The meditation courses titled What Meditation Really Is are run by volunteers who are part of the worldwide Rigpa organisation. Each instructor has completed a 5-year training programme, which includes an annual retreat with Sogyal Rinpoche.
Each module is facilitated by two instructors who have materials and guidelines for each session, prepared by the teaching team in Rigpa’s main retreat centre in Lerab Ling in France. They each spend 1 – 2 hours going over the week’s materials so that they are very familiar with the content. Then they meet to agree the details of the plan for the evening (who will handle the technology, who will guide the practice and so on) and to check the timings. Instructors are always available during classes for questions or advice on meditation.