Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 2

For yoga teachers who have completed a 200-hour Yoga Alliance-registered program and Module 1 of the Integrative Yoga Therapy training program; see note below.

Deepen your understanding of yoga therapy and learn practical applications of Integrative Yoga Therapy principles and techniques. Use the skills you learn here to work in professional settings and begin a private yoga therapy practice.

In Module 2, you

• Use a variety of formats for evaluation and body reading so you can respond with appropriate yoga practices for optimal healing
• Receive in-depth instruction in selecting and adapting yoga therapy tools and techniques to provide a complete therapeutic practice for each individual, including asana, pranayama, mudra, affirmation, meditation, and yoga nidra
• Understand how to develop and implement a complete yoga therapy program directed toward the most common health conditions such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and back pain
• Learn therapeutic sequences that apply the principles of Ayurveda in yoga therapy and balance the subtle body
• Develop listening and dialogue skills to assist in opening clients to their own inner healing resources
• Observe one-on-one yoga therapy sessions by master therapists.

Required reading Joseph and Lilian Le Page, Yoga Teachers’ Toolbox (available at www.iytyogatherapy.com) and T. K. V. Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga.

Recommended reading Mark Singleton, Yoga Body (Oxford University Press); Anodea Judith, Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self (Celestial Arts); and The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali (We recommend Enlightened Living, available at www.amazon.com).

Note Participants who have completed Module 1 or who have at least 3 years of experience as yoga teachers along with some therapeutic experience may take Module 2 first (upon approval by the IYT Program office). Modules 1 and 2 do not have to be taken together; they may be taken at separate times, and they may also be taken in separate years.

• 135.5 credits for Yoga Alliance (YA), $20 additional charge
• 135.5 credits for Massage and Body Workers (NCBTMB), $20 additional charge
• 135.5 credits for Athletic Trainers (BOC), $20 additional charge