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Mindfulness Teacher Training

2025 – 2026 US-Based Mindfulness Teacher Training

Led by Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward
Based in Berkeley, California

This unique yearlong professional teacher training combines transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity. You will be part of a committed, focused group of like-minded individuals with whom you will receive skilled, guided direction and personalized instruction that will allow you to flourish as a mindfulness facilitator. Our yearlong teacher trainings utilize in-person teaching intensives, online learning, individualized guidance from the teachers and learning mentors and peer group support.

A Field Guide to Nature Meditation: Available in Print, Audio & Kindle

“From the simplest feeling of a gentle breeze to the great mysteries of life and death, Mark Coleman guides us into an ever-deepening appreciation and understanding of the world around us. A jewel of a book, and highly recommended.”
—Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

A Field Guide to Nature Meditation
Awake in the Wild March Daylong

is a contemplative one day in southern Marin, where we will meditate outdoors and open to the joy, beauty and tranquility of the natural world.

Make Peace With Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Help Free You From the Inner Critic

If you wish to be free from the influence of the inner critic, this workshop at Esalen offers tried-and-tested methods for overcoming the challenges of self-judgment.

Natural Radiance

is a daylong retreat to cultivate awareness through mindfulness meditations, and develop a compassionate orientation through heart-opening practices.

4 Month Awake in the Wild Immersion Meditation Program

is a meditation program where you will immerse in the beautiful landscapes of Spirit Rock while cultivating a receptive, embodied mindful attention.

MARK IS AVAILABLE FOR ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING OR CONSULTING WITH YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION. TO DISCUSS OPTIONS, RATES, AND TIMES CONTACT MARK.