Become a certified somatic teacher!
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Movingness offers five somatic movement teacher trainings. All are approved by ISMETA, the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.
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Enter the somatic path!
With Movingness, you can build a professional somatic movement career. After completing the Movingness Somatic Teacher training, you’re eligible to be certified by ISMETA as a 250-hour Associate Somatic Movement Professional, ASMP. After completing the full Movingness program, you can be certified as a 500-hour Registered Somatic Movement Educator, RSME.
What is ISMETA?
ISMETA, the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association, is a not-for-profit organization. It maintains a professional registry of qualified practitioners and ensures that Somatic Movement Training Programs uphold high standards of education and practice. Its vision is to transform ourselves and the world through conscious movement.
Movingness Somatic Teacher Training (360 h)
This is the deep somatic adventure! Here you’ll directly meet your body and mind in a fresh and liberating way. You’ll also learn how to hold space for your students and teach a somatic class from the body (not from the mind). At the end of the program, you’ll create a plan for your work as a somatic teacher.Â
Somatic Strength Teacher Training (40 h)
To build strength and endurance, muscles need challenges! This can be achieved by using weights, resistance bands, or – as in this training – the body’s weight against gravity. However, it’s important to realize that real strength is more than strong muscles; it also includes mobility, coordination and elasticity!
Somatic Walking Teacher Training (40 h)
Most of the functional walking movements in this program are trained lying on the floor! From a deeply relaxed state, we engage and release muscles and fascia to create a conscious relationship with our feet, legs and hips. We’re fine-tuning the movement patterns throughout the whole body!
Somatic Breathing Teacher Training (40 h)
In this program, we’re creating a strong felt sense of our breathing. This can deeply change our relationship with our body and mind. We can use it to gather our thoughts when we’re all over the place, or calm down in stressful situations. We can even make our breathing an anchor in our daily life.Â
Somatic Retreat Teacher Training (35 h)
Being and doing together for a week can greatly deepen the somatic experience! The teacher programs are complemented by a 7-day somatic retreat, in which you can learn the Movingness approach to group dynamics, class teaching, working with small groups, and hands-on practices.Â
A professional ladder
With Movingness, you can climb your professional ladder step by step. You can start with the deep training to reach your first destination as an Associate Somatic Movement Professional. Later, you can complement your training until you reach the 500-hour mark. However, you can also start the other way with a shorter teacher training! Â
In good company
Movingness is the only ISMETA-approved program in the Nordic countries. It is one of only six ISMETA-approved programs that offer both 250-hour and 500-hour certifications.
Globally, only 40 ISMETA-approved programs offer a 500-hour certification. In fact, ISMETA doesn’t have a single program that offers more than a 500-hour certification.
Not even classic programs like Alexander Technique, Rolfing, Body-Mind Centering, or Laban-Bartenieff offer more than a 500-hour program. Movingness is in good company!