I AM YOGA THERAPY
Bridge the Gap Between Yoga and Psychology
I AM Yoga Therapy™ is a total body stretch and energy opener. It uses wall, prop and assisted poses to help you move into areas of constriction, tightness and pain that you normally avoid. Unresolved mental and emotional tensions keep physical tightness intact and allow the body to continue to create misalignments and prevent optimal healing. I AM Yoga Therapy is designed to address both visible symptoms and invisible mental and emotional aspects.
A Psychosomatic Approach
Support yourself and others to reduce symptoms and improve function from the outside in and the inside out.
We approach the body as the product of both our internal environment (our thoughts, feelings, emotions and beliefs) as well as our external environment (injuries, exercise, sitting, sleeping, standing, walking habits, food). The two together create the body we see. Most styles of Yoga Therapy work with physical symptoms to help them go away. In the Integrative Amrit Method, we address the underlying invisible issues that are contributing to or exacerbating the visible symptoms. By using the visible symptoms as a roadmap to the invisible cause we can help resolve the issue at the root and symptom level.
HOW CAN I AM YOGA THERAPY HELP?
Much of the pain and discomfort we experience is because of these structural misalignments that could be addressed by a simple regime of moving and stretching the body through its full range of motion. By holding the body in various positions for longer periods of time, combined with breath and meditative facilitation, we can move into these areas and gently and effectively release both physical and psychosomatic holding patterns.
Relieve Stress on Joints
Improve Range of Motion
Increase
Circulation
Reduce pain, inflammation & stiffness
Calm the mind & release mental and emotional tensions
I AM YOGA THERAPY CERTIFICATION
120 & 800 hour trainings
The Integrative Amrit Method of Body Psychology Training
120 Hour Training
Yoga Therapy I & II:
Touch Free & Hands On Techniques
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Yoga Therapy I: Touch Free
40 hrs with practicum assignments
Learn specific and immediately useful tools to release trapped psychosomatic patterns and free the body’s innate healing potential. Body-based facilitation & coaching techniques can be applied with or without yoga poses in one-on-one private sessions or applied to any style of yoga, life coaching, therapy or bodywork you offer. You will learn how to guide poses to release and reprogram unhelpful physical, mental and emotional patterns.
Ideal for online sessions & hands-on limitations.
In addition to promoting your personal development, this training is excellent for yoga teachers, psychologists, counselors, health and healing professionals, and bodyworkers in search of new tools to serve their clients.
This training can be used as a powerful tool for your own personal and professional journey.
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Yoga Therapy II: Hands-On
80 hours with practicum assignments
Learn advanced hands-on assisted posture and prop-supported sequences.
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How to powerfully support release and rebalancing in common holding zones in the body
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Facilitation techniques to enhance the effect of physical poses and support emotional integration
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Draw on elements from contact yoga, yogassage, phoenix rising yoga therapy, thai yoga therapy and traditional yoga styles to promote total body opening
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Suggestions to offer chair Yoga Therapy
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Learn the basic principles and precautions of Yoga Therapy for scoliosis and other common conditions
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Energetic anatomy, esoteric teachings and emotional integration
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4 sequences address the most common compromised zones in the body
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Instructional videos
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Detailed manual
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How to put together a full 6 limbed yoga therapy session
NOTE: Hours in this training count as hours towards module 2 in the Amrit Yoga Institute's 800hour IAYT Accredited Yoga Therapy Training to become an I AM Yoga Therapist. Training hours can vary by location. Hours are eligible for transfer credit into the 800 hour program. Additional required hours, assignments and content will need to be completed upon enrollment in this program.
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800 Hour I AM Yoga Therapy Training
IAYT ACCREDITED
This program is made up of 10 modules--each of which develop a Yoga Therapists' skills in different ways. The 100 hour Yoga Therapy module serves as the hub of the wheel with modules such as Yoga Nidra, Advanced Yoga Nidra and Advanced Yoga deepening skill sets in both group and individualized settings. Later modules put together all the information learned with specialized instruction in anatomy, assessment and other foundational concepts to prepare the yoga therapist. Upon registering for this professional training, you will have an opportunity to plan your 2-4-year program with our Assistant Program Director. This will help you decide what Modules you will take in what order to fit your goals.​ For programs taken 2013 or later, you may be eligible for transfer credits. For detailed information on this program click here.
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Prerequisite: Any 200 hour RYS Yoga Teacher Training*
Module 1 I AM Yoga Nidra™ Professional Training
Module 2 General Assessment
Module 3 I AM Yoga Therapy I & II: Body Psychology Training
Module 4 I AM Yoga Nidra™ Advanced Training
Module 5 Integral Breath Therapy Training
Module 6 I AM Yoga: Advanced Training: Meditation in Motion
Module 7 Principles of Ayurveda
Module 8 General Anatomy, Applied Anatomy & Psychology
Module 9 Putting It All Together
Module 10 Practicum
*If you took a 200-hour yoga training in a tradition other than Amrit Yoga you are required to register for and successfully complete the online course “The Posture of Consciousness Intensive”. Teachers must have one year teaching experience, and one year of personal practice which may occur concurrently.
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Yoga Therapy I & II
120 hour Training
You will learn:
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How to use a variety of prop and partner-assisted yoga postures to intensify energy flow and encounter holding patterns
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Facilitation Techniques to listen to the intuitive energy body and gently release physical and emotional blocks
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Understanding and exploration of the anatomy and physiology of energy
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Four chakra based made-for-you sequences
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Basic Protocols for dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, low back pain and tight neck and shoulders
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Building Blocks to create a yoga therapy experience tailored to specific needs, whether physical, mental or emotional
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How to lead a yoga therapy class or one-on-one session from intake to completion
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How to healthfully integrate and release emotions for yourself and others
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I've practiced as a board certified family physician for more than 20 years and in that time, I have seen the incredible need for this type of mind/body healing.
-Rashmi Schramm, MD
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“This type of healing is far beyond anything I have ever seen."
-V. Broadmoor
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The Amrit Yoga Institute is a member school of IAYT.
Call for details at : 352-685-3001 or admissions@amrityoga.org
This training is appropriate for counselors, mental health professionals, yoga teachers, bodyworkers, health professionals and alternative healers. Experience with yoga or some form of bodywork is recommended. For those who are new to body-centered practices, or who have physical limitations, be aware that not all practices and techniques may be easily accessible to you but that there will still be plenty for you to take away from the training. We will work with you to assist you.
Yoga Therapy Workshops
Bridge the Gap Between Yoga and Psychology
Do you have areas of chronic tension, pain or tightness? Do you sit a lot and not move around? Are you experiencing emotional stress, transition or pressure at home or work?
A Yoga therapy workshop is a great way to release those tensions from the inside out. The body houses tensions and tightness based on the way we sit, stand, think and feel. By gently and consciously opening the body we can return to our rightful state of freedom, ease and balance. Yoga therapy is accessible to anyone – even beginners-regardless of experience. It gently allows you to move into target areas at your own pace. Come spend a weekend being good to your body and soul.
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