For yoga teachers, coaches, health professionals, & community leaders

Our training has two essential parts.

In Part 1, you will apply the Shining Heart technique (a version of the Tibetan Buddhist Tonglen technique) extensively for your own self healing.

By the end of this part you will have developed the experiential knowing that you can help others heal themselves the way you did. This wisdom will allow you to effectively read your target audience and fine tune your guidance as you prepare to guide others on their self-healing journey with the Shining Heart.

Part 2 focuses on the practical application of teaching the Shining Heart/Tonglen Meditation to others.

Preparation training

~10-16 weeks, $222 USD (2x live instruction sessions), or $444 USD (4x sessions)

Training for mastering the Shining Heart Meditation is for purifying the mind-body, and for integrating a living awareness that can identify karmic ego impulses and work through them intelligently.

• 2x (or 4x) 3 hour sessions
  • Establish your goal/purpose for undergoing this training and form it into a MISSION STATEMENT 
  • Review theory – includes pdf charts for personal reference/study
  • Series of practice and discussions to refine technique and practice identifying ego patterns
  • Yoga postures for grounded embodiment: YOGA TEACHERS will already begin learning to incorporate Heart Meditation into asana practice

Between sessions and after final session: 

Trainees qualify for PART 2 after they have completed a minimum of *41x personal meditation sessions* (22 minutes each) on their own or with the teacher (including in the Telegram practice group). 

41x sessions would be finished between 10-16 weeks.

• A short journal entry for each of 41x sessions answering the following questions:
  • What physical sensations did I experience?
  • What emotions did I notice?
  • What kind of mental phenomena arose? Memories? Recurring thoughts?

Reading material

• “Nonviolent Communication” by Marshall Rosenberg 
• “Shamanism and Sorcery” and “Measure and Manifestation” by Rene Guenon

Materials for study: digital or paper notebook, yoga mat, meditation pillow, pdf reader 

Materials from teacher: pdf charts for reviewing theory, downloadable recording of guided meditation, pdfs for reading material

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Me(t)ta Guide Training

~8-10 weeks, $444 USD

The experience gained from the process of mastering the Ego that you began during the Prep Training is essential for you to guide others to regulate their emotions using the Shining Heart Meditation.

This technique, which releases our triggers at the root and integrates our suffering into wisdom, is most successfully taught not only through the basic verbal cuing to convey the technique, but by further coaching that helps your audience develop the experiential knowing that all suffering is temporary, not a part of our true nature.

2x 3 hour sessions 

• Review and practice of verbal cuing for Shining Heart Meditation
• Meditation practice with teacher where TRAINEE describes phenomena they detect in their systems in a way that teaches the interaction with inner phenomena by example
• Discussion of terminology that can be used to explain what this technique is accomplishing and why.
• Grounding techniques reviewed: Big Smile and others

To Complete Qualification

TRAINEE must practice teaching in 9x different sessions, each of which can include 1-7 people. The minimum age requirement is 35 years old, as this is the age when – according to yogic understanding of developmental psychology – human consciousness becomes capable of sharing its wisdom in a formal setting

Practicum Reports for each of 9 sessions: Will need to keep a log of attendee names for each session, as well note down any complications AND successes that arose in effectively conveying the technique. 

After these 9 practice sessions are complete, there will be one more meeting with TEACHER to review the 9 practicum reports and determine if you feel ready to begin working with your target group.

Each person who completes this training will bring it into their personal and/or professional life – at least this is Me(t)ta Sangha’s motivation for building it into our curriculum.

For example, if you are working in the field of mental and physical health, this would be an excellent supplement no matter the clientele or scenario. You may also decide to start a free community meditation group that applies this technique. 

*If you wish to do this kind of coaching with paid clients, or if you wish to train other professionals to combine it with, or supplement, their work  please inquire about further training. 

*Until you have further training, please refrain from charging money when providing this service to others. The exception to this would in case you are integrating it into your current professional work.

Materials from teacher: pdf of verbal cues for guiding meditation; pdf of phrases used for introducing technique, and for answering questions

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