1000MTT Professional Senior Educator in Meditation & The Awakening of Human Consciousness
Approved training course of The Meditation Association of Australia
Senior Meditation Educator Programme: Merging Science & Spirituality
“You don’t need to practise mindfulness because you are it. You are that.”
~ Celia Roberts.
The following 1000hr course is for dedicated meditation practitioners and those interested in the awakening, growth and evolution of human consciousness.
The training is delivered to assist you to realise the profound oneness behind science, all great religions and spirituality. In its essence, this is self-realisation.
Whilst undertaking the training, it would be wise to dedicate yourself to BEING, freeing yourself of addictive mental patterns with continual daily meditation practice in absolutely all that you do. Completing this Senior meditation teacher training will offer you profound spiritual growth and understanding, with the objective being to remove all obstacles and personal suffering, opening the flower of scientific and spiritual consciousness within you.
You may choose to do the course for personal liberation from Self and to hold a frequency of presence in your home, workplace or community. Others may choose to do the course to teach and train others. This 28-36 month meditation course is one of the highest registered meditation qualifications around the World. It combines science, philosophy, deep experiential practice, and a continual commitment to moment-to-moment, present-moment practice.
The course will assist you in opening the energetic body, awakening Shakti, Chi, Prana, and Spirit with your continued commitment and surrender into an intelligence far greater than the mind.
You will come to understand the depth of surrender and letting go. Furthermore, you will realise the value of acceptance, the skill of conscious manifestation and the comfort of unshakeable inner peace are all possible within you.
Course materials will assist you in understanding the science behind enlightenment and the neuroscience of the awakened brain. The heart will be awakened to genuine compassion, guided by compassion research and the wisdom of experiential practice.
Let science be your Guru.
Let your body and heart be your constant reminder to BE HERE NOW.
Liberation is possible within you.
This is the merging of science and spirituality. It is Universal Interconnectedness.
It is love.
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Available to be taken face-to-face or online only.
Dates for face-to-face attendance will depend on the chosen electives.
Please contact us if you need more information.
What You Will Walk Away With
Upon completing this course, you will have the embedded wisdom to professionally educate and inspire many through meditation, mindfulness, moving meditations and somatic bodywork. Having completed meditation training at this Senior level, you may choose to eventually train others to become teachers and educators in the field with dedication to the oneness behind all the science and spirituality of meditation. This course is designed to guide you and offer the framework to assist others in the awakening of human consciousness.
Whether you do this course full-time or part-time for yourself or teach others, it is a valuable practice to live by and share with others. Meditation is an innovative lifestyle medicine of the 21st century.
BIYOME’s Meditation Teacher Training courses create a unique avenue to becoming a meditation teacher registered with the Meditation Association of Australia.
Upon graduation, certification with BIYOME avails the opportunity to register with this association providing you with a globally recognized membership. The Meditation Association of Australia offers a standard of training recognition for teachers to practice with insurance worldwide.
BIYOME’s 1000-hour Meditation Teacher Training specifically allows you to become a professional meditation teacher in 28-36 months. This course will enable you to register your membership with Meditation Australia, offering full membership upon completion of the course. The course also offers a pathway to Senior Membership, once you have taught and delivered meditation for ten years, earlier if you are an experienced teacher. Read more here
What You Will Learn
- Understanding Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind
- Meditation as Lifestyle Medicine: Our innate ability to change
- The Path to Wellness: The Philosophy Behind Practice
- The Ethical Philosophy of Practice
- Understanding the Body-Mind Connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Neurobiology
- Theory of Teaching-Technique
- Currently Researched Meditation Styles
- Breathing Pattern Therapy
- The Neuroscientific Study of Emotions: What are the six emotional styles?
- The Ten Facets of Observable Physiologic Changes due to Meditation
- Altered Consciousness
- Benefits of Spirituality
- Flow
- Mindset
- Enlightened Body
- Ayurveda and the Mind
- Vedic Meditation
- What type of Yogi are You? What is Your Path of Practice?
- Body of Light Science
- Sacred Geometry
- General Relativity, Quantum Physics, and String Theory
- Lucid Dreaming
- The Vow to Take Enlightenment in This Very Life
- How to Achieve Enlightenment
- Tradition in Eastern Buddhism
- Mettā: The Art of Happiness
- Samādhi
- An Overview of the Buddhist Dhamma
- Befriending Obstacles & Using Them for Growth
- Cultivating the Wholesome Qualities of Enlightenment
- Deconstructing the Mind
- Deepening Into the Dhamma
- Kamma, Saṃsāra, and Nibbāna: Contextualising the Spiritual Practice
- Practising in the World
- Specialty Intensive Training (CPD) of your choice
What You Will Experience
Nine specialty intensive training electives
Details below – The BIYOME Difference
PLUS Foundational Content Provided Online
This includes:
- Understanding the Buddhist Tradition of Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, and the Maladapted Mind
- The Buddhist Tradition of Suffering
- Stress: Tradition in the West
- Our Innate Meditative Ability to Change
- Our Innate Meditative Ability to Change: Tradition in the East
- Our Innate Ability to Change: Tradition in the West
- The Meditative Path to Wellness
- The Meditative Path to Wellness: Tradition in the East
- The Path to Wellness: Tradition in the West
- The Ethical Philosophy of Meditation Practice
- The Virtues of Teaching Meditation
- Understanding the Mind-Body Connection: Tradition in the West
- The Fundamental Nature of Reality
- The Constituents of Human Anatomy: Biology & Physiology, Neurophysiological Psychology, The Embodied Brain, The Vagal (Vagus) Nerve, The Heart-Brain Connection, Heart Rate Variability,Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis, Psychoneuroimmunology, & The Gut-Brain Axis, Sociology, Energetic Communication, Epigenetics, & The Polyvagal Theory
- Theory of Meditation Teaching-Technique: The Altruistic Teaching Methodology
- The Altruistic Teaching Methodology: The Science of Compassion and Connection
- Mindfulness: The Science of Attention and Attunement
- Pranayama: The Science of Respiration and Regulation
- Meditation: The Science of Concentration and Clarity
- Currently Researched Meditation Styles
- Focused Attention Style Meditation
- Open Monitoring Meditation
- Focused Attention and Open Monitoring Style Meditation as it relates to Creative Thinking
- Positive Affect Training (Compassion Meditation)
- Breathing Pattern Therapy
- The Neuroscientific Study of Emotions: What are the six emotional styles?
- The Ten Facets of Observable Physiologic Changes due to Meditation
- The Vagus Nerve
- The Heart-Brain Connection
- Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
- The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis
- The Gut-Brain Axis
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Neuroplasticity and Cortical Re-Mapping
- Bioplasticity and The Embodied Brain
- Meditation for our DNA, epigenome, telomeres
- Meditation’s effects on our Inner Pharmacy
- Altered Consciousness
- Benefits of Spirituality
- Benefits of Meditation and Prayer on the Brain
- Social and Mental Benefits of Spirituality
- Flow
- Mindset
- Compassionate Being
- The Psychology of Luck
- Enlightened Body
- Shakti – The Body Holds the Key
- Kundalini
- Samskaras
- Karmas
- Ayurveda and the Mind
- Vedic Meditation
- Vedic Tools for Concentration and Meditation
- Therapeutic Effect of Vedic Meditation
- What type of Yogi are You? What is Your Path of Practice?
- What are these paths and practices
- Working with the Body
- Working with the Heart
- Working with the Mind
- Body of Light Science
- Sacred Geometry
- General Relativity, Quantum Physics, and String Theory
- The Quantum Leap of Consciousness
- The Implicate Order and Quantum Entanglement
- Dark Holes in The Universe and Our Hearts
- Lucid Dreaming
- How to Lucid Dream
- The Vow to Take Enlightenment in This Very Life
- How to Achieve Enlightenment
- Tradition in Eastern Buddhism
- Mettā: The Art of Happiness
- Samādhi
- An Overview of the Buddhist Dhamma
- Befriending Obstacles & Using Them for Growth
- Cultivating the Wholesome Qualities of Enlightenment
- Deconstructing the Mind
- Deepening Into the Dhamma
- Kamma, Saṃsāra, and Nibbāna: Contextualising the Spiritual Practice
- Practising in the World
Taught By
CELIA ROBERTS BSc
Head Senior Yoga & Meditation Teacher
Yoga Therapist & Ayurvedic Practitioner
Director of BIYOME
MARIAN CAVANAGH
Senior Yoga Teacher
Registered Relax & Renew Instructor
DR JAMES KIRBY
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology UQ School of Psychology
ANITA CASSIDY BOWMAN
Sound healing practitioner
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The BIYOME Difference
Selection of nine (9) speciality intensive training electives for continued professional development from the following intensive retreats (some course dates/teachers/topics yet to be confirmed and may be subject to change):
Available to complete face-to-face or online*
2026
CPD04 Trauma-Informed Meditation Teacher Training: Meditation Therapy for Brain, Biome & Genome (May 29 – June 1, 2026)
CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round, monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 8 consecutive classes are part of the course)
CPD10 Compassion Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training (November 13-16, 2026)
CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing (August 28-31, 2026)
CPD25 Vedic Meditation, Ayurvedic Psychology and Eastern Psychiatry (August 7-10, 2026)
2027
CPD02 Yoga Nidra Teacher Training (March 12-14, 2027)
CPD05 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training: Restorative Yoga Therapy (October 22-24, 2027)
CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round, monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 8 consecutive classes are part of the course)
CPD08 Ayurvedic Nutritional Psychiatry: Food-Mood Yoga and Meditation Therapy (February 19-21, 2027)
CPD12 Buddhist Psychology for Contemplative Clinical Practice (April 30 – May 2, 2027)
CPD16 Music Yoga Therapy and Sound Meditation (August 6-8, 2027)
CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing (September 3-5, 2027)
Detailed information on face-to-face specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
Available to complete online*
CPD09 Meditation & Yoga Therapy for Pain Management – Neuroscience of Pain
CPD20 Yuan Qigong: Heal your Heart, Heal your Body
CPD22 The Science and Art of Awakening Human Consciousness – Meditation Training
Detailed information on online-only specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
*Online means utilising pre-recorded videos available in the student portal.
Your 1000MTT Training Requirements
- 80% face-to-face attendance
- Completion of nine (9) Specialty Intensive Training Modules (CPD) and associated multiple-choice questions
- The submission of the multiple-choice questions within the online 1000MTT content
- Four (4) 20-minute live (Zoom) meditation classes
- Daily Practice sheet – 28 months
Your 1000MTT Investment
Please contact one of our expert mentors to discuss options that suit your financial needs and lifestyle.
We highly recommend at least 12 months regular practice or a qualification within the field of health and wellbeing; however, we take all cases individually – please complete an application form and we will contact you directly to discuss.
- Siegel, D. J. (2010). The mindful therapist: A clinician’s guide to mindsight and neural integration. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
Please note that there are also required texts for each intensive elective undertaken
- Siegel, D. J. (2012). Pocket guide to interpersonal neurobiology: An integrative handbook of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton.
- Ricard, M. (2015). Altruism: The power of compassion to change yourself and the world. Tullamarine, Australia: Bolinda Publishing.
- Doidge, N. (2016). The brain’s way of healing: Stories of remarkable recoveries and discoveries. London, United Kingdom: Penguin Books.
- Davidson, R. J., & Begley, S. (2013). The emotional life of your brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel, and live – and how you can change them. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam.
- Seligman, M. E. (2018). The hope circuit: A psychologist’s journey from helplessness to optimism. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
- Hanson, R., & Hanson, F. (2018). Resilient: How to grow an unshakable core of calm, strength, and happiness. New York, NY: Harmony Books.
- Hanson, R. (2013). Hardwiring Happiness: How to reshape your brain and your life. New York, NY: Harmony Books.
- Feuerstein, G. (2014). The psychology of yoga: Integrating Eastern and Western approaches for understanding the mind. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
- Feuerstein, G. (2008). The yoga tradition: Its history, literature, philosophy, and practice (3rd ed.). Chino Valley, AR: Hohm Press.
- Carrera, J. (2006). Inside the yoga sutras: A comprehensive sourcebook for the study and practice of Patanjali’s Yoga sutras. Buckingham, VA: Integral Yoga Publications.
Props attain a 15% discount when purchased from Yoga King Products
Required
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- blanket
- 1 yoga mat
Optional
- 1 yoga strap
- 1 bolster
- 2 blocks
- 2 blankets
- 1 Iyengar yoga chair (specific design to be purchased from EMP Industrial)
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- zabuton (meditation cushion base)
Please note that there are also required props / variances in prop requirements for different specialty intensive electives