Meditation, Compassion, and the Science of Transformation // Teacher Training

A course in developing love and compassion through practice, study, and evidence-based insight.

This course offers practical training in meditation techniques designed to cultivate love and compassion — toward yourself and others. Drawing from classical Buddhist sources and modern science, it’s an opportunity to develop emotional resilience, mental clarity, and a more grounded sense of inner and outer connection in daily life.

You’ll be introduced to time-tested practices from the Theravāda and Tibetan traditions, while also learning how these techniques are supported by contemporary research in neuroscience, psychology, and physiology. You will thus be able to explain, connect to and teach the practices both from a spiritual, and scientific perspective.

You will receive an e-book with weekly readings – both from traditional texts and excerpts of scientific studies, in addition to a practical workbook wherein you can journal your practice and reflect upon your own interpretations and progress.

Over the past two decades, scientific studies have consistently shown that compassion-based meditation practices are linked to a range of mental and physiological benefits:

These are not vague benefits — they’re results being observed in clinical trials, therapeutic contexts, and neuroscience labs around the world. In this course, we will examine and discuss these studies in order to understand the biological and neurological effects of cultivating compassion.

A meeting point between tradition and science:
This course brings together rigorous spiritual training and contemporary insight. Participants will study foundational texts — including the Metta Sutta, the Visuddhimagga, and the Seven Point Mind Training — not as distant relics, but as practical frameworks for working with the mind and heart here and now – backed by the research that is included in the study material.

Whether you’re new to meditation or experienced in practice, this course offers a structured approach to cultivating love and compassion with clarity and depth.

Certification Path:
For those interested in sharing these practices with others, completion of this course can serve as a foundation for certification. Participants who complete all course requirements — including practice hours, study components, and peer engagement — will be eligible to receive a certificate of completion and begin guiding others in compassion-based meditation.

This track is ideal for yoga teachers, therapists, coaches, educators, and anyone looking to integrate compassion practices into their professional or community work. Further mentorship and advanced training options will also be available for those wishing to deepen their teaching.

If you’re looking for a serious, grounded training in compassion — rooted in both ancient wisdom and modern science — this course is for you.

Upon signing up for this course, you will receive an e-book with the different core texts, practices and studies we will employ as the foundation for this program.

The classes will be given online, via zoom. All recordings will be made available for participants to revisit at any time.