Becoming the Guide: 3 Essentials of Teaching Meditation - by Jessica Crow

COURSE

Becoming the Guide: 3 Essentials of Teaching Meditation

With Jessica Crow

Learn the 3 essential ingredients to becoming a great meditation teacher and guide. In this mini-course we'll talk about why your own personal practice is so important and the ways that it informs your teaching, how to learn to love your own voice and how finding your authentic voice empowers you to guide others, and we'll discuss the most important elements in creating an effective meditation class or workshop.

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Meet your Teacher

Jessica Crow
New York, NY, USA

Jessica Crow has taught meditation, mindfulness and yoga to individuals and groups in NYC and around the world for over a decade. She’s trained and mentored hundreds of teachers and therapists in that time and is now leading a new generation of guides in the online CNTRD Meditation Teacher Training and Yoga Nidra Training. She hosts live virtual weekly classes and offers private mentorship sessions for budding teachers or seekers. Her book 'The Power of Guided Meditation' was released in 2021.

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4 Days

493 students

4.7 stars

12 min / day

Leadership

English

Lesson 1

The Hidden Gems in Your Personal Practice

Leading others in meditation can be inspiring and fulfilling. It's also not a responsibility that should be taken lightly. A teacher must care for themselves with the same tools they’re teaching others so they can set a healthy example and offer their teachings from a place of compassion and grace. But there are more reasons for making your personal practice non-negotiable if you want to be a great meditation guide…

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Lesson 2

Finding and Loving Your Authentic Voice

The voice is such an important factor when verbally guiding others in meditative practices.It has the power to relax and calm, to encourage focus and clarity, and its own unique vibration will inevitably attract the right students and seekers to you. And yet so many people don’t like the sound of their own voice and don’t feel confident speaking in front of others. There are lots of ways to sweeten and tone your voice using specific exercises and practicing finding your many different voices. And when we learn to accept and even love our authentic voice, it will become our sounding board for students who are ready to trust and dive into their own inner exploration..

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Lesson 3

Effectively Guiding Others: The Essentials

Multiple elements are woven together to create and lead a truly effective meditation class— things like our own self-knowledge and our knowledge of different practices on our own body and mind, how much we understand about the history and scientific benefits of different practices, our intention and desire for our students, our ability to asses or intuit student's needs before and during a lesson— and so much more! So how do we begin to piece it all together into a beautiful heart-centered offering?

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Lesson 4

Closing Thoughts

Meditation is an ancient science and art of self-discovery with myriad methods and applications in the modern world. It's also one of the fastest growing markets in the world that directly addresses mental health. To get started developing your skills as a meditation teacher it's best to focus on the essentials first. Let's recap…

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4.7 (16)

Recent Reviews

Megan

January 1, 2026

Wonderful course, thank you so much! My favorite bit was the techniques for sweetening and warming up the voice. I'm an IT teacher and will definitely incorporate these tools into my work 💛🙏✨️

Michelle

November 24, 2024

Thank you for this informative and inspirational course. I really enjoyed it.🙏

Nada

March 11, 2023

Thank you I did learn from you. Namaste 🙏🏻😘

Bronwyn

March 10, 2023

Loved it!

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