Radiance Sutras
Become a Certified Meditation Teacher &
Do you wish for more connection, clarity, and purpose in life?
Are you looking to trust your intuition in guiding you to make the right choices?
Meditation is an opportunity to connect with your true self, helping you foster genuine wellbeing and authentic joy.
If you’ve ever meditated, you know the potential magic and transformation this art can bring to your life.
Help Bring This Magic to Others—and Gift It To Yourself in the Process
When we step into our true selves, our entire life can shift. We find the connections we’ve always been seeking. We have the confidence and self-belief to excel in our careers. We become grounded, calm, and able to thrive when uncertainty meets us.
You’re invited to become a certified meditation teacher from the Radiance Sutras® School of Meditation.
When you enroll, you’ll receive a straight-from-the-source training from two of the most profound teachers in the field of meditation.
- Become an authorized Instinctive Meditation® teacher
- Plus, you’ll become a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance.
Features of Our Program
Inspire Your Meditation • Deepen Your Understanding • Develop Your Teaching Skills
Inspire Your Meditation
Deepen Your Understanding
Develop Your Teaching Skills
During this 6 month immersion in the vibrant world of Instinctive Meditation®, we offer a potent mandala of environments designed to enrich your personal experience and develop your capacity as a teacher. Together with Lorin, Camille, and other advanced teachers, you will enhance your cognitive understanding, refine your communication skills for sessions and classes, and nourish your ongoing personal practice.
200-hour training
6-month program, online platform opens Jan 29, 2024. Become a teacher in the most embodied meditation training
certificatioN
Receive a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher certificate from Yoga Alliance
weekly Live Classes
6 opportunities per week to attend live classes. Get personalized attention from Lorin and Camille in bi-weekly live sessions.
LEARN Instinctive Meditation®
Learn Instinctive Meditation® - a simple and profound set of practices to support your life
LIFETIME ACCESS
Enjoy ongoing access to the course materials even after the training is complete
Community
Develop lifelong friendships and build stronger community with your peers and the senior teachers supporting the training.
Meet Your Teachers
Founders of the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation and creators of Instinctive Meditation.
Dear Friends,
We all know these are challenging times here on Earth, and we believe that you can make a difference by bringing your light to the world.
We invite you to become a certified meditation teacher in our upcoming Radiance Sutras® Teacher Training, beginning in February 2024. Whether you are a beginner, an experienced meditator, or a teacher of meditation, you will discover new and empowering keys to embodying a healthy, integrative approach to inner practices.
In our comprehensive training, we teach you how to access new doorways to meditation, so that you can discover a rich, rewarding meditation practice for yourself, and help almost anyone to develop an inspiring practice that suits their individual nature.
We integrate spirituality, somatic intelligence, psychological wholeness, and creative expression to bring the practices to life. In our training, we will share our decades of teaching inner practices to people of all walks of life, and learning from them what works and what does not.
Join us in February for this transformative experience. We look forward to being with you.
With you in love and inspiration,
We all know these are challenging times here on Earth, and we believe that you can make a difference by bringing your light to the world.
We invite you to become a certified meditation teacher in our upcoming Radiance Sutras® Teacher Training, beginning in February 2024. Whether you are a beginner, an experienced meditator, or a teacher of meditation, you will discover new and empowering keys to embodying a healthy, integrative approach to inner practices.
In our comprehensive training, we teach you how to access new doorways to meditation, so that you can discover a rich, rewarding meditation practice for yourself, and help almost anyone to develop an inspiring practice that suits their individual nature.
We integrate spirituality, somatic intelligence, psychological wholeness, and creative expression to bring the practices to life. In our training, we will share our decades of teaching inner practices to people of all walks of life, and learning from them what works and what does not.
Join us in February for this transformative experience. We look forward to being with you.
With you in love and inspiration,
Lorin Roche, PhD
Dr. Lorin Roche is a co-creator of Instinctive Meditation® and a pioneer in developing personalized meditation practices. Lorin was awarded a PhD from the University of California for his work on the inner experience of meditation. His books on meditation, including The Radiance Sutras, are treasured by meditation practitioners across the globe and have been widely recognized as a "must-read".
Lorin’s training helps students feel that meditation is an innate skill that you are remembering rather than a technique that you are learning. This work is aimed at activating an individual's internal guidance systems and bringing forth your instinctive knowing, so that you can safely practice meditation without being dependent upon gurus, systems, or external authorities.
Camille Maurine
Camille is a meditation mentor, dancer, and the author of the groundbreaking Meditation Secrets for Women and Meditation 24/7, both written with her husband, Dr. Lorin Roche. Along with Lorin, she is the co-founder of Instinctive Meditation® and the Radiance Sutras® School of Meditation.
Camille gives global trainings in women's spiritual power and embodiment, and travels worldwide to give performances, workshops, and retreats. In addition to her 4-plus decades of dance, yoga, and meditation, Camille’s integrative approach draws upon training in various healing arts, including the study of Jungian depth psychology and Continuum Movement for many years.
Camille is an intrepid traveler on the path of embodiment, venturing high and low into the world of energy and love. Her work is an intimate fusion of meditation, movement, and expression.
Stay in Touch About the Next Training
Our next training will begin in Spring 2025
Sign up below and you’ll be first to access the next program’s Early Bird.
You’ll also get instant access to our free Befriend Your Body & Reduce Stress Masterclass.
We invite you to step onto the path of an exuberant, life-affirming, and tailored meditation practice.
But first, let us tell you a little about how it all began...
In 1968, Lorin Roche began his own meditation journey, tutored by a group of geniuses who introduced Lorin to the teachings of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, sharing 112 doorways into yoga.
Lorin spent the next 50 years perfecting practical meditation techniques that people in our modern world can use to access the profound benefits of meditation.
Deepak Chopra, as part of his interest in awakened meditators, interviewed Lorin to get some of the backstory of Lorin's initiation into the yoga of meditation:
“I was a really anxious, hard-working freshman at the University of California at Irvine,” said Dr. Roche. “At the time, UC Irvine had a rule that the students had to participate in experiments, so I signed up to be a subject in a brainwave study.
When I got into the lab, I was wired up and just left alone for 3 hours in a pitch black, silent room. I had no instruction. I had never heard of meditation. And I was a loner surfer, so I wasn’t aware of the psychedelic movement.
It was kind of fun. There was nothing to do. After about half an hour I just melted. My mind dissolved into the spaciousness. I was somehow a point of light in something very, very vast and friendly.
When I walked out of that lab, I was in a luminous state that I had never experienced or heard of, where all living things were glowing. The world was stunningly beautiful … everything looked like the most magnificent work of art.
Lorin spent the next 50 years perfecting practical meditation techniques that people in our modern world can use to access the profound benefits of meditation.
Deepak Chopra, as part of his interest in awakened meditators, interviewed Lorin to get some of the backstory of Lorin's initiation into the yoga of meditation:
“I was a really anxious, hard-working freshman at the University of California at Irvine,” said Dr. Roche. “At the time, UC Irvine had a rule that the students had to participate in experiments, so I signed up to be a subject in a brainwave study.
When I got into the lab, I was wired up and just left alone for 3 hours in a pitch black, silent room. I had no instruction. I had never heard of meditation. And I was a loner surfer, so I wasn’t aware of the psychedelic movement.
It was kind of fun. There was nothing to do. After about half an hour I just melted. My mind dissolved into the spaciousness. I was somehow a point of light in something very, very vast and friendly.
When I walked out of that lab, I was in a luminous state that I had never experienced or heard of, where all living things were glowing. The world was stunningly beautiful … everything looked like the most magnificent work of art.
“Lorin unfolds the underlying significance of the Vijñana Bhairava text beautifully…
…revealing layers of meaning woven into poetry to awaken contact with the Soul.
Lorin’s Radiance Sutras evoke spontaneous joyful insights into the nature of Reality, Self and Existence.”
- Deepak Chopra
“Yoga is a living tradition. Lorin is on the front lines as a meditation teacher, a champion of natural meditation, of awakening consciousness everywhere, in all places, in all times.”
~ Shiva Rea, Samudra School of Living Yoga
Have Questions?
Check out this recording from our final 2024 training intro + Q&A session with Lorin and Camille.
1) Look at the Frequently Asked Questions at the bottom of this page.
2) Always feel free to email us: support@radiancesutras.com. We love hearing from you!
3) Still undecided? Talk 1-on-1 with one of our teachers and get answers to all of your questions about the training.
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“Lorin Roche is probably the friendliest meditation teacher in America
I prefer his books on meditation to any other guides, including the one I wrote!”
- Jim Fadiman, PhD, editor of Essential Sufism and Author of Unlimit Your Life
The Core Teachings You’ll Learn
1. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MEDITATION
The Radiance Sutras® approach utilizes 112 different doorways into meditation. Let’s find yours!
Your body loves to meditate. Meditation is a completely natural and instinctive capacity of the human body and everyone can do it.
We illuminate the research and benefits of meditation and why 20 million Americans are meditating, plus millions more around the world.
2. THE PATH OF INTIMACY
Find out how to bust old repressive rules and ideals. Tap into your innate, essential nature in freedom and joy.
The world of meditation is undergoing a radical renovation as it expands to include women and men of the 21st century. Meditation can be a profound support for intimacy with yourself, with life, and with the cosmos.
3. THE SUBTLE, SENSUOUS WORLD OF MEDITATION
Discover the power of subtle movement meditation, intrinsic mudra, and embodied energy practices.
Learn how to identify your natural doors of perception. Develop the ability to use all the senses as gateways into meditation.
Human beings have more than a dozen senses, and they are all essential aspects of a healthy approach to meditation.
4. INSTINCTIVE WISDOM –
THE GENIUS OF LIFE
Learn how to recognize and honor your instincts.
Meditation is instinctual and natural, connecting us to the self-healing, innate impulses of life that guide us to what we need for healthy balance.
Through our instincts, we know our relationship to the earth and to the universe.
5. WORLDS OF RHYTHM - SPONTANEITY AND FLOW
A skilled meditation teacher learns how to cooperate with the student’s inner nature, not suppress it.
An important part of teaching meditation is the ability to recognize spontaneous meditative states. Almost everyone has a wealth of naturally occurring meditative experiences that is a foundation to their further practice and a clue to their inherent nature.
Learn to structure a meditation practice so that it feels spontaneous and natural.
6. ELEMENTAL ADAPTABILITY – EARTH, AIR, WATER, FIRE, SPACE
Learn the skill of engaging and balancing the elemental qualities within us.
A meditation teacher needs to be intimate with the natural elements as they are revealed by each of the senses and the instincts.
7. THE ENERGIES OF EMOTION
Learn to dance with the full spectrum of emotions that make up a large part of everyone’s meditative experience moment-by-moment.
This is one of the biggest challenges meditators face.
For full vitality, mental and physical and spiritual health, it is essential to learn how to engage with the wild and peaceful motions of emotions. Discover the secret gifts within emotion.
8. EMBRACING DESIRE
Skill in meditation includes accepting the gift and revelation of desire and emotion, and the ability to ride that motion into essence.
The senses, instincts, and elements play through our bodies in impulses we call Desires.
9. SYZYGY - INNER MARRIAGE
Practice the high art of transforming energies into creativity and freedom.
The Dance of Opposites Leading to Inner Union. Go deeper into wholeness by joining the full dance of energy that is you - earthy and cosmic, wild and serene.
Learn how to welcome the entire mandala of energies.
10. BRINGING MEDITATION TO THE WORLD
Cultivate the new evolutionary language of meditation.
Integrating the inner practice of meditation with your heartful engagement with others.
Claim your direct experience in meditation and embody your natural essence in all the circumstances of your life.
What You Receive When You Enroll
Live Welcome and Initiation Classes with Dr Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine
During these classes, Dr Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine welcome you into the training and invite you into a deeper relationship with Instinctive Meditation. Setting the scene for your ongoing journey, exploring and developing your unique meditation practice, the foundation upon which you will share IM with the world.
5 x 90-minute q&a sessions
with Dr Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine
These are informal, highly interactive sessions organized specifically to help you develop your personal understanding of this approach. Bring any questions or problems that might arise in your personal practice or about teaching! Always recorded.
4 x 2.5-hour integration sessions with Lorin and Camille
Bring it all together with Lorin and Camille as they review the previous 3 weeks' content, offering more context and providing an even deeper understanding of the material. There is also more time to share your experiences with your colleagues and to ask your questions of Camille and Lorin.
13 weekly pre-recorded classes
Each week’s content is initiated with a prerecorded class with Lorin and Camille. Available for you to come back to again and again.
13 Live Weekly Classes with Senior Teachers
At the end of each week, join senior teachers who will review the content of the week, facilitate discussions with your classmates and answer your questions. Always recorded.
14 Live Skills Labs For Those Wanting to Teach IM
Senior teacher will help you develop the skills and framework to deliver a group meditation class confidently. You also have the opportunity to practice teaching with your colleagues in sessions facilitated by senior teachers.
Scripts for Guided Meditations
You’ll get various meditation scripts and learn how to adapt them based on where and who you are teaching. Many ample opportunities to practice during the program so you feel confident and prepared when leading students.
Lifetime Access to Training Materials
All of the weekly videos, audios, and curriculum are housed on a beautiful, easy-to-navigate website. After the training we provide you with lifetime access to the course materials.
A Worldwide Meditation Community
Share your discovery process and communicate with fellow participants on our private online forum (not Facebook!). Complimentary access for 1 year.
Practice sessions + Study Groups
Enjoy multiple weekly practice sessions and study group sessions, so you can network and connect with other meditation teachers.
Certification as a meditation teacher
Upon completion, you will receive the certificate from the Radiance Sutras® School of Meditation to be an Instinctive Meditation® Teacher - 200 hours.
You can also get a certificate from Yoga Alliance stating that you are a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200). If you are already a yoga teacher, you can receive continuing education units through our program.
BONUS
1 Year All-Access Pass to
Private Community Just for Meditation Teachers
Over 100 years of wisdom,
teachings and resources in one place
You get:
- Group meditation classes, workshops, community gatherings
- Special continuing education events just for teachers of meditation
- Living The Radiance Sutras - A Live Course with Dr Lorin Roche
- Initiations for Women - A Live Course with Camille Maurine
- Access to a community of 500+ meditation teachers
Who This Training Is For
in the last 50 years,
we’ve taught over 50,000
people how to meditate
This training is about a community of people who want to learn, grow, and support each other.
We have yoga teachers, therapists, engineers, school teachers, writers, musicians, life coaches, scientists, and project managers among us.
Current and future yoga teachers
who want to offer meditation instruction during a yoga class or offer meditation classes for their community. Having an additional certificate in meditation coaching is a great way to distinguish yourself from other yoga teachers.
Healers, therapists, and wellness coaches
who want to supplement their offering with relaxation, meditation, and awareness practices.
Busy working professionals
who want to bring more balance, rest, and pleasure into their lives and offices.
Teachers and counselors
who want to teach meditation and mindfulness as part of the classroom experience.
Parents and grandparents
who long to learn how to offer the “medicine” of meditation to their families and communities.
Anyone seeking ‘what’s next?’
for their personal or professional life.
Our World Is In Genuine Need Of People Who Can Tap Into Their Inner Resources Of Love, Wisdom, And Power.
Imagine being one who can remain composed in the midst of action, stress, and changes. Imagine being someone who could help others access deep restfulness and peace…
Tens of millions of people are wanting to learn how to meditate. Well-trained teachers are needed.
You are needed.
This is the opportunity you have been waiting for…
Why Our Program Is Unique
✅ Personalized attention from Lorin and Camille both in our live sessions and in our private discussion group - ask any questions you have!
✅ Every week: meditation classes, Study Groups to review material, Practice Sessions to practice teaching
✅ Support for you and your practice during and after the course
✅ Connection with others in the calls and our private forum
✅ Lifetime access to all the training materials.
✅ You get 1 year to complete this program and apply for certification!
✅ Upon completion: you will be an authorized 200-hour Instinctive Meditation® Teacher! If you’d like, you can also register as a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance.
✅ This isn’t a canned, pre-programmed digital training. It is a hybrid with both self-paced and interactive teaching components
“You may think you are embarking on a journey in search of peace and presence, but you will be astounded to find yourself falling in love with the miracle of being human and alive. Lorin and Camille’s incomparable style of teaching open doors you didn’t dare believe could exist within. Peace and presence are only the beginning!”
“In a world that pulls us in so many directions, having access to practices that are tailored to one’s own needs is life-saving. Instinctive Meditation approach developed by Dr. Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine is nurturing, energizing, and strengthening. We learn to magnetize one’s energies towards what we love, making life a journey into the heart.”
Our approach is free of dogma
Participation does not require knowledge of Buddhism, Hinduism, or Yoga.
Sure, we love these traditions. They gave a foundation for our teachings, and we dedicated our entire lives to transmitting their wisdom. But we teach meditation to everyone, not just to people who resonate with these traditions. We believe that everyone deserves access to the gift of meditation.
Schedule & Class Times
6-month Training
Dates coming once the schedule for the next training has been finalized.
You and your fellow classmates will travel together, studying, teaching, and completing your certification.
All the live classes are RECORDED, so no worries if you can’t attend live!
This is an 20-week training offered over 6 months:
Live Sessions and Q&A with Dr. Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine (2.5 hours)
Live Sessions with senior teachers (2 hours)
Skills Labs with senior teachers - Practicing the Skills of Teaching (1.5 hours)
Optional: Live Q&A Session with Camille Maurine and Dr. Lorin Roche (1.5 hours)
Optional: Practice Sessions
Optional: Study Groups
What Our Graduates are Saying
Justin Michael Williams is an author, top 20 recording artist, and transformational speaker who is using music and meditation to wake up the world. He talks about how studying with Lorin has transformed his life.
“This training has been one of the most beautiful gifts I have ever given myself... Endless thank you’s and love for this entire team, and the incredible Camille & Lorin who share so graciously. ”
“Incredibly grateful for the teachings of Instinctive Meditation in my life and for the gift of connection it has afforded me both with my inner Self and with others.”
“This training has been both transformational and freeing. Camille and Lorin have helped me to understand that there is absolutely nothing wrong with me because my mind won’t quiet down or I can’t sit still.”
Daniela Hess and Christopher Ananda run Yoga Farm, one of the largest yoga teacher training schools in the world. In this video testimonial they discuss how studying with Lorin and Camille changed their lives and lives of their students.
“This training has been both transformational and freeing. Camille and Lorin have helped me to understand that there is absolutely nothing wrong with me because my mind won’t quiet down or I can’t sit still.”
— Katrina K, Elementary Principal and a Mom of Three
Frequently Asked Questions
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Most of our trainees have prior meditation experience. HOWEVER, you don’t need substantial meditation experience to participate.
If you have the desire to learn and your passion is behind it, you can deeply benefit from this training.
We believe that if you really want to learn something, learning how to teach it is the best way to immerse yourself into it! -
Many of our trainees have substantial experience meditating. Here is are the practical skills of teaching that we teach:
You'll learn how to lead short, medium, and long meditations as well as how to offer meditations for rest, healing, love, self-exploration, recovery, grounding and more!
The Meditation scripts you get cover a variety of techniques - breathing, centering, elements, movement, subtle energy, mantra, grounding, chakras, expression, etc.
You'll have everything you need to know how to teach a group meditation: outlining the class; answering questions; transitions, etc.
You'll know the principles for guiding private meditation sessions.
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We call our approach Instinctive Meditation® – the natural, life-affirming method we have developed over 50 years of practice and teaching. A key textbook of the teachings is The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, PhD – his beautiful version of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, an ancient yogic text.
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All of the live classes, office hours, group classes, etc are recorded and will be available to watch or listen online after each event has finished.
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We do require these three books to be purchased as supplemental materials to our online curriculum.
The Radiance Sutras, by Lorin Roche, PhD
Meditation Made Easy, by Lorin Roche, PhD
Meditation Secrets for Women, by Camille Maurine and Lorin Roche, PhD
The total cost for these texts is approximately $50 USD (or less if you are OK buying used books). These books are sold by publishers, not us, so the cost of these books is not included in the tuition. The books are available from Amazon, as well as other major book sellers.
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No problem!
Many people take our training without the intention to ever teach meditation.
You will receive an in-depth intensive 6-month study with us to deepen your own personal practice.Who knows - one day you may be inspired to share what you learn!
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This is a full 200-hour Intensive Program and we have rigorous certification requirements.
1) ATTENDANCE. You will be asked to attend live or watch all Saturday live classes and Skills lab.
2) SELF-STUDY: You will need to complete all the assignments (video, audio, reading), embodiment exercises, and participate in the discussion on the discussion forum.
3) PRACTICE TEACH: You will need to teach at least 15 meditation sessions using the scripts and approached we share with you.
4) AUDIO RECORDING: You will need to create 4 audio recordings of yourself guiding a meditation.
5) FINAL VIDEO ASSIGNMENT:
At the end of the training, you will be asked to record a 45-minute video of yourself guiding a group meditation class.
6) FINAL WRITTEN ASSESSMENT
We will ask you to provide free-form answers to questions about Instinctive Meditation. This will be an open book assessment. -
You have 1 year to complete your certification requirements.
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Our community is very diverse.
Most people already have experience with meditation and healing modalities. Many are yoga teachers or yoga business owners. Others are alternative health practitioners or therapists.Yet some have no prior experience teaching or healing and discover that they have the desire and aptitude for this kind of deep work.
From whatever walk of life you come, we welcome you wholeheartedly.
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This program is a meditation teacher training. However, since meditation is a major part of yoga, we are a Registered Yoga School (RYS200) with Yoga Alliance. Graduates of our program can receive a Registered Yoga Teacher 200 hour (RYT200) certificate from Yoga Alliance.
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Yes, you can get up to 200 hours of CE hours for Yoga Alliance CE requirements if you participate in our training.
You don’t have to complete our certification to receive the CE hours; but you need to participate in the amount of live classes and study that you will claim as the CE hours.
However, per Yoga Alliance rules, the hours that you get through us can only be applied either towards the RYT200 certificate or towards CE hours.
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About 10 hours a week.
5 Hours - Live classes
2 - 2.5 hours: Live Saturday class
1.5 hours: Skills Labs
1.5 hours: Practicing teaching meditation (starting from week 3 of the course)
Optional monthly Q&A sessions with Lorin and Camille (highly recommended)
5 hours - Self-study with teaching material
1.5 house: Watch videos with the curriculum
3.5 hours: Personal practice with guided audio meditations, reading, journaling, doing exercises
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We do not offer work-trade arrangements.
We will offer a limited number of partial scholarships to people with substantial financial hardship.
Inquire at support@radiancesutras.com for more information.
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The Radiance Sutras® Meditation Teacher Training is an intense professional development program that will change your life. Before you register, we encourage you to meditate on whether this is the right program for you at this moment in time.
We would like you to commit fully to the training before you purchase. Once you register, you receive access to privileged intellectual property.
Specific dates for our refund policy will be posted once the dates of the next training are finalized.
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Yes! Our training is effective because we offer multiple opportunities to interact with the teachers and other trainees. Every week you will have 7+ opportunities to get personal attention.
In addition to live classes, we offer:
Practice Sessions where you can practice teaching meditation to each other
Small group discussions to discuss the material with other trainees
Meditation group classes
Workshops and gatherings just for teachers for continuous learning
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You will have lifetime access to the online Meditation Teacher Training course materials.
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We will be running several live Q&A sessions before the next training begins, check this page: https://www.meditationtt.com/rsmtt-events or email support@radiancesutras.com for more info.
You can find a more comprehensive FAQ PDF here (from our Spring 2024 training) If you still don’t find the answers you need there, please email us: support@radiancesutras.com
Learn About Our Next Training
Our next training will begin in Spring 2025
Sign up below and you’ll be first to access the next program’s Early Bird.
You’ll also get instant access to our free Befriend Your Body & Reduce Stress Masterclass.
Also feel free to email us specific questions at support@meditationtt.com.
