Essentials of Yoga Therapy – Yoga Internationa

Essentials of Yoga Therapy – Yoga Internationa

Yoga treatment has the power to rehabilitate your neck, shoulders, hips, and hamstrings.

Learn about neck and shoulder discomfort, back pain, stress, depression, and anxiety, hamstring health, and in-depth anatomical teachings with professional teachers in yoga anatomy and yoga therapy. Be empowered to create long-term physical and mental improvements. This 8+ hour course is aimed to enlighten, inspire, and enhance your everyday life, whether you want to better your own health or are a teacher looking to empower your students.

Unleash the Potential of Yoga Therapy
This 8+ hour session will teach you:
Anatomical breakdown of the fascial system in detail.
Yoga therapy concepts for dealing with depression.
The correct and healthful approach to do a forward bend.
Techniques for dealing with stress.
Instructions for alleviating neck and shoulder ache.
A more balanced approach to reducing hamstring and hip stress.
A thorough and therapeutic deconstruction of the core.
How to form good movement and practice habits.
How to identify and correct “body blind spots.”

This course includes some of our most popular online conference classes. You will receive a digital certificate and CE credits upon completion!

Course Description

A Hamstring and Hip Stretching Exercise

in collaboration with Doug Keller

Yoga Therapy and Stress Management

in collaboration with Gary Kraftsow

Neck and shoulder pain relief

in collaboration with Aadil Palkhivala

Function, Physiology, and Application of Fascia

in collaboration with Jill Miller

Forward Bends and Low Back Pain

together with Julie Gudmestad

Working with Depression Through Yoga Therapy

in collaboration with Gary Kraftsow

Deconstructing the Core

Tiffany Cruickshank

Neck and shoulder health

in collaboration with Doug Keller

8 Continuing Education Credits for Teachers

Every three years, Yoga Alliance requires all yoga instructors to complete at least 30 hours of continuing education. This criterion may be met with 20 hours of online work.

After you’ve completed Essentials of Yoga Therapy, it’s as simple as signing onto the Yoga Alliance website and submitting your hours. This course, as well as others in the Yoga International library, will help you continue your yoga studies.

Please keep in mind that this course is not designed to give certification in yoga therapy or the training required to perform yoga therapy.