Meditation with Ryan Marino

This online course is a mandatory requirement of the 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Training, but can also be booked as a standalone course.

Overview

A gentle, structured introduction to mindfulness meditation. This six-week course blends guided practice, short teachings, and reflection to help participants cultivate awareness of breath, body, thoughts, and emotions. Designed to support clarity, emotional balance, and everyday resilience, this course is ideal for beginners and teachers alike.

For questions, contact Ryan Marino.

Six-Week Introductory Mindfulness Course

This six-week introductory mindfulness course offers a structured, experiential approach to learning mindfulness meditation. Each week includes guided practices, short teachings, and opportunities for reflection and inquiry, supporting participants in developing present-moment awareness with curiosity and kindness.

The course gradually builds skills in mindfulness of the body, breath, thoughts, emotions, and everyday experience. Participants explore how stress, reactivity, and habitual patterns arise—and how mindful awareness can create more choice, steadiness, and ease. Practices are simple, accessible, and designed to integrate into daily life, cultivating clarity, emotional balance, and resilience over time.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this six-week course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the foundational principles of mindfulness meditation and experiential learning.
  • Guide and sustain attention using the body and breath as primary anchors.
  • Identify common patterns of stress, reactivity, and habitual thought.
  • Cultivate self-awareness, emotional regulation, and compassionate presence.
  • Apply mindfulness practices to everyday life and relational contexts.
  • Articulate mindfulness concepts clearly and accessibly for students or clients.
  • Integrate simple mindfulness techniques into yoga classes, workshops, or one-on-one settings.
  • Support others in developing present-moment awareness without forcing outcomes.

Who This Course Is For

This course is well-suited for those new to mindfulness meditation, as well as teachers and practitioners seeking to integrate foundational mindfulness skills into their personal practice or teaching.

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About Ryan Marino

Ryan Marino is a Mindfulness Meditation teacher, breathwork facilitator, and yoga instructor with over two decades of experience in embodied and contemplative practices. His work centers on meditation, conscious breathing, and cultivating awareness in daily life, with movement serving as a supportive doorway into stillness and presence.

A long-term practitioner of Vipassana and mindfulness-based meditation, Ryan emphasizes nervous system regulation, self-inquiry, and practical tools for meeting stress, emotion, and uncertainty with greater clarity and ease. Breath awareness and pranayama are central to his teaching, informed by both traditional yogic frameworks and modern somatic understanding.

His movement teaching draws from Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar alignment principles, contemporary Power Yoga, and gentler therapeutic modalities, including Qi Gong, and is always adapted to the individual rather than the form itself.

Ryan is also a Licensed Massage Therapist, specializing in neuromuscular and neurosomatic therapy, and holds a B.S. in Holistic Nutrition. His intention is to support sustainable well-being through embodied awareness, simplicity, and care.

Are You Taking the 300-Hour Advanced Training?

This Mindfulness Meditation course is a core component of the SJY Advanced 300-Hour Training and is required for program completion.

  • The course follows a fixed, linear format and must be completed as designed.
  • Sessions are attended weekly, from start to finish.
  • Attendance must be continuous; sessions cannot be attended at random.
  • This portion of the training is offered once per calendar year.
  • Missed sessions may affect eligibility for certification.

This structure supports cumulative inquiry, trust-building, and sustained reflection over time.

Please note: You’ll need to submit your completion certificate for this Mindfulness Meditation course to us, in order to be awarded your certificate for the 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Training.

Further Details

CEUs

25 CEUs

Cost

$300

Location

Online via Zoom

Dates

  • 2026: October 3 – November 7 (book below)
  • 2027: May 22 – June 26 (bookable after 2026 dates)

Schedule

Two hours on six consecutive Saturdays: 10am-12pm

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