The IMTTA Certificate in Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development is offered through the Inner-Voyage College to everyone whose passion, or calling, it is to work in the holistic wellbeing industry. You do not need to have any prior qualifications.

You must be able to communicate in both spoken and written English and have computer and internet access. You can enter the Diploma of Meditation Therapy as either as an undergraduate (with no previous experience or qualifications) or you can enter the Certificate in Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development as an undergraduate (with no previous experience or qualifications) and then enter the Diploma of Meditation Therapy as a postgraduate student to attain your diploma through the completion of four postgraduate courses.

All IMTTA Courses are offered through our off-campus college entirely on line. This means you can complete your training course in the comfort of your own home at times that suit you, wherever you are in the world. There are no physical classes to attend and our online classroom is very simple to use.

Our students are very important to us; therefore we offer a wide range of support services so each student can receive the greatest possible benefit from the course.

You will get to know your teacher and feel part of the Inner-Voyage community.

Students can email or telephone their teachers, or the helpful staff at our student support office anytime they need help, guidance or support.

Each module asks you to complete a “lesson submission form” this helps your teacher, our student support department and the Principal ensure you are receiving all the support you need on a continuing basis.

We also keep in contact with you to ensure you are not falling behind or losing motivation, as can sometimes happen with other correspondence courses.

Once you receive your Certificate in Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development, you will be qualified to teach a wide range of meditation and chair yoga classes in your community to groups, private clients and in corporate settings. You will also be qualified to offer holistic counselling in your own private practice.

You can begin using your certificate level qualification even if you are still studying for your Diploma in Meditation Therapy once the certificate level of the diploma course has been achieved. You will also receive individual certificates for each postgraduate course you complete as part of your diploma course.

So, you can actually begin working and using your training as soon as the first (12 week part time or 6 week full time) section of your study program has been successfully completed.

You will be self-employed and not an employee of Inner-Voyage, though you will have a great deal of support if you register with the IMTTA where you will get a full year of practitioner support, further training and great resources to help you set up and succeed in your new career. You can also use your qualification to seek employment in natural therapies centres, gymnasiums, fitness centres, community centres, respite centres, yoga schools and within many other organisations.

You can develop a financially and personally rewarding career in your own private practice where you can choose to specialise in one particular area (corporate stress management training or working with the elderly for example) or you can develop a diverse practice that incorporates many different areas of holistic wellbeing and provides a richly diverse group of services.

If you complete the IMTTA Diploma in Meditation Therapy or any single postgraduate courses you will also be able to specialise in certain fields or expand your general practice even further.

On average practitioners will charge between $10 and $20 per client per meditation or chair yoga class and generally classes will attract between 6 and 20 students. Working on an average of 10 students per class, practitioners will expect to generate $100 to $200 per class. Classes run for around 1½ hours each and most practitioners will run an average of 4 classes per week. (These may consist of one basic meditation class, one advanced class, one teen class and one seniors chair yoga class or they may specialise in one area only and run one class type in a range of different localities.)

A practitioner conducting four classes a week at the average fee of $10 to $20 per student with an average of 10 students per class could therefore reasonably expect to make an income of $400 to $800 per week. Practitioners would also usually see an average of 5 private clients per week at an average of $60 per client adding $300 to their average income and would also usually run one corporate session each week.

Corporate sessions are a six week program delivered as one hour training blocks over six weeks. Corporations generally pay between $100 and $300 per session depending on their participant numbers.

Based on these average projections the average practitioner could realistic expect to achieve an income of between $800 and $1,400 per week.

Naturally, time and effort devoted to their businesses by the practitioner has a direct impact on their ability to increase their weekly incomes. A practitioner working to the above average would also be spending around 6 hours per week on marketing and 2 hours a week participating in
networking and promotional activities and may choose to spend an additional 2 hours per week furthering their own skills (additional training.)

In summary it can be reasonably expected that a practitioner working around 20 to 30 hours work could expect to earn a minimum income of between $500 and $1,400 per week. However, the potential is unlimited.

Once you graduate you will be offered the opportunity to register as an IMTTA Practitioner. This practitioner registration is free to new graduates for the first year.

Practitioner registration is not compulsory. You can choose to complete the course without becoming a registered practitioner if you wish, in which case you will be ready to work for yourself without business support or any further guidance. However it is strongly recommended that you take advantage of this service to enable yourself the greatest possible opportunities for successfully reaching your goals.

IMTTA Practitioner registration membership is $220 per year if you wish to continue after your first free year has ended and you are free to cancel your membership and go your own way at any time.