Functional Awareness® Certification

Functional Awareness Movement Educator Certification (FA®ME)

Functional Awareness® Movement Educators develop a firm foundation in anatomical and somatic approaches to movement. Participants learn specific strategies and skills facilitate efficiency of movement. In addition, the program teaches one to live and practice the principles of ease in action in the studio and integrate the principles in daily life.

2024-2025 Requirements for Certification as a Functional Awareness® Movement Educator

Functional Awareness offerings can be enrolled separately to enrich practices as a movement educator.

To become a certified Functional Awareness® Movement Educator( FA®ME) one is required to enroll in all three educational offerings listed here.

Course of Study

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The certification is split up into 3 parts.

Part 1: Synchronous online or in-person learning sessions with reading and writing assignments 

Wednesday, November 6th 11am – 12:15pm ET
Wednesday, January 8th 11am-12:15pm ET
Wednesday, March 12th 11am-12:15pm ET
Wednesday, May 14th 11am-12:15pm ET

Additional optional FA in-person/ asynchronous webinars TBA and offered at no charge to certification participants.

*Part 1 costs $300

Part 2 Asynchronous Learning

A 6-week virtual, asynchronous NDEO OPDI Course
NDEO CEUs are offered for this certification section.
Dates TBA.

*Part 2 is paid directly to NDEO. It costs $295 for members or $370 for non-members.

Part 3 In-Person Functional Awareness Summer Study at Towson University

Dates: Monday, August 4 – Thursday, August 7, 2025

*Part 3 costs $350 if paid before the early-bird deadline $400 after the deadline.

Please let us know if you have any questions and/or you’d like to meet to discuss in more detail!

Click here https://functionalawareness.org/5-day-summer-study-in-functional-awareness-anatomy-in-action/ to see a sample of the curriculum and daily timeline

Outcomes:

Participants will

  • Learn the FA reflective practice of the 4Rs
  • Learn an approach to anatomy through multimedia, interactive, creative methods
  • Develop visual, tactile, and proprioceptive skills training to assess, assist, and enhance student learning in movement skills through embodied anatomy.
  • Improve your functional anatomy literacy
  • Participate in private/group sessions with Certified FAEducators
  • Integrate Functional Awareness® principles of movement function into a movement practice of choice
  • Develop lesson plans applying FA® concepts to specific disciplines
  • Teach integrative research and applications to fellow educators and trainees

For further information and application information contact us at info@functionalawareness.org.

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