Would you like to elevate your life and wellbeing?
This fully approved and accredited transformational training will offer you the framework to develop, deepen and share with others the amazing benefits of meditation and how through daily a practice can transform your health and wellbeing. I will share what has worked for me over the years and how I overcame the obstacles through a more simplier and EASY approach.
This comprehensive and supportive online training course brings together the ancient wisdom teachings plus modern-day mindfulness and scientific research of mindfulness and meditation that we see today. This is interwoven in a practical way that allows you to explore techniques for establishing and sustaining a meditation practice.
Over the course of these 14 weeks, together we will dive deep into these practices and help you establish and maintain a strong daily practice while receiving the many benefits from consistant daily practice. Sleep better, make decisions easier, reduce stress, become less agitated or anxious as life becomes clearer.
Learn also how to share the gift of meditation with others at home, friends, at work, in service to your community or any other setting or circumstance that you have a calling to. This is for you!
Your Teacher, Sonya Harnett
Following almost twenty years of self-practice and 13 years teaching meditation, Sonya created this course out of a desire to help others to develop their own personal practice as a source of inspiration and support and find their authentic voice in sharing these practices and teachings. See more aboutSonya here and herown journey of meditation and teachers.
Who is this training for:
Professional Qualification to Teach Meditation - This professional training will offer you the skillset and confidence to teach meditation in various settings.
Can also be taken as a Personal Development Training - Regardless of whether you wish to teach meditation or not, this transformational training can also be taken as part of your own self-developement to enhance your own personal life and open your heart to an enriched way of living.
This training is open to those whom are drawn to dive deep and explore through the lens of simplicity, the ancient wisdom teachings and modern day practices . Learn to develop and cultivate their own personal meditation practice.
You do not need to have experience of regular meditation to participate in this training.
Throughout this training :
Understand what meditation is and is not.
How to set up a daily meditation practice.
Gain and experience a deeper understanding of meditation practices and its timeless wisdom teachings and ancient philosophies.
Explore the Subtle Energy Body and heart centred practices and the Awakened Heart.
Gain understanding of the science behind meditation, benefits, how it works, and how meditation is for everyone.
Learn the key aspects of how to keep a daily meditation practice going.
Explore gratitude, mantra and much more.
As your own practice deepens, you may wish to offer some simple techniques to your friends, family, work colleagues or in your communities.
On Teaching
Learn how to teach and facilitate meditation with confidence and ease.
Learn how to share meditation techniques from the Yogic and Buddhist traditions to beginners and experienced students.
Explore a range of simple practices to introduce beginners to meditation and for experienced practitioners.
The importance of voice modulation.
Learn about the “Business of Meditation” – Starting out and marketing.
How to teach effectively online, record audio meditations.
How to set up a regular meditation class or group and how to integrate facilitating meditation into your current profession.
Learn how to offer meditation in various settings as Corporate, Wellness Retreats, Events or Community led programmes.
You will learn how to devise a meditation 6wk programme for beginners and for those who wish to deepen their practice.
What to expect:
Weekly 2.5hr live classes will be an interactive space of live training ensuring group connection and discussion and time for integration.
Every week, explore a variety of meditation practices and wisdom teachings.
Supportive approach for regular teaching practice and learning via Zoom groups and breakout-groups.
Comprehensive training manual.
A total of 75 hours of training, practice and study and support to cultivate and grow into a confident and committed meditation teacher and facilitator.
Access to downloadable additional audio meditations.
Teaching and facilitating practice with guidance and feedback from lead Tutor.
An additional 1-to-1 mentoring session with your lead Tutor Sonya.
Access to all the class recordings for duration of the course.
Accountability and support from Tutor for their own daily practice over the 14 weeks.
Practical written assignments and assessments.
Post Training Support and a dedicated community to support your ongoing journey as a teacher.
Requirements:
All participants are required to attend all the live classes.
Practice a short daily meditation.
Students are strongly encouraged to keep a simple daily journal to help integrate their meditation practice and learnings.
Complete the required reading course material with some additional recommended reading and recorded material.
Fully complete assignments to training standard to help integrate your learning and experience.
Show up with curiosity, willingness to learn and an open heart.
This will be an incredible journey of self-discovery through learning and growing!
COURSE DATES & TIMES - 2025 Online Interactive Live Training
Dates: Weekly Thursdayevenings - Jan 23rd, 30th | Feb 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th | Mar 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th | Apr 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 6.30pm – 9pm (London / Dublin time)
Duration: 14 x interactive online weekly classes.
3 x 90 min additional Teaching Skills Modules - Dates to be confirmed. These will be facilitated within the 14 week training schedule.
Please note:
This training is not a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training programme. Mindfulness meditation is covered as one of the various meditation techniques and practices that is included in this training.
After this training
Have a daily consistent meditation practice with ease.
Have a good foundational knowledge of the ancient wisdom traditions and meditation practices.
Teach meditation with confidence and ease.
Teach and facilitate a 6wk meditation program for beginners and experienced meditation practitioners.
Confidently know how to teach effectively online & record audio meditations and videos.
Know how to confidently set up a standalone meditation class – Starting out and how to market.
Successfully integrate teaching meditation into their current profession or business.
Learn how to adapt teaching meditation through settings such as Corporate, Wellness Retreats, Events or Community led programmes.
Post Training Support
It doesn’t end there! As a Certified Meditation Teacher with Yoga Essence, you will have free access to ongoing learning and support from us. You will have the opportunity share, reconnect with your group and network through our regular Meditation Teacher’s Connection Webinars and Private Facebook Community Group. We are building a community for you to be held as a teacher!
TOTAL COURSE HOURS: 75 hours
Contact hours: 40 hours:
14 x Live 2.5hr Thurs weekly classes.
3 x 90min additional Teaching Skills Modules.
One-to-one (50 mins) mentoring session with lead Tutor.
Non-contact hours: 35 hours: Extra resources included throughaudio content and required reading of course manual. Daily self-practice, recommended reading, journaling & assignmentsare required to help integrate the practices for your own self-journey and growing your practice.
Award & Certification
a) Certificationas Qualified Specialist Meditation Teacher accredited with Yoga Alliance Professionals UK will only be awarded where full attendance and participation has taken place with completed assignments and assessments to our training standards and whereby students have demonstrated full competency to teach and facilitate meditation.
b) A Certification of Attendance where full attendance has taken place.
Approved Training Provider
Sonya Harnett from Yoga Essence is a registered Approved Training Provider as a Specialist Trainer Pro with the YOGA ALLIANCE PROFESSIONALS UK.
This is a prestigious recognition demonstrates our commitment to the highest standards.
Also registered as YACEP Continuing Education provider with Yoga Alliance International.
75 CE hours claimable for RYTs for continued education with:
Yoga Alliance Professionals UK.
Yoga Alliance International.
Accreditation
This training is fully accredited with Yoga Alliance Professionals UK as a Specialist Training Course. This Accredited Training Course recognises and enablesyou to take out practitioners insurance to teach.
What does this mean for you?
You not need to be a yoga teacher to undertake this specialist training. But upon completion of this course you will be able to join Yoga Alliance Professionals UK as a registered Specialist Meditation Teacher and take out practitioners insurance which will allow you to legally teach and practise with the general public.
Elevate your health, mental and emotional wellbeing. Feed your spirit, transform your life!
"Sonya is a lovely teacher and her authenticity shines through in her teachings. The course was comprehensive, covering beginners meditation right through to teaching practices. Sonya was really supportive, available, encouraging and compassionate, ensuring everyone was confident in their teaching ability by the end. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in becoming a meditation teacher" - Orla C - Graduate 2024
"Excellent access to content, easy to understand as explanation was detailed given attention. Thank you Sonya" - Helen McG - Graduate 2024
