This training is part of yoga therapy training by The Yoga Therapy Institute, the only yoga therapy education eligible for the IAYT 800hr certification.

About this training module

Yoga Therapy for the Mind, the one that everyone was waiting for: Kristin Vikjord Paternotte, clinical psychologist, writer, yoga and mindfulness facilitator will come to Amsterdam as the leading teacher of this fundamental part of the therapeutic applications of yoga.

What you will learn

Yoga for mental health

Teaching in clinical settings

History (current paradigm) and evidence base: a short review of research Yoga + mental health

Pathology and diagnostics: we don’t do, and ensure you have guidance from a clinician

The role of the teacher

Contraindications: when do we not prescribe asanas, meditations, and other tools from yoga

Methodology and didactics: what is needed?