The School of Inner Health is a BCTA/NA-affiliated biodynamic craniosacral therapy school based in North America. Like many established BCST training schools, it has built its reputation through the practitioners it has trained and its long association with the professional credentialing framework in the region.
If you've found the school through a BCTA/NA training listing and visited its website, you may have noticed a note saying it's not currently starting new professional practitioner certification training groups. That can be confusing if you're not sure what it means or what alternatives it implies.
What 'not starting new groups' means
A professional practitioner certification training — what BCST schools call a foundation programme — is typically a two-year commitment that brings together a cohort of students who move through the curriculum together. These groups have a particular relational character: the same people work together over many seminars, build trust, and practise on each other as their skills develop. Starting a new group is a major undertaking for a teacher, and most schools run only one or two active cohorts at a time.
When a school says it's not currently starting new groups, it usually means the teacher isn't taking on a new cohort at that point in time. It doesn't necessarily mean the school has closed or that training has ended permanently. The teacher may be completing an existing cohort, taking time between programmes, or planning a new cohort for later.
For someone actively looking for training, this is important to know — you won't be able to enrol in a new foundation programme with this school right now, even though it's listed as accredited. The listing reflects the school's long-term status in the system, not its current availability.
Other offerings that may still run
Even when a school isn't running new foundation certification groups, it may still offer other events. These can include continuing education workshops for practitioners who have already finished foundation training, individual intensives, or shorter introductory courses for people who want to explore the work without committing to a full programme.
The School of Inner Health's website is the best place to check for current offerings. Whatever the status of its foundation training at any given moment, the website will usually list any workshops, intensives, or events available. These can be valuable on their own, even if they don't lead to RCST registration.
For people who specifically need a foundation training leading to the RCST credential, the honest advice is to check back with the school later while also exploring other BCTA/NA Approved Teachers who are actively running new groups. The association directory and training listings page are updated periodically, and active programmes will usually show intake dates.
What this says about training availability
The School of Inner Health's current status illustrates something worth knowing about BCST training generally: availability isn't static. Schools and teachers move in and out of active programme delivery, intakes happen on their own cycles, and a listing in an association directory may or may not match a programme you can enrol in today.
This is one of the strongest reasons to check school websites directly rather than relying on association listings alone. The listing confirms a school's accredited status; the school's own site tells you whether it's currently open for enrolment. For anyone seriously researching training options, building in a step to check current availability — through the school's site, and if needed by emailing them — is well worth the small amount of time it takes.
The BCST training landscape across North America includes a range of Approved Teachers and schools, some more active than others at any given time. If one isn't currently enrolling, the BCTA/NA's listing of Approved Teachers is the way to find others who may be. The pool of qualified options is large enough that a pause at one school doesn't leave you stuck.
Training availability changes over time, and the gap between a directory listing and actual enrolment availability is worth checking. The School of Inner Health remains part of the BCTA/NA network, and its future training activities may open up to new students again. In the meantime, its situation is a useful reminder to verify current status directly with any school you're seriously considering.