Online Courses
Neuroscience, Yoga, & Mindfulness Certification
New brain imaging technologies now enable scientists to see directly into our brain & observe how meditation & yoga practices positively shape our neurobiology & neurochemistry. This workshop focuses on providing a didactic, experiential, & applied understanding of the neurobiological impact of the yoga and mindfulness practices. It is designed to help deepen your understanding of how & why Yoga works. Yoga Therapy and mindfulness practices will be taught and will be looked at through the lens of current neuroscience research & polyvagal theory.
We know that the yoga practices enhance resiliency, optimism, self-regulation, health status & mood states.
This workshop will provide: 1) an overview of Affective Neuroscience and how this field supports & aligns with the field of Yoga Therapy, 2) a foundational understanding of neuroscience theory & research and how yoga & meditation impacts on brain chemistry, plasticity & mood management, 3) experiential opportunities for understanding & applying specific asanas, breathing, meditation, & cognitive revamping through a combined lens of yoga & neuroscience, and 4) how polyvagal theory can be applied to yoga therapy treatment options.
Your Options:
1. Come only to the weekend workshop: Friday – Sunday. No certificate.
2. Come to the 5 day retreat workshop: Friday – Tuesday. No certificate
3. Come to the 5 day retreat workshop and complete the online course segment and receive a certificate of completion. IAYT - APD (This course is approved for Professional development for continuing education through IAYT).
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Cardiac Medical Yoga Training
PARTIAL ON-LINE COMBINED WITH IN-PERSON TRAINING
The Cardiac Yoga Teacher Training Program is an internationally renowned certification program designed to educate and train medical personnel and yoga instructors to work with cardiac patients and their spouses in the area of Lifestyle Medicine and Medical Yoga. Participants in this comprehensive training program learn how to adapt the basic concepts of medical yoga, lifestyle medicine, and stress management to the special needs of the cardiac patient and their spouses.
We are in our 23rd year of certifying medical personnel and yoga teachers in how to adapt medical yoga to the special needs of patients with heart disease and diabetes. We will be happy to consider your application and to have you have come on board to learn the powerful healing benefits of Yoga and to join our Cardiac Medical Yoga Family.
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"Your ability to teach Cardiac Yoga is masterful. I compliment you on your achievement with this program and fully support its widespread implementation.”
L. Kanter, M.D., Cardiologist, Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va.