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International Conscious Movement Teachers Association (ICMTA) is an independent professional body that represents teachers of dance as an awareness-building and personal development practice and maintains professional and ethical standards in the profession.

ICMTA was founded in 2013 and is registered as a not-for-profit organisation organisation in Belgium.

ICMTA was originally founded by teachers who trained with Gabrielle Roth in 5Rhythms. Since then, it has approved teacher training programmes offered by the following additional schools, in addition to 5Rhythms: Soul Motion, Movement Medicine, Open Floor, freedomDANCE and Path of Azul. These schools and their teachers and teachers-in-training are eligible for membership in the Association.

ICMTA maintains a Code of Ethics and offers mechanisms for resolving ethical issues.

The Association's decision making and operations follow the principles of sociocracy.