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CERTIFICATION, MEMBERSHIP & LICENSING
APPROVAL TO OPERATE
STATE OF MAINE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
Namasté Institute is licensed to operate by the State of Maine Department of Education. State Approval notifies you, the consumer, that an institution has been evaluated and found to be in compliance with the highest standards in public and private education.
The State of Maine passed legislation in April of 1999 which requires a minimum of 500 hours of massage training for massage therapists. Successful completion of any of the Massage Therapist Programs offered by Namasté Institute qualifies the student to meet the State of Maine educational requirements for licensure.
State of Maine Department of Education
State of Maine Massage Therapy Licensure
State of Maine Approved Massage Therapy Programs (PDF)
THE AMERICAN MASSAGE THERAPY ASSOCIATION
Namasté Institute is proud to be a member of the The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) Council of Schools. Successful completion of any of Namasté's Massage Therapy programs qualifies you for membership in the AMTA. The AMTA sets the standard of excellence for the massage profession, and your AMTA membership entitles you to significant professional recognition and other important benefits including professional malpractice insurance, networking, legal support, and opportunities for further education. The AMTA, founded in 1943, is the oldest and largest national organization representing the massage therapy profession including over 54,000 members and more than 342 schools internationally. On the national level, the AMTA serves in a leadership role in establishing standards for the profession in education and practice. The AMTA has a very broad political action program at the local level for the support of its members. (www.massagetherapy.com)
ASSOCIATED BODYWORK & MASSAGE PROFESSIONALS
Namasté Institute is an Institutional Member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP), the largest membership organization providing professional malpractice insurance and networking to over 54,000 members in the massage, bodywork, somatic, and esthetic professions. As a student and after successful completion of any of Namasté Massage Therapy programs qualifies you for membership in the ABMP. (www.abmp.com)
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND BODYWORK
The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) was established to provide voluntary national certification of massage therapists and bodyworkers through administration of the National Certification Exam (NCE). Many states are adopting the NCE, and graduates may have to be nationally certified with the NCBTMB in order to transfer their education to another state that requires the NCE. National Certification is a credential therapeutic massage and bodywork practitioners may hold by meeting certain eligibility criteria, taking and passing an examination, upholding a national Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, and demonstrating continued education in the field. All of Namasté Institute's Massage Therapy programs meet the educational requirements set by the NCBTMB for acceptance to the National Certification Exam. After completing any of Namasté Institute's programs students are eligible to take the NCE. (www.nctmb.org)
THE YOGA ALLIANCE
Yoga Alliance® was formed by a merger in 1999 of Unity in Yoga (a group that organized and sponsored national and international yoga conferences from its formation in 1982 until 1995) and the Ad Hoc Yoga Alliance (a volunteer group that in 1997 started working on creating minimum standards for yoga teachers, as well as other issues relevant to the yoga community). In September 1999, the newly organized Yoga Alliance® established a national Yoga Teachers' Registry to recognize and promote teachers with training that meet Yoga Alliance minimum training standards. Teachers who meet these standards are eligible to register as "RYT®"s (Registered Yoga Teachers). In 2005, in conjunction with enhanced revised standards for registration, the Yoga Alliance began recognizing and registering teachers with significant teaching experience in addition to training (Experienced Registered Yoga Teachers, or "E-RYT®"s). Yoga Alliance® also maintains a Registry of Yoga Schools to recognize yoga teacher training programs of at least 200 or 500 hours. A school whose curriculum satisfies or exceeds the Yoga Alliance minimum training standards may apply to register as a "RYS®" (Registered Yoga School). Once a school is registered, all graduates of a RYS® are automatically eligible to register with the Yoga Alliance as RYT®s. (www.yogaalliance.org)
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