POLARITY THERAPY PRACTITIONER TRAINING - International, Winchester-Middletown and Charlottesville (Virginia USA), NSW and Qld (Australia), distance and online.

WHY STUDY POLARITY THERAPY THROUGH 6TH DIMENSION?

You will experience a real world approach to Polarity Therapy training as a result of practice-based knowledge and experience.
You will experience a caring yet integrated, systematic and thoughtful approach to Polarity Therapy education that also incorporates some scholarly principles of learning.
You will be taught by an experienced educator who has taught in the vocational, university, college, and private sectors in the USA, Asia, and Australia, including as pedagogical manager for a professional school in Tokyo with a faculty of 23 teachers and over 400 - 600 trainees.
You will be exposed to an international perspective: Originating from Australia and based in the USA, the training manager has also lived and studied in India, Japan, Thailand and other parts of South East Asia.
You will be provided clear, simple information about the origins of Polarity Therapy. The training manager has spent considerable time at the institute in India where Dr Stone spent much of his later life.
You will be offered a wide range of electives.
You will be taught by a doctoral qualified educator who is capable of supervising training at a professional level.
You will be respected by a strong code of ethics regarding trainees, including their ownership of their own intellectual property.
You will be taught by an educator with experience dealing with professional associations - the training manager is a former Board member of the American Polarity Therapy Association.
You will be treated like a serious adult, a professional-in-training, someone with prior life and career experience who has chosen to enhance your life through acquiring Polarity Therapy knowledge. This is a very different approach from being treated like a "student".

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TRAINING LEVELS:

3 Day Introductory Workshop. In-person and virtual classrooms. $US500.00 per person. This training can be counted towards the CPT if commenced within one year after taking the 3 day workshop.
- Pre-requisites: All that you need is a liking for people, a wish to help, and an open-ness to alternative and energy-based therapies.
CPT - Certificate of Polarity Therapy: This level provides the skills to begin professional practice with clients, as a Polarity Therapist. Many people also choose this level of training primarily as part of their own personal growth and wellness process, and to better take care of their families. It establishes the basis for advanced training as a Polarity Therapy practitioner.
- Pre-Requisites: All that you need is a liking for people, a wish to help, and an open-ness to alternative and energy-based therapies.

DPT - Diploma of Polarity Therapy: This is an advanced level of training. It fosters a deeper knowledge and skill base appropriate for those intending to deepen their therapeutic skills and/ or build a practice as Polarity Therapy Practitioners. Individuals wishing to focus on deepening their own wellness process also benefit greatly from this training level. This training level is the basis from which ultimately to progress to further training to become a Polarity Therapy Educator.
- Pre-Requisites: Completion of CPT or similar associate level training elsewhere - e.g. APP. Contact 6th Dimension for assessment of prior learning.

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TRAINING OPTIONS:

Group training: CPT - 155 hours; DPT - 675 hours. A combination of class time, independent study, electives, and supervised clinical practice as a Polarity Therapist.

CPT: Offered in 10 two day modules at $US280.00 per module.
10 Weekends spread across 12 months.Total: $US2,800.00.
Next start date: Fall 2010.
DPT: Offered in 2 day modules at $US300.00 per module.
68 Modules spread across 3 years. Current fee: estimate $US6,800 per year approximately, depending on specific schedule.
Next start date: 2011. Locations: USA - Middletown and Charlottesville, VA, USA; Australia - Blue Mountains, NSW and Brisbane, Qld. Online - see below.

Distance Learning: Combination of computer learning materials or hard copies by mail for people without computers, in-person practical intensives, electives, and independent study.

CPT: Approximately 12 - 18 months, depending on the pace that the trainee would like to study. Some people like to finish more quickly and some like to take a more sedate approach. $US3,000.00.
DPT: Approximately 24 - 36 months after completion of CPT. depending on the pace that the trainee would like to study. Some people like to finish more quickly and some like to take a more sedate approach.Can be accelerated according to how quickly the trainee works through each training package. Total: $US13,500.00.
Includes: Learning materials, practical intensive (in-person), and mentoring via phone/ Skype or email.
Virtual classroom: Coming late 2010/ early 2011: Real time, online training, delivered via online streaming technology which provides genuine in-person training where you can watch demonstrations of the techniques, ask questions - just as you would in a physical classroom. The advantage is that you train where you are and do not have to travel to 6th Dimension. Periodic workshops will be offered ain addition to the certificates listed above.

Accelerated Learning - Individual Intensive Training: Totally exclusive and individualized one-on-one training through an intensive approach designed to cover the course content for the CPT and the DPT in a compressed period of time and comprehensive syllabus format. Comprises one-on-one training plus electives and practical experience as a Polarity Therapy Practitioner/ Polarity Therapist. By arrangement with 6th Dimension, individual training days can be structured according to individual needs and commitments. Locations: Online, and Middletown (VA) in the Winchester area, VA, USA, and the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.

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ADVANTAGES OF EACH STYLE OF LEARNING:

Group Training in Polarity Therapy allows Q & A time and discussion among class members, facilitating indirect learning through both these aspects of group training.
Accelerated Learning - Individual Intensive Training in Polarity Therapy guarantees exclusive individual attention. It is suitable for anyone who has a yearning to learn this work in the shortest possible time and get on with establishing a practice. It is a perfect match for people who have already had a previous career and professional experience in another field, and who wish to take a "time out" to focus on qualilfying as a Polarity Therapist, then commence a practice.
Distance Learning in Polarity Therapy is suitable for people who live far from 6th Dimension branches, like to train at their own pace, and are self disciplined and motivated.
The Accelerated Learning and Distance Learning modes are also for people who can thrive in their training without contact with class members to stimulate their learning and maintain momentum.

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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: All training is conducted in English, so please make sure that you are proficient in that language.

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PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION OR MEMBERSHIPS: The Polarity Therapy training provided by 6th Dimension is designed to be equivalent to and meet the standards set by the American Polarity Therapy Association for their APP (Associate Polarity Practitioner) and RPP (Registered Polarity Practitioner) levels respectively.

American trainees are eligible to apply for general membership with the American Polarity Therapy Association at any time. However, obtaining the designations of APP or RPP is not guaranteed at this time.

Australian graduates will be eligible to apply for membership with the Australian Polarity Therapy Network and the Energetic Healing Association of Australia. However, they should first contact those organizations to verify current requirements.

Trainees from/ in other countries are advised to check with their national Polarity Therapy organization to verify if training at 6th Dimension would also qualify them for membership/ registration as Polarity Therapy practitioners in their own country. Other organizations like the Polarity Network typically welcome graduates from various Polarity Therapy schools around the world.

Some, but not all, of these associations provide access to low-cost, professional liability insurance for graduates intending to practice professionally. However, other avenues of obtaining such insurance also exist.

Registration/ membership with any professional Polarity Therapy organization is solely at the trainee's/ graduate's own discretion, whether during training or upon completion of training.

TRAINING REGISTRATION: Call USA 202-630-9108 or email 6th Dimension. Additional details of Polarity Therapy practitioner training will be outlined upon inquiry.

NEWS: Ranna was selected to present her Polarity Therapy and Cranio-Sacral Therapy based Inter-Dimensional "Yoga" Plus™ method in an experiential workshop at the 25th Anniversary conference of the American Polarity Therapy Association - APTA, in Chicago (September 4 - 6, 2009).

ARTICLE - EXPERIENCE A CLASS: Ranna®...”Yoga”: Integrating Polarity Yoga and Cranio-Sacral Rhythms through an Inter-Dimensional Approach