Course Structure 2025
Module 1: June - November 2025
Module 2: December - early June 2026
Five Primary Areas of Development.
Throughout the 12 months, participants will develop 5 areas of interpersonal skills which can be applied to the 12 monthly themes.
Mindfulness
Tools/Practices for daily life issues
Empathy
Communication
Leadership
Course Structure
The MTTC is a 12-month course with two modules lasting 6 months.
The 12-month course is for Teaching Certification.
The first six-month module is for personal mindfulness training.
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The course is mostly held online with opportunity for in person group meetings.
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Teachings take place one intensive weekend per month.
Three sessions on a Saturday and two sessions on a Sunday.
Sessions last 1 hr and 15 minutes.
Small group meetings will take place once a fortnight at an agreed time with your group. Significance of the Small Group Link
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There are several 60 minute evening sessions given by assistant teachers that are available to join each month.
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​Trainee Requirements for Certification of Module 1 or for full 12-month Course:​
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To attend around 80% of all online meetings of intensive weekends and small group meetings. If unable to attend, recordings will be available of teachings.
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To attend the four-day residential (Germany), non-residential (England) or four- day Online. One such meeting takes place in each of the two modules. If unable to attend all sessions are recorded.
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To attend one - two 60 minute evening sessions per month given by assistant teachers.
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2 x Monthly submissions of 100 - 250 words of reflection/summaries on the learnings from the month.
In addition for MTTC CPD Teaching Certificate:
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To step into role of mindfulness teacher to offer a six-week course to at least 6 people in the physical world towards end of 12 months or complete by December 2026.
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Attend one-day online training of Safeguards, Ethics, Duty of Care and Work Conditions. Talks recorded for Google Drive.
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To sign a statement stating you have completed the above requirements in order to receive MTTC and CPD Certification.
​​Thank you.
Love
Christopher and Nshorna
Senior Mindfulness Teachers
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Module 1.
Suitable for those wishing to develop practical skills in mindfulness to su[pport daily life and the first of two modules to complete for the MTTC training.
June 2025 to June 2026
Month 1.
Introduction. Mindfulness of Stress.
Month 4.
Mindfulness of Feelings and Emotions.
Month 2.
Mindfulness of Daily Practice.
Month 5.
Mindfulness to Develop the Heart-Mind. The Buddha on Mindfulness
Month 3.
Mindfulness of the Body
and Sexual Energy
Month 6.
Mindfulness of Experiences, Practices. Insights. Summary.
Module 2.
Covers further mindfulness training along with development of skills to become a mindfulness teacher. Teacher training in talks, guided meditations, facilitating groups and answering questions.
December 2025 to start of June 2026
Month 7.
Mindfulness of a Healthy Lifestyle and Romantic Love
Month 10.
Mindfulness of Wellbeing.
Oneself and Others
Month 8.
Mindfulness of Communication. Personal and Group.
Month 11.
Mindfulness of Trust, Facilitation
and Leadership.
Month 9.
Mindfulness of Being an Agent of Change. Inner and Outer.
Month 12.
Mindfulness of Teaching/Sharing. Summary of Module.
Schedule.
ONLINE SCHEDULE - ONE WEEKEND PER MONTH
CET (Central Europe Time)
Participants are required to attend all 5 sessions each month, recordings of sessions will be made available.
Saturdays 9am, 12pm & 5pm
Sundays 9am & 5pm
All sessions run for 1 hour and 15 minutes
(Please note of possibility of slight change in the dates)
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Module 1
(see above for CET times for two modules)
​7 - 8 June 2025
12 - 13 July 2025
16 - 17 August 2025
13 - 14 September 2025
Wise Lotus Centre St Alban's UK Non-Residential
25 - 28 September 2025
11 - 12 October 2025
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum Germany Residential
19 - 24 October 2025
8 - 9 November 2025
Online Zoom
14 - 16 November 2025
Module 2
(see above for CET times for two modules)
6 - 7 December 2025
10 - 11 January 2026
14 - 15 February 2026
14 - 15 March 2026
11 - 12 April 2026
Waldhaus Germany Residential
20 - 24 April 2026
Wise Lotus Centre, St Albans, Herts. UK. Non-residential
8 - 10 May 2026
Online Zoom
22 - 24 May 2026
16 - 17 May 2026
6 June 2026 (Closing Session)
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Residential: Waldhaus Zentrum, Andernach, Germany
The location for four day residential - one in module 1 and one in module 2.
Christopher and assistant teacher Kerstin Felleiter
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See 56645,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.de
Single payment in advance. 25 places available.
Non-Residential: near St. Albans, England
The Wise Lotus Centre
25-28 November 2025
Christopher and Nshorna
3 Victor House
Barnet Road
London Colney, St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL2 1BJ,
UK
15 mins on local bus from St. Albans railway station, Hertfordshire. 25 minutes on the train from Kings Cross station north London.
email: support@thewiselotus.com
Website: www.thewiselotus.com
MTTC Online. For those who cannot attend the residential or non-residential teachings.MTTC Online
Christopher
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 November 2025
CET. 9 am to 18.00
Sessions consist of talks, guided meditation, Q&A, small groups in online breakout rooms, personal practice at home, teaching practice and more.
Please make every effort to join one of more of these training sessions.
Significance of the Small Group
​Trainees meet in small groups monthly for 60 minutes - once or twice a month
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Each person needs to remember teacher training requires handling these kinds of organisational situations with calm and clarity.​​​
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​The Small group provides an opportunity to share experiences. The small group offers a practise in facilitation. Each person practices the role of facilitator on a rotation basis.
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A small reminder: Teacher training requires attendance of small groups for 80% of the time in order to receive a professional teaching certificate.
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We trust this is helpful.
Other Retreats & Courses.
MTTC trainees may wish to join one of Christopher’s four residential retreats in
Germany. Retreats take place in late April in Walhdaus Zentrum, near Andernach,
Seminarhaus Engl, 60 minutes from Munich in late July and two retreats in October
again at the Waldhaus.
There are also online courses. Retreats and online courses develop mindfulness,
depths of meditation and wise responses to daily life situations.
You are not obliged to attend any of these retreats or online teachings but they can
deepen the practice.
Here is the link to Teachings in 2023
https://www.christophertitmuss.net/schedule
There may be additions to schedule during the year.
Thank you.
