MTI Certified Mindfulness Teacher Training Program with Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward
Accredited by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA)
Mark Coleman
Martin Aylward
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.
Download our Mindfulness Teacher Training Prospectus
Find out more about the US Teacher Training Course 2025-2026
Acceptance to the course is by application only.
Training Dates in Berkeley, California
Module 1: 3-6 September, 2025
Module 2: 10-13 December, 2025
Module 3: 4-7 March, 2026
Module 4: 17-20 June, 2026