Welcoming U.S. Applicants to TTC 2025
International Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training Course (TTC)

Pre-Application: No later than March 1, 2025
Application: March 15–April 14, 2025
Home Learning: May 10–August 15, 2025
Residential Section: October 1, 2025–March 7, 2026

Apply by April 14, 2025!

Chanthaburi, Thailand

Special application for those applying from the United States

“The teachers of Transcendental Meditation whisper the supreme knowledge of life which can raise an individual to higher states of consciousness and create progress, peace, harmony, and abundance in our world. Great and wise are the teachers of Transcendental Meditation.”—Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, TM Founder

Teachers of the Transcendental Meditation technique are greatly needed to meet the ever-expanding demand for the TM® program. In the United States, Certified TM Teachers are required for large programs for first responders, healthcare professionals, veterans and active military organizations and settings, as well as for teaching TM to the general public in many cities around the country.

New initiatives like the Consciousness AdvisorSM Program and the Meditate America campaign are increasing the number of people wanting to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique. Now is the time to become a Certified TM Teacher and bring this precious knowledge to the world.

Becoming a TM Teacher is transformational. You will gain the knowledge to “whisper infinity” to every individual in the world while transforming your own knowledge and experience of higher states of consciousness. The graduates of the TM Teacher Training Course (TTC) form a unique bond as part of Maharishi’s family of Governors of the Age of Enlightenment throughout the world.

To meet the growing demand for TM Teachers, we are pleased to announce the next International Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training Course (TTC). Applications open on March 15, 2025. This allows time to complete the TTC Home Learning Program before starting the five-month In-Residence TTC that starts on October 1, 2025, in Chanthaburi, Thailand.

First step

The first step is to express your interest in applying to TTC by submitting two short forms no later than March 1, 2025:

  1. the register-interest form, and
  2. the pre-application form (see below)

Once prospective applicants have submitted both forms, they will be contacted to prepare for the TTC application, which opens on March 15, 2025.

There are three sections to the TM Teacher Training Course:

Application: TTC applications open on March 15, 2025, and must be completed by April 14, 2025. Note: Applications received after this date will automatically be deferred to the 2026 TTC.

Home Learning: Some TTC material is learned at home once your application is accepted. The TTC Home Learning Program commences on May 10, 2025, and must be completed by August 15, 2025.

Residential Section: Chanthaburi, Thailand: October 1, 2025–March 7, 2026.

Rajapark Institute Training Center in Chanthaburi, Thailand

Course location and accommodations

The International Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training Course is held every year in Chanthaburi, Thailand.

Rajapark Institute Training Center in Chanthaburi is set amidst 124 acres of beautiful orchards and landscaping, with easy walking trails. The peaceful atmosphere of the campus is enriched with the blissful influence of advanced TM courses held there over many years. Delicious, nourishing vegetarian meals are served three times a day.

The unique campus was designed and built according to Maharishi Vastu® architecture, which ensures that a building or community will have only nourishing influences on its occupants. This results from the use of several key architectural principles that are based on natural law.

There are four main buildings set around a central pavilion. (See campus photos above.) As a course participant, you will enjoy renovated, single-occupancy, en-suite bedrooms, as well as comfortable, spacious classrooms and group meditation halls.

Courses for men and women are held concurrently at separate locations at the Rajapark Institute Training Center. For maximum focus on the rich curriculum that TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi structured for TM Teacher Training, the two courses take place without interaction between the groups.

Course fee

The course fee is 19,000 Euros, which includes tuition and full room and board for the residential section of the course. Applicants with the financial means to do so are asked to contribute the full fee. Candidates who are accepted to the course and demonstrate financial need may apply for a partial scholarship.

Scholarship amounts vary according to the level of economic development of the country you apply from and range from 45-70% of the course fee. Details on how to apply for a scholarship will be found in the online TTC application.

Note: The cost of the SCI and the TM-Sidhi courses are not included in the TTC course fee. Expenses for all transportation, visas, health insurance, and other incidentals are the responsibility of each course participant.

Information and application

Applicants from the United States are required to submit two short online forms. Please fill out and submit BOTH forms:

Application deadlines and fees

To begin the application process, submit the two pre-application forms below as soon as possible. You will then be notified how to proceed.

Applications for TTC 2025 open March 15 and close April 14. All application details and requirements must be completed and submitted by the application closing date, including your full online TTC application and Board of Governors interview. Applications received after April 14 will automatically be deferred to the 2026 TTC. The TTC Home Learning Program begins May 10, and a passing grade must be achieved for acceptance to the in-residence course in Thailand.

Here’s an outline of the schedule:

  1. March 1: Deadline to submit the two pre-application forms (above). Please submit both forms as soon as possible
  2. March 15: TTC applications open
  3. April 14: Deadline to complete the full online TTC application, including the application fee and Board of Governors interview. Applications received after April 14 will automatically be deferred to the 2026 TTC.
  4. May 10: TTC Home Learning Program begins; a passing grade is required for acceptance to TTC in residence.

Application opening and closing dates

The complete TTC application is online. Applications for TTC 2024 open on March 15, 2025, and must be completed by April 14, 2025. Applications received after April 14 will automatically be deferred to the 2026 TTC.

All prospective applicants who submit the record-of-interest and pre-application forms (see above) will be contacted in early March 2025 to prepare for the full TTC application, which opens on March 15, 2025.

The TTC Home Learning Program commences on May 10, 2025, and a passing grade must be achieved to gain acceptance to the Thailand in-residence section of the course.

PLEASE APPLY BY APRIL 14, 2025! Applications received after April 14 will automatically be deferred to the 2026 TTC.

We look forward to welcoming many participants to this time-tested course of knowledge for unfolding ultimate human development.

If you have questions, please contact the TTC Office at ttco@tm.org.

What is needed to apply for TTC

The requirements to apply for the TM Teacher Training Course include both experience and intellectual understanding of the TM technique and Advanced Programs, as follows:

  • Two-year commitment after becoming a Certified TM Teacher: Priority will be given to applicants who commit to work full time, teaching the Transcendental Meditation technique for at least two years after completion of TTC. The two-year commitment will apply especially for those seeking scholarships.
  • Practicing the TM-Sidhi® program for at least three months before the start of TTC: Meditators who are not yet practicing the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi ProgramSM should immediately apply for the TM-Sidhi course (also known as “Center Invincibility Course” or “CIC”) and contact their local TM Center to help facilitate their enrollment process. TTC applicants must complete the TM-Sidhi course at least three months before the start of TTC. See below for further details. NOTE: The cost of the TM-Sidhi course is not included in the TTC fee.
  • Graduation from the Science of Creative Intelligence Course: The Science of Creative Intelligence Course (SCI) must be taken or reviewed within two years prior to starting TTC. Thus, the SCI course should be taken or reviewed between March 1, 2023 and March 1, 2025. In case you need to take the SCI course and it will not be offered in your local area in the near future, you may qualify by attending the next online SCI course, which will be offered from March 2 – June 22, 2025. You may apply online here.

Learn more about the TM-Sidhi program

Special points and requirements for TTC applicants

  • Age of applicants: Recent college graduates and young professionals are especially encouraged to apply. However, all interested candidates are warmly welcome to apply.
  • Desire to study: Applicants must be aware that TTC requires significant study and focus over a one-year period. The TTC Home Learning Program requires significant memorization over many months. The Residential Section of the course is five months of full immersion in a daily routine of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, with videos of knowledge and training to become a Certified Teacher of Transcendental Meditation.
  • TTC Home Learning Program: Applicants are required to complete several weeks of pre-TTC study assignments at home before leaving for the in-residence, five-month TTC. For this reason, it is important to apply early in order to learn the necessary material for the study assignments and meet the TTC acceptance standards.
  • Language: The course lessons will be in English, but if there is sufficient interest from other language groups, translation may be arranged. Regardless of your skill in English, you are encouraged to apply. All participants will learn to teach the Transcendental Meditation technique in their mother tongue.
  • Health insurance: Course participants are required to have health insurance that covers them at the course location. More information about this requirement is supplied later in the full application process.

Application process for TTC

Phase 1: Submit two pre-application forms online

Applicants from the United States are required to complete two short pre-application forms online. Please fill out and submit both forms:

  1. First: Complete the International TTC Pre-Application to record your interest in TTC. All prospective applicants who complete the Register Interest form will be contacted in early March.
  2. Next: Complete the U.S. Residents Supplemental Pre-Application

Meditators who are not yet Sidhas, as soon as possible, please ask your recommending Governor how to apply for the next TM-Sidhi course (CIC), because your TTC and TM-Sidhi course applications must be processed together. See all details about CIC dates and requirements below.

Phase 2: Complete the online TTC application and all requirements

Once you have completed the two required pre-application forms to indicate your interest, you will be notified how to proceed. Phase 2 involves detailed TTC application information and requirements that are only available online on the private TTC 2024 website.

This is an extensive application, so please begin working with your recommending Governor as soon as possible. Meet with him or her to go over all the application requirements, including an interview with a Board of Governors and more. The online TTC application website also provides information about the daily TTC routine and activities.

For more information, U.S. citizens may contact TTCO@TM.org or call (641) 209-1879 ext. 107. Please indicate your age, when and where you learned the TM technique, and whether you have completed the TM-Sidhi course.

We look forward to welcoming many applicants to take part in TTC 2024!

Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) Course 2024
Online Course March 17-July 7, 2024

“The main theme of SCI is that there exists a source from which Creative Intelligence springs and a goal toward which it progresses as the process of evolution unfolds. This source and this goal are identical and can be identified as the innermost area of one’s own life, as the source of the thinking process: the self-referral consciousness of everyone, the field of pure Creative Intelligence.”—Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Successful completion of the SCI Course is a requirement for acceptance to TTC.For those applying to TTC, an online SCI Course is being offered, from March 17 to July 7, 2024.

During the course, participants will watch two of Maharishi’s two-hour lessons every week, at their convenience.

Every two weeks on Sundays, there will be a one-hour live online meeting to discuss and answer questions. The dates and times for the meetings are as follows:

  • Sunday, March 17, 11:00 am EDT
  • Sunday, March 31, 10:00 am EDT
  • Sunday, April 14 and 28, 10:00 am EDT
  • Sunday, May 12 and 26, 10:00 am EDT
  • Sunday, June 9 and 23, 10:00 am EDT
  • Sunday, July 7, 10:00 am EDT

The SCI course will be led by Hubert Hol and Julia Stibane-Hol. Dr. Bevan Morris and Dr. Ashley Deans will be available to answer challenging questions.

The live online sessions will be given in English. If you need translation, please let us know.

Each two-hour recorded lesson includes:

  • Introduction, with main points (2–3 minutes)
  • Maharishi’s lecture (30–40 minutes)
  • Discussion of Maharishi’s lecture, questions and answers, and a summary (about one hour)

The standard course fee for the Science of Creative Intelligence Course is 450 Euros, with discounts available for those who are repeating this course.

The online lessons will be available to course participants for three additional months after the end of the course, until October 12, 2024.

A WhatsApp group has been created to quickly answer technical questions that participants may have.

Please APPLY HERE for the SCI Course.

TM-Sidhi course (CIC) requirements, dates, locations, and costs

The TM-Sidhi program is a natural extension of the Transcendental Meditation technique. During the TM technique the individual experiences progressively quieter, less excited states of the thinking process, until the finest level of thought is transcended and the self-referral state of transcendental consciousness is gained, which Maharishi describes as “the infinite reservoir of energy, creativity, and intelligence that lies deep within everyone.”

The TM-Sidhi program cultures the ability to think and act from this level, making the total potential of natural law available in practical life. The result is greater skill in action—the ability to fulfill one’s desires naturally while effortlessly promoting the evolution of everyone and everything.

The TM-Sidhi program… trains the conscious mind to function from bliss consciousness, the self-referral state of pure consciousness, which is the total potential of natural law.
—Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Note: The cost of the TM-Sidhi course and any requirements for Advanced Techniques are not included in the TTC fee.

Requirements for application to CIC #95

    1. Meditators must have attended one weekend TM Retreat (in residence, not online) within 12 months prior to applying for the TM-Sidhi course.
    2. The requirement for having received four Advanced Techniques of the TM program before CIC may be waived for those accepted to TTC.
    3. Recommendations from three to four (3–4) Certified TM Teachers, who are not relatives of the applicant. Maharishi International University (MIU) students need a minimum of two (2) of the three to four (3–4) recommendations from their academic teachers who are also Certified TM Teachers.
    4. Six (6) passport photos. On the back of each photo, write your name and “CIC #95.”

Note: Any CIC health guidelines or requirements regarding COVID will be announced closer to the time of the course and will depend on the current status of COVID.

► Apply well in advance of the CIC start date, so your CIC application can be processed in conjunction with your TTC application.

Upcoming TM‑Sidhi courses (CIC)

CIC Part 1: “In-Center” part-time course: At this time, two locations where one can take Part 1 of the TM-Sidhi course have been scheduled:

There are two locations where you can take Part 1 of the TM-Sidhi course. All meetings for CIC Parts 1 and 2 are required.

Fairfield, Iowa
Three (3) weekends: May 2-5, May 9-12, May 16-19
Apply ASAP by contacting:
Olga Hopkins, OHopkins@TM.org or (641) 919‑1300.

Note: Fees must be paid in full by April 30. You must bring your receipt to the first meeting of the course on May 2.

New  York City (Manhattan)
Three (3) weekends: April 26-28, May 10-12, May 24-26
Apply ASAP by contacting:
 Josh Hendrix at JPHendrix@TM.org or (304) 703‑7622
Donna Brooks at dbrooks@tm.org or (917) 715-9627

► Applicants should apply well in advance of the CIC start date, so their application can be processed in conjunction with the TTC application.

Note: All meetings for CIC Parts 1 and 2 are required.

Location and dates of CIC Part 2

CIC Part 2: In-residence, full-time, two-week block

Part 2 is for everyone who successfully completes Part 1 of the TM-Sidhi course. It is held at only one location.

  • Fairfield, Iowa: Two (2) weeks in-residence, on the campus of Maharishi International University.
    June 28 through July 12, 2024
    Contact: CICinResidence@TM.org
  • If you will be attending CIC #95 Part 1 in-Center classes in Fairfield and are planning to continue on to Part 2, the in-residence portion, no additional application is required.

Cost of the CIC/TM-Sidhi course

CIC Part 1: “In-Center” part-time course

Housing and food costs for Part 1 are the responsibility of each course participant. The fee for CIC Part 1 must be paid in full before the start of the course.

  • Adults and non-MIU students: $3,000
  • MIU online students and faculty: $2,000
  • MIU in-residence students, faculty, and staff: $1,200

CIC Part 2: In-residence, full-time, two-week block at MIU

The fee for CIC Part 2 includes housing and meals, except as noted below. single rooms have a private bath in MIU’s newly renovated facility for special courses. Meals are vegetarian and mostly organic.

  • Single: $1,100
  • Double: $850
  • Maharishi Peace PalaceSM, single: $1,500
  • MIU students, meals only: $530
  • MIU students, housing and meals: $950
  • MIU online students, housing and meals, double: $700
  • On MIU campus: $1,100, includes housing and meals
  • Full-time MIU-Fairfield students, off-campus: $950
  • Full-time MIU-Fairfield students, on-campus: $530

Note: MIU students pay $950 if they are living off campus, and $530 if they are living on campus when they begin their in-Center course. If a student doesn’t take CIC Part 2 right away, and they move off campus they would have to pay the off-campus fee.

Applicants should apply for CIC in conjunction with the TTC application. CIC applicants should begin the CIC application process as soon as possible. For more information on CIC requirements (including Advanced Techniques), please contact Olga Hopkins at ohopkins@tm.org or (641) 919-1300.

Note: Although completion of Part 2 of the TM-Sidhi course on July 12, 2024, does not meet the requirement to be practicing the TM-Sidhi program for at least three months prior to TTC, applicants may still be eligible to attend TTC if they receive very strong recommendations from their CIC Part 2 course leaders.

For more information on the TM Teacher Training Course, visit these pages:

TTC FAQ
What TM teachers say
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