Inclusion and Equity Scholarship Information

What do we mean by inclusion and equity? Inclusion and equity are about celebrating difference — in the classroom, with our clients, and in all of life. This process extends beyond gender, class, and race to every kind of difference; personal and social. This is why diversity work is not just a side issue in Rosen, but at the very heart of it.

The Rosen Method Open Center (RMOC) is aware that there has been unequal opportunity for marginalized groups everywhere in the world. The Rosen Method has been a mostly white, female organization, and therefore, the RMOC is initiating a small act of reparation by providing a full scholarship for the study of Rosen Method bodywork.

Inclusion and Equity Scholarship Offering:

The RMOC will provide one (1) tuition-free scholarship for a professional certification program in either Rosen Method Bodywork or Rosen Method Movement per year.

Bodywork: This would require attending an initial 125 classroom hours (Level I) and having a minimum of four private Rosen Method bodywork sessions before being evaluated for the next 125 classroom hours (Level II), and subsequently for internship.*

Movement: This would require attending Rosen Method movement classes and 125 hours of training, before being approved as a Movement Intern.*

*Other expenses to complete the professional certification programs will be the responsibility of the student. These expenses may entail room and board, travel expenses, supervisions, private bodywork sessions and study of anatomy. See separate document for cost details.

Rosen Method Open Center Scholarship Committee:

The Rosen Method Open Center has a Scholarship Committee of recruited volunteers whose responsibilities will be facilitating the awarding of scholarships. Each application will be reviewed by the RMOC Scholarship Committee made up of three members consisting of two RMOC bodywork practitioners or movement teachers and one RMOC Senior Bodywork or Movement Teacher.

Eligibility for the Inclusion and Equity Scholarship:

The lack of adequate financial support is one of the most significant barriers to the study of and completion of the Rosen Method programs. Financial need will be the main criterion for receiving this scholarship, as well as the additional criteria listed below.

This scholarship will prioritize those who have not received scholarships in the past and who are from the following communities:

  • People who experience racial discrimination.

  • People who experience sexual orientation and gender identification discrimination.

  • People with health conditions or impairments.

  • People whose access to money and resources are restricted.

We encourage Indigenous people to apply.

U.S. citizenship or possession of a Green Card is not necessary for a scholarship application.