Meditation Teacher Training Level 1
Sample Schedule
(subject to some slight changes each session)
Participation in all classes, student teaching sessions, and at least one daily sadhana session is required in order to receive a certificate of completion.
There are five special sadhanas times* which are required (see schedule below). “Sadhanas” are composed of Energization Exercises, chanting, a few gentle Yoga postures in afternoon and weekend sadhanas, and a time of silent, sitting meditation.
| Friday | |
| 4:45pm | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner (Expanding Light Dining Room) |
| 7:30 | Orientation/First Gathering |
| Saturday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | Sadhana |
| 8:30 | Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | Keynote Talk: “The Importance of Teaching Meditation in the World Right Now; What Meditation Is and What It Is Not” with Savitri |
| 12:00 | Noon Meditation |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 | Workshop: “How to Begin Teaching Meditation” w/Diksha |
| 4:45 | *Required Sadhana with Diksha: focus on the Energization Exercises |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| Free evening for study | |
| Sunday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | Sadhana |
| 8:00 | Breakfast (not in silence) |
| 10:00 | Purification Ceremony (optional) |
| 11:00 | Sunday Service (optional) |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:30 | Teaching Meditation Workshop with Savitri |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:30 | First Student Teaching Experience |
| Monday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | *Required Sadhana (Energization, Chanting, and Meditation – no yoga postures) |
| 8:30 | Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | Teaching Meditation Workshop with Savitri |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 | “Nature and Meditation” Workshop with Bharat Cornell |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:15 | “The Effects of Meditation on the Brain: The Science of Meditation” class with Dr. Peter Van Houten |
| Tuesday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | *Required Sadhana |
| 8:30 | Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | “Patanjali's 8-Fold Path and Meditation” Class with Diksha |
| 12:00 | Noon Meditation including a Swami Kriyananda Video |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 | Teaching Meditation Workshop with Savitri |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| Free evening for study | |
| Wednesday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | *Required Sadhana |
| 8:30 | Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | Teaching Meditation Workshop with Diksha |
| 12:00 | Walking Meditation* required |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 | “Each-One-Teach-One” Student Teaching Exercise |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:30pm | Sharing Circle at Savitri’s dome-home (meet at 7:15 for walk or carpool) |
| Thursday | |
| 6:30am | Leave for the Meditation Retreat for the day |
| 7:00 | *Required Sadhana with Diksha |
| 9:00 | Light Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | “Developing Devotion” workshop with Diksha |
| 12:00 | Purification Ceremony |
| 12:30 | Lunch in silence |
| 1:30 | “Making the Best of Silence and Seclusion Time” with Diksha afternoon in Silence and Seclusion |
| 3:30 | Return to Expanding Light |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| 7:30pm | Music and Meditation Class with David Eby |
| Friday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | Sadhana |
| 8:30 | Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | Wrap-up Workshop with Diksha |
| 11:45 | Group Photo |
| 12:00 | Noon Meditation |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Resources and Starting Meditation Groups Pranaba Hansen (optional) |
| 2:30 | “How to Set Up Classes and Get People to Come To Them” class with Savitri |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
| Free evening for study | |
| Saturday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | Sadhana |
| 8:30 | Breakfast in silence |
| 9:30 | Student Teaching |
| 12:00 | Noon Meditation |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45 | Student Teaching and Evaluations |
| 4:45 | Sadhana |
| 6:30 | Victory Dinner and After- Dinner Celebrations/Entertainment |
| Sunday | |
| 6:00am | Wake-up Bell |
| 6:30 | Sadhana |
| 8:00 | Breakfast (not in silence) |
| 9:00 | Final Meeting and Graduation Ceremony, Presentation of Certificates |
| 10:00 | Purification Ceremony (optional) |
| 11:00 | Ananda Sunday Service (optional) |
| 12:30 | Lunch and Good-byes |
Led by Nayaswami Savitri and Nayaswami Diksha
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Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.
Meditation Teacher Training 1 starts the afternoon of the first date listed and ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.
See Transportation and Directions whether you are coming by plane, car, bus or train. Our Frequent Questions page answers many of the questions you might have about How to Go on Retreat.
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To register for this course, please fill out our online application. Please call 1-800-346-5350 if you have any questions.
9 days (MEDT)
- Mar 23 – Apr 1, 2012
- Jul 6 – 15, 2012
| Tent / RV |
Standard Shared |
Standard Private |
Deluxe Shared |
Deluxe Private |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1240 | $1510 | $2050 | $1870 | $2590 |
- Oct 12 – 21, 2012
| Tent / RV |
Standard Shared |
Standard Private |
Deluxe Shared |
Deluxe Private |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1215 | $1485 | $2025 | $1845 | $2565 |
Yoga Alliance RYT’s and E-RYT’s receive a 10% discount on the total cost for Meditation Teacher Training 1. To receive the discount, simply tell us your Yoga Alliance registry ID number (it’s on your RYT/E-RYT card) when you register.
Nursing CEU Eligible: 30 hours
