meditation
teacher training

To integrate the practice of meditation into the professional, educational, therapeutic and community contexts in which we move. This course offers a practical and creative approach that delves into the roots of meditation and its expression across world cultures, enabling us to cultivate the resources needed to create a unique practice—one that adapts to the situations and groups we facilitate, unites imagination with deep sensitivity, embraces the body, fosters radical listening, nurtures presence and invites connection.

It is part of our human nature to pass things on, intuitively empowering and caring for those around us. There comes a moment when sharing beyond ourselves is no longer a question, but a response to an inner drive to give, contribute, and serve. From a sense of belonging arises the impulse to give back using what we have been granted or allowed to access.

What is the root of this training?

Why to be a meditation teacher?

Because it is an age-old practice of structuring, quieting the mind and deep listening—both to internal psycho-emotional landscapes and to the external more-than-human world—as well as a way to access the sensing body and inhabit the world in a state of immanence.

Meditation runs through the work done with every human being, the holding of groups and the return to a sense of belonging to nature—a way of inhabiting our biology that our bodies are always striving to access.

Teaching is as fundamental an act as existing itself. It unfolds naturally from within us as a creative process of care, engagement, and dedication to life. Teaching meditation in its various forms and formats opens up new dimensions in our relationship with the practice and with life—dimensions that extend far beyond the individual practitioner. Through teacher training, we bring meditation into life and make life itself the meditation.

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The proposal

This teacher training is designed as an immersive space and time for each participant to dive into the active experience of sharing and teaching meditation. We will adopt a practical approach and engage in a radically objective yet personal inquiry through a curious exploration of meditation. It is a journey of co-creation and connection within the group, grounded in a broad, receptive, and non-dogmatic perspective—an interdimensional exploration of life itself as a meditation hall.

This course is experiential and invites personal creativity, allowing us to build professional competence and merge with meditation as a practice for presence, listening, discernment, support and sustained growing along our life path. We begin with ourselves to gain a more human understanding of others, enabling us to serve as a source of support, connection, and regulation for those who come to us to develop their own practice.

Classes are supported by group practices, sharing sessions, and individual inquiries, alongside regular assignments and presentations that place the student in the role of teacher in a sustained manner. It is a course explicitly designed to support and establish students as meditation teachers from the very first breath and the very first meditation, based on the premise: you are already a meditation teacher.

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"As a human being, my consciousness expanded when I began practicing meditation. As a conscious being, life revealed itself when I began teaching meditation."

Nuno Miguel Teixeira, training teacher and coordinator

200h during 4 months

one immersive week in person, from 23 to 29 May

8 days online live, on Saturdays from 9:30am to 5:30pm

Curricular Structure

~ Practical exploration of meditation

~ Creation and facilitation of thematic circles

~ Therapeutic conscious breathing

~ Art, voice, and creative expression

~ Walking, movement, and dance

~ Implementation of original teaching methods

~ Integrating life as meditation

~ Communication and mentoring

~ The human-nature rift

~ The transcendence-immanence axis

~ Transformative learning and active imagination

What is the journey like?

This training is ideal for you:

~ You want to incorporate the teaching and practice of integrative meditation into your professional training

~ You are seeking a foundational training to create your own original, free-flowing, and intuitive meditation practices

~ You want to find your voice, embodied presence, and mode of expression when facilitating practices and immersions

~ You seek a meditation journey that fosters a profound relationship with immanent life, leading to transcendence

~ You aim to create work that embraces sensitivity, questioning, reflection, deep listening, and presence

~ Teaching meditation as a way to navigate paradox, mystery, complexity, and grief

~ Integrating meditative practices into your work in therapy, education, healthcare support, or community care

Find and reclaim your place on Earth.

In-person

70 hours in person

at Meditation House Porto

one immersive week from 9:30am to 7:30pm

How will it work in practice?

200 hours over 4 months

Online

Self-study

64 hours live via Zoom

with later access to the recordings

from 9:30am to 5:30pm

66 hours for preparation and development of projects, planning and preparing classes and presentations, and independent individual retreats.

Schedule

Location

IN-PERSON SESSIONS (9:30AM to 7:30PM):

from 23 to 29 May

ONLINE SESSIONS (9:30AM to 5:30PM):

3 and 17 April

1 and 15 May

12 and 26 June

10 and 24 July

Meditation House Porto

Number of People

6 to 10 participants

~ Teaching Support Materials

~ Online Support Group and Practices

~ Organic tea, cookies, fruit, and water always available

~ Course Certificate by Meditation House Porto

~ 1 Individual Mentoring Session

~ Travels to/from Meditation House Porto

~ Accommodation and Meals ***

*** ALL INCLUDED option available:

~ 8 nights accommodation (from 22 to 30 May) at a 4 star hotel with spa, breakfast included, 2 minutes walking from Meditation House Porto;

~ 2 meals per day produced by healthy nutritionist (lunch + dinner) during the training days, from 23 to 29 May (14 meals in total);

The training includes

The training does not include

Certified meditation teacher, Nuno leads weekly circles and workshops, meditation courses and teachers training, mentoring sessions and private retreats as a full time mission.

He recognizes and explores the teaching of meditation as a place of expansion for a mature, creative and free life. Nuno sought answers to his existential concerns in everything society promotes and offers, realizing that externally focused experiences are important but mostly fleeting. It was on the inner path that he found a return to the heart, to the essence of life, and to contact with the pure, vast, and limitless universe.

With a degree in Economics from the University of Porto, he expanded his training with NLP and Coaching international certification. Expanding his knowledge and growing as a Business Manager for several years, he also completed a Master's degree in Sports Science with a merit scholarship. Expanded his mission in the world with his books on human development "A Prova do José" (Chiado, 2017) and "Volição: A Vida Como Meditação" (Moonlight, 2026).

It was by exploring the infinite practices and currents of meditation that he delved deeper into his journey, becoming intimate and true to himself and the world.

About the Teacher

Nuno Miguel Teixeira

Application

Fill out the form.

Send us a brief text outlining your motivations for participating, as well as your experience with meditation and body-based practices.

We will get in touch as soon as possible to let you know if your application has been approved.

Once approved, you must finalize your participation by making the payment and sending proof of payment.

Payment in installments is available.

We look forward to learning about your intentions and background!

Foster Hodge

This meditation teacher training with Meditation House Porto is much more than learning to guide others. It’s an invitation to show up each day as you are, go deeper with yourself, and share that honestly with others.

It asks a lot of you — there’s vulnerability, self-confrontation, and real discomfort. But it’s also a beautiful opportunity if you want to understand yourself better, deepen your practice and explore what it means to be truly present.

What makes it special is the container created by Nuno, Inês, the invited teachers, and the group itself. The collective support you build together holds you through the challenges and reminds you that this path isn’t meant to be walked alone. That support, combined with being surrounded by nature and immersed in the practice, is what changes you.

I left with more than teaching skills. I left with a deeper trust in myself and the practice, a rare thing to say yes to.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Memoirs

Patrícia Paquete

This course begins before the course. It begins when we say yes. After saying yes, I meditated like never before; my perspective changed, my heart changed. Then, already in the course, what we are asked to do is sustain the practice, that is, sustain the commitment we made to ourselves and to life. The entire structure and the approach of the various teachers (especially Nuno Ancora) demonstrate this: the commitment is to ourselves; the assignments are not an assessment, they are a commitment to ourselves. This is simultaneously liberating, responsible and empowering. The in-person phase is a dive, from which I have not yet emerged. Saying yes to this training was saying yes to life, and what I found throughout the process was surrender, generosity, and love anchored in a wonderful space, scented with magnolia.

Elisabete Healion

This training was a transformative process in which the daily invitation was to be present: listening to myself, listening to others, listening to ourselves. It was a continuous awakening accompanied by the dynamics of life. I am very grateful to have completed this training with Meditation House.

Frequently Asked Questions

What language will the course be taught in?
This course will be taught in English. There is a Portuguese edition that starts on the 6th March.

Do I need any prior knowledge of meditation practices?

Yes. It is recommended a minimum of 2 years of experience in regular meditation practices. Exceptions may be accepted upon prior interview.

Are you considering completing the training exclusively online?

No. The practical in-person component is considered essential in this course.

Do you offer overnight accommodation at the school?

No. We have an All Included option with 8 nights accommodation at a 4 star hotel (from 22nd to 30th May) plus meals during the training days.

Is this training certified by DGERT or another entity?

No. At the end, a Meditation House Porto certificate of participation will be provided as a personal symbol of completion.

How much time do I need to dedicate to homework?

66 hours are scheduled for independent study, which includes preparing and developing assignments, planning and preparing classes and presentations, and independent individual retreats.

What if I can't complete the entire program?

Ideally, you should consider the level of commitment required. Participating in all modules and completing the course is essential. The in-person portion of the course is experiential, and the practical exercises are unique.

Am I qualified to teach meditation classes, courses, and retreats?
Yes. The training provides skills to create your own formats as a meditation teacher.

Am I qualified to support people individually or in groups through meditation?

Yes. The training provides you with the skills to lead individual sessions or therapeutic circles.

How can I benefit from the Student discount?

The Student discount is for people who have already participated in a paid event or activity at Meditation House Porto.

What if I want to drop out of the course?

We do not refund the money invested. Each case is evaluated individually.

(Un)learning, imagination, listening, presence.

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