Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: Can I receive credit for your classes?
A: The classes are considered continuing education classes and massage practitioners can receive 24-32 hours, depending on the class, through the National Massage Board. The Milne Institute is not a school and cannot give college credit for Anatomy, Ethics and/or Physiology. We are avocational only.

Q: I see that you schedule classes back to back, can I take all of them or is it better to take one at a time?
A: We only allow students to take three cranial classes back to back. For most students two classes back to back are just fine depending on their schedule.

Q: What do I need to do in order to register for the C1 class?
A: Minimum of a 500-hour massage training or other professional degree in touch and a license to touch where this is required by the State. If you have questions about this please contact us.

• Need to read the following chapters in The Heart of Listening by Hugh Milne.
• Required: 1, 2, 4, 6, 16 and 17
• Recommended: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31 and 34
• Register with the class Organizer.
• Take the Anatomy class as needed.

Q: What do I need in order to register for the Anatomy class?
A: Read the following chapters in "The Heart of Listening"

• Required: Abbreviations and Nomenclature pages xvi, xvii and xviii, chapters 1 and 2.
• Recommended reading: HOL chapters 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 20
• Chapters 22-34 (first few pages of each chapter until the beginning of the section titled “Detailed Anatomy”)
• Recommended Anatomy book: Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank Netter.
• Register.
• Have a desire to learn the Work.
• To be physically able to sit still, turn up on time, not to be in need of treatment or special physical care.

Q: How many classes can I take in a row (back-to-back)?
A: A maximum of three.

Q: What is the ideal flow of taking the MII classes?
A: The ideal class flow remains 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.

Q: When classes are scheduled back-to-back, what do I have to do to fulfill the Certification Track (CT) requirements for professional sessions and client sessions?
A: MII does not expect you to fulfill the class requirements in the three days between classes.

•MII expects you to ‘catch up’ with your requirements after the second class is over, and before your next class. (That is, the exception does not carry over to future classes.)

Q: When should I take a Review Class?
A: Whenever one is offered, and as early in your training as possible.

Q: Are there any other ways to get credit for the Review Classes?
A: You can repeat a class (50% off class price), or be a Springer in a class, or assist in a class.

• In order to assist in a class you have to be on the certification track and have already taken the class.

Q: What do I need to register for a Cranial 2 (C2) class?
A: Successful completion of C1.

• Read the required chapters in "Heart of Listening"
• Required: 14, 18, 36, 39 and 44
• Register with the class Organizer.

Q: What do I need to register for a Cranial 3 (C3) class?
A: Successful completion of C1 and C2.

• Read the required chapters in "Heart of Listening"
• Required: 10, 11, 14, 17, 22, 23, 25 and 45
• Register with the class Organizer.

Q: Can a student take a C3 before they have taken a C2?
A: No, C1 and C2 are the foundation classes and it is so important to take both C1 and C2 before C3 and C4.

• Register with the class Organizer.

Q: What do I need to register for a Cranial 4 (C4)
A: Successful completion of C1 and C2, and preferably also C3

• Read the required chapters in "Heart of Listening"
• Required: 10, 20, 37, 38 and 41
• Register with the class Organizer.

Q: Can I take a C4 before I have taken a C3?
A: Yes, but the ideal flow of the classes is C1-C2-C3-C4-C5-C6.

• If you do decide to take C4 before C3, then this does create a difficulty in taking the Review Days, and may necessitate the student arranging for a special (and expensive) tutorial.

Q: What do I need to register for a Cranial 5 (C5)
A: If you are on the certification track then you need to have filled out the application and sent in your 40 corrected Client records and 40 sessions sign-offs. (In other words, you need to give at least 80 ninety-minute VCSW sessions, half of which must be documented on a CR, half of which are signed off by the client.)

• These CRs need to be received not later than 21 days before the C5 class is due to start – it is not good practice (and not acceptable) to rush them in at the last minute.
• Successful completion of C1 thru C4
• Successful completion of Review Days for C1 thru C4
• Minimum 8 student exchanges
• Minimum of 8 professional sessions
• Read the required and recommended chapters in "Heart of Listening"
• Register with the class Organizer.

If you are on the experiential track then you need to read the chapters in Heart of Listening and have taken C1-C4.

Q: Can I take a C6 before I have taken a C5?
A: Yes, but the ideal class flow remains 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.

• All the ‘before the class’ requirements, as delineated in the previous answer, have to be fulfilled for C6 if it is taken before C5

Q: What do I need to register for a Cranial 6 (C6)?
A: If you are enrolled on the Certification track

• You need 50 corrected Client records and 50 session sign offs
• Successful completion of C1 thru C4 (and preferably C5)
• Successful completion of Review Days for C1 thru C5
• Minimum 10 student exchanges
• Minimum of 10 professional sessions
• Read the required and recommended chapters in "Heart of Listening"
• Register with the class Organizer.

If you are on the experiential track you need to read the chapters from The Heart of Listening and have taken C1-C5

Q: What do I need to register for a Cranial 7 (C7)?
A: Successful completion of C1 thru C6

• Successful completion of Review Days for C1 thru C6
• You need a minimum of 60 corrected session Client records, and 60 session sign offs
• Minimum of 6 professional sessions
• Read the required and recommended chapters in "Heart of Listening"
• Register with the class Organizer.

Q: What do I need to graduate from the MII CT Program, to be on the Practitioner List, and to get a Diploma?
A: Full and satisfactory completion of all the above requirements for all 7 classes, all 7 Review Days, a minimum of 70 completed CRs, 140 sessions given in total, 7 Professional Sessions, the written exam, the oral exam, a technica,l and an intuitive test session.

Q: What credit do I get for repeating a class?
A: The Review Day for that class level and invaluable experience from 32 hours of extra class time, hearing and seeing things that somehow passed you by the first time you took the class. If it has been 4 years or more since you last took this class, you get 32 CEU contact hours from NCBTMB. If it has been less than 4 years, there is no CEU contact hours credit from NCBTMB. The cost of repeating a class is 50% less than the current list price of the class.

Q: What credit do I get for being a Springer?
A: The Review Day for that class level if not already taken and invaluable experience from 32 hours of extra class time, hearing and seeing things that somehow passed you by the first time you took the class. If it has been 4 years or more since you last took this class, you get 32 CEU contact hours from NCBTMB. If it has been less than 4 years, there is no CEU contact hours credit from NCBTMB

• Floating is free of charge
• None of your expenses are reimbursed

Q: What credit do I get for assisting?
A: The Review Day for that class level if you have not already done the Review Day and invaluable experience of extra class time. If it has been 4 years or more since you last took this class, you get 32 CEU contact hours from NCBTMB. If it has been less than 4 years, there is no CEU contact hours credit from NCBTMB. You also get invaluable experience in working more intimately with the class teacher.

• Assisting is free of charge, but none of your expenses are reimbursed