YogaFit Healthcare

Accredited by International Association of Yoga Therapists By Kristy Manuel, Director of YogaFit Healthcare/Yoga Therapy Program

YogaFit Healthcare is accredited by the Accreditation Committee of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. YogaFit’s Yoga Therapy program YogaFit for Healthcare’s vision is to prepare students to be modern-day yoga therapists working in integrative healthcare and wellness environments with groups and individuals.

YogaFit Healthcare is a student-centered yoga therapy program with a schedule that makes it possible for people to attend who want to embark on this field of study while continuing to maintain their lives and responsibilities. YogaFit Healthcare is structured and delivered in line with YogaFit’s other programming, allowing students to decide where and when to take trainings and how to appropriately pace yourself. The program also includes specific components (Intensives and Practicum experiences) which allow students to be in a cohort of people with the same prerequisite training and a curriculum that allows trainees to develop and hone the skillsets necessary for becoming a successful Yoga Therapist. The fact that the YogaFit Healthcare program is an IAYT Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Program allows graduates to be eligible to apply for IAYT Certification (C-IAYT) as an accredited program graduate.

YogaFit Healthcare Program Overview The YogaFit Healthcare Program is delivered in a combination of residential hours (in-person trainings), distance learning hours, online course material, and selfdirected components in order to complete the full range of competencies necessary to be a Yoga Therapist.

The program consists of 624 residential learning hours, 16 distance learning hours, and 230 hours of practicum delivery with 75 documentation and mentorship hours for a total of 945 hours. All required courses and hours must be completed successfully for program completion.

The YogaFit HealthCare program is set up in three stages and three themed modules. Three stages:

1. Foundational Courses

(1-day to 4-day in-person trainings)

2. Intensives that integrate material

and unite cohorts. (5-day trainings for 40 hours per intensive). 3. Practicum Delivery (305 hours.

These hours are in addition to a practicum readiness course and a practicum final course.)

Three themed modules: Foundations Trauma/Mental Health Chronic/Lifestyle Disease Students can register for each integrative intensive only after successfully completing the required coursework, including any homework and prerequisites. To be eligible for enrollment in an intensive, one must have completed all of the foundational courses, have completed the homework assignments and be formally enrolled in YogaFit Healthcare, and be approved by the program director.

Module 1: Foundations

Coursework:

• HealthCare 1 • HealthCare 2 • HealthCare 3 • Biomedical • Yoga Therapy for the Upper and

Lower Limbs • Ayurveda 1 • Ayurveda 2 • Sound & Mantra Yoga Therapy • Yoga Nidra • YogaBack • Yoga as Primary Care

Module 2: Mental Health & Trauma Informed Focus

Coursework:

• Warriors (PTSD) • Emotional and Physical Trauma • Restore Balance: Training the

Parasympathetic Nervous System • Addictions and Recovery • Mood Balancing • Warrior Kids (Childhood Trauma) • ADD/Autism • Expanding Consciousness:

The Healing Mindset • Positive Psychology • Story Telling: The Therapeutic

Narrative

Module 3: Chronc/Lifestyle Disease Focus

Coursework:

• Yoga Therapy for the Heart • Yoga Therapy for Diabetes • Yoga Therapy for Nervous System

Disorders • Yoga Therapy for Chronic Pain • Cancer Care and Recovery • Yoga Therapy for Caregivers

Students can take the coursework at anytime without having to enroll in the Healthcare program and can take the coursework in any order unless specified prerequisites are listed for a course. The intensives must be taken in order and all prerequisite coursework and homework must be completed. We expect to offer at least one session of each of the three intensives per year and more if demand arises. Please direct your questions to Kristy Manuel and Felicia Tomasko at therapy@yogafit.com. For more information visit: yogafit.com/teacher-trainings/therapy.