Vedic Meditation Teacher Training with Tom Cronin

This Vedic Meditation Teacher Training is a six-month meditation certification led by Tom Cronin, with a one-week residential rounding retreat at Sangsurya Retreat Centre near Byron Bay, New South Wales. It is designed for householders with an established Vedic Meditation practice who feel called to teach but cannot step away from careers and families for a three-month training in India. Places are limited to ten.

What to Expect

The training runs over six months and begins with learning to teach Vedic Meditation: the Vedic Initiation Puja ceremony, the four-session introductory course, how to give an introductory talk, and how to lead follow-up group meditation sessions. You will also learn the initial mantra and advanced mantras to pass on to students, how to teach an advanced mantra program, and study Vedic philosophy and Sanskrit in some depth. Alongside the practice instruction, business and brand modules begin early on.

The training also covers the work around teaching: creating and hosting your own retreats, facilitating corporate meditation and mindfulness programs, giving keynote talks on stress and meditation, and building a website and social media presence.

The centrepiece is a one-week rounding retreat in the mountains of the Byron Bay region. It begins on a Sunday at 3pm and ends the following Saturday at 1pm. Here you work with advanced Vedic rounding techniques, advanced pranayama, new morning yoga rituals and advanced Vedic philosophy, with the aim of clearing residual stress and preparing you to teach. You will also learn how to host a rounding retreat yourself. All successful applicants must attend the whole week.

Graduates receive a Vedic Meditation Teacher Certificate on successful completion. The training does not promise enlightenment, and you do not need to be enlightened to join.

A bonus membership in Zen Academy is part of the package: twelve modules on building a conscious, purpose-led business, from website and marketing to online programs, group coaching, retreats and writing a book, plus twelve weekly one-hour mentoring calls with Tom.

About Tom Cronin

Tom Cronin is a meditation teacher, transformation coach, keynote speaker and author based in Sydney. He spent 26 years in finance as a bond and swap broker, living with stress, anxiety, insomnia and panic attacks, before meditation and self-inquiry brought him clarity and a change of direction. He was initiated into Vedic Meditation by Thom Knoles in 1996 and completed the Exploring the Vedas and Mastering the Siddhis programs. He has also explored Zen Buddhism, Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism, and has attended retreats with teachers in Bali, Australia and India.

Tom has delivered corporate training for organizations including Amazon, Oracle, Harvard Business School and Qantas, and has spoken at events such as Wanderlust. He is the author of six books, the producer of the documentary film The Portal, and founder of The Stillness Project, which aims to inspire one billion people to sit in stillness daily.

The Setting

The rounding retreat takes place at Sangsurya Retreat Centre in the mountains of the Byron Bay region. Food and accommodation are provided for the full week.

Before You Go

Candidates should have an established personal practice of Vedic Meditation. Prerequisites are reviewed on an introductory call with Tom before enrollment. The training is taught in English.

Included are meals and accommodation during the retreat week, the certificate, Zen Academy membership, unlimited WhatsApp access to Tom as your mentor, and three monthly follow-up support calls after the course. You also receive a gold-plated puja kit, Vedic mala beads sourced in Rishikesh, and large and small versions of the Holy Tradition print.

Travel to and from the retreat centre is not included, nor are accommodation and meals outside the retreat week.