30-Hour Meditation Teacher Training and Activations

This 30-hour meditation teacher training takes place over four days at Trilogy Sanctuary in La Jolla, California, and is open to beginning meditators and experienced practitioners alike. It is led by Keith Donohue, who has spent nearly 20 years in meditation and wellness, and it brings together a visiting faculty of yoga, breathwork, reiki and sound healing teachers. The focus is a five-part signature meditation method, with practical tools for guiding others through meditation in classes, workshops and other settings.

What to Expect

The training moves from evening sessions into two long immersive days. The first two evenings run from 5:30 pm to 9 pm. Thursday opens with a circle and foundational meditation instruction, and Friday deepens the practice and introduces the modalities and faculty. Saturday runs from 7 am to 4 pm, beginning at Jolla Shores, with intensive practice, instruction across several modalities, and group work. Sunday starts at 4 am and ends at 4 pm, a retreat-style day of advanced practice, personal inquiry, a closing circle and ceremonial integration.

The core of the course is a five-part method: grounding with breath, body scan, spatial awareness, heart-brain coherence, and integration in savasana. Around it you study vipassana-inspired body scanning, loving-kindness (metta), chakra balancing, quantum manifestation meditation and pineal gland activation. Faculty modules cover restorative yoga, yoga nidra, sound healing, reiki, breathwork, somatic movement, mobility, quantum healing, and live vocals and music. You also receive guidance on group facilitation and class sequencing.

Past participants describe the room as held and safe, a place to go deeper and process emotion. The group is capped at 50, and the last training sold out months ahead.

About Keith Donohue

Keith founded kevala, a sustainable yoga apparel company whose proceeds benefit non-profits. After careers in professional soccer, online marketing and lululemon athletica, he created 50Give, a cross-country tour of volunteering at nonprofits in all fifty states, Canada, D.C. and Mexico. He has taught meditation for more than 18 years and has trained in vipassana in the S.N. Goenka tradition, with Tara Brach, in Dr. Joe Dispenza's advanced retreats, and in breathwork, yoga nidra, restorative yoga and a 200-hour yoga teacher training. He is currently taking part in the 160-hour SOMA training with Dr. Deborah Norris, and has served as Grand Magician at Trilogy Sanctuary. Love as the baseline for teaching is the principle he returns to.

About Kristi Kuttner

Kristi Kuttner, who teaches the yoga nidra module, is a yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki Master and somatic guide based in southern California. She holds a 500-hour yoga teacher training completed with Uplifted Yoga, and her work centers on Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, sound healing and reiki. She describes her intention as offering "intentional liberating rest," in spaces shaped by safety and nervous system care.

The Setting

The training is held at Trilogy Sanctuary in La Jolla, with Saturday's session starting at Jolla Shores, the beach area on the San Diego coast. Trilogy also hosts free weekly guided meditations in its Moon Room, on Mondays and Wednesdays, which students can attend.

Before You Go

No prior experience is required, and a personal practice is helpful but not necessary. Faculty are trained to work with a range of nervous systems, including those affected by trauma or anxiety. The training is taught in English. Meals, lodging, workbooks and materials, ongoing mentorship and any certification examination fees are not included. All sales are final.