Graduate Certificate in Teaching Meditation

The Graduate Certificate in Teaching Meditation is accredited by the Meditation Association of Australia.

The Course fulfils the membership requirements for Meditation Australia.

Please note that individual applicants for Meditation Australia membership must verify that they have completed a minimum of two years of personal meditation practice.

The Graduate Certificate in Teaching Meditation consists of 72 points comprised of:

• DS8600C Meditation in the Christian Tradition
• DS9610C Applied Meditation
• DS9620C Meditation and Wholeness

Successful completion of an undergraduate degree, or an approved equivalent.

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Teaching Meditation:

1. have knowledge of the practice of meditation and lectio divina in the Christian tradition;

2. have knowledge of the relationship between spiritual and psychological factors, and methods for developing them as an integrated whole;

3. have capacity to critically engage with the Christian prayer tradition in relation to the contemporary context including other spiritual traditions and scientific perspectives;

4. apply and assess appropriate models of prayer and meditation in various pastoral contexts;

5. apply and reflect on the communication skills required to lead meditation in a range of contexts.