International Mindfulness Teachers Association

What International Mindfulness Teachers Association does

The International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA) is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated in Delaware with operational headquarters in Wakefield, Massachusetts, that operates as an international credentialing and membership body for the mindfulness teaching profession. Its core function is to set, maintain, and administer globally recognized professional standards for mindfulness teachers and the institutions that train them. The organization offers three individual certification tracks — CMT-P (200-hour Professional Level), CMT-E (60-hour Educator), and CMF (40–100-hour Facilitator) — and one institutional accreditation track, the AMTTP (Accredited Mindfulness Teacher Training Program). It also operates public online directories for certified teachers and accredited training centers, plus an events and webinar program for professional development.

IMTA generates revenue through a mix of recurring subscription fees (Individual Membership at $100/yr and Student Membership at $25/yr; Organizational Membership on a sliding scale of $375–$975/yr), one-time certification and accreditation fees (CMT-P $400/$150 for members; CMT-E/CMF $300/$200 for members; AMTTP $1,500 initial plus $2,000 biennial reaccreditation), paid event registrations ($27–$100), and tax-deductible charitable donations. The organization does not operate a proprietary technology platform; its infrastructure consists of a WordPress-based website, the Accredible third-party platform for digital credentials and directory hosting, Zoom for webinars, Eventbrite for paid events, and Google Analytics for web measurement. Country-based pricing discounts of 25%–75% are applied based on World Bank classifications, signaling an explicit intent to serve a global membership base.

IMTA serves two primary customer segments: individual mindfulness teachers seeking professional recognition and credentials, and mindfulness teacher training organizations seeking accreditation to signal program quality. Its Advisory Board includes internationally prominent figures such as Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Mirabai Bush, Trudy Goodman, and Rhonda Varette Magee, and the organization is governed by a Board of Directors whose founding members are Phillip Moffitt, Dawa Tarchin Phillips (current acting President), and Diana Winston. IMTA has established affiliate partnerships — notably with the American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA) — and operates across North America, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, with stated plans to launch international chapters.

Name

International Mindfulness Teachers Association

Legal name

International Mindfulness Teachers Association

Website

https://imta.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IMTA is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit that issues internationally recognized certifications (CMT-P, CMT-E, CMF) for individual mindfulness teachers and accreditation (AMTTP) for training organizations, supported by individual and organizational memberships and public directories for credential verification.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Credentialing Services

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Programmatic Accreditors (Discipline/Profession-Specific) (EDADACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

National/Institutional Accreditors (Career, Faith-Based, Distance, etc.) (EDADACAB), Guided Meditation Instruction (1:1 & Group) (HSADAJAA)

Keywords

• Mindfulness certification
• Teacher accreditation
• Professional credentialing
• Membership association
• Mindfulness standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Dues: Annual subscription fee charged to individual mindfulness teachers for membership benefits including professional network access, discounts on certification fees, newsletters, webinars, and job listings. Individual Membership is $100 per year; Student Membership is $25 per year.
2. Organizational Membership Dues: Annual subscription fee charged to organizations (training centers, mindfulness schools) for organizational membership, billed on a sliding scale based on number of enrolled teachers: $375 (up to 5 teachers), $675 (6–9 teachers), $975 (up to 15 teachers). Institutions enrolling more than 15 teachers receive customized pricing.
3. Teacher Certification Fees: One-time and recurring fees for certification credentialing programs. CMT-P (Certified Mindfulness Teacher – Professional Level) costs $400 initial ($150 for members), with 3-year renewal at $400 ($150 for members). CMT-E costs $300 initial ($200 for members). CMF costs $300 initial ($200 for members). Application review fee of $50 is non-refundable and included in the initial payment.
4. Program Accreditation Fees: One-time and recurring fees charged to training organizations seeking accreditation. Application review fee is $500 (non-refundable). Upon approval, initial accreditation fee is $1,500. Reaccreditation every two years costs $2,000. Organizational Members receive discounted rates on accreditation fees.
5. Event Registration Fees: Fees charged for webinars, workshops, and professional development events. Some events are free for members; non-members pay fees such as $27 USD per webinar. Member pricing for paid events is typically half the non-member rate (e.g., $50 members vs. $100 non-members for certain events).
6. Donations: Tax-deductible charitable contributions from supporters. IMTA is a registered US 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and donations are described as directly supporting the organization's programs and communities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

IMTA certifies individual mindfulness teachers through three credentialing tracks (CMT-P, CMT-E, CMF) and accredits mindfulness teacher training programs through its AMTTP accreditation. The organization also operates annual memberships for individuals, students, and training organizations, and maintains public online directories that allow consumers and employers to verify teacher qualifications and program quality.

Product overview

International Mindfulness Teachers Association operates as a professional membership and credentialing organization rather than a traditional software product company. The organization's service portfolio consists of two primary credentialing tracks: (1) the certification track offering CMT-P (Certified Mindfulness Teacher - Professional Level), CMT-E (Certified Mindfulness Educator), and CMF (Certified Mindfulness Facilitator) credentials for individual teachers; and (2) the accreditation track offering AMTTP (Accredited Mindfulness Teacher Training Program) accreditation for training organizations. These are supported by three membership tiers (Individual, Student, and Organizational), two public directories (Certified Teachers and Accredited Training Centers), and event/webinar programming. The CMT-P and AMTTP represent the 200-hour professional-level standards, with accreditation renewals every two years and certification renewals every three years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CMT-P - Certified Mindfulness Teacher - Professional Level 200-hour professional certification credential for individual mindfulness teachers. Includes competency requirements, application review, and access to a psychometrically valid assessment exam currently under development. Certification is valid for three years. Graduates from IMTA Accredited Centers (AMTTP) are fast-tracked.
• CMT-E - Certified Mindfulness Educator 60-hour certification credential for individuals who want to become certified mindfulness educators.
• CMF - Certified Mindfulness Facilitator 40 to 100-hour certification credential for individuals who want to become certified mindfulness facilitators.
• AMTTP - Accredited Mindfulness Teacher Training Program 200-hour professional level accreditation for educational organizations and mindfulness training centers. Includes program standards with competency areas, contact hours, and required components. Reaccreditation is required every two years.
• Individual Membership Annual membership providing individual mindfulness teachers with access to the IMTA professional network, discounts on certification and accreditation fees, member-exclusive webinars, newsletters, and job listings.
• Student Membership Annual membership at a reduced rate for students currently enrolled in mindfulness teacher training programs.
• Organizational Membership Annual membership for organizations that train mindfulness teachers, priced on a sliding scale based on number of enrolled teachers ($375–$975 annually), and includes the accreditation pathway.
• IMTA Certified Teachers Directory Public online directory of IMTA Certified Mindfulness Teachers (CMT-P, CMT-E, CMF holders), hosted by Accredible, allowing individuals and organizations to find and verify qualified mindfulness teachers.
• IMTA Accredited Training Centers Directory Public online directory of IMTA Accredited Mindfulness Teacher Training Programs (AMTTP), providing visibility and verification for accredited training centers worldwide.
• IMTA Events and Webinars Professional development programming including webinars, workshops, and conferences for mindfulness teachers and professionals, covering topics such as mindfulness pedagogy, mental health applications, and mindful leadership.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAMRA is listed as an affiliate partner of IMTA. The partnership provides mutual visibility, with AMRA resources promoted on IMTA's website. The relationship appears to be informational and cross-promotional, with AMRA directing mindfulness professionals to IMTA's credentialing and accreditation resources.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mindful Schools: A leading mindfulness teacher training organization that offers its own certification programs for K-12 educators and adults. It is both a potential training-center competitor and a candidate for IMTA accreditation, competing for the same teacher audience.
• Yoga Alliance: The leading nonprofit credentialing body for yoga teachers (RYT-200, RYT-500) and yoga schools (RYS). Yoga Alliance's RYS accreditation model is the closest structural analog to IMTA's AMTTP accreditation track and CMT certification tracks.
• International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT): A nonprofit professional membership and accreditation body for yoga therapists and yoga therapy training programs. IAYT provides a structural parallel for how a vendor-neutral professional association can credential practitioners and accredit training programs in a related mind-body discipline.

Broad incumbents

• Brown University Mindfulness Center: An academic mindfulness research and training center offering teacher training programs with university credentialing. Its university affiliation gives it institutional credibility that competes with IMTA's nonprofit standards authority.
• UMass Center for Mindfulness: The originator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the most established and academically validated mindfulness teacher training standard. UMass is the dominant incumbent against whose authority IMTA positions its vendor-neutral credentialing model.
• MBCT Teachers Network (Oxford Mindfulness Centre): The training and credentialing body for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) teachers, affiliated with Oxford University. Its teacher certification pathway competes with IMTA's CMT-P for institutional recognition in clinical and healthcare settings.

Emerging players

• Center for Mindful Self-Compassion: Founded by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff, MSC offers teacher training and certification in Mindful Self-Compassion. It is an emerging credentialing competitor that overlaps with IMTA's mindfulness teacher training audience.
• Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute: Originated at Google, SIYLI offers mindfulness and emotional intelligence teacher training programs. It is an emerging player targeting the corporate mindfulness market that IMTA's organizational membership tier also serves.
• Insight Meditation Society: A long-established meditation teaching organization offering residential retreats and teacher development. It is not a credentialing body itself but trains many senior mindfulness teachers who influence standards across the field IMTA is trying to organize.

Regional players

• British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA): A UK-based professional membership and standards body that maintains a register of mindfulness teachers. BAMBA is a regional peer that performs a similar credentialing and standards function within the UK mindfulness ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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