200 Hour Modern Meditation Teacher Training
At The School of Modern Meditation (SOMM), we believe meditation is not simply a technique, but a path of agency, awareness, emotional maturity, compassion and most importantly, conscious participation in the world.
Our Modern Meditation Teacher Certification Program is a 200 Hour, nine-month professional online training program designed to develop experienced practitioners who can confidently teach meditation and awareness-based practices, or integrate them into therapeutic, coaching, educational, or leadership contexts. Today, perhaps more than ever, we need meditation teachers who are steady, psychologically informed, and committed to their own practice. Training to teach is about becoming the kind of person who can hold space in a world that can move too fast and fragment if we aren’t paying attention.
2026 Dates & Times
Begins Online August 4th, 2026
Wednesday Evenings 6:30pm - 9:00PM
Tuition: $3,900
Early Bird rate of $3,315 (15% discount) applies to full payments before 20th April 2026
First 10 Sign-Ups receive SOMM Livestream 90 Membership
Module 1: Foundations & Lineage, Live Session - August 5 + Mentoring Session
Module 2: The Architecture of Awareness & Types of Meditation, Live Session - August 19 + Mentoring Session
Module 3: The Nervous System & Attachment (Part I & 2) Live Sessions September 2, 16 + Mentoring Session
Module 4: Meditation, Neuroscience & Unstressing (Part I & 2) Live sessions - September 30, October 14 + Mentoring Session
Module 5: The Parameters & Psychology of Teaching, Live Session - October 28 + Mentoring Session
Module 6: The Business & Creativity of Teaching, Live Session - November 11 + Mentoring Session
Module 7: Practice Integration & Certification Pathway- Rounding Practice, Workshop Facilitation, Course Reading, Final Assessment - December - April 30
This program consists of seven modules. The first six modules are live online sessions with Claire, with mentoring and study requirements, the final module is where you will integrate your learning with practice and teaching. The live sessions with Claire will be on eight Wednesday evenings at NZ 6:30pm - 9:00 pm. Each session is recorded for those who cannot make them.
When you join this training, you become part of the SOMM community, a collective of practitioners and students committed to emotional maturity, nervous system literacy, and compassionate living. Our graduates go on to teach in studios, therapy rooms, workplaces, schools, retreats, and living rooms. Some build businesses; others quietly integrate meditation into existing careers. All deepen their own capacity for awareness and compassion. The comprehensive curriculum combines theory, philosophy, ancient knowledge, and science with the practicalities of being a teacher in this modern world. During the program, students will have many real opportunities to lead groups, guide meditations, create workshops and learn how to support fellow meditators and those new to meditation.
This training is facilitated by SOMM Founder, Claire Robbie and includes a mentorship with SOMM co-owners and meditation teachers Aviette Musin & Mark Edwards. Upon completion of the program, you will be certified by both The School of Modern Meditation and The Meditation Alliance International, with an option to certify with the Meditation Association of Australia.
Note: SOMM’s foundational course Meditation Fundamentals is a prerequisite for this advanced training.
Course Intention
➔ Create an environment that encourages creativity, expression and curiosity
➔ Provide accountability and a “container” to support the trainees as they commit to their practices
➔ Create effective, knowledgeable, confident facilitators of meditation each with their own voice
➔ Give students tangible, practical experience leading groups and facilitating workshops
➔ Strengthen our meditation community so we can be more effective and far reaching
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
● Students must have a regular meditation, breathwork or yogic practice (please talk to Claire about this if you have any questions)
● A deep desire to be of service
● One letter of recommendation from a suitable reference person in relation to your integrity and intention to commit to this training
● Have read and understood the course commitments and requirements
● Have completed the application form
● Be able to dedicate time to your practices and the reading
The first phase of the training is devoted to deepening and refining your understanding of the history, philosophy, psychology and neuroscience of meditation, while the final module (December–April) shifts into a certification pathway, guiding you to embody the work fully and step confidently into teaching from lived experience.
Course Curriculum:
Module 1: Foundations & Lineage
The History of Meditation & the Influence of the East
The Vedas, Upanishads & Hinduism, The Yamas & Niyamas
Buddhism & The Eightfold Path
Module 2: The Architecture of Awareness & Types of Meditation
Awareness, Interoception & Consciousness
Guiding Meditation
Cultivating An Awareness-Based Daily Practice
Types of Meditation
Focused Attention
Mantra
Open Monitoring
Module 3: The Nervous System & Attachment (Part I & 2)
The Nervous System & Meditation
Using A Mantra
Layers of the Mind & Conditioning
Attachment vs. Authenticity
Module 4: Meditation, Neuroscience & Unstressing (Part I & 2)
Mapping our “parts” & Somatic Experiencing via meditation
Shadow, Subconscious & Unconscious
Meditation as a practice of self-attunement, compassion & acceptance
Gentle Inquiry
Module 5: The Parameters & Psychology of Teaching
How to Teach Meditation - Structure & Sequence
How to guide clearly without over-talking
“Reading the room” online & in-person
Handling difficult questions
Staying within scope of practice - teacher/student relationship
Developing your authentic teaching voice
Module 6: The Business & Creativity of Teaching
Branding & Websites, Social Media, Collaboration & Building Community
Making Friends with Imposter Syndrome
At the end of this module students will create their own event, class or workshop.
Certification Pathway
In addition to the 7 modules students must:
- Lead 5 guided online meditations via The School of Modern Meditation
- Attend a Meditation Fundamentals Foundational Course before the teacher training starts
- Sit for 300 practice hours of meditation and record these hours
- Complete the live sessions with Claire either live or recorded
- Facilitate their own workshop/event
- Complete course reading material via book or audiobook
- Complete 30 Rounds of the Advanced Integrative Technique
