Meditation Teacher Training

Autumn 2026

01
Physical
Health

02
Mental Health &
Relationships

03
Immersive
Practice

04
Authentic
Tradition

05
Career & Culture
Integration

*This training can be taken online or in-person in New York City.

We’ve been doing this for 30 years. This year, we upgraded our curriculum to provide an immersive eight-week transformative deep-dive into authentic wellness practices from Ancient Tibet and India.

Our Story

Core Curriculum

01. Physical Health

Any teacher must first be a practitioner. Learn how to manage your diet, exercise, sleep, and posture to develop a deep and profound meditation practice and enrich your spiritual life.

04. Authentic Tradition

Authentic Tibetan Buddhist transmissions with modern applications are Three Jewels’ specialty. Students will learn traditional meditation instructions and practices, in addition to traditional advices and texts on the path to Enlightenment in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

02. Mental Health & Relationships

Good practice creates and supports relationship healing and growth, as well as resilience and joy. Learn how to manage difficult life transitions and difficult people with grace, without letting it dim your joy.

05. Career & Culture Integration

Trainees learn how to share their meditation practice in a relatable way. They will learn from industry experts: how to succeed in the wellness industry, utilizing social media as a tool, how to integrate their practice into any career, and how to deliver a public speech. The training culminates when trainees deliver short speeches about meditation.

03. Immersive Practice

Trainees practice meditation and yoga daily. On the weekends, expert instructors will guide yoga and meditation practice. The training culminates in a half-day silent retreat.

Meet Last Year’s Trainees

Each year trainees prepare and deliver a short Ted Talk-style “Med Talk” to talk about the power of meditation based on their experience in training and their experience in life.

They’re often extremely powerful, and extremely personal. We’ve got 9 years of them archived on YouTube.

Watch Now

Special Topics

Subtle Body System

  • Learn how layers of the subtle body and consciousness affect meditation in the yogic tradition

  • Identify and utilize the 9 koshas to deepen meditation

  • Learn how the body, breath, nutrition, our environment and our karma affect our lives and how they work together to create pain, pleasure, or freedom

Traditional Silent Retreat

  • Learn how to do a traditional silent solitary meditation retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition

  • Understand the role of silent meditation retreat in a lifetime practice: how to know you’re ready, when to plan a retreat, etc.

  • Diet, exercise, sleep and how to choose a practice

  • Complete a half-day meditation retreat

Sleep Module

  • Learn how to speak in public in an effective inspiring way

  • Learn how to manage imposter syndrome and stage fright

  • Discover how to prepare your thoughts and present them in a relatable way

  • Cultivate authenticity in your teaching style

Careers in Wellness

  • Learn from career yoga teachers, meditation guides, coaches and studio owners what it means to make the transition to the wellness industry.

9 Stages of Meditation

  • Learn the 9 stages of progress to the deepest states of meditation known to man

  • Learn how to progress through these stages of meditation

  • Learn common problems and solutions that present themselves at each stage

Unconditional Love

  • Learn what unconditional love actually is and how to develop it

  • Learn what makes unconditional love linked to unconditional joy

  • Identify where you’re at on your progress towards love, and how to open your heart using traditional Tibetan Buddhist methods

Diet of a Meditator

  • Understand when students become qualified to teach

  • Learn what is needed to make wellness am effective career

  • Explore content development , pay, logistics, client relationships, student relationships

  • Learn how teaching impacts your personal practice

Career Integration

  • Learn from folks with high powered, creative careers and active lives how to synthesize deep spiritual practice into their day-to-day.

Death Awareness

  • Learn Traditional Tibetan Buddhist approach to death

  • Learn how to prepare for your death using meditation

  • Learn perspectives on death that allow you to see death in a new way

Working with Families & Children

  • Practice teaching with regular feedback from peers and trainers

  • Learn the ethics that make a meditator

  • Begin to practice ethics that make a meditator in community

Working with Families & Children

  • Learn how to conduct a wellness workshop event for families and children

  • Meditation for parents, children or the entire family

  • Yoga asana exercises for parents, children or the entire family

In collaboration with BEEM.

Curriculum Expanded

Meditation

  • Build a regular meditation practice

  • Learn key meditation concepts

  • Learn to guide meditation effectively using traditional meditation techniques

  • Track practice progress, including states of mind, and development of compassion and wisdom

Posture & Breath

  • Learn the 8-Point Posture of Vairochana, a traditional meditation posture

  • Learn how to adjust this traditional meditation posture when it is not possible for students

  • Learn basic mechanics of the breath and supportive breathing

  • Learn how the breath can be utilized and trained for deep states of meditation

Public Speaking

  • Learn how to speak in public in an effective inspiring way

  • Learn how to manage imposter syndrome and stage fright

  • Discover how to prepare your thoughts and present them in a relatable way

  • Cultivate authenticity in your teaching style

Yoga

  • Yoga classes before every session

  • Learn how to condition the body while training the mind

  • Improve strength, flexibility and overall health using traditional yoga systems

  • Learn classical yoga sequences

Class Structure

  • Learn how to structure an effective meditation class

  • Understand and apply key elements to include in a class structure

  • Learn how to create a powerful class experience for any audience

Career Teaching

  • Understand when students become qualified to teach

  • Learn what is needed to make wellness am effective career

  • Explore content development , pay, logistics, client relationships, student relationships

  • Learn how teaching impacts your personal practice

Tibetan Buddhism

  • Learn the true purpose of meditation and how it functions to bring one to Enlightenment

  • Learn the laws of karma and investigate your reality

  • Learn key Tibetan and Sanskrit phrases that support philosophical inquiry into meditation and understanding of key teachings

Professionalism

  • Practice teaching with regular feedback from peers and trainers

  • Learn the ethics that make a meditator

  • Begin to practice ethics that make a meditator in community

Social Media

  • Learn how to identify and refine your personal style of meditation guidance with confidence

  • Discuss how to represent your teaching on social media

  • Learn how to connect with audiences in a relatable digestible way that is authentic to you

Schedule

October 2-November 22, 2026

Fri 12:00-3:00p or 6:00-9:00pm EST, Sat/Sun 9am - 5:30pm EST

Trainers

Hector Marcel

Master Teacher, Board President

Hector Marcel has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism for over 25 years. He is a passionate organizational change management consultant helping executives drive transformational change in their organizations through an emphasis on culture, people, and service. He is a master teacher of meditation and Eastern philosophy, linking ancient Asian ideas to modern western systems for individuals and teams.

Hector serves on the board of the Asian Classics Institute, he is the director of the 108 Lives Project and is the president of Three Jewels. He believes that meditation opens the door to every personal achievement. Hector is treasured by his students for his immense kindness, humor, and generous wisdom.

IG: @wakeupist

Dharma Teacher

Supriya Jain

Supriya Jain (she/her)is a strategist at an EdTech startup, and discovered Three Jewels on a lunch break. She has since become a daily meditator, curious yogi, and dedicated dharma practitioner. Supriya has 400 hours of meditation and yoga asana teacher training with Three Jewels, and over 500 hours of yoga asana & acupressure training with Rose Erin Vaughan. She has also completed a rigorous study of the 18 Foundational Buddhist Courses as offered through the Asian Classic Institute, which parallels the basic core of information that a Geshe (Doctor of Theology) learns at Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Supriya has volunteered on the Three Jewels Leadership team since 2018. She is currently Director of Dharma, and oversees production of all Dharma courses. Her motivation is to help others find the discipline and depthless joy of a spiritual practice that delivers extra-ordinary results. She is indebted to Three Jewels for revealing her teachers.

IG: @suprecious

Reserve Your Spot

Training tuition is $3,200

Payment plan options are also available:
Option 1: Use Afterpay at checkout for 4 installments of $800.
Option 2: Complete a deposit below of $500 before September 19th and 50% remaining tuition by October 1 and 50% remaining tuition by October 31st.

Once your tuition is submitted, you will be contacted to submit an application and complete an interview. Deposit and tuition are non-refundable unless your application to the training is not accepted.

Deadline is September 19, 2026.

Scholarships will be announced in August, 2026.

Meditation Teacher Training Deposit ($500) Meditation Teacher Training Deposit ($500)
Meditation Teacher Training Deposit ($500)
$500.00

Nonrefundable and nontransferrable.

If you are not accepted in the training, you will be refunded your deposit.

Meditation Teacher Training Full Tuition ($3200) Meditation Teacher Training Full Tuition ($3200)
Meditation Teacher Training Full Tuition ($3200)
$3,200.00

Full tuition payment: $3200.

If you are not accepted in the training, you will be refunded.

Requirements & Certifications

Beginners are welcome to participate in this training, but it is expected that they sample at least 1 class with the lead trainer prior to commitment. Practice requirements, community involvement and home study will link the weekends together, giving students the opportunity to apply lessons to real life throughout the training. Students will be required to complete written homework and required reading of ancient and modern texts through the training. It is expected that students will maintain a regular meditation practice and a daily meditation journal. Students are responsible for purchasing books and supplies.

Upon completion of the training, you will receive a teaching certificate from Three Jewels. We do not guarantee employment upon graduating.

If you have any questions about the training, please email trainings@threejewels.org