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The Art and Science of Meditation has been developed for anyone wanting to fully understand, guide, and even prescribe meditation.Â
This experience-based curriculum leads you into the rich terrain of this ancient technology to elevate your skill as a facilitator, sharing a variety of essential approaches---from the most accessible to the most sacred.
Seventeen different guided practices, lectures, discussions and self-reflection exercises progress you through a range of meditation techniques from mindfulness to mantra, self-inquiry to grounding and energizing practices, techniques that calm, heal, increase confidence, balance emotions, or lead to higher states of consciousness.Â
Learn to unlock the potential of meditation. Â
With this course, you will not only elevate your teaching skills, you will  grow your confidence to attract and retain dedicated students.
Choose the optimal practice to address the unique needs of individual student/clients or groups from beginner to advanced.Â
Lead meditation sessions that guide practitioners into subtle, energetic, and/or mental and emotional benefits to foster personal growth and spiritual insight.
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Tailor meditations based on individual constitutions, life circumstances, and specific objectives or in combination with pranayama or asana to make meditation more accessible and impactful.
I led my first teacher training in 2002. Within a decade the widespread popularity of yoga would arrive. Before long, countless varieties of “Yoga Teacher Trainings” would proliferate. In my eyes, many of yoga's most profound elements were being lost: its philosophical framework, meditative and contemplative roots, essentially, yoga as a holistic and comprehensive approach to total wellbeing.Â
Witnessing its many "modern" adaptations, I became even more committed to sharing what I had learned and what had touched me so deeply about the practice. I dedicated myself to share and train those who wished to understand––and potentially teach––yoga in a tradition-based approach that, at the same time, was accessible, powerful and most relevant. To those ends, it was essential to train teachers who prioritized being exceptional practitioners first, in other words, to ensure that they embodied what they aspired to teach.
I was privileged to meet and train many extraordinary individuals who, I would watch grow into extraordinary teachers. They collectively helped me understand that teaching was indeed, alchemy.
Every authoritative teacher is necessarily unique. Each is an amalgam, a dynamic blend of distinct life experiences, personal practice, deep study of time-tested knowledge and methodology, all in the melting pot of sustained personal growth. All of it is the necessary alchemy––of what distinctly confers authority onto a teacher.
This is the ethos at the heart of Tantra Yoga Alchemy's courses and trainings.
This module delves into the profound practice of Kevala Kumbhaka, explores the four Upayas of Tantric practice, and techniques to access deeper states of consciousness.
Guided practices include:
This module illumines accessible methods as well as the art of prescribing personalized meditation techniques. It reveals the essentials for becoming an authentic, empowered teacher of meditation and yoga.Â
Guided practices include:
“Overall the training greatly enriched my own personal meditation practice, as well as my understanding and ability to guide others with clarity and compassion. A highlight for me was the emphasis on honoring each student's unique journey and guiding their practice with the appropriate progression."  Â
Jen
“Rod has such an immense depth of knowledge and he’s so good, methodical and charismatic at transmitting it to his students. Every time I do a training with him I’m in awe of where it leads me, spiritually but also intellectually. In the Art & Science of Meditation he gave us a such a good mix of practices and insight into the teachings. ”
Julia
“The meditation course helped me take my own personal practice and teaching to another level. Not only am I able to use meditation in a more therapeutic way for myself, I feel I am also more confident with my ability to teach meditation in a more intentional way. I would really recommend this course for anyone who would like to delve into all the possibilities of where meditation can take you."
Fatima
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The Art & Science of Meditation online course captures the potential of practice. It has been carefully developed as a synergistic blend of theory and practice, supporting materials, quizzes and various assignments.Â
Lecture and practices are organized so you can fully integrate the content. Our focus is on the essential insights of the ancient wisdom and translating them into practical knowledge that you can use to create exceptional classes. A downloadable manual provides additional supportive study content.
Distinct sequences deepen your understanding of the synergystic effects of integrated asana, pranayama and meditation. Collectively, its offerings will deepen your understanding––and mastery––of the process for designing intentional practices. Throughout the course, you will be able to easily locate a given practice and repeat it again and again.Â
Automated quizzes have been placed strategically throughout the course, allowing you to assess your comprehension of the main study points. A final assignment encapsulates the entirety of the course. The required reading assignment, Moving Inward: The Journey to Meditation by Rolf Sovik, helps you to further your mastery of the program’s concepts.
After successful completion of the course, including all quizzes, assignments and required reading, you are eligible for curriculum credit towards our Yoga Alliance approved 300-hour Training Program. We are here to guide and support you on your journey.
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