A Three-Part Training
In each location, the entire KMI training of 54 days (equaling 6 sessions of either 8 or 10 days each) is offered over a period of 9 months to a year.
Students may go through in one location with the same group (which is how most people do it), or each part may be taken separately in different locations (as long as each part is taken in order and the process is completed within 3 years).
Class Descriptions
540 hours (486 hours of which are in-class)
KMI trainings are intensive adult education. Come prepared to work in class, study at night, and with life’s decks cleared.
Part I ~ Structural Vision 75 hours
• A coherent philosophy of manual therapy
• Spatial medicine and personal development
• Bodyreading vocabulary and practice
• Fascial planes and myofascial meridians
• Embryology and evolution of tissues, shape & movement
• The physiology of emotional release
• Integrative techniques for the spine and neck
One Phase; 4 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on
72 hours in class, 3 hours out of class practice
Usual break between Parts 1 & 2 is about a month
Part I Assessment
No formal assessment
Admission to Part 2 is at the discretion of the Part 1 instructor.
Training and experience in manual therapy are required to enter Part 2.
A certificate of attendance and/or transcript letter is available
Part II ~ Structural Strategies – 174 hours
• Designed to move – detailed 3-D anatomy
• Extensive bodyreading practice
• Tissue and movement assessment
• “Work smarter, not harder” – body use
• Fascial and myofascial technique immersion
• Supervised instruction in a KMI 3-session series
Phase 1: 4 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on
Phase 2: 4 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on
144 hours in class, 30 hours clinical practice
Each session is scheduled in consecutive months.
Usual break between Parts 2 & 3 is a minimum of a few months and a maximum of 2 years.
Part II Assessment
Informal quizzes
Review of client session notes
Manual work assessment
Admission to Part 3 is at the discretion of the Part 2 instructors.
2 short essays are required to be submitted between Part 2 and Part 3.
Additional academic, practical or therapeutic work may be assigned as a condition to continue.
A certificate of attendance or transcript letter is available.
Part III ~ Structural Integration – 291 hours
• Supervised instruction in the 12-session KMI series
• Full spectrum clinical application
• Practice starting and building
• Holistic development of the human spirit
Phase 1: 6 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on
Phase 2: 5 days on, 2 days off, 5 days on
Phase 3: 4 days on, 2 days off, 6 days on
270 hours in class, 21 academic hours
Part III Assessment
Formal quizzes
Review of client session notes
Overview essay
Formal manual work evaluation
Graduation is at the discretion of Part 3 instructors.
Certification in Structural Integration, as well as website and directory listings, are dependent on completion of all work.
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