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Advanced YTT: Yoga & Mental Wellness

8 Hours | Yoga Alliance Continuing Education (YACEP)

Yoga & Mental Wellness

This immersive 8-hour training equips yoga teachers with the practical tools and scientific understanding needed to integrate mental health support into every class. You’ll explore how time-honored yoga techniques—breathwork (pranayama), mindful movement (asana), hand gestures (mudras), and more—activate the body’s natural stress-regulation systems to calm anxious minds, lift mood, and boost overall vitality.

What You’ll Explore

  • The neuroscience behind yoga’s impact on the brain: neuroplasticity, stress hormones, and mood regulation

  • Polyvagal Theory in practice: sequencing breath, movement, and voice to shift autonomic states

  • Breathwork protocols for instant anxiety relief and long-term resilience

  • Gentle flows and asana for nervous system soothing

  • Mudras and mantra: subtle energetic tools to anchor focus and balance emotion

  • Designing mental-wellness–focused classes: theming, sequencing, and cues that safely support students in distress

Who Should Attend
Yoga teachers committed to deepening their teaching toolkit, mental-health professionals curious about mind-body integration, or any movement facilitator eager to foster emotional resilience in their community.
Empower yourself and your students with a holistic, research-driven approach to mental wellness on the mat.

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CE for IAYT: Yoga Therapy & Mental Wellness

10 Hours | Continuing Education for Yoga Therapists | IAYT-Aligned

ABC to Happier, Healthier Me: Mental Wellness & Yoga Therapy

This 10-hour continuing education course provides yoga therapists with a practical, adaptable framework to support clients navigating mental wellness challenges. Drawing on yoga therapy principles, nervous system regulation, and integrative mind–body practices, the training equips participants to guide clients from stress and anxiety to greater confidence, emotional resilience, and a renewed sense of joy and balance.

The course introduces the ABC to Happier, Healthier Me, a process-based approach that empowers clients to better utilize yoga therapy strategies without revealing the proprietary steps. Using this framework, therapists learn how to support clients in:

  • Reducing stress and emotional overwhelm

  • Managing anxiety and low mood

  • Cultivating inner confidence and resilience

  • Enhancing overall wellbeing and life satisfaction

Participants will explore practical applications of yoga therapy tools—including assessment-informed practices, pacing, co-regulation, and therapeutic presence—while respecting scope of practice, ethical standards, and client-centered care. The training emphasizes reflective inquiry, integration of evidence-informed practices, and alignment with IAYT competencies in supporting mental wellness.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to integrate a structured, client-centered approach into their practice, providing yoga therapy strategies that are safe, adaptable, and effective across diverse populations and settings.

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CE for IAYT: The ABC’s to Super Me

10 Hours | IAYT Continuing Education for Yoga Therapists Supporting Children | IAYT-Aligned

The ABC’s to Super ME; Helping Children Regulate Big Energy/Emotions through Yoga Therapy

The ABC’s to Super Me is a 10-hour continuing education course designed for yoga therapists who want to support children’s emotional regulation, resilience, and self-awareness through developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed yoga therapy practices. Approved for IAYT CE credit, this course equips participants with practical strategies grounded in neuroscience, polyvagal theory, and mind–body education.

The training introduces a simple, child-friendly framework:

  • AWARE – noticing sensations, emotions, and energy

  • BREATHE – using breath to regulate and reset

  • CHOOSE – cultivating choice, agency, and self-trust

Participants will learn to adapt yoga therapy techniques—including breath strategies, movement, visualization, and guided language—to support children across developmental stages. Emphasis is placed on therapeutic presence, safety, empowerment, nervous system literacy, and playful engagement, while respecting the roles of caregivers, educators, and therapists in a child’s ecosystem.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Integrate a structured, client-centered framework for supporting children’s emotional and behavioral regulation

  • Apply assessment-informed, developmentally appropriate yoga therapy interventions

  • Foster confidence, resilience, and lifelong self-regulation skills

  • Practice reflective decision-making within the scope of a yoga therapist

This course provides yoga therapists with tools to create engaging, effective, and developmentally appropriate sessions, helping children manage stress, cultivate confidence, and enhance overall well-being.