of the training:

  1. Many styles of meditations will be taught, explored and experienced – such as vipassana, guided, yoga nidra, mantra, sacred chanting, walking, moving, coloring, working with children

  2. Meditation as medicine

  3. Physical postures

  4. Mental process

  5. Creating a daily practice

  6. Meditating for life

  7. Creating a personal mantra and how to incorporate with clients/student

  8. Creating an action plan

This certification qualifies for 5.5 CE contact hours through Yoga Alliance

 

Breakdown of training:

• 5.5 – Total time in hours including breaks

• 48% - Lecture, 11% - Discussion, 41% - Activity

 

Bring with you to class:

• Lunch/snack and water/drink

 

Preregistration is required.