Advanced Practitioner of Meditation Therapies Training Course
MODULES
32 Modules
(min 520 hours)
DURATION
Part-time: 64 weeks (10 hours of study per week)
Study break allowance (included in course durations) = 12 weeks
Full time: 32 weeks (20 hours of study per week)
Study break allowance (included in course durations) = 6 weeks
CERTIFICATION
IICT Recognised certification:
(1) Meditation and Holistic Human Development Practitioner
(2) Holistic Counselling Skills for Meditation Teachers
(3) Meditation Therapist
This certification course includes:
Module 1 – Foundation studies in meditation
Module 2 – Understanding the cause & effects of stress
Module 3 – Foundations of human happiness
Module 4 – Tools for healing
Module 5 – Meditation styles and techniques
Module 6 – Teaching
Module 7 – Working with specific groups
Module 8 – Counselling & coaching skills for meditation teachers
Module 9 – Designing and facilitating classes and workshops
Module 10 – Virtual, corporate, and community settings
Module 11 – Holistic small business management
Module 12 – Marketing: The key to success
- Introduction
- How you will be able to use the autonomic nervous system
reprograming - The study of the ANS (autonomic nervous system)
- Dr. Bruce Lipton
- Language
- The three brains
- The autonomic nervous system
- Neurochemicals
- The endocrine system
- Module summary
- The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- The Amygdala
- The Central Nervous System (CNS)
- The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- What a nerve consists of
- The evolution of human consciousness
- Homeostasis
- The Heart-Brain
- The Gut-Brain
- Reprogramming the autonomic nervous system by changing our perceptions and beliefs
- Finding beliefs to change
- Belief changing technique
Required Reading:
Beyond the Relaxation Response: How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Personal Beliefs by Herbert Benson, MD
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton, PhD
- Introduction to Brain-Body Medicine (Psychophysiology)
- The Role of the Brain-Body Therapist (Psychophysiology Therapist)
- Introduction to Brain-Body Medicine
- The Physiology of Belief
- Traumatic Beliefs
- The Power to Heal
- The Faith Factor and How to Provide it
- Providing Evidence for Your Clients
- Placebo – The Science Behind Brain-Body Medicine
- Diagnosis and Seeking the Cause of Illness
- Guiding Clients to Self-diagnose and Healing
- Psychophysiology Diagnostic Tools
- How to Work with Damaging Belief Systems and Conditioning
- Medical Meditation
- Writing the Prescription
- Tools for the Psychophysiology Therapist
- Marketing Your Brain-Body Therapy Practice
- Building Clientele
- Referring and Networking
Required Reading:
Mind Over Medicine: Heal Your Thoughts Cure Your Body by Lissa Rankin MD
Meditation as Medicine: Activate the Power of Your Natural Healing Force by Dharma Singh Khalsa MD
- Introduction to Advanced Holistic Counselling
- Seeing Clients – Individual and Group Therapy
- Humanistic Psychology
- Emotions and Counselling
- Relationship Counselling and Counselling Couples
- Counselling Young Adults
- Trauma Counselling
- Counselling Clients with Depression
- Mediating
- Running Group Counselling and Therapy Sessions
- Fight or Flight and the Relaxation Response Review •
- Powerful Tools for Holistic Counselling
- Creative Expression Therapy
Required Reading:
The Games People Play by Eric Berne, PhD