A TWO-YEAR ONLINE PROGRAM

Meditation Teacher Training

Reinforce your own learning, teach others, and help create a wiser world. Built upon The Mind Illuminated, delivered by certified TMI teachers.

Culadasa The Mind Illuminated (TMI)

Culadasa’s contribution to our understanding of meditation has been profound. That’s why we’ve built our meditation teacher training around it.

In The Mind Illuminated, Culadasa builds upon the nine-stage model of meditation originally articulated by the ancient Indian sage Asanga.

The result? A clear, practical, 10-stage model for your entire meditative journey. Combining Buddhist teachings with cognitive psychology and neuroscience, TMI is the definitive, modern meditation guide. Join us in this unique meditation teacher training to be part of this lineage.

What you'll learn in this course

  • Tap into a wealth of knowledge.

    Deep understanding of the TMI methodology, facilitated by three TMI accredited teachers.

  • Join a community of learners.

    Dhamma and meditation teacher experience, with support and feedback to help you grow.

  • Practical discussions on bringing your Dhamma practice into every facet of your life.

  • Establish mindfulness as a way of life.

    Mentorship to develop your own practice and Awakening.

  • Supplemental material not found in TMI, from a melting pot of lineages.

    Supplemental material not found in TMI, from a melting pot of lineages.

  • To be part of a Sangha, a helpful and connected learning community.

  • Personalised, small group mentoring sessions to facilitate your progress.

  • A discounted price for other courses delivered by your teachers!

  • Certification upon completion of the course, to begin teaching.

Meet Your Teachers

  • Li-Anne Tang, Ph.D.

    Teacher Trainer and Mentor

    - Expert in Theravada (Burmese and Thai) and Zen (Japanese and Vietnamese) Buddhism.

    - Author, PhD in neuropsychiatry, mindfulness teacher.

    - 40+ years of meditation experience, 20+ years as a Dhamma teacher.

  • Eric L

    Teacher Trainer and Mentor

    - Expert in Korean Zen, Theravada and Tibetan Kagyu practices.

    - Decades of meditation experience.

    - 1000+ happy students over 12 years of teaching spirituality

  • Andrew Sherbrooke

    Teacher Trainer

    - Expertise in Zen, Burmese Theravada, Tibetan and Hindu practices

    - Father, software developer, musician

    - 40 years of meditation experience, 6 years of "meditation coaching and debugging"

2023-2024 Teacher Trainee Testimonials

“The combination of studying TMI, along with broadening into the context and traditions that informed the book and Culadasa’s approach, gave this course a robustness that made it feel so much more than I was expecting.
I also think the teachers are an exceptional team, each bringing perspectives that are at once different while also being complementary. That’s a very difficult balance to create, and you all have it.”
— Nic Maisano

  • "I appreciate Andrew's almost encyclopedic knowledge, and his precision and adherence to Culadasa's exact words. I don't know what his note taking system is, but I bet it's amazing. Being able to ground our conversations in specific things Culadasa has said - and then expand on those words - gives the training a sense of being true to Culadasa's intentions, while also being open and free to explore the broader terrain of this work. That wouldn't be possible without Andrew's presence, and the way his mind works."

  • "Eric's knowledge and detail about all the various techniques, is exceptional. His ability to pull on sutta's, concepts, frameworks, practices, teachers, traditions at the drop of a hat made this program so much more than I thought it was going to be. I went into it thinking it was going to be a TMI Meditation Teacher Training, and it became a Meditation Teacher Training, with some TMI - which I think is much better."

  • "I think Li-Anne exhibits many of the same things that Eric does, but she adds the ability to tune into the experience of the individual practitioner and identify the specific practice or insight that might be useful for that individual at that precise moment. Her ability to listen in to the thoughts and mind-system of a student, and then to connect it with a practice is profoundly valuable."

What You Need to Know

  • The TMI Meditation Teacher-Training is conducted like a graduate-level program of Culadasa’s The Mind Illuminated. This occurs through twice-monthly, 2 hour sessions over Zoom that will be recorded. We expect all students to actively participate in these sessions, where we explore the entire book in detail over the two years.

  • An extensive range of supplementary practices from other Buddhist and spiritual traditions are offered in smaller group mentoring sessions, one year with Eric and one year with Li-Anne. The aim of these mentoring sessions is to help you deepen your practice and awaken to the Dhamma.

    Eric’s sessions include 4 months of intensive practices, as well as additional readings for the rest of the year.

    Li-Anne’s sessions include group mentoring (twice monthly, 90 minutes) as well as regular, individualised check-ins.

  • There will be opportunities for self-retreats, teaching practice and supporting your fellow teacher-trainees during the two years we spend together.

  • The cost of the two-year program is 5400 USD (Early Bird 4800 USD if paid in full before the end of 2024).

The next TMI meditation teacher training begins in 2025