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Bringing Yoga Therapy into Hospitals and Academia – Online


For everyone, especially Yoga teachers and health professionals

Are you a Yoga teacher or Yoga therapist seeking to bring Yoga into an academic or hospital environment? Join Dr. Mala Cunningham to learn planning strategies, marketing tactics, negotiation techniques, interviewing skills, and important formulas to successfully implement your ideas into a hospital environment or academic setting. Develop the confidence and skills to successfully “approach, enter, and succeed”.

In this online program, you will learn how to:

  1. Format a comprehensive Yoga Therapy Business Plan

  2. Develop networking opportunities

  3. Write an effective and professional proposal

  4. Hone your interviewing skills and sell your idea

  5. Negotiate a salary

  6. Increase referrals from medical providers

Anyone interested in teaching Medical or Therapeutic Yoga in an academic or hospital setting is welcome to attend.

This online workshop consists of two parts:

  • Part One is a self-paced, 23-hour online study course that has a separate tuition fee of $196 and can be accessed here

  • Part Two consists of this live online program taught via Zoom

Live sessions with Dr. Cunningham on Thursday and Friday at 6–8 pm, and on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 11 am–1 pm and 4–6 pm ET.

You will have access to the video recordings for 8 weeks after the program ends, until April 12.

In addition, you will have access to daily Ashram’s Live Yoga classes at 5 pm ET and access to an online social community to connect and communicate with other participants about this course.

Prerequisites
Completion of Part One is needed before taking this Part Two live program. Part One has a separate tuition fee of $196. You can access the self-paced course here.

Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

  • Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 40 total training hours = 16 hours live + 1 hour of homework + 23 hours self-paced online course
    You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.

  • Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.

  • Integral Yoga 300-hour: 40 hours towards RYT 500 designation

  • International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT): Approved Professional Development (APD) course eligible for IAYT continuing education credits. (It is the students’ responsibility to request a certificate of completion and submit all required documents, hours, syllabus, etc. on the IAYT website.)
    The presenter is an Approved Professional Development (APD*) Provider through IAYT. Those taking this program for APD hours/credits will need to complete Part One to receive a 40-hour certificate of completion for this course. If you need additional information on the self-paced part of the training please contact Dr. Mala Cunningham at info@cardiacyoga.com.

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Testimonials

I highly recommend Dr. Mala Cunningham’s course. She is a brilliant teacher and imparts the information in the most interesting and useful way! Those who took her course in Gibraltar absolutely loved it. We had amazing, positive comments from all participants. — Nalanie Chellaram

Mala was a wonderful, open, sharing soul. Thank you. — Shannon Krammes

Mala’s skill, knowledge, professionalism, and accessibility exceeded my expectations. — Past Participant

Mala was wonderful! She shared a lot of information in a thoughtful, approachable, and fun way. Great program! So very inspiring! — Past Participant