IAYT Accredited Yoga Therapy Training
Information Packet
The Soul of Yoga The Soul Institute 627 Encinitas Blvd 162 S Rancho Santa Fe Road Encinitas, CA Suite A70, Encinitas, CA 92024 92024
760.943.7685 IAYT Yoga Therapy Certification The Soul of Yoga Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Thank you for giving us the opportunity to tell you about our world-class IAYT Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Program!
Here are just some of the qualifications that set the Soul of Yoga training apart:
● IAYT Accreditation. The Soul of Yoga hosts San Diego’s only Accredited Yoga Therapy Training program. IAYT Accreditation means that our school has undergone rigorous oversight and our curriculum has been proven to meet all the criteria necessary for our students to graduate with the learning and competencies necessary to be a professional Yoga Therapist. Yoga Alliance will no longer allow non-Accredited professionals to promote themselves as Yoga Therapists, so this distinction really matters.
● Our master level faculty. While some other training programs are taught by Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, PT’s or other non-yogic healers, our faculty are true Yoga Experts, Masters and Researchers that have been living and studying yoga and its therapeutic effects for decades. Leslie Kaminoff, Nischala Joy Devi, Richard Miller, Amy Weintraub and other renowned yoga luminaries will impart their depth of wisdom to you in this very special training program.
● Professional career support. The Soul of Yoga is home to San Diego’s only free Yoga Therapy Clinic. Yoga Therapy students are afforded the opportunity to observe and learn, and then work directly with clients under mentored supervision. Clinic hours let you build your experience, and your resume, but also provide you an opportunity to grow your own clientele. Many clinic clients continue on seeing their Yoga therapist privately after leaving the clinic setting.
● A deeply spiritual journey. Yoga is a spiritual tradition. Many schools try to divorce the spiritual from their program leaving students with a dry, academic and clinical understanding of the Yogic healing concepts. Soul of Yoga’s training takes students deep into the heart and soul of the Yogic teachings, guiding you on a journey into your own spiritual being. To us Yoga Therapy Training is more than vocational, it’s a pathway for personal transformation.
● Total freedom. We make it easy by allowing you to take the curriculum in any order, providing distance learning options, transfer credit and by offering low cost, no credit check payment plans.
● Repeat classes. Soul of Yoga offers our students the opportunity to repeat in-house courses they’ve already taken at no additional cost. We know that Yoga Therapy study is a lifelong endeavor and we want to support you in having a deeper and richer understanding of what you’ve learned.
1 ● 300-RYT certification included. Because Soul of Yoga Training Programs are also registered with Yoga Alliance once you’ve completed the necessary required and elective courses included in our 300 hour training we will provide you with the documentation you need to get your 500-RYT designation.
Our students graduate with the skills, knowledge, understanding and career support they need to work confidently and competently in the burgeoning field of Yoga Therapy.
2 What does a career in Yoga Therapy look like?
● Yoga Therapists work in their own private practice charging anywhere from $40 to $175 or more an hour. Most find it useful to offer this sliding scale to also accommodate those clients who have less income.
● Yoga Therapists work in private elementary, middle and high schools counseling their young students on social, family, personal and physical issues and instilling a sense of self confidence and self awareness during confusing times in life.
● Yoga Therapists work with professional athletes in training centers, college campuses and in professional team settings helping them remain in top physical shape and providing rehabilitation support for injuries when needed.
● Yoga Therapists work in addiction centers, eating disorder clinics and recovery homes providing spiritual, mental and physical support to clientele helping them return to a place of balance and discover inner peace.
● Yoga Therapists work in medical settings including hospitals, cancer centers, mental health clinics and hospices alongside western healthcare professionals, offering different perspectives and healing tools that work in conjunction with traditional treatment protocols.
● Yoga Therapists work in senior centers, assisted living communities and nursing homes providing a means for seniors to regain declining abilities, including balance, mental acuity and dexterity, in order to live more independently and joyfully in their golden years.
● Yoga Therapists work in conjunction with other complementary alternative medicine specialists such as Physical Therapists, Ayurvedic Practitioners, Chiropractors, and Acupuncturists to provide full spectrum holistic healing.
● Yoga Therapists work in Yoga studios, spas and resorts where they are sought after to teach therapeutically oriented classes such as Yoga for a Healthy Back, Yoga for Cancer Recovery and Yoga for Chronic Pain to name just a few.
As more and more bona fide medical studies proclaim the healing power behind Yoga Therapy techniques the career options grow by leaps and bounds each year.
3 How to Register
1. Email Shannon at [email protected] for an electronic application or click this link to apply online.
2. The Soul of Yoga Institute will review your application. If accepted, you will receive an official welcome email with the necessary information on the program, the school and courses that are about to begin.
3. Complete your enrollment by providing a 25% of tuition non-refundable/transferable deposit via check or credit card to guarantee your space in your desired starting program. (Checks should be made to “Soul of Yoga.”) After making your deposit you have the option of setting up a payment plan for the remainder of your tuition.
Contact us for more information: Shannon Ramo, Assistant Program Director, (818) 939-6081, [email protected] Monique Lonner, Program Director, (516) 987-0350, [email protected]
4 Yoga Therapy Curriculum Outline
805 Hours 2 years in duration
This is comprised of: 600 Hours of Required Courses 155 Hours of Practicum Case Studies 50 Hours of Mentoring
Note: A 200 Hour Teacher Training and a year of teaching experience is a prerequisite for this program. If you don’t have a year of teaching yet you can begin with our 300 Hour program on the “Yoga Therapy Track” and matriculate when you’re ready.
600 Hours - Required Courses:
7.5 Hours - Orientation Date Dependent on Enrollment Day - (Live Stream) Welcome! A chance to meet other new students and receive a helpful overview of the program and homework structure so you can begin with confidence.
100 Hours - Yoga for Chronic Disease TBA 2022 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Yogic tools for chronic disease states. A blended yogic and scientific understanding of today’s most prevalent chronic conditions including heart disease and cancer.
80 Hours - Holistic A&P of Yoga Rolling Admission, Online Course - work at your own pace Structural Yoga Therapy. Explores movement techniques as Yoga Therapy tools for assessment and recovery to help clients to reduce pain, gain more freedom of movement and progress towards holistic healing.
75 Hours - Soul of Life Intensive Format: TBA 2022 (Not guaranteed online) Life cycle study. A course in understanding the anatomical and physiological changes that occur within the human life-cycle, and gaining the skills to address a client’s well being regardless of age or stage of life.
75 Hours - Soul of Wellness Intensive Format 2021: December 1-10, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Advanced teaching skills. Learn to integrate therapeutic alignment cueing, breathing patterns, asana, pranayama, mantra and mudra into your sequences in a more profound way to address your student’s physical and psycho-emotional needs.
5 50 Hours - Mentoring/Clinic Rolling Admission, 2 to 6.5hrs per month, Offered through video conferencing Guidance and practicum. Optional: work in Soul of Yoga’s free Yoga Therapy Clinic to gain skills and build your professional practice. Required: Mentoring sessions to address and review cases, receive feedback, share learning and insight and build a supportive community with fellow students and instructors.
50 Hours - Essential Ayurveda for Yoga Professionals August 25-29, 2021 plus webinars on 9/22, 9/29, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Ayurvedic science. The perfect way for Yoga professionals to integrate Ayurvedic wisdom! Learn how to use the tools within your scope of practice (asana, pranayama, mudra and marma) to address Ayurvedic imbalances of dosha, guna, prana and agni.
50 Hours - Yoga of Recovery July 17-July 22, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Yoga for Addiction. This Training combines Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional 12 step recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit approach to addiction and self-destructive behaviors.
40 Hours - Foundations of Yoga Meditation May 11-16, 2021 (Live Stream) Meditation as a healing modality. Teachings from the Yogic and Buddhist traditions in meditation, transformation, self-inquiry, pranayama, hatha yoga, yoga nidra, guided and silent sitting and walking meditation practices. An opportunity for self healing.
30 Hours - The Profession of Yoga Therapy October 2-6, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Professionalism in Yoga Therapy. Scope of practice, laws and ethics, Yoga in healthcare, growing your business and spiritual, intuitive counseling skills.
30 Hours - iRest Level 1 TBA 2022 (not guaranteed online) - or - 30 Hours - LifeForce Yoga Trauma Sensitive Training & Self-Care TBA 2023 (not guaranteed online) Working with trauma. Students pick iRest Level 1 or LifeForce Yoga Trauma Sensitive Training to meet the needs of working with trauma, PTSD and other psycho emotional states utilizing various yogic tools.
25 Hours - Subtle Anatomy March 25-28, 2022 (not guaranteed online) Mystical healing. Intricate exploration of the mystical teachings of the subtle anatomy system including chakras, nadis and koshas and their important role in vitality, wellbeing, dis-ease, healing and transformation.
15 Hours - Prāṇāyāma January 15-16, 2022 (not guaranteed online) Breathing for Life. This course covers the theory, structure, and in-depth practice of prāṇāyāma for health, healing, and awakening to our underlying Essential Nature.
6 15 Hours - Secret Power of Yoga June 5-6, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Online Option: additional $36 fee plus written assignment Yoga Sutra study to open the heart with Nischala Joy Devi from her book Secret Power of Yoga.
7 Hours - Closing Date Dependent on Graduation Day (Live Stream) Presentation of one Graduate Case Study and final closing ceremony.
155 Hours - Practicum
50 Hours - HAPY Case Studies 16 case studies Address client situations related to the topics of HAPY. Each case study requires one SOAP Note and a follow-up write up.
50 Hours - Progressive Case Studies 9 case studies Address client situations related to the topics of required training modules and indicate your progression through the training. Each case study requires an initial intake, a follow up SOAP note and a final write up.
30 Hours - Graduate Case Studies 5 case studies Each should address a Yoga Therapy situation. There are no specific topics required, but all your learning in the program should be indicated. Each Graduate Case Study requires an initial intake, two follow up SOAP Notes and final conclusion.
25 Hours - Karma Yoga Project 12 sessions Organize and teach to a group or individuals that need yoga for healing, but can’t necessarily afford it. For this project you’ll need pre-approval from the program director, individual preclass intake forms for each student in your class and final conclusion paper
7 Required Courses
Yoga for Chronic Disease 100 Hours
Required
Dates TBA 2022 (Live Stream & In Person if Available)
Instructors Various Master Faculty
Subject Yoga for Heart Disease, Cancer and Other Chronic Disease states
Duration of Course 10 day training
Hours of Course TBA
Tuition TBA
Course Description:
The focus of this training program is theory and practice of asana, pranayama, deep relaxation, imagery and meditation as applied for people with cardiac, cancer, and other life threatening diseases and general health and prevention. It will provide you with the skills to teach heart and cancer patients in a hospital or clinic setting as well as on a private or individual basis.
8 Holistic Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga (HAPY) 80 Hours
Required
Ongoing Enrollment, Online Course
Dates Recorded Course, Watch at your own pace online
Instructors Justine Shelton, Monique Lonner, Stephani Sutherland, Brian Dorfman
Subject Physio-Structural Therapeutic Yoga
Duration of Course 17 Sessions
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy and Elective for 300 Hour, or $1399 A La Carte Pricing
Course Description:
Holistic A&P of Yoga provides students with the understanding of structural anatomy and holistic physiology as it relates to therapeutic yoga. Muscles, bones, nerves, organs, glands and the other bodily systems are explored with a holistic view to healing and health. Yogic practices such as specific asana and breathing techniques are employed as both assessment and prescriptive tools for illness, injury, and bodily misalignment giving you the understanding and capability to work with people dealing with pain and movement limitations.
Each session includes an anatomy and physiology lecture, body reading and diagnostic guidance, prescriptive asana and question and answer period. Each session has a homework assignment and through this practicum you will have a chance to directly apply your new knowledge and skills to help integrate the material in a meaningful and impactful way.
Course Syllabus:
Shoulders and Upper Limbs: The relationship between the shoulder girdle and arm; common injuries and issues occurring from use of technology; repetitive motion syndrome and sports injuries. The Importance of Breath in Yoga Therapy Yoga Therapy for the Rotator Cuff - Part 1 & 2 Yoga Therapy for the Arm
9 Yoga Therapy for the Wrist and Hands
Nervous System: Asana, pranayama, meditation and other techniques to directly affect the autonomic nervous system Yoga Therapy for the Nervous System Yoga Therapy for the Stress and Pain Yoga Therapy for Memory and Habit (Samskara) Yoga Therapy for Sleep and a Healthy Brain
Spine and Abdomen: Alignment, posture, core musculature, nerve plexuses, digestive system, compatibility with movement; understanding spinal injuries; counter-indications; relationship to respiration and prana Yoga Therapy to Address Neck Pain Yoga Therapy Resolving Headaches and Nerve Pain in the Neck and Shoulders The Abdominal Muscles and Core Strength Yoga Therapy for the Pelvic Girdle Yoga Therapy for the Back
Hips and Lower Limbs: Prioritizing the primary areas of involvement; the relationship between the spine, sacrum, gluteal area and the lower limbs; the lymphatic system Yoga Therapy for the Hips Yoga Therapy for the Knees Yoga Therapy for the Feet and Ankles Yoga Therapy for Leg Lymphedema Yoga Therapy for the Marma Points of the Feet
Recommended reading: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Frank H. Netter, M.D.
10 Soul of Wellness 75 Hours
Required
Dates Intensive Format 2020: December 1-10, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available)
Instructors Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Weintraub, Stephani Sutherland, PhD, Monique Lonner
Subject Advanced teaching skills; body reading, sequencing, mantra, mudra, pranayama and movement patterns to address common physical and psycho-emotional conditions.
Duration of Course 10 consecutive days
Hours of Course 9am - 6:15pm
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy and 300 Hour, or $1500 A La Carte Pricing
Studies indicate that the majority of people who come to yoga do so hoping for improved health or to manage their stress. While any yoga class can offer an innate opportunity to foster peace and well-being, a really skilled yoga teacher can meet the more individual needs of their students and plan for more targeted effects.
Soul of Wellness provides Yoga Professionals with essential skills that will allow you to adapt and create practices for specific situations and purposeful results for both body and mind.
Learn how to utilize particular sequencing, movement and breathing patterns, mantra and mudra to address your student’s physical, physiological and psycho-emotional needs. We’ll teach you to design specialised classes for students with pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue and agitation. Learn cueing and observational tools to adjust dysfunctional movement and breathing patterns and foster healthier ones.
Practice, lecture, dyad and practicum classroom tools will all be employed to enhance your understanding.
11 Course Syllabus:
Practice and Integration The Soul of Wellness section offers daily practice sessions for students while in the 10 day immersion program, to teach one another while incorporating the ongoing lessons from the training curriculum, ask questions, trade expertise, and provide feedback in a supportive community setting.
Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional States Author of Yoga for Depression, and founder of LifeForce Yoga, Amy Weintraub will share her evidenced-based protocols on how to use Yogic tools of pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra and simple meditations to address agitated, fatigued anxious and depressive states.
Teaching through the lenses of both the latest scientific research and ancient Yogic philosophy Amy will illuminate how the nervous system can become unbalanced and stuck, and how we can help foster balance, health and spiritual growth through Yoga practices. The workshop will include a mix of practice, lecture and practicum.
Understanding Chronic Pain with Stephani Sutherland, PhD Chronic pain affects 100 million Americans, some of whom are severely disabled. Pain has been a driving force in our epidemic of opioid overuse and abuse. Experts agree that doctors and healthcare workers must become better educated about what pain is: a complex, whole-person experience that profoundly affects people’s lives. Today, research has shown that chronic pain sufferers can benefit from a modified practice of yoga and meditation. Learn more about the physiological processes that underlie chronic pain, and how to work with clients with chronic pain using the tools of yoga. We’ll also consider stress, which affects us all, and how reducing stress can shift autonomic nervous system activity and lessen pain.
Reconsidering Alignment with Leslie Kaminoff Asana is one of the most powerful therapeutic tools to foster functional movement patterns and improve health. This workshop with Yoga Anatomy co-author, Leslie Kaminoff, will provide you with a contemplative perspective on alignment as a tool to accentuate the therapeutic benefits of asana for each individual.
We will look at alignment principles as they relate to body systems including digestion, circulation and respiration. Students will also learn how common misalignments in the foot, knee, neck, shoulders and spine can be observed in asana, and corrected through anatomical alignment principles.
Advanced Sequencing with Monique Lonner A well thought out sequence is the key to integrating our advanced skills and teaching an effective, healing and powerful yoga practice.
Learning the art of sequencing will allow you to organize your skills and understanding and create classes that elicit specific effects, like calming, energizing, relieving, strengthening or
12 stretching. Students will develop skillful sequences designed to eliminate dysfunction and establish functional movement patterns and balance energy through effective practices that meet your intentions and your student’s needs.
Topics will include the necessary ingredients for optimal sequencing including pose and counter pose, peak pose, optimal conditioning, breathing patterns, movement and holding, different types of stretch, rests and meeting the mood. This course will include lecture and dyad practice.
13 Soul of Life 75 Hours
Required
Dates Intensive Format: TBA 2022 (Not guaranteed online)
Instructors Flossie Park, Phil Goldberg, Monique Lonner, Sherry Zak Morris, Antonio Sausys, Dana Reece
Subject A course in understanding the anatomical, physiological, psychological, and spiritual changes that occur within the human life-cycle, and gaining the skills to address a client/student’s practice regardless of age or stage of life.
Duration of Course Intensive: 10 Consecutive Days
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy and 300 Hour, or $1500 A La Carte Pricing
Course Description:
As Yoga becomes more popular with people of all physical abilities and ages, Yoga Teachers and Therapists must be able to provide safe physical instruction and impart healing care for a huge variation of people. The Soul of Life delivers essential knowledge to support your students/clients through their entire life cycle. From our spiritual origins to prenatal care, birth, and beginnings through the inevitable anatomical changes that occur as we age, Soul of Life brings us full circle to return to our spiritual source through death and reincarnation.
Course Syllabus:
Practice and Integration The Soul of Life section offers daily practice sessions for students while in the 10 day immersion program, to teach one another while incorporating the ongoing lessons from the training curriculum, ask questions, trade expertise, and provide feedback in a supportive community setting.
Prenatal Yoga Training with Flossie Park
14 Yoga can give new life to anyone at any age, but it becomes especially helpful for mothers-to-be. Students will learn the methodology of prenatal and postnatal Yoga, various philosophies, such as natural birth and supporting birth choices, anatomy of the female pelvis, benefits and contraindications, positive affirmations and visualizations for pregnancy and birthing.
Living a Fulfilling Life, A Deep Dive into the Bhagavad Gita Study with Phil Goldberg This practical workshop illuminates the core teachings of one of the most profound, sublime and influential works the human mind has ever produced. The Bhagavad Gita has been seen as a religious scripture, a spiritual guidebook, a self-help manual, a philosophical and psychological treatise, a science of consciousness, and more. It encapsulates the essence of Yoga at its deepest level, where its capacity for transforming human life is greatest. Using contemplative practices with the key passages, we will absorb the true meaning of Yoga; and, with a traditional meditation practice, we will experience the essence of the Gita’s message: Established in Yoga, perform action.
If you’ve been meaning to read the Gita, or if you’ve read it and want to dig deeper into its indispensable wisdom, this is a golden opportunity. See why Thoreau read it every morning on Walden Pond and why Gandhi called it his “spiritual dictionary” and turned to it whenever difficulties arose. The workshop will emphasize the Gita’s lessons for realizing the yogic ideal not just on a mat or a cushion, but in the midst of everyday life. The tools and insights you take away will accelerate your path to life of wholeness, unity and integration.
Mid Life Yoga with Monique Lonner Adults in their 40’s through the 60's are turning to yoga for mind, body and spirit relief in greater new numbers than any other age group. These motivated, (and sometimes somewhat nervous), students need yoga to keep their stress levels controlled and their bodies healthy. In fact, many of them come to Yoga at the advice of a physician.
For Yoga Teachers and Therapists it is essential to understand the unique physical, mental and emotional challenges facing this demographic as they quickly become the majority of students in many yoga classes across the Nation.
Anatomy and Physiology of Aging In this class we will explore what happens to the body as we grow older; how metabolism, muscular strength, bone density, digestion, cardiovascular functioning, and neurological functioning are all affected by age and how the practice of yoga has a profound effect on it all. Students will receive an overview of the common disorders that can affect us as we age, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, weight gain and arthritis from the Western and Eastern points of view.
Adapting Asana for Middle Age Students This workshop will present specific yogic practices which offer a way to grow older while maintaining focus, flexibility and strength. With well considered modifications and refinements
15 asana practice can be tailored to suit the needs of maturing adults in their 40s through 60s. Students will learn how to plan effective midlife sequences, modify poses and provide the correct alignment cues and adjustments for mature adults coming to their mats as an antidote to mid-life crisis.
Yoga for Grief with Antonio Sausys Grief is inherent in every life. And every condition, be it mental or physical, implies a certain degree of grief since it involves some form of loss: either loss of functionality due to the condition itself, or the loss of the illusion of an absolutely healthy life. As a result, most Yoga Professionals can face grieving individuals in their practice and could benefit from having some knowledge regarding the grieving process as well as how Yoga can aid it. In this workshop, participants will learn about: ● Grief as seen in Western and Eastern conceptualizations. ● The physical symptoms of grief and their psychoneurological basis ● The physical and emotional relevance of the Heart Chakra in the grieving process. ● The Yoga for Grief Relief Sadhana (practice) that presents five sections that aid the transformation of Grief into a resource of personal growth: ● Pranayama, Asana, Shatkarma, Relax and Sankalpa. ● Specific initial grief treatment guidelines that can be applied by Yoga Therapists in their general practice
Yoga for Seniors with Sherry Zak Morris The vast majority of Americans are growing into their golden years, 70+, and beginning to experience the physical effects of aging. It is becoming imperative that Yoga Teachers learn to adapt their classes to safeguard the health of their Senior students, and also quite advantageous to be able to add chair yoga to your teaching skill set. In this workshop Sherry Zak Morris will review the most pertinent health issues facing the Senior population, the yogic prescriptions for wellness and the necessary counter-indications for Senior Yoga practice. You will be given all the tools necessary to plan and teach an effective and inspired chair yoga class.
Kundalini Death Practices with Dana Reece During our lives there will be many deaths, many opportunities to embrace the inevitable transition from one rhythm to another. In fact in every Yoga Class we practice Death, the honoring and embracing of what was and what is to come is the nectar of Savasana, Corpse Pose. During our Death Practice we will have an opportunity to be with our fear of Death and be supported with breath work and mantra. We will be dipping our toe into one of the most powerful moments in our life, why not practice for it.
Reincarnation and Karma with Flossie Park The philosophies of Yoga and metaphysics embrace the doctrine of reincarnation and karma as the natural process by which humanity evolves. Developing a deeper understanding of these processes helps one to learn the spiritual lessons that our karmic conditions offer. The focus for this class will be to gain a clearer perspective on reincarnation and give essential tools to help better identify and work out karmic conditions.
16 Required Reading List: The Bhagavad Gita (any translation) Yoga for Grief Relief: Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body, Antonio Sausys
Recommended Reading List: Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives, Deepak Chopra, MD, David Simon, MD Inner Beauty, Inner Light: Yoga for Pregnant Women, Frederick Leboyer and B.K.S. Iyengar Prenatal Yoga: Finding Movement in Fullness, Candice Garrett Anatomy Trains, Tom Myers Pain Free, Pete Egoescue Karma and Reincarnation, Barbara Martin Proof of Heaven, Dr. Eben Alexander
17 Essential Ayurveda for Yoga Professionals
50 Hours
Required
Dates August 25-29, 2021 plus webinars on 9/22, 9/29, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10 (Live Stream & In Person if Available) Recording available for 75 days post training. Subject The merging of Ayurvedic understanding with the application of Yogic tools. Duration of Course 50hrs Hours of the Course Intensive: 9am - 12pm/1:30-4:30pm PST Webinars: 12-3pm PST Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy Program, Elective for 300 Hour Training. A la carte: $1295 Early Bird, $1395 after June 25th. Faculty Indu Arora
Course Description:
Ayurveda and Yoga are sister sciences. Each modality employs different, but completely complimentary healing and health interventions designed to bring about a state of optimal balance and wellness.
While the combination of Yoga and Ayurvedic practices are incredibly beneficial, merging the two practices can sometimes be overwhelming and other times confusing. This course is the perfect meeting point between the two sciences. Participants will learn to use Yogic techniques of asana, pranayama and mudra through the healing lens of Ayuvedic understanding; doshas, guna, prana, agni and marma.
Yoga professionals will learn to apply the deep and powerful healing wisdom of Ayurveda to their professional scope of practice; broadening their skill set with competence and confidence. This course offers helpful self care practices as well as a greater understanding of the power of Yoga to serve therapeutic intentions.
Main Topics covered
18 ● How to live Ayurveda in the light of Yoga and Yoga Therapy ● Samkhya Philosophy and its application through Yoga Practices ● Tools to make Ayurveda Accessible ● Concepts of 5 elements, dosha, gunas and agni in Yoga practice ● How to identify dosha balance and imbalance markers in self and others ● Yoga for Seven Tissues, Ojas, Tejas and Agni ● Marma Points in Yoga ● How to modify the practice for self and others (in one of one setting or group) to support dosha and guna balance ● Concept of Sensory therapy through Yoga- Tanmatra Chikitsa ● Ayurveda and Yoga for seasonal Change ● Ayurveda and Diet Principles ● 10 crucial everyday practices of self-care
Required Books and Tools (all available on Yogsadhna.com)
● Yoga Ancient Heritage Tomorrow’s Vision ,Indu Arora ● SOMA 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care, Indu Arora ● Tongue Scraper bundle ( ● Marma Stick
Recommend Books and Tools for Dinacharya (Self Care Morning Ritual), available on Yogsadhna.com
● Mudra The Sacred Secret ,Indu Arora ● Yogis Glow Herbal Powder ● Copper Neti Pot ● Dosha balancing bracelet/mala
19 Yoga of Recovery 50 Hours
Required
Dates July 17-July 22, 2021(Live Stream & In Person if Available)
Instructors Durga Leela, Monique Lonner
Subject Yogic tools for working with issues of addiction and self destructive behavior
Duration of Course 6 consecutive days
Hours of Course 8:15am-6pm
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy, Elective for the 300 Hour or A La Carte $1000 Pricing
Course Description:
Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit approach to addictions, eating disorders and self-destructive behaviors. Bringing the west (neuroscience and 12 Steps) and the East (Yoga and Ayurveda) together offers a truly empowering approach to counseling those who embark on a program of recovery. It is the evolution of the solution.
Upon completion of the course you will have the skills to introduce the healing potential of the holistic sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga to address addictive and self destructive behavior into your own life and those of your students and clients. As a Yoga Professional this course will make you uniquely qualified and more confident to teach yoga in rehabs or to people in recovery from any addiction. You will fully understand the root of the problem and the holistic approach, extended from limited understanding of substance abuse/behavioral problems to be treated with asana alone, to a full range of therapies for mind, body and spirit from powerful healing modalities.
Required Reading List: Manual specifically written for this course
Recommended Reading List: Overcoming Addictions, Deepak Chopra In The Realms of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Mate Meditations from the Mat. Rolf Gates
20 Silent Yoga Meditation Retreat 40 Hours
Required
Dates May 11-16, 2021 (Live Stream Only)
Instructors Richard C. Miller, PhD
Subject Yogic Meditation, iRest
Duration of Course 6 Days
Hours of Course Times TBA
Tuition Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy, A la carte Pricing $900
Course Description: Yoga and meditation have been scientifically proven to foster health, resiliency, well-being and healing for physical, psycho-emotional and spiritual challenges. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali affirms that the path of Self-Realization needs to include a complete path of emotional, cognitive and meditative practices if one is to truly experience spiritual transformation.
In the West, hatha yoga asana has mistakenly become popularized to the general public as representing the core teachings of Yoga. Hatha Yoga practitioners are starting to ask, “What’s next?”. The answer comes in the form of the nondual teachings that are offered through the Yoga tradition, which consist of in-depth principles and practices of meditation, awakening, and enlightenment that can be integrated into all forms of Yoga, meditation, as well as throughout daily life.
This 5-day meditation retreat led by Richard C. Miller, developer of the iRest Meditation Program, focuses on the Nondual Yogic teachings of awakening to your essential nature. During retreat Richard will guide you into the depths of your own self-exploration through simple yet elegant practices that includes discussion of underlying principles, self-inquiry, pranayama, hatha yoga, yoga nidra, and sitting and walking meditation practices
Required Reading List: iRest Program for Healing PTSD, Richard C. Miller
21 The Profession of Yoga Therapy 30 Hours
Required
Dates October 2-6, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available)
Instructors Monique Lonner, Daniel Vicario, MD, Raquel Jex, Susana Jones, Flossie Park, Erika Lee
Subject Ethics, Scope of Practice, Yoga in Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, Business of Yoga, Spiritual Counseling and Intuitive Healing
Duration of Course 4.5 Consecutive days
Hours of Course 8am - 5:00pm days 1-4 and 10:30am-12:30pm day 5
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy, Elective for the 300hr, $625 A La Carte Pricing
Course Description:
Yoga Therapy is a growing profession within the healthcare industry. Yoga Therapists have uniquely valuable skill sets and tools which have been proven beneficial for a very large range of conditions and populations. From back pain and anxiety, to heart disease, grief and addictive behaviours, one would be hard pressed to find another integrated modality that is able to successfully address so many varied situations. This course will provide you with the essential understanding you need to take your training out into the world as a professional.
This course will help you understand the ways and means of the heathcare industry; HIPAA laws, scope of practice, referral protocols, professional ethics and insurance billing. It will also provide you with a foundational understanding of the framework of integrated health organisations and how to best work within the system.
You’ll also learn how to market yourself, convey the concept of Yoga Therapy to the public and other professionals, and learn the basics of web based outreach.
Because Yoga Therapy is a unique form of care, we’ll also discuss how our profession is different, where we fit in, and how an overarching understanding of spirituality and intuitive sense ultimately guides our work to help others.
22 iRest Level 1 30 Hours
Required (or LifeForce Yoga Trauma Sensitive Training)
Dates TBA 2022 (not guaranteed online)
Instructors Ford Peck
Subject Meditation Protocol that serves a broad range of populations, including those experiencing PTSD, chronic pain, sleep issues, high stress, depression, and anxiety.
Duration of Course 6 days
Hours of Course TBA
Tuition Required for Yoga Therapy, or $1595 A La Carte Pricing
Course Description: iRest is an accessible and easy to use meditation protocol that is integrative, as it heals unresolved issues and traumas, and restorative, as it aids practitioners in recognizing their innate wholeness and underlying peace of mind that is always present amidst all changing circumstances in life.
Research has shown that iRest effectively supports health and healing across a broad range of populations, including those experiencing PTSD, chronic pain, sleep issues, high stress, depression, and anxiety.
In the Level 1 Training, you will learn:
● The core principles and practice of iRest meditation. ● How to use iRest for your personal practice. ● How to teach and deliver iRest simply, and effectively in group and individual settings.
Required Reading: Richard Miller, Yoga Nidra: A Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation and Healing (book with audio CD)
23 LifeForce Yoga Trauma Sensitive Training & Self-Care
30 Hours
Required (or iRest Level 1)
Dates TBA 2023 (not guaranteed online)
Instructors Rose Kress
Subject Understand trauma and PTSD, learn teaching modifications and self-care mastery for practitioners.
Duration of Course 5 Consecutive days
Hours of Course TBA
Tuition Required for Yoga Therapy, Elective for the 300 Hour, or $660 A La Carte Pricing
Over 50% of Americans experience trauma in their lifetimes. This can include sexual and physical assault and abuse, experiencing or witnessing accidents, combat, disaster, illness, or violence.
Unresolved trauma can result in a varied range of health imbalances from depression, and anxiety to addiction, to auto-immune disorders and heart disease. According to a recent report released by the CDC, a history of trauma is an indicator of increased mortality rates and mental health challenges.
This compassionate and useful training will provide an understanding of trauma and PTSD from both the Western and Eastern perspective, including PolyVagal theory and the Gunas. Learn trauma sensitive modifications of teaching language and Yoga practices that can help allow the safe release of trauma memory stored in all the Koshas (physical, energy, emotional and mental levels of existence). These practices can help trauma sufferers find relief by reconnecting with their own true and unsullied nature for sustained periods of time. From this source of reconnection, they can build resilience and increase self-regulation, diminishing triggers and flashbacks and fostering greater overall wellbeing.
During this course, we will be discussing trauma and PTSD as well as application of techniques in the morning sessions. Afternoon sessions focus on self-care mastery for practitioners, including yoga nidra and movement.
Learning Objectives:
24 ● Creating a safe and sacred container using LifeForce Yoga techniques for individuals with a trauma history ● Basics of trauma from Western perspective, including polyvagal theory ● Understanding of trauma and PTSD from the Eastern and Yogic philosophical model ● LifeForce Yoga empowerment techniques ● Self-regulation and self-soothing yogic practices, like breath, sound, and cultivation of attitude (pranayama, mantra, and bhavana) ● Discuss language dos and don’ts when working with trauma and PTSD ● LifeForce Yoga Nidra and other meditation techniques appropriate for trauma and PTSD ● Discuss and learn appropriate self-care techniques for the practitioner ● How to work with victims of trauma as a yoga therapist, within your scope of practice ● Enhancing love, compassion, and presence in the treatment room
Visit www.yogafordepression.com for a list of programs, including online options.
25 Subtle Anatomy 25 Hours
Required
Dates March 25-28, 2022 (not guaranteed online) Instructors Nischala Joy Devi & Monique Lonner
Subject Koshas, Chakras, Nadis, Yogic view of anatomy, integrated health, balance, well-being and dis-ease states Duration of Course One 4 day intensive Hours of Course 9am - 5pm Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy and Elective for the 300 Hour, or $500 A La Carte Pricing
Course Description:
One the most profound insights of Yoga is that we have, and are, more than our physical body. In fact we have 5 bodies, or layers, that cover our pure self, or the light within. These layers are called the Maya Koshas - literally Maya (illusion) and Kosha (body or sheath).
The wisdom of the Maya Koshas provide an illuminating lens through which to understand the integrated nature of mind, body and spirit and its implications for balance and wellbeing, health and disease.
The 5 Koshas include the layers of the physical body, our thoughts and emotions along with states of higher consciousness and bliss. We also embody an energetic and rarefied layer of our being that illuminates, vitalises and balances our body and mind. This is our “Energy Body”, referred to as the PranaMaya Kosha, and it is home to our subtle anatomy, which is the in-depth subject of this course.
We will explore subtle anatomy in order to understand how Prana flow can foster balance, well-being, health and spiritual awareness, while obstructions in the flow can create imbalance in body and mind and initiate disease states.
We will cover:
The Nadis: a System of astral tubes that aid circulation and enhance the prana as it flows through the gross and subtle bodies. While there are thousands of nadis, three will our main focus, the Ida, Pingala and Shushumna.
26 The Pancha Maya Kosha: The five layers or bodies that encase the true self and how they function and nurture us on all levels.
The Seven Chakras: whirling vortexes of energy containing valuable information about the mundane as well as the sublime aspects of our every action and thought. Connected through channels (nadis) that flow up and down our spines, they infuse vitality and knowledge to every facet of our being.
On the last day of the course Monique Lonner will discuss the associated modern maladies and the appropriate Yogic practices to enhance, balance and even heal each Chakra center and its related areas of body, mind and spirit.
With this new awareness we are able to use yogic practices to enhance, and balance our bodies, minds, and ultimately our lives.
Required reading: The Namaste Effect, Nischala Joy Devi
27 Breathing for Life: Principles, Practice and Foundations of Prāṇāyāma
15 Hours
Required
Dates January 15-16, 2022 (not guaranteed online)
Instructor Richard Miller, PhD
Subject Pranayama
Duration of Course 2 Consecutive days
Hours of Course 9am - 5:15pm
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy, Elective for the 300 Hour, or $399 A La Carte Pricing
Course Descriptions:
This course covers the theory, structure, and in-depth practice of prāṇāyāma for health, healing, and awakening to our underlying Essential Nature. The workshop consists of in-depth lectures, guided practice and Q&A sessions designed to teach the foundations of prāṇāyāma for yoga therapy healing, meditative benefits, as well as developing and maintaining a personal practice.
Topics Covered Include: Yogic theory of prāṇa, apana, langhana, and brahmana Prāṇāyāma practices of anuloma, viloma, pratiloma ujjayi, mahat kapālabhati, nadi-shodhana, ardha sharira, bhastrika, and bramari Neti kriya, agni sara, and nauli The use of mula, uddiyāna, and jalandhāra bandha Use of breathing and healing mūdra, including sharira, prana nadi, merūdanda, prāṇa kriya, aswini, vajroli, krama and bhairavi mūdra Use of seed, vowel and consonant sounds (nāda) that accompany and support the in-depth practice of prāṇāyāma.
Required Reading List: Manual Included
28 Secret Power of Yoga
15 Hours
Required
Dates June 5-6, 2021 (Live Stream & In Person if Available)
Instructors Nischala Joy Devi
Subject Yoga Sutras
Duration of Course 2 Consecutive days
Hours of Course 9am - 5:15pm
Tuition Included in Yoga Therapy, Elective for the 300 Hour, or $300 A La Carte Pricing
Course Descriptions:
The Secret Power of the Yoga Sutras with Nischala Joy Devi The Yoga Sutras is one of the most revered texts of yoga and is thought to be more than 2,500 years old. These "threads" on yoga or union, are extremely terse, stating concisely and often precisely, essential points or techniques to achieve self-realization. Originally these teachings were passed on in the ancient oral traditions, intimately shared from teacher to student. Even today almost every translation of the sutras includes pages and pages of master commentary deemed useful to impart the correct teachings, methods and sacred wisdom necessary to achieve Yoga.
In this workshop Nischala Joy Devi will impart her with heart-centered intuitive interpretation of the Yoga Sutras from her book - The Secret Power of Yoga. Nischala Joy Devi’s is a divinely feminine perspective of the Yoga Sutras which offers students an opportunity to partake in the unfathomable sense of peace, emotional and spiritual enlightenment that is our birthright.
Required Reading List: The Secret Power of Yoga, Nischala Joy Devi
29 Clinic & Mentoring Program 50 Hours
Required
The Free Yoga Therapy Clinic is available to our local community.
Cases range from physical, physiological and mental-emotional issues. Students are encouraged to work in all areas so as to challenge comfort zones and encourage strong skill sets. Each case includes research, intake and interview skills, planning, guiding, reporting and follow up.
Each client is afforded 2 free sessions and if they choose to continue Yoga Therapy they are encouraged to negotiate a rate with their assigned student Yoga Therapist.
Clinic hours provide hands on training and career support, allowing students to gain confidence in their work while under supervision and grow their own client base while still in training.
Mentoring Sessions provides time to review coursework and practice skills through case studies, as well as ask questions and discuss cases, teaching situations, and specific client issues. It is a supportive community to share successes and challenges and to receive personal guidance from faculty members.
30 Example of a Training Schedule
31 Soul of Yoga Faculty
One of the most valuable offerings of the Soul of Yoga Institute is our celebrated faculty, which includes many highly acclaimed and world-renowned Master Teachers. Each instructor provides varied educational and experiential teachings that blend together to form a rich amalgam of learning opportunities for every student to enjoy and be enriched by.
Indu Arora, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapist considers herself a student for lifetime. She is the author of Mudra: The Sacred Secret, Yoga, Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow’s Vision (known as The little Red Book on Yoga) and SOMA - 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care.
Indu has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda since 1999, and has inspired by and taught under Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shivaism and Sivananda Yoga lineages. She has studied both Yoga and Ayurveda in a traditional Guru paramapara setting.
Her teaching style is rooted in empowering and inspiring students to awaken the inner Guru. Her core philosophy is, ‘Nothing has the greatest power to heal, but Self!”
Nischala Joy Devi is a master teacher and healer. For over 30 years she has been highly respected as an international advocate for her innovative way of expressing Yoga and its subtle uses for spiritual growth and complete healing. She was a monastic student of the world renowned Yogiraj Sri Swami Satchidananda and offered her expertise in developing the yoga portion of The Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and the Commonweal Cancer Help Program.
With her knowledge of yoga and her experience in assisting those with life-threatening diseases, she created The Healing Path of Yoga, and the “Abundant Well-Being Series” CD’s. Yoga of the Heart, a training and certification program for Yoga teachers and health professionals designed to adapt Yoga practices to the special needs of that population.
Nischala Devi is now directing her energies to bringing the feminine heart perspective back into spirituality and the scriptures in her new book, The Secret Power of Yoga, a woman’s guide to the heart and spirit of the Yoga Sutras and The Secret Power of Yoga audiobook (Nautilus Book Award Winner)
32 Brian Dorfman has been practicing yoga, healing patients and teaching for over 35 years. Influenced by TVK Desikachar, Brian's instruction focuses on helping the student develop a personalized, balanced practice. He incorporates asana, pranayama, sound and meditation to create an environment for the student's innate wisdom to develop. Brian has extensive knowledge and instructional ability in the areas of kinesiology, anatomy, physiology and the biomechanics of movement. Since 1985 Brian has maintained his own injury rehabilitation clinic and is an internationally recognized healer.
Philip Goldberg has been studying India’s spiritual traditions for more than 45 years, as a practitioner, teacher and writer. He is the author of numerous books, most recently the acclaimed American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality Changed the West. The co-host of the podcast Spirit Matters, he blogs regularly on the Huffington Post and Spirituality and Health online. He has recently published a biography of Paramahansa Yogananda. See www.PhilipGoldberg.com and www.AmericanVeda.com.
Raquel Jex, 500 RYT, C-IAYT is a graduate of Soul of Yoga’s Yoga Therapy Training Program She has a depth of experience in science and the body, including her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Microbiology, Graduate Work in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and has over 25 years of experience in drug development and marketing in oncology, hematology, pain, and serious liver diseases. She is a member of the Society for Integrative Oncology. She has interwoven her Western medical expertise with Eastern philosophy and Yoga Therapy to work in Integrative Medicine, helping people accomplish what she believes in most: Practicing preventive medicine and nourishing our mind and body through balanced lifestyles, gives us the best chance to enjoy healthy longevity, in our minds, in our bodies, and in our spirits.
Raquel is certified in Yoga of the Heart Cancer and Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs, Chair Yoga for Seniors, Yoga for Veterans with PTSD and specializes in creating therapeutic yoga therapy programs for people living through cancer, movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s, cardiac rehabilitation, trauma, and working with Seniors.
Susana Jones, C-IAYT , Is a graduate of Soul of Yoga’s Yoga Therapy Training Program. Her upbringing in Science of Mind gave Susana an early appreciation for eastern spirituality and yoga, which she brings to life through her dedicated practice and vocation. As the founder of Urban Yogi, Susana has operated a yoga studio, created a Registered Yoga School for certifying yoga teachers, and now works as a Yoga Therapist in private and clinical settings. Susana is a mentor for the Soul’s Yoga Therapy students.
Leslie Kaminoff is a Yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with 36 years of experience in the fields of Yoga, breath anatomy, and bodywork. He has led workshops for many of the leading Yoga associations, schools, and training programs in America. Leslie is the founder of the Yoga blog, “e-Sutra,” and “The Breathing Project,” a New York City Yoga studio dedicated to the teaching of individualized, breath-centered Yoga. Leslie teaches The Breathing Project's unique yearlong course in Yoga
33 anatomy, and is the co-author with Amy Matthews of the bestselling book, “Yoga Anatomy” published by Human Kinetics.
Rose Kress, ERYT-500, CIAYT, YACEP, Owner & Director of LifeForce Yoga, began practicing yoga in 1994 and has been teaching since 2004. She began studying with Amy Weintraub in 2002 as a means of finding ease from anxiety. After becoming certified to teach yoga, Rose began assisting Amy at workshops and the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training nationally and internationally. In 2010, she began serving as the Director of Education for LifeForce Yoga. Throughout her teaching career, Rose has focused on the therapeutic aspects of yoga, teaching at hospitals, pulmonary centers, a chiropractor’s office. In 2017, she developed a yoga therapy protocol for veterans and active duty soldiers receiving treatment for substance abuse and PTSD at a VA Health Care Center in Tucson, AZ.
Durga Leela BA, CAS, PKS, Yoga Acharya, is the founder of Yoga of Recovery. She is a Certified Yoga Teacher E-RYT 500 through the Sivananda lineage and extensively trained in Meditation and Vedanta. A Clinical Ayurvedic and Panchakarma Specialist, Durga trained both in the US and India and has served as the Director of the Ayurveda Programs at the Yoga Farm in California since 2003. She is a professional member and speaker for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), also a member of Yoga Alliance. Durga has worked on her own path of recovery and has been a grateful member of 12 step fellowship for over 14 years.
Erika Lee, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, Reiki Master, Spiritual Alchemist is a graduate of Soul of Yoga’s Yoga Therapy program and a Program Mentor. Although Erika has a deep knowledge of anatomy and physiology, her main focus is assisting clients with eating disorder issues, depression, trauma, and anxiety. Erika runs the Soul of Yoga’s the Reiki program and is a faculty instructor and mentor for the 200 hour Hatha Yoga training, and 200 hour Gentle Yoga training. In addition to her Yoga and Reiki training, Erika is currently studying shamanic healing, She leads ceremonies honoring the full moon, Mother Earth, and the equinox and solstice celebrations. She considers herself a well rounded healer with a soft heart, an affinity for animals, and a quirky sense of humor.
Monique Lonner, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, is the Director and Program Mentor of Soul of Yoga Institute Advanced Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Therapy Training Programs. A Yoga teacher for 20 years, she studied in India, New York and California with Master teachers and spiritual sages including, most notably, the teaching faculty of the Soul of Yoga Institute Advanced Program. Monique has developed the Advanced Teacher Training and Yoga Therapy Program for Soul of Yoga, bringing together those who are considered to be the best of the best Master yoga teachers in the world today. A devoted spiritual seeker, as well as an experienced anatomy and physiology teacher she has created a comprehensive program which balances the study of Yoga Therapy technique with the insight and wisdom of Yogic and metaphysical philosophy.
34 Richard C. Miller, PhD is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar and spiritual teacher. For over 40 years, Richard Miller has devoted his life and work to integrating the nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism and Buddhism with Western psychology. Among his mentors were Jean Klein, T.K.V. Desikachar and Stephen Chang.
Richard is the founding president and CEO of the Integrative Restoration Institute, co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. He is also a founding member and past president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology and a senior advisor for the Baumann Foundation for the study of Awareness and its impact on well-being.
Author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, Richard serves as a research consultant studying the iRest Yoga Nidra protocol that he has developed (Integrative Restoration ~ iRest, a modern adaptation of the ancient nondual meditation practice of Yoga Nidra) researching its efficacy on health, healing and well-being with diverse populations including active-duty soldiers, veterans, college students, children, seniors, the homeless, the incarcerated, and people experiencing issues such as sleep disorders, PTSD, chemical dependency, chronic pain, and related disorders.
Flossie Park, E-RYT 500 YACEP Always considering herself as a student of life, Flossie has dedicated her life to empowering herself and others through yoga, meditation, workshops, retreats, Sound Therapy and numerous other modalities for over 25 years. One of Flossie’s passions is to support people wherever they are on their life’s journey. With a down to earth approach, she draws from a lifetime of spiritual studies from many sources both from the eastern and western traditions. Applying the wisdom teachings to everyday living, she helps people to see their life from a higher perspective, gleaning understanding, enjoying the process and creating consciously. One of her strongest passions is supporting women, especially during pregnancy. This is a true opportunity for women to recognize their innate power learning to trust their bodies and intuition.
Ford Peck, E-RYT, MS is a Certified Senior iRest Trainer, Mentor, and Supervisor. He has been teaching yoga, pranayama, and meditation for 27 years. In addition, he has practiced as a somatic healer for over 20 years. Ford also has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology and is currently an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, providing both individual and couples counseling. He has managed, assisted, and taught at numerous iRest Teacher Trainings, as well as retreats with Richard Miller. Ford spent over a year and a half in India, studying and practicing intensively in the tradition of Advaita as well as the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He currently resides with his partner and their beloved cat in beautiful Marin County, where he loves to drink in the natural beauty of the land through hiking and mountain biking.
35 Dana Reece (Prempal Kaur), Ph.D., E-RYT 200, RYT 500, Director of Kundalini Studies at the Soul of Yoga, is a Kundalini Yoga Instructor; Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer; Inner Space Technique (IST) Practitioner; and college professor.
Dr. Reece has 30 years’ teaching experience and 20 years’ experience in meditation and the practice of inner alchemical and yogic techniques designed to develop and strengthen the energetic body and enhance intuition. Yogic areas of expertise include Death and Shadow work; Conscious Communication Techniques; Strategies for Deepening Intuition; and Sankalpa (“resolve” or “resolution”): the yogic method of setting goals or aspirations. She has completed leadership training with several masters of personal development, including Peter Drucker, Charles Givens, and Anthony Robbins. In addition to having taught hundreds of college classes as a college professor and Kundalini Yoga instructor, she has led and facilitated dozens of group meditations and workshops.
Dana Reece’s experience in these modalities combines compassion, humor, and heart-centered determination to move clients and students through self-imposed fears and limitations toward clarity and confidence to achieve their highest potential
Antonio Sausys is a somatic psychotherapist and yoga teacher specializing in one-on-one yoga therapy for people with chronic and acute medical and emotional conditions. The author of Yoga for Grief Relief and television host of YogiViews, he lectures and teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies, the University of California Berkeley, and College of Marin and has also developed a Yoga for Cancer program. Antonio was the founder and executive director of Yoga for Health, an international yoga therapy conference.
Justine Shelton is a graduate of Soul of Yoga’s 200 hour training and a four year training program with Gary Kraftsow of the American Viniyoga Institute, she is a 500 hour AVI Certified Yoga Teacher and a 500 hour AVI Certified Yoga Therapist. Justine specializes in structural yoga therapy, specifically spinal disc injuries, back pain management, structural instability, as well as shoulder and knee therapy. She teaches students and trains teachers in Yoga for Healthy Backs and runs the cancer recovery yoga program at Yoga Vista Academy. Many people know her through her video "Gentle Yoga for a Healthy Low Back" by Yoga Journey Productions (www.yogaJP.com). Her passion is working with people who have different forms of catastrophic disease, helping them to manage their condition, minimize and cope with pain and, most importantly, helping them to realize they are not their condition.
Stephani Sutherland, PhD, RYT500, earned her doctoral degree in neuroscience in 2001 and has worked as a freelance science writer for the past 15 years; her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Scientific American Mind, Pain Research Forum, and The Journal of Neuroscience. Stephani has practiced yoga for over 20 years, and she trained with Gary Kraftsow of American Viniyoga Institute. Find more about Stephani at stephanisutherland.com, facebook.com/StephaniSutherlandPhD, and @sutherlandphd.
36 Daniel Vicario, MD, is a medical oncologist who co-founded the San Diego Cancer Center (SDCC), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and conducting research and the development of innovative cancer therapies to improve the care and quality of life for cancer patients and has been director of the program for over a decade. He is a pioneer in the research of mind-body medicine (the influence of the human spirit on the healing process) and in the field of integrative medicine. He created the Integrative Medicine Program at SDCC in 1988. Dr. Vicario was the recipient of the annual CHAD Health Hero Awards for his "dedication and commitment to better health for the residents of San Diego County." In 2006 he received the Channel 10 News Leadership Award for the creation of the Integrative Medicine Program. In 2008 Dr. Vicario was recipient of the "Health Care Champion Award" by the San Diego Business Journal.
Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP, is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and has been a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health for over 20 years. She is the author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books) and Yoga Skills for Therapists: Effective Practices for Mood Management (W.W. Norton) and numerous articles and book chapters. Amy is involved in ongoing research on the impact of Yoga on mood. Her evidence-based Yoga protocol for managing mood is used in healthcare settings globally and is featured on a number of audio-visual products, including the LifeForce Yoga series, an award-winning library of evidence-based yoga and meditation CDs and DVDs for mood management. She maintains an archive of news and research on, www.yogafordepression.com.
Glenda Wood, C-IAYT, Glenda is a graduate of the Soul of Yoga’s Yoga Therapy program. She holds additional certifications in Personal Training, Orthopedic Exercise, Stott Pilates, Chair Yoga, and Yoga for Heart Disease & Cancer. Her experience includes teaching yoga for autistic adults through The Arc of San Diego. As a Retirement Community Fitness Director, Glenda’s work addresses challenges often associated with aging. She is honored to work with - and learn from - amazing Souls as they address Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, stroke recovery, MS, and a whole range of orthopedic issues. She believes that Yoga illuminates the necessity of a holistic approach to wellness - rather than focus on "attacking" disease, we can optimize the innate wisdom of body, mind, and spirit and support a return to our "natural" state of health.
Sherry Zak Morris is owner of the Yoga Vista Studio in Vista, California and studied under the tutelage of octogenarian yoga teacher, Mary Cavanaugh, who studied with octogenarian Indra Devi. As a corporate marketing road warrior for 25 years, Sherry experienced first-hand the ravages of stress and found relief through gentle and chair yoga. In 2004, she founded Yoga Journey Productions, a company that specializes in gentle, senior and chair yoga videos and DVDs. In 2005, she bought her local neighborhood yoga studio that continues to serve thousands of baby boomers and seniors in the San Diego area with creative and specialty offerings. As Co-Director of the Yoga Vista Academy, Sherry has a proven track record for
37 empowering and igniting passion for 50+ yoga and wellness and has presented for 3 consecutive years at the annual Yoga Alliance Conference, the professional and trade association of the yoga world.
38 Admission Requirements Yoga Therapy
Prerequisites
● Successful completion of a 200-hour Yoga teacher training ● Regular and ongoing Yoga teaching and practice of one year or more (If you haven’t been teaching a year yet you’ll begin with the 300 hour and transfer to Yoga Therapy in your second year of training.)
Tuition
$11,800*
*Tuition does not include an estimated $1815 for Retreat Room & Board, double occupancy. The two retreats are a 10 day Yoga of the Heart Retreat and a 5 day Yoga Meditation Retreat. Prices may vary based on locations and dates to be determined. Tuition does not include books.
Discounts
● Seniors (age 65+) and Military receive 15% off total local tuition. ● Pay-In-Full: Receive $300 off your tuition by paying in full. ● Soul of Yoga Institute 200-hour and 500-hour students receive alumni discounts. Please inquire in person about these opportunities.
Payment options
Option 1: Student pays 25% of tuition, non-refundable/non-transferable deposit once accepted to the program. The remainder of the balance is to be paid before the first day of scheduled training and receives the “Pay-In-Full” $300 discount.
Option 2: Student pays 25% of tuition non-refundable/non-transferable deposit once accepted to the program and the remaining tuition is split into 24 monthly payments, (subject to an 8% finance fee), beginning immediately after registration.
Application
To apply please email [email protected] for a copy of the electronic application or click this link to apply online.
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