Training
CMBM offers the world’s largest, most effective program for healing population-wide psychological trauma. Our evidence-based approach equips individuals and communities with self-care techniques to reduce stress, enhance wellbeing, and build resiliency.
Mind-Body Medicine Training: An Overview
Mind-body medicine training teaches practical, evidence-based techniques—such as meditation, guided imagery, movement, and expressive writing—to improve mental and emotional health. It emphasizes the deep connection between mind, body, and spirit, empowering people to reduce stress, build resilience, and support their own healing.
Our small-group model trains local service providers and community leaders to teach these skills within supportive group settings. When practiced in community, these techniques can transform health outcomes, foster connection, and restore hope.
Benefits of Mind-Body Medicine Training
Our trainings offer a range of benefits:
- Evidence-Based Tools for Healing: Learn more than a dozen proven mind-body techniques that support self-care, resilience, and emotional well-being.
- Personal Growth & Professional Skills: Experience deep personal transformation while gaining practical skills to use with individuals, groups, classrooms, and communities.
- Flexible, Online Format: Join from anywhere in the world and engage with expert faculty and a global community of like-minded professionals.
- Community: Become part of an impressive international network of over 7,000 healthcare providers, educators, and leaders dedicated to healing and serving millions of people around the globe.
Our Training Pathway
We offer a comprehensive pathway that supports both personal growth and professional integration of mind-body medicine skills.
Professional Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine
4 days | Online, hybrid, or in-person
PTP is a comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of our model. Participants explore the biology and psychology of stress and trauma while personally experiencing 16 evidence-based mind-body techniques, including meditation, mindful movement, guided imagery, and expressive arts.
The training combines large-group sessions with intimate Mind-Body Skills Groups, offering both practical tools and an experiential understanding of self-care and resilience.
Advanced Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine
4 days | Online or in-person | Prerequisite: PTP
ATP deepens participants’ ability to facilitate and teach our mind-body medicine model in individual, group, and community settings. Through structured practice sessions, peer feedback, and faculty mentorship, trainees refine their facilitation techniques, strengthen self-awareness, and learn how to adapt the model for diverse populations.
Certification in Mind-Body Medicine
Virtual | Prerequisite: PTP & ATP
For those wishing to continue on after PTP and ATP, we offer three Certification tracks designed to meet different goals, timeframes, and budgets:
- Signature Track – The most rigorous and comprehensive pathway, preparing graduates for potential faculty or supervisor roles.
- Essential Track – A flexible option focused on applying mind-body skills in personal and professional settings.
- Custom Track – Tailored for organizations and communities, particularly those in conflict zones or areas of high trauma.
Specialized Training
In addition to PTP and ATP, we offer specialized trainings designed to meet the unique needs of schools, communities, and organizations worldwide.
Each program can be tailored to fit the audience it serves, making training flexible, accessible, and responsive to the cultural, logistical, and emotional realities of each setting.
Whether it’s educators supporting students, community leaders building resilience, or professionals introducing mind-body medicine to new populations, these trainings meet participants where they are.
Learn more about our specialized training options:
Children & Teens Intensive Training
4 days | Prerequisite: none
Designed for educators, counselors, and health professionals working with youth, this training explores the impact of stress and trauma on children, integrates neuroscience and developmental insights, and teaches practical tools for emotional regulation and resilience. It includes experiential exercises, role-plays, and optional parent workshops.
Classroom & Schools Integration Training
2 days + follow-up consultations | Prerequisite: none
Tailored for teachers, school staff, and youth-serving organizations, this training helps integrate mind-body skills into classroom routines and school-wide wellness initiatives. Participants learn to foster calm, connected learning environments and apply trauma-informed strategies that support students’ growth and focus.
Leadership Training Program (LTP)
2–3 days | Prerequisite: ATP; Certification preferred
Designed for local leaders who wish to expand and sustain mind-body medicine programs within their communities, the LTP emphasizes self-awareness, collaboration, and strategic planning. LTP helps participants build community-based initiatives for long-term healing and resilience.
Workshops
½ day or 1 day | Prerequisite: none
These introductory workshops offer an overview of mind-body medicine and an experience of a few core self-care techniques. They’re ideal for healthcare systems, schools, or community organizations beginning their journey with CMBM.
Upcoming Trainings
This has been an amazing journey. This work is life changing and has the potential to change the world. I am excited about what I have learned about myself and my preparation to take this work into the community.
The CMBM certification program has guided me to myself, and held my hand as I discovered who I truly am in the world.
This training is what I have sought from medicine and healthcare since I entered medical school 31 years ago. This is the creative spark of healing from within. This possibility has always been there for me to see, but now I have experienced it.