I AM Yoga Therapy™: Yoga Body Psychology Training at SWIHA

Supported Healing from the Inside-out

100-hour Training 

This training is the culmination of all the I AM Methods – combining many healing principles and techniques into one universally accessible and powerful practice. You will be amazed by the profound nature of this work and its remarkable capacity to free the restorative intelligence of the body. Journey into a deeper understanding of the body’s energy system.

“Remove the root cause and the symptoms disappear.”

Whether a condition surfaces at the subtle, mental/emotional level or, at the gross, body level, you will understand and incorporate simple facilitation techniques and assisted poses designed to release trapped physical and mental tensions while simultaneously addressing the underlying aspects that may accompany these tensions.

• Reconnect to the I AM Presence that awakens the inborn self-healing, self-balancing, restorative, regenerative wisdom of the body.
• Reprogram the mental and emotional patterns that produce dis-ease
• Reduce chronic pain and tension

Features: 

• Learn how to facilitate the profound release of mental and emotional tension
• Acquire new techniques to assist you in integrating unresolved blocks in the body
• Experience both prop and partner assisted sequences that address the major holding zones in the body.
• Lead a one-on-one and/or group session including: intake, assessment, customized yoga therapy session, integration, and debrief catering to individualized needs.
• Combine poses that elicit profound physical and emotional releases with the internal healing work of Yoga Nidra.*
• Understand the Anatomy of conditions such as pregnancy, hip replacements, joint conditions, fibromyalgia, heart conditions and more.
• In addition to promoting your personal development, this training is excellent for psychologists, counselors, health and healing professionals, and bodyworkers in search of new tools to serve their clients.
• Discover how to healthfully integrate and release emotions for yourself and others
• Use various experiences to connect with and learn to listen to the energy of the body and what it is saying to you.

*Applies to those who have been trained in Yoga Nidra.

Benefits:

•     Reprogram the mental and emotional patterns that produce dis-ease
•     Boost immunity with increased blood and lymph flow
•     Reduce stiffness, pain, tension and inflammation
•     Improve posture and range of motion
•     Long term restoration of body function following an injury or surgery
•     Increased energy, Mental clarity, emotional balance, and assistance to reduce and eliminate unhealthy patterns of thinking

In this training you will learn how to give individualized yoga therapy sessions as well as group yoga therapy classes. We have provided ample time during this training for integration, supervised practicum, as well as one-on-one practice sessions. Not only is this course developed in a way for you to assist others; it also serves as a powerful tool for your own personal journey.

Certification:

You can be certified as a 100-hour Yoga Therapist by completing 8 documented Yoga Therapy sessions following the successful completion of both segments of this training. Session documentation must be submitted within 4 months after the training is complete.

This training also counts towards becoming an 800-hour Yoga Therapist, in accordance with IAYT accreditation standards.  For more information visit:  https://amrityoga.org/iayt/.

 *I AM Yoga Nidra™ Professional Training and I AM Yoga Nidra™ Advanced Training also count towards becoming an 800-hour Yoga Therapist. You must be a certified yoga teacher to qualify.

Testimonials:

“The Yoga Therapy program is an innovative, profound, reflective healing modality. Brilliant!”~ Cristine (Bodyworker)

“Using yoga to work on emotional issues bridged the gap I felt was missing between yoga and psychology.”~ Aurora (Counselor & Yoga Teacher)

“This training has both re-inspired and affirmed for me a deep healing, on both professional and personal levels, that will transform all my relationships.”~ Rebecca (Yoga Teacher)

“I feel free to know that the energy of acceptance and allowance is enough to give others the space to heal.”~ Beth (Psychotherapist & Yoga Teacher)

“Aside from feeling lighter and centered, I feel that I am more capable now to help others.”~ J. Wheelan (Yoga Teacher)

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SWIHA Classes

YO 421: Yoga – Body Psychology I : March 27 – 29, 2020

You will learn how body poses help reveal blocked areas of the body and help release alignment patterns, tensions and accelerate healing through addressing the underlying mental, emotional and physical patterns that are resulting in physical symptoms.

YO 422: Yoga – Body Psychology II : April 3 – 5, 2020

During this weekend you will practice giving your first complete individualized yoga body psychology session. In addition, you will learn and practice leading a yoga body psychology focused class.

YO 423: Yoga – Body Psychology III : April 24 – 26, 2020

Here, you will begin to focus on the subtleties of yoga body psychology including a new diagnostic tool called Ayurvedic Psychology, a new facilitation technique known as Focusing, and an overview of the journey of psychological development through the chakras.

YO 424: Yoga – Body Psychology IV : May 8 – 10, 2020

This module is designed to pull all the pieces of Yoga Body Psychology together – leaving the student with the ability to not only lead a yoga body psychology class, but also an individual session based on a client’s individual needs.

YO 425: Practicum: April 19 & May 24, 2020

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