In this 7-day in-person training, students explore how to use meditation for finding solutions to daily life problems. Meditation teachers and yoga therapists will gain skills to use personally and to teach their students. Spiritual teachings in the Tantras, Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas are examined as the foundation for a meditation practice. Students are taught how to sit, when and where to practice, how to progress gradually and steadily in their meditation practice and how to deal with disturbing thoughts. Aids to meditation such as kriya, diet, prayer, and silence are explored.

The course examines ethical principles and guidelines to uphold in the therapeutic relationship. A unique perspective in this training is the application of specific meditation practices to personality disorders and examining existing research on brain anatomy and meditation. Different techniques of meditation are explored such as:

• meditations from the Tantras;
• mantra and the science of sound;
• stages, and depth of absorption in dhyana;
• mindfulness, reflection and contemplation;
• Saundarya Lahari;
• Viniyoga, and meditating on Shiva and Shakti.

There is no practicum with this module.