Studying CMI follows two tracks, personal training for the layperson and professional training for movement professionals. Since the foundation for each track is the six Core Movement Pathways, the tracks communicate and intersect at many points.
Personal Training
To learn CMI, the layperson becomes a client of a certified CMI practitioner by taking a class or seeking individual treatment sessions. In either case the client receives both instruction in the CMI Pathways and related exercise-lessons, and hands-on guidance from the CMI practitioner. During individual sessions the practitioner may also include treatments from their primary modality, such as massage, joint mobilization, myofascial release, and taping to name a few.
Professional Training
Movement professionals who study CMI come from many disciplines including massage, physical and occupational therapy; various martial arts forms, and movement and body work systems such as Body Mapping, Feldenkrais Method® [1] and Alexander Technique.
The professional program under CMITI was redesigned for 2025. Click here for an overview of the 2025 Practitioner Training Program. If you are interested in receiving information for 2026, please contact us via this link.
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