Certified Teen Meditation Teacher
Ready to begin a new career or add to your current skill set to help teens overcome stress and become all they were meant to be? Now is the time!
This course will train you, in an easy and fun way, to set up your own classes for teen meditation or to add to your current class offerings. You will learn how to lead teen meditations classes successfully as well as creating your own meditations (full length meditations are given as well to help you begin).
If you’re ready to make a difference in the lives of teens by sharing profound truths with them about the creative powers they hold within, the power of thought, and how they can manage stress and raise their self-esteem, this is the course created especially you!
Introduction into Meditation and the Mind
What is meditation exactly? What different types are there and how does it benefit me and my students?
In this concise video, we will learn why guided meditation is a great way for teens to start working with meditation.
In this segment, we will learn about The Relaxation Response and how subconscious patterns development from childhood.
In this video, we will learn about the subconscious mind and how modern medicine is promoting meditation to help patients today.
Meditation and You as a teacher
Do you think it is important for teachers themselves to keep up their own meditation practice? Let's find out!
Why is it important that we meditate and nourish that inner connection?
Many teens suffer from low self-esteem and emotional management issues - meditation can help!
Learn which position, if any, is best in the classroom and what to expect from your teen students.
Understanding Guided Meditation for Teens
Learn the three components of a good meditation and what results if you skip one.
Pay close attention to the three parts in this meditation script. It is not long but you will clearly see the components and transitions.
What is guided imagery and how do you use it?
Details of what to include in your guided meditations and discussion of specific uses of various add-ons to your meditations.
More about the Fight or Flight and the Relaxation Response as well as getting ready to embark on learning our techniques.
Learn about Pranayama - or deep belly breathing
This short and easy-to-use script quickly relaxes your listener so you can move on into the intent or 'work" if your guided meditation.
Here you will quickly learn a few more styles of breathing that are easy to teach in the classroom.
Read the Rainbow Relaxation Script in a calm, soothing voice. It's a great introduction to any of your teen meditations.
This pdf file link will give you exact wording to induce relaxation during the relaxation component with progressive muscle relaxation. It is extremely easy to learn and use in the classroom. It can also be taught to teen for them to use at home by themselves.
In this video you will learn how to use your unique voice to guide a teen meditation.
An intro leading up to the variations of the first component in a guided meditation - relaxation.
This full version audio of one of my teen meditations will help teach you through active listening for the three components of a good meditation and how I use my own voice to captivate my listeners and bring them into a relaxed focused state of mind.
Section 3 quiz
Teaching Teens Beyond Guided Meditation
How to teach teens about energy and other possible topics from your own experience
In this video, you will learn how to present the idea that thoughts matter. I present it exactly as I teach it in classes.
In this video, you will be given an example class format of how to teach self-acceptance to teens.
This video sets forth ideas on how to set up your classroom space.
