Transforming Communities One Breath at a Time

Sage Institute is an educational nonprofit promoting the practice of all forms of mindfulness and meditation. We offer mindfulness and meditation classes, events, retreats, and a comprehensive, lineage-backed meditation teacher training program. We believe in consciousness, creativity, and meditation as vehicles for personal, community, and political transformation.

Gain the Confidence and Skills to Lead Meditation Authentically, Inspire Deeper Consciousness, and Transform Your Community

Become a Certified Meditation Instructor

Sage Institute’s Meditation Leader Training Program

It’s increasingly clear that the human race is in need of a radical shift in consciousness if we are to transform this world from one of selfishness and exploitation into one of thriving interdependence and community. Thankfully, we have some of the best tools for growing human consciousness right at our fingertips: meditation and mindfulness practices.

You’ve experienced the life-changing tools of mindfulness and meditation in your own life, If you feel passionate about sharing these transformational tools and skills, join us in a powerful 9-month journey into meditation leadership.

Sage Institute’s Meditation Leader Training Program is a comprehensive meditation teacher training program for experienced meditation practitioners to learn how to effectively and authentically teach others the transformative practices of meditation and mindfulness. 

Sage Institute offers one of the only meditation teacher training programs developed and approved by Buddhist teachers from a 2500-year old lineage. Sean Tetsudo Murphy, lead teacher, worked closely with a variety of Buddhist and meditation experts to develop our unique curriculum. Sean is a formal Zen Sensei with over 30 years of Zen training and 25 years of experience teaching meditation to laypeople. Although we introduce our students to the prevailing meditative forms in the West such as Zen and Vipassana, our program has developed its own inclusive, secular approach to teaching meditation and mindfulness, suitable for students of any contemplative tradition.

The next cohort starts in February 2025 — Apply today!

Curious about our Meditation Leader Training Program?

Join our live open house / Q&A session via Zoom on January 14th and get all your questions answered! Sensei Sean and Sage Institute teachers will lead a guided meditation followed by a panel discussion. Teachers and mentors will answer questions from participants and provide more information about the program.

Register here — Zoom information will be emailed to participants in advance.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 — Online via Zoom
5-6pm Eastern | 4-5pm Central | 3-4pm Mountain | 2-3pm Pacific

Join Our 2-Week Online Meditation Challenge

Back by popular demand and just in time for post-election stress relief! Get grounded and center your mind and heart before the buzz of the winter holidays. You'll receive two weeks of guided meditation instruction in our self-paced 2-Week Online Meditation Challenge.

We’ve curated this selection of meditations to focus on stress relief and compassion. You’ll receive a daily audio meditation, daily reminder email, and private Facebook forum access. Register now to get started today!

By donation/sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds. 

“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” — Ram Dass, late spiritual leader and Sage Institute Emeritus Advisory Board Member

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Join us as we transform communities one breath at a time.

Sage Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We rely on donations from people like you to help us change the world through meditation and mindfulness practices. We invite you to be a part of our mission by making a tax-deductible donation at any time. You may use the button below to make an online donation or mail a check to PO Box 1433, Taos, NM 87571.

We bow to you in gratitude!

Alumni Sangha Portal

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