Dates:
November 27 & 28
December 4 & 5

Open to:

– Meditators who would like to deepen and refresh their practice
– People who want to offer meditation instruction in a group setting such as a yoga class, school group, nursing home, library

Four afternoons with Cyndi via Zoom (or via catch-up in your own time for a month after).

This 12-hour mindfulness meditation teacher training level II is for people interested in learning to teach meditation to a group. In addition to longer sitting meditations sessions to develop stamina and insight, Level II includes:

– how to offer meditation instruction to a group (not one-on-one)
– how to structure and confidently deliver a pithy 5-minute dharma talk
– the chance to practice this several times!
– how to field questions and lead group discussions.
– receiving constructive feedback from Cyndi
– emphasis on heart practices: bodhicitta, maitri

The training will include:

– 1-2 dharma talks
– 2-3 meditation sessions
– Journaling exercises
– Small group assignments
– Movement snacks of simple stretching and restorative yoga to reawaken stagnant physical energy