Certified Holistic Kinesiology Practitioner · New York, NY

Kinesiology training in New York.

Holistic kinesiology asks for a table, patient hands, and precise technique, which appeals to New York applicants who want a clear physical method after years at a desk. The Certified Holistic Kinesiology Practitioner track teaches muscle testing, balancing protocols, and full-session craft you rehearse until it holds.

Kinesiology certification training in New York, NY

New York cohort at a glance

Tuition
$4,000

Same tuition in every city

Format
100% in person

In New York, NY

In-person teaching
9 days · 72h

8-hour days, two 4-hour half-days

Personal study
~58h

Between sessions, on average

Cohort size
10 students

Fixed cohort, start to finish

Credential
CHKP

Private certification, not a state license

Download detailed program (PDF)

PDF — modules, hours, faculty notes, and a typical week's schedule.

Your dates in New York

Jan 28 – Mar 26, 2028

Fri–Sun · 9 am–6 pm · 9 teaching days in 3 monthly modules · 10 seats per cohort

  1. Module 1Jan 28–30
  2. Module 2Feb 25–27
  3. Module 3Mar 24–26

Every teaching day runs 9 am to 6 pm, in two four-hour half-days. You receive the New York venue and the full timetable with your enrolment agreement.

Seats

10 students

Enrolment closes

January 7, 2028

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Train where you live

Why Kinesiology in New York?

A practical base sits in Williamsburg and Long Island City wellness rooms, where table space is easier to rent than in denser districts, plus clients commuting from New Jersey. The bodywork-literate crowd here takes to muscle testing readily once they see it. The honest caveat: kinesiology is less familiar than massage or acupuncture locally, so expect to explain the method carefully before a first booking.

New York's wellness market is unlike any other in the country: it's where modalities are tested, refined, and exported. The five boroughs hold thousands of yoga studios, several hundred spas, and a thriving network of independent practitioners working in everything from Reiki to expressive arts. The career-changers who train with us in New York typically come from finance, media, fashion, and tech — they've spent a decade or more in highly cognitive work and want a practice that puts them back in the body, with their hands, in front of real people. Public transit makes attendance from across the metro realistic for full training days, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For students of Kinesiology specifically, New York's scene is a particularly good match: highest density of yoga studios per capita in the u.s. strong demand for in-person, lineage-aware training. The local cohort runs in venue partners around DUMBO, Williamsburg, NoMad, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.

New York applicants tend to be 35-50 years old, often coming from a decade or more in finance, law, media, fashion, advertising, or tech. Many have stable income, well-developed personal yoga or meditation practices, and clear evidence in their lives that the office-driven life is not sustainable. They are sophisticated consumers of wellness content and skeptical of training that overpromises. They want lineage clarity, real practice hours, and a credential they can speak about credibly with the friends and former colleagues they expect to bring as their first paying clients.

The modality

What you'll be training in.

For a deeper introduction to Kinesiology as a practice tradition, see the full program page.

Holistic kinesiology is a hands-on, table-based wellness practice that uses manual muscle testing as a biofeedback tool. The practitioner places the client's arm or leg in a specific position and applies light pressure; the change in muscle response — the small ways the muscle either holds or yields — is read as feedback from the body's own information system. From that feedback the practitioner builds a session: balancing specific muscle-meridian pairs, addressing emotional stress patterns associated with specific points, and supporting the client toward a stated goal.

Holistic kinesiology should not be confused with academic kinesiology — the university-level study of human movement that prepares students for physical therapy or athletic training. The two share a name but are different fields. Holistic kinesiology grew out of George Goodheart's Applied Kinesiology in the 1960s and was popularized in non-medical wellness practice through John Thie's Touch for Health system in the 1970s. Today it is one of the most widely-practiced hands-on modalities in the U.S. wellness market.

The program, day by day

The Kinesiology curriculum in New York: 9 in-person days.

Nine days, the full Touch for Health 1-4 synthesis, and a practice that's yours.

Teaching days
9

days, 7h each

Teaching hours
72h

in the room

Cohort size
10

in your New York cohort

See every day in detail
Certified Holistic Kinesiology Practitioner (CHKP) · 9 days · 72 hours
DayTheme
Chapter 1 · Days 1–2First touch
01Muscle testing and Touch for Health 1 begins
02The 14-muscle balance
Chapter 2 · Days 3–4Deeper maps
03Touch for Health 2: 28 muscles and circuit locating
04The meridian wheel and the five elements
Chapter 3 · Days 5–7The full system
05Touch for Health 3: 42 muscles and goal balancing
06Reactive muscles, gait and easing discomfort
07Touch for Health 4: standing, lying and postural stress
Chapter 4 · Days 8–9Your practice
08The full synthesis and your session arc
09Your practice, your assessment, your CHKP

Signature moment of the program

Cohort schedule

When Kinesiology cohorts run in New York.

New York cohorts run year-round with three start dates (January, May, September). Winter cohorts have lower attendance variance (people are indoors anyway); summer cohorts are slightly smaller but produce strong cohesion through the shared experience of training in heat. Every in-person session is a full day, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; there are no evening classes.

The right student

Who this New York cohort is for.

Bodyworkers, yoga teachers, and career-changers who want to add a powerful biofeedback tool to their work.

Career outcomes

Where your New York training leads.

  • Open a private Holistic Kinesiology practice (CHKP)
  • Specialize in stress, goal balancing, or posture and movement wellness
  • Add kinesiology to a yoga, coaching, or bodywork practice
  • Lead small-group practitioner exchanges
Tuition

$4,000 for the full 9-day Kinesiology program in New York.

Same tuition whether you study in New York or any of our other U.S. cities. Monthly payment plans without interest. A 25% deposit confirms your spot in the New York cohort.

Tuition and financing details

$4,000

72h of teaching · 9 in-person days

Next step

Become a Certified Holistic Kinesiology Practitioner in New York.

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