ON PAUSE: IAYT ACCREDITED PRYT YOGA THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM

We're temporarily pausing our 2-year IAYT ACCREDITED PRYT Yoga Therapy Training Program to thoroughly assess and enhance its direction.

In the meantime, we highly recommend you join us for an exciting new offering: Bridge from Body to Soul: Applying the PRYT Method for Yoga and Mental Health Professionals. This 8 week online intensive course is designed for you: yoga and mental health professionals aiming to revolutionize your work by integrating the fundamental techniques of PRYT into your existing practice. Earn a certificate in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Fundamentals as well as CEs for IAYT, Yoga Alliance and other professions.

Stay informed and share your preferences through this FORM. Thank you for being part of this transformative journey.

The description of Semester 1 below is reflective of the course as it was historically designed.

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SEMESTER 1

Build a yoga therapy foundation for deeper understanding, experience and delivery of the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT) Method.

We start yoga therapy training semester 1 with an 8 day in-person intensive where we will engage in experiential, hands-on and didactic learning of the PRYT Method.

The 8 day in-person residential intensive is followed by:

• 5 ½ months of weekly online yoga therapy training webinars
• Purposefully focused at-home assignments
• Commitment to a daily yoga and meditation practice
• Home-based practicum in which you will lead 14 hours of therapeutic group experiences (online or in-person) and share video and self evaluation to receive feedback and guidance from faculty and mentors.

Time Commitment: Allow a minimum of 8-10 hours per week including your daily practice, attending learning webinars, at-home assignments, self-study, practicum, and mentoring.

Semester 1 Learning Focus

IMMERSION IN THE PRYT METHOD

This psycho-physical experience provides a portal to the deeper realm of knowing beyond consciousness and guides clients in accepting and applying that awareness to daily life.

Difficult to explain, yet deeply felt when engaged, experience the magic of this process by both facilitating and receiving as you learn to deliver the six phases of the PRYT Method. Gain skills to facilitate the process individually and in group classes:

Here you will:

• Assist clients in opening to transformational opportunities through attunement to their own inner guidance
• Provide safe, verbal direction integrated within your current scope of work
• Develop confidence in Playing the Edge which helps clients safely embrace deep physical sensation and tap into profound embodied insight and wisdom
• Deliver therapeutic yoga classes supporting quality experiences for students at many different levels at the same time
• Provide a dual process experience: safe, verbal, direction for movement with a second focus on embodied, introspective, self-inquiry
• Gain basic comfort and ease with various forms of touch, obtain ongoing informed consent, and become clear on the intention for each type of touch

LEARNING BLOCK IN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

Study how the mind and body work together and how to facilitate safety for any condition. Understanding the structure of the human body increases your ability to protect clients from injury and helps increase your ability to give sound instruction. Deepening knowledge of the body-mind connection, neural pathways and neural plasticity is important in understanding the potential impact of the work you are doing. Anatomy and Physiology will be delivered as a concentrated learning block during the first semester and then built on in other semesters.

Here you will:

• Gain familiarity with anatomy and physiology in order to support leading yoga experiences with sound anatomical and safety considerations
• Learn key relationships between structures, systems, and functions of the body, anatomical alignment considerations, and cautions and contraindications of many physical conditions
• Explore the relationship of yoga asana, movement, meditation, and breathing, with the intention of encouraging a sense of wonder and curiosity about the miracle of the human body
• Build anatomical literacy for conversation and referrals with other health care professionals

LEARNING BLOCK IN YOGA & TRANSFORMATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES

Dive into deep exploration of transformational contemplative philosophies through the lens of your own personal life and your role as a yoga therapist and teacher. Our work together will be experiential and personal in nature as well. In group discussion and self-study, we’ll connect the teachings to our own values, boundaries and ethics as we ask, “Have we done our own work in order to be present to the needs of those we serve?”

Here you will:

• Apply ancient wisdom to modern life - giving you a clearer reference for what matters in your life and those you serve
• Study our PRYT roots in yoga Vedanta as well as other Eastern philosophies including the Buddha dharma
• Dive into traditional Indian texts like the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras and the Dhammapada
• Study yoga philosophy, Buddhism, and principles of contemporary psychology that harmonize with those teachings
• Cross reference the connection between ancient philosophies and paradigms that underlie the elements of contemporary psychology that inform our practices
• Deepen your understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of transformation

Choose to continue on to earn PRYT Certified Level 2 certification.