MMTCP Program Description & Attributes

Description

An advanced two-year professional training program for teaching awareness and compassion-based practices with two of the West’s most renowned and beloved teachers - Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. 

Skill development will cover not only a wide range of meditation practices and applications (such as managing pain and suffering, dealing with trauma, handling relationship problems and conflict) but also specific skills to give presentations, mentor individuals and facilitate group sessions with mindfulness learners.

Course Dates

February 2021 - February 2023

Certification

Upon completion of the program, I will be certified by: 

  • The Awareness Training Institute (Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach)

  • The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley

Components

  • Two years of in-depth study

  • Opening conference with Jack and Tara (online)

  • Live in-person closing conference with Jack & Tara (Washington D.C. area)

  • Individual and group mentoring with highly qualified mentors selected by Jack and Tara

  • Practice groups with peers

  • Online video and audio learning

  • Additional broadcasts with Tara, Jack, and guest faculty

  • Self-designed Practicum program

For complete details about the program, please click here. 

Prerequisites

  • Power of Awareness Course with Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach (a 7-week training in mindfulness and compassion)

  • 7-Day Silent Retreat in the vipassana/insight meditation tradition