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Therapeutic Yoga

The Center for Integrative Medicine in conjunction with the International Association of Yoga Therapist (IAYT) is pleased to announce an 300-hour online course for licensed health care providers who wish to learn yoga therapy techniques for use in their current clinical practices.  This course is NOT a path to C-IAYT but is a certificate of completion specific for LHCPs that shows the skills and competencies needed to provide yoga therapeutically as an integrative healthcare practice in their respected fields.

We are currently not offering this course.

 


Prerequisites:

  • Must have a 200-hour RYT
  • First cohort would be only for the following LHCP’s (note this first run is a pilot, additional licensed health care providers may be added in the future)
    • OT
    • PT
    • RN
    • MD
    • DO
    • ND (Maryland Licensed only)
    • DC
    • PharmD
  • Must hold a current and active license
  • Must have a University Degree

Course Overview:

  • Year-long online course
  • 300 hours in length
  • On line, combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning
  • Weekly lessons plus homework
  • Capstone project
  • Certificate of completion to be awarded at the end.

Topics to Include:

Part 1: Foundations

  • Integrative Medicine
  • Ethical, legal, communication
  • Groups and Group Dynamics
  • Yoga Foundations and Philosophy
  • Yoga Therapy Foundations
  • Intro Ayurveda
  • Assessment   
  • Research methods

Part 2: Disease states

Topics covered

  • Yoga therapy approach
  • Precautions/contraindications related to yoga therapy

Areas covered

  • Orthopedics
  • Neurologic
  • Cardiac
  • Mental Health
  • GI/Gut Health
  • Uro/Gyn
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Pain
  • Palliative Care/End of Life
  • Complex Medical Clients

Format:

Online


Registeration: TBD

For more information:

Please contact us at CIMEvents@som.umaryland.edu and use the subject line “Therapeutic Yoga.”

Not ready for therapeutic yoga, but still interested in becoming a Yoga Teacher?  We have a great program!  Learn more here.