660MTT Advanced Studies in Meditation & The Science of Spiritual Experience
Approved training course of The Meditation Association of Australia
A Complete Professional Training Pathway in Meditation, Mindfulness & Wellbeing
There are no words to describe this program; it is simply life-changing.
BIYOME’s 660-hour Advanced Meditation Teacher Training program is a comprehensive professional qualification designed to develop skilled, knowledgeable, and compassionate meditation practitioners and teachers. Over two years of immersive study and practice, students explore meditation philosophy, mindfulness, psychology, physiology, and the therapeutic applications of meditation.
This transformative training supports both personal growth and professional development, guiding students to integrate meditation as a lifestyle practice while developing the skills to teach and support others. Through extensive meditation practice, evidence-informed education, and experiential learning, graduates gain a deep understanding of mindfulness, wellbeing, emotional resilience, and meditation-based approaches to health.
The BIYOME Biomedical Meditation Therapy & Allied Health program provides an advanced pathway into meditation teaching and holistic wellbeing practice. With over 660 hours of dedicated training, students develop the confidence and knowledge to bring present-moment awareness, compassion, and meaningful change into their own lives and the lives of others.
This comprehensive meditation certification is designed for those seeking a profound personal transformation, professional meditation training, or the skills to support others through mindfulness and meditation practices.
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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.
What You Will Walk Away With
Upon completing this Professional Meditation Teacher Training course, you will develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to deliver engaging, informed, and transformative meditation classes. Learn how to communicate meditation practices effectively, integrate current research in mindfulness and wellbeing, and support individuals with diverse mental health and lifestyle needs.
Whether undertaken for personal growth or professional development, this comprehensive training provides a lifelong practice and the skills to share meditation with others. Meditation is an innovative lifestyle medicine for the 21st century, supporting greater mindfulness, resilience, emotional balance, and holistic wellbeing.
BIYOME’s Meditation Teacher Training courses provide a comprehensive pathway to becoming a qualified meditation teacher, with graduates eligible to apply for membership with the Meditation Association of Australia.
Upon successful completion of your BIYOME certification, you may be eligible to join this professional association, gaining recognition within the meditation teaching community and access to valuable professional benefits, networking opportunities, and ongoing development pathways.
Our meditation teacher training programs are designed to support ethical, knowledgeable, and confident teaching practices, preparing graduates to share meditation and mindfulness practices professionally within diverse wellbeing settings.
BIYOME’s 660-hour Meditation Teacher Training specifically allows you to become a proficient meditation teacher in 18-24 months. This course provides a pathway to provisional membership with Meditation Australia, with the opportunity to progress to full membership upon meeting the Association’s requirements.
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
- Specialty Intensive Training (CPD) of your choice
What You Will Experience
Six face-to-face specialty intensive training electives
Throughout the course, there is an essential face-to-face face component that incorporates training tailored to your course. (details below – The BIYOME Difference).
PLUS Foundational Content Provided Online
Additionally, throughout this course, foundational training in Meditation as Lifestyle Medicine is 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
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
A/PROF JAMES KIRBY
Compassion Science Researcher
Author & Clinical Psychologist
ANITA CASSIDY BOWMAN
Sound healing practitioner
>>Find out more about our faculty & staff
The BIYOME Difference
Selection of six (6) 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
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)
2027
CPD02 Evidence Informed Yoga Nidra (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)
CPD25 Vedic Meditation, Ayurvedic Psychology and Eastern Psychiatry (August 20-22, 2027)
2028
CPD04 Trauma Informed Meditation Teacher Training: Meditation Therapy for Brain, Biome & Genome (May 12-14, 2028)
CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round, monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 8 consecutive classes are part of the course)
CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing (April 28-30, 2028)
CPD25 Vedic Meditation, Ayurvedic Psychology and Eastern Psychiatry (August 4-6, 2028)
Detailed information on specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
Special Event
Sensorimotor Art Therapy: Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing, Yoga, & Meditation
- Date: March 10–13, 2028 (4 Days)
Location: Apollo Bay (Travel and accommodation not included)
Please email us if you’d like to include “Sensimotor Art Therapy” in your training.
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.
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Your 660MTT Training Requirements
- 80% face-to-face attendance
- Completion of six (6) Specialty Intensive Training Modules (CPD) and associated multiple-choice questions
- The submission of the multiple-choice questions within the online 660MTT content
- Three (3) 20-minute live (Zoom) meditation classes
- Daily Practice sheet – 18 months
Your 660MTT Investment
Full investment upfront $7,138 (until November 30, 2026).
Full investment upfront $7,438 (from December 1, 2026).
Payment options available on request.
* Access to the course materials is not offered without complete payment.
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
- 1Â 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