Naori is a systems-based movement method developed around the relationships between the lymphatic system, fascia, the nervous system, and breath.
Instructor certification prepares qualified movement professionals to understand the method, experience its quality, and learn how to teach it with clarity, care, and consistency.
Certification is currently offered in person in Dallas, Texas.
Apply for Instructor CertificationAs an instructor, you may notice this in participants—or perhaps in your own body. Someone may move regularly, build strength, improve mobility, and care for their body, yet the body may still appear puffy or feel heavy, with certain areas that remain restricted and difficult to reach through their usual practice.
Different factors can contribute to these patterns. The condition and glide of the fascia, the movement of interstitial fluid and lymph, breath-driven pressure dynamics, and nervous system state all influence how freely the body can organize and respond during movement. When tissue glide is limited, fluid movement is less supported, or the body remains in a guarded state, certain areas may continue to feel heavy, appear puffy, or remain less available to movement—even within a consistent exercise practice.
Fascia, breath, the nervous system, recovery, and the lymphatic system are established subjects within movement and wellness conversations, although they are often explored separately. Naori brings their relationships into one structured movement practice and gives instructors a framework for understanding how they influence movement and how to support them through practice.
Through diaphragmatic breathing, rhythm, directional touch, and carefully sequenced movement, the method supports fluid movement, tissue responsiveness, and a nervous system state that allows the body to move with greater ease and adaptability.
Naori can sit alongside and complement Pilates, yoga, strength training, mobility, and other forms of movement.
Naori instructor certification is designed for professionals who are already established in movement disciplines.
This may include Pilates teachers, yoga teachers, barre teachers, personal trainers, group fitness instructors, and other qualified practitioners with relevant teaching experience.
Applicants should already have experience guiding people through movement safely and confidently.
Naori is taught as a distinct method, with its own principles, practice, and teaching approach.
Naori certification develops understanding, direct experience of the method, and teaching ability together.
Naori instructor certification includes approximately 40 hours of combined study, training, personal practice, assessment, and supervised teaching.
The required theory materials are studied independently alongside the practical portion of certification.
Most instructors should expect to spend approximately 8–12 hours studying the material in their own available time. This allows each trainee to move through the concepts carefully, return to more complex sections, and connect the theory to what they are experiencing in practice.
The conceptual study is followed by a written assessment, which takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.
The practical portion begins with a 4-hour in-person group training session.
During this session, trainees are guided through the structure of the Naori method with explanation and demonstration of each part of the practice. The training also includes a full Naori session experience and time for questions, clarification, and discussion.
After the initial training, trainees begin a 3-week period of personal practice. They complete 18 full Naori sessions at home, with 6 sessions each week.
This repeated practice allows the method to become more familiar in the body and gives trainees time to notice what becomes clearer through consistency.
At the end of each practice week, the study group meets for a 2-hour group session.
Each group session includes a full Naori practice followed by time for questions, clarification, and refinement. Across the 3 weekly group sessions, trainees continue developing their understanding of cueing, session delivery, instructor presence, and how the quality of the method is carried into the room.
After the final group session, trainees complete a practical readiness assessment.
Those who demonstrate readiness move into supervised practice teaching. Trainees who need more time receive specific guidance and continue practicing before reassessment.
The final stage of certification is teaching a full Naori session under observation.
During this practicum, trainees demonstrate their ability to guide the method with clarity, confidence, appropriate pacing, and care while preserving the quality of the Naori experience from beginning to end.
Feedback is provided after the session. Once all certification requirements have been successfully completed, trainees receive their Naori instructor certificate, certification number, and eligibility to be listed as certified instructors on the Naori website.
Naori instructor certification is currently offered in person in Dallas, Texas.
This format allows instructors to learn the method in a focused setting, receive individual guidance, ask questions as their understanding develops, and complete practice teaching with feedback.
Training begins with a 4-hour in-person group session, followed by 3 weekly 2-hour group review sessions. Independent theory study and home practice are completed between the live sessions, allowing certification to fit alongside an existing teaching or work schedule.
Contact Us About CertificationThe total tuition for Naori instructor certification is $1,888.
A $333 deposit reserves your place in the certification group. The remaining tuition balance is $1,555.
Payment plans are available. Please contact us to discuss the available options.
It is a process of understanding the method, experiencing its quality in your own body, and learning how to guide that experience for others.
You study the ideas that shape the method. You learn how the practice is performed. You are guided in how to teach it with clarity, presence, and care. And before certification is complete, you teach under supervision and receive feedback.
For experienced movement professionals, Naori offers an additional educator program beyond instructor certification.
The Naori Educator Program is designed for certified Naori instructors who demonstrate a strong understanding of the method and have experience teaching both participants and other instructors.
Naori Educators are prepared to support future instructor trainings and help carry the method into new communities with clarity, care, and consistency.
This program is separate from instructor certification and includes additional requirements, training, assessment, and authorization.
Becoming a certified Naori instructor does not automatically qualify someone to train or certify others in the method.
Share your movement background, teaching experience, and what draws you to the method to begin the application process.
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