Course Information
Advanced Mind-Body Medicine Training
Course Directors
About the Training
Please note this training is open only to those who completed the initial Professional Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine. Sorry – no exceptions!
Our Advanced Mind-body Medicine Training Program is the second step in the most complete experiential and didactic training in mind-body medicine available — anywhere. It is also the next step as we continue our commitment to working with you on your professional growth and development. This training teaches participants how to use CMBM’s mind-body medicine techniques with individuals, families, and in classrooms. Participants will also learn CMBM’s signature “Mind-Body Skills Groups,” complete with a detailed manual describing each session and discussing solutions to common issues that arise in groups.
After completing Advanced Mind-Body Medicine, participants can start supervision or the Certification process to further enhance their skills as they integrate our model into their work and their lives.
“The Advanced training helped me to identify the path by which I’ll bring this healing work to my community and to myself. This program has changed my life and given me a means to give that change to others.”
Serena Hasworth, MPH
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Tuition
Optional Add Ons
Includes workshop and Mind-Body Skills for Children, Teens & their Families Manual.
For those attending adult track – $99. The workshop will take place on January 17th, from 8:30am-3:00pm.
(12 weeks of 1 hour a week and a meeting to help you prepare during the training). Can be credited towards Certification based on the criteria described here.
Scholarship Information
The Center does its best to provide partial scholarships to health providers working with underserved communities, Military and Veterans, and children in crisis. You can find the application here.
- Please apply to your institutions for funding before applying to us. We are a non-profit with limited funds.
- Scholarship offers cannot be combined with any other discounts.
- We do not provide scholarships to those who already registered.
Payment Policy
- Early Bird Discount: Receive $100 off of your tuition if you register and pay in full by October 26, 2017. Regular tuition price: $1250.
- Our online registration system allows for you to pay in installments, if you wish.
- Full tuition must be paid by December 7, 2017. Your credit card on file will be charged for any remaining balance on that date. Tuition must be paid in full to register after that date.
- If you work for an institution that requires tuition payment by check, you will need to register with a minimum payment of $100 by credit card. After completing registration you can print an invoice and have your institution send a check. These instructions are included in the Welcome Letter you receive upon completing registration. We must receive your check prior to December 7, 2017 to avoid your card being charged the remaining balance. Contact payments@cmbm.org if there is a delay in obtaining a check.
Cancellation Policy
Participants who withdraw before December 7, 2017 will receive a refund of the course tuition paid minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be made after that date for any reason. Canceled registrations after December 7, 2017 will be issued a credit in the amount paid to attend a CMBM training within one year. It is the participant’s responsibility to contact CMBM staff indicating which training they will be using their credit toward. Unused credits expire after one year. In the event of cancellation by The Center, we will refund any registration fees paid to The Center. Such refund shall represent its entire liability to the registrant. All refunds will be given after the program.
Schedule
January 17 (for participants signed up for the Children’s Workshop or Children’s track)
8:00 – 8:30 am Children’s Workshop registration
8:30 – 12:45 pm Children’s Workshop
12:45 – 1:45 pm Lunch Break
1:45 – 3:00 pm Children’s Workshop
Day 1- January 18
- 7:00-8:15am
- Registration
- 8:15-9:30am
- Welcome, Large Group Introduction and Check-in
- 9:30-10:15am
- Guiding Principles for Mind-Body Skills Groups
- 10:15-10:45am
- Break (walk to group)
- 10:45am-12:45pm
- Faculty-led Small Group Session – Small Group Room
- 12:45-2:00pm
- Lunch Break
- Optional Lunch Meeting: “Bringing this work to your institution“
- 2:00-5:0pm
- Coaching Session
- Breathing & Movement
- Biofeedback
- Meditation & Mindful Eating
- Imagery
- Closing Rituals & Drawings
- Children’s Track
- 5:15-6:15pm
- Opening Reception
Day 2- January 19
- 6:30-7:30am
- Yoga (optional)
- 8:30-8:45am
- Opening Meditation
- 8:45-9:45am
- Panel #1 – Group Fundamentals
- 9:45-10:15am
- Break (walk to group)
- 10:15am-12:45pm
- Participant-Led Small Group Session #1: Breathing & Movement – Small Group Room
- 12:45-2:00pm
- Lunch Break
- Certification Candidates Lunch
- 2:00-3:00pm
- Panel #2 – Working with Difficult Issues
- 3:00-3:30pm
- Break (walk to group)
- 3:30-6:00pm
- Participant-Led Small Group Session #2: Autogenics and Biofeedback – Small Group Room
Day 3- January 20
- 6:30-7:30am
- Yoga (Optional)
- 8:00-10:00am
- Fishbowl – Demonstration of Working with a Group
- 10:00-10:30am
- Break (walk to group)
- 10:30am-1:00pm
- Participant Led Small Group Session #3: Meditation and Mindful Eating – Small Group Room
- 1:00pm
- Lunch Break
- Afternoon off
- Remember to go directly to your group tomorrow morning!
Day 4- January 21
- 6:30-7:30am
- Yoga (optional)
- 8:30-11:00am
- Participant Led Small Group Session #4: Imagery/Visualization – Small Group Room
- 11:00-11:30am
- Break
- 11:30am-12:45pm
- Panel #3 – Additional Considerations for Running Groups
- 12:45-2:15pm
- Lunch Break
- 2:15-5:30pm
- Participant Led Small Group Session #5: Drawings with Closing Ritual – Small Group Room
Day 5- January 22
- 6:30-7:30am
- Yoga (optional)
- 8:15-8:30am
- Opening Meditation
- 8:30-9:30am
- Supervision, Certification & Taking the Next Steps
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine Group Model in Practice
- 9:30-9:45am
- Break (go to breakouts)
- 9:45-10:45am
- Taking this Work Out to the World Breakout
- Implementing the model in:
- Military setting, with veterans and with their families
- Psychotherapy practice
- Medical practice, hospitals and medical schools (includes medical coding & billing as well as info for non-medical professionals working in a medical setting
- Community-based setting
- 10:45am-11:00am
- Break
- 11:00-12:00pm
- Active Meditation and Guided Imagery
- 12:00-1:00pm
- Lunch Break
- 1:00-3:30pm
- Small Group Consulting Session – Consultation Group Room
- 3:30-4:00pm
- Break
- 4:00-4:45pm
- Q&A/Wrap-up and closing ritual
End of program
Continued Education Credits
Approved Continuing Education Credits
Physicians, Nurses and Social Workers
Please note: While we try to keep up to date on CEU information for various professions, we recommend that you contact your licensing board directly to confirm that your profession will accept CEU credits.
Approved Continuing Education Credits
Coaches
This program would qualify as Resource Development for International Coach Federation (ICF).
Massage Therapists
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine is an approved NCBTMB provider.Approved Provider Number: 451128-09. Expiration date: 08-25-2018.
Physicians
This training is jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and The Center for Mind-Body Medicine. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Final credit count pending.
Physician Assistants
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Psychologists
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PIM maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Social Workers
This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886394781-1333). Credit count pending.
Nurses & other Healthcare Professionals
Nurses & other healthcare professionals who participate in this activity may submit their Statement of Attendance from Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) to their appropriate accrediting organizations or state boards for consideration of credit. The participant is responsible for determining whether this activity meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.
Location & Travel
Venue Information
Hotel Details
Known as California’s “Refuge by the Sea,” Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds is a breathtakingly gorgeous 107 acres of ecologically diverse beachfront land. Click here to reserve your room: https://aws.passkey.com/e/49474962. For questions about accommodations, please contact Betty Forbes at 831.642.4219/ Betty@aramark.com or Patricia Kauffman 831.642.4218/ Patricia@aramark.com.
Asilomar has a “roommate request” option if you would like to share a room with another person attending the training. Note that for this option, each participant sharing a room must separately make their reservation online. If you select the “Roommate Request” category, every attempt will be made by Asilomar to place you in the occupancy type room you have selected either with your requested roommate or with another suitable participant until all possible partners are housed. If Asilomar is not able to find you a roommate for some or all nights or your requested roommate does not register or registers for some nights only, the appropriate rate will be applied and you will be charged for the difference.
The “participant with guest” option is intended for training participants that will be lodging with a family member or friend that is not attending the training. If you are planning to share a room with another participant, please select the roommate request option described above.
Commuting: If you wish to stay elsewhere and commute to Asilomar (see options below), there will be a State Park entrance fee of $12/day. When you arrive onsite you will have the option to purchase meals at Asilomar’s Crocker Dining Hall. Prices are: Breakfast – $19.19, Lunch – $24.85, Dinner – $38.64 (prices include taxes and service charge). There is also Phoebe’s Cafe on the Asilomar grounds with coffee, tea, and light food. There are also several options within a 5 minute drive: Passionfish, International Cuisine, Red House Cafe, and more. To purchase groceries for the week there is Grove Market, as well as a Trader Joe’s and Safeway in Pacific Grove.
Alternate accommodation options: Deer Haven Inn; Butterfly Grove Inn; Best Western The Inn and Suites Pacific Grove; Monterey Peninsula Inn.
Transportation Details
Please schedule your flights so that you will not miss any of the lectures! We will begin the morning of the 7th, so please plan to arrive ahead of time.
Driving directions from San Francisco/San Jose, Los Angeles, and Salinas can be found here. If you are flying, the Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) is closest, just 20 minutes from Asilomar. Mineta San Jose International (SJC) is 1 hour and 20 minutes north and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 2 hours north. Local taxi companies service the Monterey Regional Airport, as does the Monterey-Salinas Transit bus system. There are also limousine and car rental options here. Airport shuttle service to and from San Jose and San Francisco airports can be arranged in advance through Monterey Airbus by calling 831.373.7777 or visiting the Monterey Airbus website. For more details, visit Asilomar’s “Getting Here” page.
To request or offer rides with other participants, please use this rideshare spreadsheet. CMBM will not be responsible for coordinating rides.
FAQs
I have lots of experience with mind-body medicine. Can I take the Advanced Mind-Body Medicine training right away?
Advanced Training is opened only to those who completed the initial Mind-Body Medicine Professional Training Program. Sorry – no exceptions!
Can I get the student rate?
We do not have a student rate for this program. If needed, you are welcome to apply for a partial tuition scholarship. Please note, we have a tight scholarship budget allotment of 10 discounted tuition to individuals already conducting similar work within their communities who may not have the financial resources to attend this training.
All scholarship applications will begin review September 23rd, all scholarship recipients will be notified by September 30th.
Can I attend half/part of the program?
I need a paper registration to give my employer for approval- what do I do?
Please register online with a minimum $200 deposit. After completing registration you can print an invoice and have your institution send a check. Please make the check payable to: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and send to: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, 5225 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 414, Washington, DC 20015. We must receive your check prior to the deadline indicated on the Tuition page to avoid your card being charged the remaining balance. Contact payments@cmbm.org if there is a delay in obtaining a check.
Can I register over the phone/fax?
We encourage all attendees to register online in our online registration system (it only takes 5-10 minutes and is secure). If you would like to register by phone, please contact us at (202) 966-7338 x219.
I find your National and Regional work very interesting, and want to become faculty. How do I do that?
Our faculty members for Global Trauma Relief programs are chosen from among our most experienced faculty world-wide. To be considered in the future, the path starts with attending the initial Mind-Body Medicine Training followed by Advanced Mind-Body Medicine and Certification.
I teach yoga or qigong and would like to teach at Advanced Mind-Body Medicine. Whom do I contact?
Please email mindbody@cmbm.org with your name, a description of your practice, and your CV. You will be contacted if we are in need of an additional teacher.
Children's Track
Workshop on Working with Children, Teens and Their Families
The mini workshop is open to those taking the adult track, and mandatory for those taking the children´s track. It will take place on January 17th from 8:30am-3:00pm. It will provide an overview on how to work with kids and teens of all ages using mind-body medicine and will include information on working with traumatized children and children with special needs, and working together with parents and children. The workshop will lay the foundation for the following days at Advanced Training – Track on Working with Children, Teens and Their Families. The workshop will include interactive experiential learning and Q&A.
Track on Working with Children, Teens and Their Families
The Children´s Track starts with the workshop described above – mandatory for all taking the Children´s Track. The program’s focus will be on teaching mind-body skills in a child-friendly way with age appropriate toys and materials that enhance all developmental stages and provide understanding for the child in the attainment of new mind-body skills, stress reduction, and self awareness. Manual developed by our senior faculty working with children and teens will be made available as a resource with plenty of ideas, worksheets, and didactic which can be used in private, group, schools, community and hospital settings. Participants will be coached in a group format as well as individual consultation on their specific situations in working with kids, teens, and families. The opportunity to lead their group will be enhanced by presenting the didactic in child terms, but the group “check in” and process will be as adults so experience will be gained on all levels. Pre-requisite: Studying the PowerPoints provided ahead of the training. If you are not currently working with children/teens, we will ask you to do basic reading on child psychology/development. We recommend you take this track only if majority of your work is with children/teens. If you work equally with children and adults, we suggest you come to the Advanced Training twice. This track requires additional studying ahead of time, especially for those who don´t have educational background with children specialization, for example education/child psychology/pediatrics or similar area. The materials provided when you register must be reviewed ahead of time – they are a necessary background for the track itself, and will not be covered again onsite as we have much to share with you and only limited time. To register, select the Children’s Track or select the mini-workshop only for those attending adult track when registering. Certification candidates should attend the adult track.