Stillness Speaks: Guiding Transformational Meditation

About Course

This 5-hour CEU course explores the practice and pedagogy of meditation through classical texts, contemporary neuroscience, and global spiritual traditions. It is designed to support yoga teachers in skillfully guiding meditative experiences that cultivate insight, self-regulation, and spiritual transformation.

• The Art of Stillness – Explore how meditation shifts from technique into presence, and how silence itself can be a teacher.
• Guiding Others into Transformation – Learn how to hold space and guide students through meditative practices that go beyond relaxation into deep awareness.
• Practical Tools & Scripts – Gain accessible meditation techniques, guided scripts, and cues you can bring into classes, privates, or personal practice.
• Bridging Neuroscience & Yogic Philosophy – Understand how meditation impacts the brain and nervous system while also connecting to the wisdom of the Yoga Sutras and contemplative traditions.

Course Content

The Roots and Reason for Meditation

Lesson 1: Historical Foundations of Meditation
Lesson 2: Why Humans Meditate – Beyond Stress Relief
Lesson 3: Yoga Sutras – Dhyana as the Seventh Limb
Lesson 4: Neuroscience of Stillness – Default Mode Network and Ego Quieting
Lesson 5: Mythic and Poetic Views on Silence as Divine Presence

Styles of Meditation and Their Effects

Teaching Meditation with Integrity and Clarity

Integration with Asana, Breath, and Daily Life

Meditation as Transformation and Transmission

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Stillness Speaks: Guiding Transformational Meditation

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

The Roots and Reason for Meditation

Lesson 1: Historical Foundations of Meditation

Lesson 2: Why Humans Meditate – Beyond Stress Relief

Lesson 3: Yoga Sutras – Dhyana as the Seventh Limb

Lesson 4: Neuroscience of Stillness – Default Mode Network and Ego Quieting

Lesson 5: Mythic and Poetic Views on Silence as Divine Presence

Styles of Meditation and Their Effects

Lesson 1: Focused Attention vs. Open Monitoring vs. Self-Inquiry

Lesson 2: Mantra-Based (Japa), Vipassana, Loving-Kindness, Zen, Christian Contemplative Prayer

Lesson 3: Research on Neuroplasticity, Gray Matter Increase, Attentional Control

Lesson 4: Choosing the Right Method for the Moment or the Student

Lesson 5: Unexpected Benefits of Meditation

Teaching Meditation with Integrity and Clarity

Lesson 1: Holding Space vs. Performance Presence

Lesson 2: Language, Tone, and Pacing for Guiding Meditation

Lesson 3: Addressing Resistance, Fear, or Agitation in Students

Lesson 4: When to Teach and When to Model

Lesson 5: Ethics of Influence, Projection, and Power in the Meditation Seat

Integration with Asana, Breath, and Daily Life

Lesson 1: Meditative Cues During Movement and Breath Work

Lesson 2: Meditation as Both Formal and Informal Practice

Lesson 3: Short Practices for Busy Lives: 2, 5, and 10-Minute Formats

Lesson 4: Encouraging Daily Rituals – Thresholds, Nature, Journaling

Lesson 5: Meditative States Off the Cushion – Walking, Washing, Caregiving

Meditation as Transformation and Transmission

Lesson 1: Silence as Energy, Not Absence

Lesson 2: Teacher as Transmitter – The Energetics of Presence

Lesson 3: Meditation and Awakening – Subtle Signs and Deepening

Lesson 4: Stories of Stillness from Saints and Sages

Lesson 5: Closing – Creating a 10-Minute Meditation Sequence for Your Students

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About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

The Roots and Reason for Meditation

Lesson 1: Historical Foundations of Meditation

Lesson 2: Why Humans Meditate – Beyond Stress Relief

Lesson 3: Yoga Sutras – Dhyana as the Seventh Limb

Lesson 4: Neuroscience of Stillness – Default Mode Network and Ego Quieting

Lesson 5: Mythic and Poetic Views on Silence as Divine Presence

Styles of Meditation and Their Effects

Lesson 1: Focused Attention vs. Open Monitoring vs. Self-Inquiry

Lesson 2: Mantra-Based (Japa), Vipassana, Loving-Kindness, Zen, Christian Contemplative Prayer

Lesson 3: Research on Neuroplasticity, Gray Matter Increase, Attentional Control

Lesson 4: Choosing the Right Method for the Moment or the Student

Lesson 5: Unexpected Benefits of Meditation

Teaching Meditation with Integrity and Clarity

Lesson 1: Holding Space vs. Performance Presence

Lesson 2: Language, Tone, and Pacing for Guiding Meditation

Lesson 3: Addressing Resistance, Fear, or Agitation in Students

Lesson 4: When to Teach and When to Model

Lesson 5: Ethics of Influence, Projection, and Power in the Meditation Seat

Integration with Asana, Breath, and Daily Life

Lesson 1: Meditative Cues During Movement and Breath Work

Lesson 2: Meditation as Both Formal and Informal Practice

Lesson 3: Short Practices for Busy Lives: 2, 5, and 10-Minute Formats

Lesson 4: Encouraging Daily Rituals – Thresholds, Nature, Journaling

Lesson 5: Meditative States Off the Cushion – Walking, Washing, Caregiving

Meditation as Transformation and Transmission

Lesson 1: Silence as Energy, Not Absence

Lesson 2: Teacher as Transmitter – The Energetics of Presence

Lesson 3: Meditation and Awakening – Subtle Signs and Deepening

Lesson 4: Stories of Stillness from Saints and Sages

Lesson 5: Closing – Creating a 10-Minute Meditation Sequence for Your Students

Journal

Reflection

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