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If you are interested in being on the waitlist in case there are any cancellations, please email [email protected].

In the meantime we encourage you to check out our Spring section of CST Foundations, a special 2 weekend series!

Otherwise, join us next time. The 2025-26 calendar should be posted in early spring.

Explore Foundations Series (Spring 2025)

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BEGINS OCTOBER 12, 2024

Regular Price: $2205
Earlybird Discount: $1874
BIPOC Discount: $1764

EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 12
PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE

Our Craniosacral Therapy Foundations course gives participants a comprehensive skill set to perform craniosacral therapy in a variety of clinical settings.

It is comprised of 3 modules, each involving a 2-day, hands-on, in-person workshop focused on developing “listening hands”, learning the main craniosacral releases, and addressing important areas related to the craniosacral system, such as the jaw, thoracolumbar fascia, and cervical fascia.

Since understanding the relevant anatomy and physiology of the body greatly improves our hands-on work, we provide online lectures in the associated anatomy and physiology to complement our in-person training. Students are expected to review the online materials before our in-person time together.

Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Training

Fall Foundations Schedule

All in-person workshops meet
Saturday (9:30am-4:30pm)
and Sunday (9:30am-3:30pm)

Location: 415 N Killingsworth St,
Portland, OR 97217

  • Module I: October 12-13, 2024
  • Module II: November 9-10, 2024
  • Module III: December 7-8, 2024

Earn Continuing Education Credits

The CST Foundations Training has been pre-approved for the following CE hours:

  • CST Module I:
    online content: NCCAOM (7 PDA), OBNM (TBD), NCBTMB (7 CE)
    workshop: NCCAOM (10 PDA), OBNM (10 CE), NCBTMB (10.5 CE)
  • CST Module II:
    online content: NCCAOM (4 PDA), OBNM (TBD), NCBTMB (4 CE)
    workshop: NCCAOM (10 PDA), OBNM (10 CE), NCBTMB (10 CE)
  • CST Module III:
    online content: NCCAOM (2 PDA), OBNM (TBD), NCBTMB (2 CE)
    workshop: NCCAOM (10.5 PDA), OBNM (10 CE), NCBTMB (11 CE)

 

Certificates are issued after you complete quizzes for the online content and after each in-person workshop.

MMI Continuing Education

Curriculum

Included in the Fall CST Foundations Series

Click to explore the curriculum in more detail

Watch a Sample Lecture

What is Craniosacral Therapy: Bone, Bags, Fluids, and Things

Course Highlights

Participants are invited into the rich and often beguiling world of the craniosacral system in a way that is fun and approachable while also deeply meaningful. The principles underlying craniosacral therapy are introduced along with an appreciation for the “terrain” of the system.

  • Individualized instruction and support finding your own touch signature and palpating the craniosacral rhythm

  • 3 in-person weekends focused on the techniques

  • Unlimited access to recorded lectures and demonstration videos in the online classroom

  • Access to the online classroom 30 days before the first in-person workshop until 90 days after the course is finished

Options We Offer

  • Payment Plan

    Payment Plans are available for all course series and include a 5% administrative fee and are subject to our refund policy. A deposit is due at registration and represents ⅓ of the total series price (+ applicable discounts and the administrative fee). The remaining balance is divided into 2 payments scheduled 1 and 2 months after the first payment. Your card will be charged automatically.

    We recommend you mark your calendars for those payment dates.

  • Discounts

    EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT: 15% OFF the total tuition up to 30 days before the course begins.

    BIPOC DISCOUNT: 20% OFF the total tuition on all courses and series.

    Choose the best option for you. Discounts cannot be combined.

  • Returning Students

    MMI Students can retake a course at 50% off the full price of the course. The course curriculum has evolved in recent years. If you want to further your skills or simply refresh them, this option is for you.

    Former or current MMI students who have completed CST Foundations and want to enroll again, please send us a message on the main website. We'll help make that happen for you!

Course Policies

Read about our refund, withdrawal, discount, CEU and other policies

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What Past Students Are Saying

Don't take our word for it ;-)

The training is fantastic

L.B. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

The training is fantastic. Michael and the teaching assistants provided a safe and supportive learning environment that allowed me to sink deeply into the practice and gain confidence in my ability to support my patients with this subtle, gentle, and powerful healing modality.

Integrity and intentionality

M.H. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

There is so much integrity and intentionality to the the course. It's a pleasure to be a part of and makes the learning effortless.

A deep dive into the theory and anatomy to engage your brain

M.B. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

Cranial Sacral therapy is a subtle and effective technique to layer into your current practice. MMI provides a deep dive into the theory and anatomy to engage your brain, and practice with a variety of clear and valuable techniques to improve your skills. The hybrid model allows for learning in your own time, and the in person workshops provide a cohort for you to learn with, and two full days of hands on practical time with the instructors.

They teach solid practical skills and a treatment approach that builds practitioner confidence

M.H. Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

Michael and the MMI teaching assistants will take you on a most nourishing dive into the cranial sacral system and the practitioner-patient relationship. It’s not to be missed if you’re interested in the intersections of cranial rhythms, nervous systems, interpersonal biology, and anatomy. They teach solid practical skills and a treatment approach that builds practitioner confidence. Nuanced anatomy lessons provide an anchor for your “listening hands”. It’s more than skills and anatomy lessons though. It’s a whole world view built on the principle of “the direction of ease.” These modules will meet you where you are and help you deepen your medicine and your hands’ sensitivity. Don’t miss it.

The lectures are bite-sized, engaging, and knowledge dense

M.B. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

Most of us are pretty wary of Hybrid courses right now. There are only so many hours we can stare at screens. This CS Hybrid series is not like that at all. The lectures are bite-sized, engaging, and knowledge dense. They link directly to the work we do in the Clinical Workshops. Michael and his assistants are outstanding practitioners who are quick to share their decades of experience in the context of their new insights working with the anatomy. There isn't another course like this that will get you from "never done this before" to "really comfortable and curious to explore more".

Truly a priceless experience

R.G. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

This is not your general weekend continuing education class, this is a class that will assist you in developing your skills, style and intuition to be a cranial sacral practitioner. the community, the content, the teacher and the other students reached well beyond my expectations. truly a priceless experience.

Amazed with the confidence, clarity, and insight I've gained

L.J. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

I think everyone has done an excellent job! I'm so impressed with the clarity of the content, the quality of teaching, and the support offered. I am truly amazed with the confidence, clarity, and insight I've gained through these 6 months of learning and practicing.

I cannot recommend studying with Michael and MMI highly enough

Anonymous (Craniosacral Therapy cohort participant)

This training and Michaels approach is revolutionary. I cannot recommend studying with Michael and MMI highly enough. When I say I am truly changed for the better after doing the CS Hybrid Series, I mean it with every cell of my body. After this training, Craniosacral work and MRF have become staple modalities in my massage practice, and will continue to be going forward. I am a better practitioner, student, and human after this course. Seriously. I feel honored and deeply grateful to have taken part in it The organization of the content was incredibly thoughtful and built nicely on itself. I can see why certain techniques were held for the end. It's an immense amount of content and it was disseminated in an incredibly organized and nourishing way.

The hybrid format makes this course SO ACCESSIBLE and easy to fit into busy schedulesC.B. (Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Training)

CB (Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Training))

The online content is amazing but the in person sessions really tie everything together. The hybrid format makes this course SO ACCESSIBLE and easy to fit into busy schedules. I'm so glad I still have several more modules left!!!

STOKED. PUMPED. INSPIRED.

K.M. (Craniosacral Therapy cohort)

STOKED. PUMPED. INSPIRED. CHALLENGED. CONFIRMED. REASSURED. WOWED. GRATEFUL. Thank you for creating this magical course. I am so thrilled to be here.

Related Courses & Offerings

Craniosacral Therapy

This course is designed for licensed healthcare professionals, those enrolled in a healthcare training program, or those who are otherwise on a licensing path in a healthcare field (LAc, LMT, ND, etc.). If this does not apply to you but you would like to be considered for this course, please reach out to us and we will be glad to discuss it with you and make sure your interests are a good match for a particular course.