TEACH 10
Would you like to confidently share mindfulness sessions with others?
Next course starts on Monday 20th February 2023. Limited places available, so sign up quick!
The Teach 10 Programme is an 8-week online course which will give you the essential knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver your own meditation and mindfulness sessions and provide you with accreditation as a 10 of Zen mindfulness teacher. It is led by me - 10 of Zen owner - Lou Barton.
The course is worth 30 hours of CPD (approved by the UK & International Health Coach Association) and the course is also fully accredited by The Complimentary Medical Association.
This course is designed to help you support those that feel short on time but know they need to up their 'me time' and self-care. All of the tools and meditations you will learn to teach are just 2-10 minutes long – mindfulness without overwhelm!
If you want to support people to…
Slow down, let go and feel less stressed and overwhelmed
Be kinder to themselves
Better manage big emotions like tiredness, anger and guilt
Improve mood
Build resilience and capacity to cope with challenges
….Teach 10 is the course for you!
Keen but not ready to book? Ping me a message with any questions and then I’ll keep in touch with the details of future offers and courses.
“It was all fantastic - hugely enjoyable, motivating, informative and easy to access from my home and around the children.”
Course at a glance…
On completion of this course you will be able to guide and lead 10-minute guided mindful meditations and shorter 2-4 minute mindfulness exercises.
You will also have the knowledge, confidence, lesson plans and scripts to be able to deliver a 6-week mindfulness programme to your clients covering off the main theory as well as guided practical sessions to introduce the main themes of mindfulness as well as how to practice it.
On completion of this course you will be able to:
1. Confidently blend meditation and mindfulness into your work with clients.
2. Confidently lead 15 x 10 minute guided mindful meditations.
3. Confidently lead 25 x 2-4 minute mindfulness exercises.
4. Teach the main principles of mindfulness and how to practice it.
5. Provide information around the key theory and themes of meditation including understanding the breath, our thoughts, the modes of the mind, self-compassion, navigating emotions, how we relate to stress, choosing acceptance or action, and habit formation.
6. Answer frequently asked questions around the topic of mindfulness, meditation and making it a habit.
7. Deliver a 6-week mindfulness programme blending classic mindfulness and simple compassion tools with a dash of positive psychology and stress reduction techniques. You will have the knowledge, confidence, lesson plans and scripts for this. You can choose how to use this; in your 1-2-1 coaching sessions, as a group programme, a digital on-demand online course or even a mindfulness challenge.
Take a look at the week-by-week course outline here
Everyone completing the course will feel confident, ready and equipped to share meditations and micro-mindfulness exercises with others. How?
Practice – the course provides loads of opportunities for you to practice the art of leading meditations and mindfulness exercises, helping you to explore your voice, build your confidence and ditch your inhibitions.
Knowledge - we will provide you with a core foundation of knowledge about mindfulness so you can understand the theory and easily pass it on.
Ace content – we will teach you 15 meditations around the themes of awareness, kindness, and emotions - tailored to help support us in navigating our hectic modern-day lifestyles and the things we most need support with such as stress, tough feelings, tiredness, overwhelm and guilt. You will get 25 micro zen mindfulness exercises to teach too.
Scripts & Slides – you will receive your own copy of scripts for the fifteen 10 of zen meditations and 25 micro-zen exercises, so you have everything you need to go on to lead your own sessions with your clients.
Lesson plan & programme guide – we will give you a lesson plan for how best to share mindfulness sessions with your clients. We will also share a suggested lesson plan and mapped out content for a 6 week stand alone mindfulness programme. You can choose how to use this; as 1-2-1 coaching sessions, as a group programme, a digital online course or even a mindfulness challenge.
Style guide & FAQs – over the course of the programme, you will be taught how to answer frequently asked question and top tips for how to lead meditations and mindfulness exercises.
Accreditation - Once the course is complete, you will become a certified 10 of Zen mindfulness teacher. The course is worth 30 hours of CPD (accredited by the UK Health Coach Association) and the course is also fully accredited by The Complimentary Medical Association.
“The follow-up recordings are so helpful, alongside all of the resources and scripts. It’s such a comprehensive programme.”
So how does it work?
The Teach 10 programme runs for 8 weeks and the course includes:
One weekly live session: Monday evenings from 8.00-9.30pm via Zoom. These sessions are recorded for you to catch up in case you can’t attend a session. Take a look at the week-by-week course programme here.
Regular co-coaching: In between sessions you have the opportunity to be paired with another Teach 10 candidate so you can practice your meditations over the phone in your own time together. Alternatively you can choose to practice on a friend or family member instead.
1-2-1 sessions: The course completes with a compulsory 1-2-1 online session with me where you practice your meditations. Half way through the course you can also book a mid-term session with me - ideal for trouble-shooting or extra zen practice.
“I didn’t anticipate how much this would help me to develop my own mindfulness practice. What I learnt radiated out into the rest of my week - a very welcome side effect!”
What do I get as a 10 of zen teacher?
When you have completed the course and your final 1-2-1 session with me, you will be given accreditation as a 10 of zen mindfulness teacher. The course is fully accredited by The Complimentary Medical Association. You will get a certificate and a 10 of zen teacher logo to use on your own materials. The course is also worth 30 CPD hours (UKHCA). You will also be provided with the 15 meditation scripts, 25 mini mindfulness scripts, lesson plans and a 6 week programme plan so that you can go on to teach your own sessions. You will also be given access to ongoing support from me as well as wider teaching opportunities through the zen squad.
Am I suitable for the course?
Teach 10 is ideal for anyone who works specifically with mums, including yoga or pilates teachers, doulas, health visitors, health coaches, life coaches, personal trainers, midwives, breastfeeding consultants, therapists, baby massage practitioners, nutritionists, sleep coaches, psychologists, perinatal teachers and mental health providers.
I do also accept people who work with wider groups and are not mums themselves. I prefer that all candidates have some personal experience of meditation or mindfulness, however this is not a pre-requisite for taking part in the programme. I welcome all questions so please don’t hesitate to contact me.
How much does it cost?
The 8-week programme (including the scripts and lesson plans for your own 6-week course) is £450. The places are limited so to secure a place I ask that you either make the payment in full here or you can sign up to pay across three monthly instalments here, 6 monthly instalments here or 12 instalments here.
What is 10 of Zen?
Life is messy and marvellous. Learning to quit the chaos for ten minutes can make a massive difference. So that's why I’m here - to help you learn how to take 10 of Zen so you can stress less and love more.
Mindfulness doesn’t have to take a long time to be effective…that’s why I teach 2-3 minute mindfulness tools and 10 minute meditations…this is mindfulness that is accessible and comes without the overwhelm.
Stress less
Normally, mental and physical stress cause increased levels of stress hormones - cortisol and adrenaline. This produces many of the harmful effects of stress and can disrupt sleep, promote depression and anxiety, increase blood pressure and contribute to fatigue and cloudy thinking. In countless studies mindfulness-based training has shown to significantly reduce the body's stress response.
Love more
Being kind to yourself and others increases the hormone oxytocin ('the cuddle chemical' which makes us feel happy when we're close to loved ones). But what's even better is that oxytocin has a cardioprotective effect - it reduces blood pressure, acts as an antioxidant and also speeds up wound healing. This is the scientific reason I focus on the 'love stuff' because it has such positive effects on the body, heart and mind.
Keen but not ready to sign up yet?
Keen but not ready to book? No problem at all. Just ping me a message below with any questions and I can keep you in touch with course details and any future offers coming up.