Health Professions and Related Programs
Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education
Colleges award this field under 4 named programs, from Movement Therapy and Movement Education to Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education, Other.
Inside the major
Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 4 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Movement Therapy and Movement Education
- Prepares you to use functional and expressive integration strategies to help promote somatic awareness and optimal psychophysical functioning. Covers skilled touch techniques, kinesthetic awareness processes, movement observation, patterning, client assessment and guidance, verbal and nonverbal communication, practice management, professional standards and ethics, and specific therapeutic and educational modalities
- Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy
- Prepares you to function as professional instructors in the spiritual and physical therapy of Yoga in private, institutional, and clinical settings. Covers the principles of Ayurveda, philosophy of Yoga, warm-up and progressive exercises, breathing exercises, meditation, Yamas and Niyamas, instructional techniques, posture adjustment, student/client counseling and assessment, advanced Yoga disciplines and styles, business practices, and professional standards and ethics.
- Hypnotherapy/Hypnotherapist
- Prepares you to employ the controlled inducement of altered states of consciousness, or trance, to reduce pain, resolve emotional conflicts, and enhance communications as part of diagnostic and treatment programs. Covers the principles of hypnosis and suggestion, induction and deepening, post-hypnotic suggestion, awakening techniques, regression, pacing and leading, resistance transformation, client testing and management, practice management and regulation, and professional standards and ethics.
- Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education, Other
- Movement and mind-body therapies not listed above.
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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- Median pay
- $47,160
- Hiring change through 2035
- 7.3%
- Job openings a year
- 68,000
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
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- Median pay
- $107,310
- Hiring change through 2035
- 17.9%
- Job openings a year
- 24,900
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- Median pay
- $77,930
- Hiring change through 2035
- 12.6%
- Job openings a year
- 3,600
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Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it.
Working style
How and where the work happens
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Most careers connected to this field involve in-person work. About 70 of every 100 openings require working close to other people or spending time on your feet.
College options
How admission works
See which colleges admit first-year students to this field and which ask for a later application. Colleges are ordered by degrees awarded; sort by any numbered column.
| College | Degrees a year | Admit rate | Program admission | Average annual cost after aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Christian University TX | 32 | 43% | Open majorTCU lists no special admission requirements for Health Sciences. Students admitted to the university may pursue the program subject to its ordinary academic requirements. | $18,000 |
| CUNY York College NY | 22 | 59% | Apply after enrollmentStudents first matriculate at York, then health-professions admission depends on minimum credits, prerequisites, GPA and discipline Admissions Committee approval. Thresholds vary by program. | $7,000 |