Non-Dual · Online
Two-year trans-lineage direct-path training covering Advaita Vedanta, Ch'an/Zen, Kashmir Shaivism, Taoism, Kabbalah, and Sufism. Twice-monthly live virtual cohort, monthly mentorship, three half-day retreats, and Year 2 practicum. Faculty includes Adyashanti, Loch Kelly, John Prendergast, Richard Miller, and Bill Plotkin.
Non-Dual Meditation Teacher Training is a meditation teacher training run by Purpose Guides Institute, based in Online. It sits in the Non-Dual tradition and is offered fully online. The program runs 2 years, and is priced at $2000-$7000. Non-dual teacher pathways draw on Advaita Vedanta, Zen and Chan, Kashmir Shaivism, Dzogchen, Christian and Sufi contemplative traditions, and modern direct-path teachers like Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta. They point to recognition of awareness itself rather than a method-based result. Purpose Guides Institute positions this training inside that lineage. The program does not list a major external accreditation body, so prospective students should weigh faculty depth and supervision structure rather than a credential alone. It is one of the directory's notable picks for this tradition. Practical detail matters here. Non-Dual Meditation Teacher Training is a meditation teacher training run by Purpose Guides Institute, based in Online draws students who want to teach in wellness, community, and small-group settings. OMP lists this program in its Meditation Teacher Training directory so practitioners can compare it on tradition, hours, format, and accreditation alongside several hundred other pathways. Source notes describe it as: Two-year trans-lineage direct-path training covering Advaita Vedanta, Ch'an/Zen, Kashmir Shaivism, Taoism, Kabbalah, and Sufism. Twice-monthly live virtual cohort, monthly mentorship, three half-day retreats, and Year 2 practicum. Faculty includes Adyashanti, Loch Kelly, John Prendergast, Richard Mi. Practice forms inside this tradition typically include self-inquiry, pointing-out instructions, open awareness, silent sitting, dialogue with a teacher, and reading of recognition-tradition texts. Students entering Non-Dual Meditation Teacher Training should expect to meet those forms in cohort sessions, in their own daily practice, and in supervised teaching with peers and faculty. Honest teacher trainings in this field share a few markers: a real practice requirement, a named faculty with verifiable lineage, supervised teaching of real students, and inquiry-based feedback. The directory entry above gives the structural facts; the school's own materials are the place to confirm faculty bios, the practicum format, and what graduates are authorized to teach.
Practice forms inside the curriculum follow the Non-Dual tradition. Students work with self-inquiry, pointing-out instructions, open awareness, silent sitting, dialogue with a teacher, and reading of recognition-tradition texts. Across 2 years, the cohort moves through foundational practice, teaching skills, and supervised practicum. Purpose Guides Institute structures the work around the standard arc for this tradition: deepening of personal practice, study of source materials, observation and co-teaching of groups, written reflection, and feedback from faculty. Where the program lists named modules, those appear in the school's own curriculum sheet; the directory does not invent module names that are not on the source page. Inquiry is central. In the Non-Dual tradition, the teacher's job is less to deliver content than to hold a frame inside which participants can notice their own experience. Most credible teacher trainings in this field weight inquiry skill heavily across the curriculum. Students should expect daily personal practice across the program, plus retreat or intensive components depending on the tradition. The school's onboarding materials list specific reading, recordings, and pre-program participation requirements.
Purpose Guides Institute delivers the training fully online over 2 years. The structure usually combines cohort sessions, individual practice, mentorship, and supervised teaching. In the Non-Dual tradition, the standard expectations are a daily personal sit, regular meetings with a mentor or supervisor, and either a silent retreat component or a residential intensive depending on the program. The online format relies on live video sessions, recorded practice, and dyad or small-group practicum work between sessions. Feedback comes through inquiry transcripts, recorded teaching, and direct observation by faculty.
Graduates earn the certificate issued by Purpose Guides Institute. The credential carries the weight of no major external accreditation, and graduates teach inside the scope the school authorizes. Graduates teach within the scope the program defines and within their own existing professional license where one applies.
Prerequisites lean toward established personal practice rather than coursework. Most credible programs in this lineage want substantial retreat experience, a relationship with a teacher, and a clear answer to why the applicant wants to teach.
Non-dual trainings sit outside the protocol-based mindfulness world entirely. They are evaluated on faculty depth and the realism of the practice arc, not on accreditation.
| Location | Online |
| Tradition | Non-Dual |
| Format | Online |
| Duration | 2 years |
| Estimated cost | $2000-$7000 |