The schedule of the Meditation Teacher Training Course is designed to provide a balance between instruction and extended experience of deep meditation. The knowledge of how to teach meditation is important, but it’s also vital that knowledge is rooted in your own personal experience. Having infused your mind and body with Being, pure consciousness, your teaching will flow naturally, with authority, and uplift and inspire your students. Thus, you should consider this an extended meditation retreat as well as a Meditation Teacher Training Course.
Note that this schedule is subject to change. Special activities or needs of the group or teacher may require adjustments. Note that check-in is on October 5. Dinner will be served, but there will be no class held until the morning of October 6.
Waking to 7 am
Private* Meditation. Early morning is the ideal time for meditation.
7 to 8:30 am
Private* Yoga/Pranayama and Meditation practice. If you don’t currently practice Yoga, it’s a good idea to start, at the very least for the duration of the course. A basic set of asanas will be taught, as will various forms of pranayama. A piece of fruit as snack.
8:30 to 11:00 am
Group Meditation and meditative reading of scriptures; then instruction/satsang and practice teaching. All participants will learn several highly effective forms of meditation. The first few days you will learn the meditation practices. After that, we’ll focus on the necessary knowledge to teach the techniques. The short scriptural readings here are meditative, but they will give essential background in addition to ripening your consciousness.
11:00 to 2:00
Brunch/walk/enjoy/study. Appointments may also be made to see Ajayan privately during this time.
2:00 to 5:30 pm
Instruction/satsang and practice teaching. Group meditation and meditative reading of scriptures. Many topics will be covered in these sessions. (See Curriculum.)
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Dinner/relaxation. Two meals a day are provided plus a piece of fruit in the morning.
7:00 to 9:30 pm
Private study/relaxation time.
9:30 to 10 pm
Time for reading scriptures, study, or going to bed. Lights out by 10 PM. Most will find the routine of this course requires extra sleep, as deep accumulated fatigue gets released. Going to bed early is conducive to clear meditation and to waking for a long early morning meditation.
days of silence
During the course we will have two days of silence for diving deep into your personal practice of meditation. On these two days we will fast until dinner, maintain silence, and do extra meditation and yoga.
day off
The last day of the course will be a free day.
