Welcome to MTI

Our accredited mindfulness teacher training is a unique yearlong professional teacher training, combining transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity.

You will be part of a committed, focused group of like-minded individuals with whom you will receive skilled, guided direction and personalized instruction that will allow you to flourish as a mindfulness facilitator. Our yearlong teacher trainings utilize in-person teaching intensives, online learning, individualized guidance from the teachers and learning mentors and peer group support.

Who is this training for?

The course is aimed at people already working with mindfulness in their professional lives, or anybody wishing to do so, be it through teaching formal mindfulness courses or bringing mindfulness into other roles including in private practice, healthcare, business, education and many more. You’ll leant how to refine and deepen your own mindfulness meditation practice, infuse the element of mindfulness into your current profession and lead mindfulness classes and courses and work with clients 1-to-1.

What sets our training apart?

• IMTA accreditation (International Mindfulness Teachers Association)
• In-person trainings in both France and the US.
• Personalized support from Mark and Martin and your course mentor, as well as intimate training groups
• International network of 250+ mindfulness teachers
• Integration of Buddhist Psychology into a secular training

MTI Training Format

Our accredited mindfulness teacher training includes four in-person, intensive teaching modules, as well as online learning. Teachers and students meet for online tutorials, in geographic-based “pods” with fellow classmates, and one-on-one with assigned mentors, receiving ample support and guidance.

Experiential practice is a major element of the course, including: mindfulness of breath and body, mindfulness of emotions, mindfulness of the mind and mental processes, mindful communication, and mindful inquiry.

MTI Training Outcomes

With certification, teachers are empowered to teach mindfulness in a variety of formats and settings, including daylong trainings and 6-week SIT (introductory) mindfulness courses. Through training, students gain:

• A deep understanding of the key principles and practices of mindfulness
• Development and refinement of your own practice; personal enrichment
• Understanding of the historical context of contemporary mindfulness approaches
• Understanding of the latest neuro-science research on the powerful effects of mindfulness
• Pedagogy and practical skillset necessary to cultivating mindfulness in personal and professional life
• Expertise in helping others through the common obstacles of mindfulness meditation
• The ability to work effectively with diverse populations

Putting Mindfulness to Work

With our adaptable curriculum, our teachers are empowered to bring the power of mindfulness into a wide variety of industries and settings, from clinics, to classrooms, to retreat centers. Our graduates are introducing the ancient wisdom of mindfulness to the modern world in the realms of…

• Business: inspiring compassionate decision-making and leadership
• Healthcare: assisting providers in demanding positions
• Education: teaching the teachers, from kindergarten to university level
• At-Risk Populations: providing everyday tools to youth, the unhoused, veterans, and people in recovery
• Social Work and Activism: helping non-profit workers, social workers, social organizers through burnout
• Psychotherapy and Coaching: working 1-1 with clients interested in impleme nting mindfulness practice in their personal/professional lives

This has been an incredible year of growth for me. I have done many teacher trainings over the past decade for yoga, and I also lead and develop yoga teacher trainings. MTI is by far the best, most comprehensive training I have ever participated in. The training has dramatically increased my confidence and approach to teaching both mindfulness and yoga.
— Abbie M, US Training, 2018-2019