Description
This is the fifth set of Yoga trainings contained in the YTC200 course. This includes
- YogaFit for Warriors
- YogaBack
YogaFit for Warriors online course full description
This trauma-sensitive yoga workshop zeros in on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma Brain Injury (TBI), the long-term effects each one has on the mind, body, and spirit, and how yoga can bring relief. Anyone suffering from trauma—military men and women, and their families; first responders; victims of violence or abuse—as well as the mental health professionals working with them will benefit from this two-day intensive.
All YogaFit trainings are also offered virtually, live via zoom. Click here for the dates for YogaFit for Warriors online.
Note: YogaFit for Warriors intensive training hours count as an elective either for the 200-hour or the 300-hour training, but not both. This two-day workshop also counts toward YogaFit for Warriors 100- and 140-hour certifications as well as YogaFit Healthcare 900-hour certification.
Continuing Education Credits:
1.6 ACE CECs
16 Yoga Alliance CEUs
What you will learn:
- Polyvagal theory, the significance of the vagus nerve in trauma, and the role that yoga plays in its ability to function well
- The sympathetic nervous system’s role in understanding PTSD and trauma-related stress response
- Specific psoas release exercises, breathing techniques, slower movement, guided imagery, and meditation practices designed to release trauma stored in the body
- How the language we use as teachers affects our students on a neurological and cellular level
- How to use YogaFit’s transformational language specifically for this population to facilitate a deeper release of stress
Prerequisites
YogaFit Level 1 strongly recommended
Continuing Education Credits
1.6 ACE CECs
16 Yoga Alliance CEUs
Duration
Two-day intensive (8am-6pm; times may vary)
Required Materials
Healing Trauma with Yoga: Go From Surviving to Thriving with Mind-Body Techniques
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter Levine
Recommended Materials
2 blocks or eggs
Complimentary Materials
YogaFit for Warriors Manual
YogaBack Online Training
Did you know that 85 percent of all Americans suffer from back pain at some point in their lives? Created by a chiropractic physician, this dynamic and obviously essential one-day workshop will help yoga therapists and physical therapists understand the anatomy and kinesiology of the spine and explain how yoga can impact the health of the spine.
What you will learn:
- A basic overview of common back issues, such as herniated discs, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, spondylosis, and sacroiliac instability
- General guidelines for dealing with common back issues
- How to recognize levels and type of pain, such as acute vs chronic pain
- Yoga poses appropriate at different stages of back pain
- Yoga poses to maintain a healthy back
- YogaBack protocols and sequences that serve as a starting point for a therapeutically based back-care plan
- Breathing techniques designed to alleviate or mitigate pain
- How to modify poses, using props and gentle assists, to ensure a safe and appropriate experience
Continuing Education Credits:
.8 ACE CECs
8 Yoga Alliance CEUs
