The Mindfulness Training Institute offers professional, yearlong teacher training courses. Co-founded and co-directed by two friends and world-renowned teachers, who have been studying and teaching the art of mindfulness for decades.
The MTI certified yearlong Teacher training is co-directed by Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward. You’ll study with these renowned teachers, each with decades of experience at leading retreat centres worldwide, authors of various books and founders of numerous mindfulness teaching organisations.
Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward provide trainees with the experiential learning, in-depth instruction and practical skills needed to teach with confidence and clarity. This training was one of the first to receive accreditation from the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA). Trainees are educated in both contemporary neuroscience research on mindfulness and its historical Buddhist context.
MTI is taking a sabbatical year from training in 2024-25.
The next US teacher training starts September 2025 in Berkeley California. Dates are: September 3rd – 6th, 2025, December 10th – 13th, 2025, March 4th – 7th, 2026 and June 17th – 20th, 2026.
The next EU teacher training starts September 2026. Dates are: September 17th – 20th, 2026, December 10th – 13th, 2026, March 17th – 20th, 2027 and July 7th – 10th, 2027.
Martin has practiced meditation intensively since the age of 19, spending 4 years in Asian monasteries and with Himalayan hermits. He has been teaching worldwide since 1999, leading retreats and courses in mindfulness, meditation, and inner freedom.
martinaylward.com
Mark has studied meditation since 1984 and is a senior meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and founder of Awake in the Wild, where he integrates mindfulness and nature. Mark leads mindfulness training in organizations and meditation retreats worldwide.
markcoleman.org