THE BODY OF MEDITATION TEACHER TRAINING

One of the biggest challenges in meditation is working with the physical body.

For teachers, this challenge is doubled: we must learn to relate skillfully to our own bodies and help our students do the same.

This new Dharma Moon training explores the role of the body in both personal practice and teaching. You’ll learn how to recognize and respond to the physical experiences that arise—pain, tension, disconnection—and how to guide others through those moments with skill and care.

Here's why the body matters...

Many of us experience stress, anxiety, or physical tension without fully understanding its source. We carry unconscious stories about our bodies that can make it difficult to feel grounded. These same dynamics often arise for our students and can prevent them from settling into meditation.

By developing mindfulness of the body, we start to connect with its rhythms. We learn to relate to the body as a place of awareness, even when discomfort is present. This is the foundation of feeling “at home” in the body—a sense of groundedness that doesn’t depend on everything feeling pleasant or easy.

This course explores how to build that kind of relationship—not by avoiding pain, but by meeting it with skill, presence, and care. You’ll learn how to guide others into that same experience, helping them establish a more embodied and resilient practice.

Our habitual patterns often disrupt the body’s natural sense of ease. Mindfulness of the body helps interrupt these patterns and reconnect us to a more stable, moment-to-moment awareness. This work supports physical acceptance, emotional regulation, and psychological resilience—for both you and your students.