The Yogacampus Yoga Therapy Techniques Course is designed to give existing yoga teachers skills to work therapeutically with students in general classes and to work one on one with students with minor health issues, although it is not training as yoga therapist (working with students with more major health issues). You will receive a certificate of attendance on successful completion of the course.
Entry Requirements: The course is designed for qualified yoga teachers who have been teaching regularly for a minimum of two years. We will however consider, on a case by case basis, applications from therapists qualified in another discipline who have a strong personal yoga practice.
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During the course you will study:
- yogic perspectives on the development and treatment of disease;
- the basic mechanics of breathing and a review of incorrect / correct breathing patterns;
- pranayama techniques that can be used safely with most students;
- an intuitive approach to body reading; how to look at a person “as a whole”, observing personality and body types;
- the yogic systems for understanding energy, its movement, blockages and its direction for healing purposes;
- practices of mantra, hasta mudra, chakras, pranavidya and asana integration for healing and to promote an understanding of the koshas;
- meditation and relaxation techniques, including restorative postures and their use in therapeutic work;
- the general use of language when dealing with students with ailments, use of visualisation techniques and the practice of yoga nidra;
- dealing with minor ailments in general classes;
- how to modify asanas: over a number of modules you will review the categories of asanas (e.g. standing postures, forward bends etc) and learn modification techniques that will make postures accessible to most students;
- the main contra-indications that make some types of posture unsuitable for students with particular ailments, as well as the types of posture which may be beneficial for certain types of ailments;
- principles of taking case histories and record keeping;
- practical applications of the techniques you have learned through a number of case studies.
Course Teachers: The course will be taught be a number of highly regarded teachers who have a specialist knowledge of yoga therapy. They will include:
Anna Blackmore: Anna is a trained Iyengar yoga teacher, as well as a qualified osteopath and shiatsu therapist and teaches on the Yogacampus yoga teaching diploma course. She also teaches remedial yoga classes and uses her skills as an osteopath and shiatsu therapist when working one on one.
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli: Uma was first introduced to yoga at the age of four, and has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1986. She has a PhD in Communications from London University, a diploma in Yoga Therapy from the Yoga Biomedical Trust and is a recognised teacher of the British Wheel of Yoga. Uma trains pregnancy, postnatal and baby yoga teachers, and has special expertise in yoga for women’s health.
Kate Ellis: Kate has been studying the energy body through yoga, meditation and Thai yoga massage for over 15 years. Studying the relationships between the body’s mechanics, breath and mind within yoga asana informs her teaching. Her studies have led her to an exploration of alignment and the spontaneous arrival of steadiness where the body and mind experience both spaciousness and containment at the same time.
Sasa Markovic: Sasa has been teaching hatha yoga for over ten years. She originally trained as an Iyengar yoga teacher and completed further training with her teacher Shandor Remete. Sasa focuses on the internal alignment of the body with an awareness of the breath, moving and working from the body’s energetic centre. Her work also includes remedial classes for those with injuries and disabilities. Sasa also teaches on the Yogacampus yoga teaching diploma course.
Anthony Quinn: Anthony trained with the Bihar School of Yoga and the British Wheel of Yoga and is also a Yoga Biomedical Trust trained yoga therapist. He has undertaken further training in yoga nidra, Vipassana meditation, counselling and therapy for substance abuse. Anthony works in a prison offering cognitive behavioural therapy, yoga, meditation and relaxation skills.
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