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Welcome!
The McLean Meditation Institute is an educational organization dedicated to helping people find peace, health, and clarity with meditation and mindfulness. It offers online meditation training as well as teacher training for meditators. MMI also is the go-to training company for bringing mindfulness in the workplace.
Founded in Sedona, Arizona in 2006 by popular meditation and mindfulness teacher, Sarah McLean, the McLean Meditation Institute quickly became a destination favorite for locals and visitors alike. Now, based in Santa Barbara, California, MMI is a trusted source for those seeking to learn effective meditation and mindfulness techniques.
MMI offers live programs in Santa Barbara and in a variety of world-class venues in the USA, Canada, and Europe. If you want to learn to meditate, find a meditation teacher near you, or find out what it takes to become a meditation and mindfulness teacher, call (928) 254-0064, or, check the schedule of events to see what is coming up.
Sarah McLean is a self-described American Transcendentalist who has always been fascinated by the subtle and powerful force at the source of all that is–and she’s made it her mission to know more. That’s why she’s dedicated her life to exploring meditation, a practice that allows anyone to have the direct experience of this force field that underlies all of creation.
Sarah has over 30 years of deep, personal meditation practice, and in-depth work experience in the field of personal transformation. She was a resident in a Zen Buddhist monastery, lived and worked in a Transcendental Meditation center, and was a resident in a traditional ashram in India. She also headed up the education programs at Deepak Chopra’s center in California as well as at Byron Katie’s School for the Work. She now lives in Santa Barbara, California where she runs her company, the McLean Meditation Institute, which focuses on training people all over the world to be the very best meditation and mindfulness teachers they can be.
Sarah is also the best-selling Hay House author of Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, and The Power of Attention: Awaken to Love and its Unlimited Potential with Meditation, and is a sought-after inspirational speaker who is determined to create more peace on this planet through the practices of meditation. Read more about her here.
“World peace depends on inner peace: mine, yours, and everyone else’s. I’ve taught thousands of people to meditate over the last 25 years, and when people live with less stress, increased well-being, and more kindness, they create a more peaceful life, and that causes a ripple effect in their world. That’s the main reason why I practice meditation—to feel more peaceful and connected. It’s also the reason I teach meditation—to help to create more peace on this planet for all beings who call it home.”
-Sarah McLean
Sarah McLean
Sarah McLean is an acclaimed teacher and thought leader who is determined to create more peace on this planet by helping people wake up to the wonder and beauty of their lives and the world around them through the practices of meditation and mindfulness. She inspires audiences everywhere blending the spirit of Zen wisdom with Vedic knowledge and self-inquiry. She helps demystify meditation and makes it accessible to anyone. It was over 30 years ago when she began her daily meditation practice, and moved in to a Transcendental Meditation community. There, she received advanced training in meditation and studied Ayurveda. Since 1993, when she became the education director for Deepak Chopra’s Center for Mind Body Health, she's been teaching contemplative practices and mind/body health. In 1997, she went to India to live in a traditional ashram in India, When she returned to the States, spent two years as a resident trainee in a Zen Buddhist monastery. She fell in love with Self-inquiry and served as the director of Byron Katie's School for the Work. In 2012, she founded the McLean Meditation Institute, home of the Meditation Teacher Academy which certifies meditation and mindfulness teachers through its 300-hour teacher training program. Her bestseller, Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation, and her most recent book, The Power of Attention: Awakening to Love have received rave reviews. She now lives in Santa Barbara, California where she trains meditation teachers and offers online classes and lives a life she loves.
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