Level 1 Workshop

 

NeuroMeditation Institute Level 1 Instructor Training: Foundations Workshop

NeuroMeditation is a brain-based approach to meditation that combines the latest neuroscience with traditional practices to support mental health and well-being. By tailoring specific meditation styles—Focus, Mindfulness, Open Heart, and Quiet Mind—to individual needs and goals, NeuroMeditation helps reduce stress, enhance emotional balance, and improve mental clarity. Whether you're seeking personal growth or support for mental health challenges, NeuroMeditation offers an effective, science-backed path to a calmer, more resilient mind.

Your Instructor, Dr. Jeff Tarrant, has been teaching this course since 2015. Choose from the self-paced online modules or the live Zoom sessions to fit your schedule and needs. Start today!

Online, self-paced learning offers flexibility, allowing you to go at your own speed and fit the material into your personal schedule. It’s perfect for independent learners who are technologically proficient and want to revisit the content as often as needed; there is lifetime access to this course. Live Zoom classes provide real-time direct interaction with the instructor and with peers, offering immediate feedback, and a sense of community. This format is ideal for those who thrive in structured environments and benefit from guided, interactive sessions.

Self-Paced Online

When: Anytime with Lifetime Access
Cost: $225 USD (1 or 3 payments)
Instructor: Dr. Jeff Tarrant

The self-paced course includes 36 lessons, 10 guided practices, a PDF of all slides, lifetime access to the videos, and an interactive comment component.

Meditation is not a one-size-fits-all process.

Different styles of meditation engage the brain in unique ways—some help calm it, while others boost focus and energy. Certain practices are ideal for reducing stress and anxiety, while others improve concentration or enhance empathy.

In this intensive online workshop, you'll discover the science behind NeuroMeditation and explore its four distinct styles: Focus, Mindfulness, Open Heart, and Quiet Mind. Each style is designed based on specific attention strategies, intentions, brainwave states, and the brain regions they activate, offering a personalized approach to meditation.

As part of this workshop, you will:

  • learn the neuroscience behind each meditation style

  • experience each of the four NeuroMeditation styles with a variety of guided practices

  • connect each style to specific concerns and goals

  • discover how technologies can be used to facilitate these specific states of consciousness including audio visual entrainment, vibroacoustics, biofeedback, and virtual reality

  • learn how to identify which styles might be best for you or your clients or students

  • explore a trauma-informed approach to teaching meditation

  • develop skills to teach these practices to your clients and students.

The approaches to NeuroMeditation taught in this workshop can be used immediately to achieve deeper states of meditation.

These approaches can also be used by licensed mental health practitioners as treatment interventions for mental health conditions such as ADHD, anxiety and chronic stress, depression, personality disorders, or PTSD.

In addition, this course is the primary requirement for Level 1 NMI Instructor Certification. 

Course Outline

This comprehensive course includes a wealth of tips, tools, and techniques to help you develop or advance your meditation practice. You'll receive a PDF of all course slides as well as access to a variety of guided meditations to support you on your learning journey.

Module 1: An Introduction to NeuroMeditation

Get acquainted with the science behind NeuroMeditation and how it uniquely combines brain-based principles with traditional meditation practices. This module covers the foundations of meditation, the role of brainwaves in mental health, and how each NeuroMeditation style can be personalized to meet your specific goals.

Module 2: Focus NeuroMeditation

Explore Focus NeuroMeditation, designed to improve concentration, attention, and mental clarity. This module includes guided exercises to help you strengthen your ability to focus, manage distractions, and apply these techniques to reduce stress and improve productivity in daily life.

Module 3: Mindfulness NeuroMeditation

Learn the essentials of Mindfulness NeuroMeditation, which promotes awareness of the present moment and emotional regulation. This module dives into the science of mindfulness, with guided practices that support stress reduction, anxiety management, and increased self-awareness.

Module 4: Open Heart NeuroMeditation

Deepen your emotional intelligence with Open Heart NeuroMeditation, which focuses on compassion, gratitude, and connection. Through guided meditations and exercises, this module helps you cultivate positive emotions, enhance empathy, and improve relationships, making it particularly beneficial for emotional healing and well-being.

Module 5: Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation

Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation emphasizes stillness and inner peace, ideal for reducing overthinking and calming mental chatter. This module offers techniques to quiet the mind, foster deep relaxation, and enter a state of mental clarity, helping you tap into a peaceful, centered state of being.

Module 6: Putting it All Together

In this final module, you will learn how to integrate the different NeuroMeditation styles into your daily life. You’ll discover how to choose the right meditation style based on your mental health goals and personal needs, creating a balanced, sustainable practice for long-term growth and well-being.

Self-Paced Online

When: Anytime with Lifetime Access
Cost: $225 USD (1 or 3 payments)
Instructor: Dr. Jeff Tarrant

The self-paced course includes 36 lessons, 10 guided practices, a PDF of all slides, lifetime access, and an interactive comment component.

Meet Your Instructor

Jeff Tarrant, Ph.D., BCN, is the founder and Director of the NeuroMeditation Institute in Eugene, Oregon.  He is a licensed psychologist and board certified in neurofeedback. Dr. Tarrant is also the Chief Science Officer for Healium, XR, creating biometrically controlled virtual and augmented reality experiences. In addition, Dr. Tarrant is a Scientific Advisor to Divergence Neuro, creators of cloud-based neurofeedback software and wireless EEG headsets.

With over 25 years of experience in applying brainwave modulation to mindfulness and therapeutic settings, Dr. Tarrant brings expertise in how brainwave patterns influence mental states and well-being. His research and clinical work are aimed at helping individuals achieve peak mental performance, manage stress, and explore deeper states of consciousness.

Dr. Tarrant specializes in teaching, clinical applications, and research combining technology- based interventions with meditative states for improved mental health. His research focuses on exploring brainwave changes that occur as a result of contemplative practices, technological interventions, non-ordinary states of consciousness, & psi-related abilities. Dr. Tarrant is the author of the books Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain and Becoming Psychic.

To learn more about Dr. Tarrant’s work, please visit his website: www.DrJeffTarrant.Me