Ultimate Guide to IAYT-Accredited Yoga Therapy Schools
Curious about yoga therapy certification?
Looking for training?
Wherever you are, there’s a program for you. Now you can learn yoga therapy via distance learning and online. With so many good programs worldwide, this guide is here to help make the first steps on your path a litter easier. The International Association for Yoga Therapists (IAYT)* accredits yoga therapy programs that meet its standards. For now this list includes only programs accredited by the IAYT. Here we go!
Ajna Yoga Centre - accredited 6/18/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
#209 - 2250 Oak Bay Ave., Victoria, B.C. V8R 1G5 Canada
ph: 250-812-8355
email: jules@ajnayoga.ca
Ajna Yoga College is a therapeutically-based Yoga Studio on Vancouver Island that offers programs for 200-Hr YTT, 300-Hour YTT, 500-Hour YTT, and 800+ Hour Yoga Therapy Certification. Ajna Yoga College is an APD Provider, is IAYT Approved for Continuing Education, is Registered with Yoga Alliance, and its Trainers are YACEP, RYT, and/or C-IAYT, YACEP.
Upcoming 2020 training includes Yoga Therapy Immersion, Exploring Yoga, Tensegrity, and Fascia, Sequencing for Yoga Therapy, Yoga Therapy for the Wrists and Shoulders, Yoga, Trauma, and Mental Health, Yoga Therapy for Hips and Knees, The Therapeutic Relationship, Journey Through the Chakras, Yoga Therapy for Healthy Aging & Chair Yoga, and Meditation for Yoga Therapy. Distance learning available.
AlcheMe Yoga Therapy - accredited 5/15/2018
3943 Portola Pkwy., Irvine, CA 92602 USA
ph: 714-417-9834
email: katie@bethechangeyoga.com
AlcheMe Yoga Therapy’s program is divided into three levels over 3.3 years. Level 1 begins every February and Level 2 begins every March. It offers an 850-Hour Yoga Therapy program. Distance learning available.
American Viniyoga Institute - accredited 6/25/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
Oakland, CA USA
ph: 808-572-1414
email: info@viniyoga.com
AVI’s Viniyoga Therapist Training Program welcomes students from all yogic lineages and is comprised of two components: Component 1: Viniyoga Foundations Program (4 sessions); Component 2: Viniyoga Clinical Applications Program (4 sessions). Distance learning available. AVI offers programs for:
500-hour Viniyoga Instructor;
300-hour Viniyoga Wellness Instructor;
200-hour Viniyoga Instructor; and
900-hour Yoga Therapy.
Amrit Yoga Institute - accredited 9/15/2019
23885 NE Highway 314, Salt Springs, FL USA 32134
ph: 352-685-3001
email: admissions@amrityoga.org
Amrit offers 800-Hour I AM Yoga Therapy Professional Training. “The Integrative Amrit Method of Yoga Therapy is a total body stretch and energy opener. It uses wall, prop, and assisted poses to help you move into areas of stiffness, constriction and tightness and pain that you normally avoid. Avoiding areas of tension keeps the tightness intact and allows the body to continue to build up tension and exacerbates misalignments in the body.” Distance learning available.
Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation - accredited 6/20/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
14618 Tyler Foote Rd., Nevada City, California 95959 USA
ph: 530-478-7518
email: mangala@expandinglight.org
Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation’s certificate trainings are founded on the inspirational truths as shared by Paramhansa Yogananda. Ananda School offers programs for RYT-200, RYT-500, and 860-Hour Yoga Therapy. Distance learning available.
Art Yoga Fusion - IAYT-Approved Professional Development Provider
5100 Village Green, Los Angeles, CA 90016 USA
email: nya.patrinos@yahoo.com
Art Yoga Fusion offers 200-hour YTT, 500-hour YTT, and the IAYT-approved professional development course Archetypal Yoga Therapy. This 45-hour training offers a comprehensive eight-limb approach to yoga therapy focusing on lunar archetypes and practices. It provides therapeutic strategies and skills to implement individualized and group yoga therapy plans using the lunation cycle as a model for health and wellness. Art Yoga Fusion is led by Nya Patrinos MFA, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP.
AUM hOMe Shala - accredited 9/25/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
3104 Florida Ave., Coconut Grove, FL 33133 USA
ph: 305-441-9441
email: info@aumhomeshala.org
AUM hOMe Shala’s Clinical Yoga Therapy Certification Program expands professional development for certified Yoga teachers and prepares them to use Yoga Therapy to increase health and well-being in a range of settings, for diverse populations. Students who complete one or both modules are equipped to offer Yoga Therapy protocols working alongside medical specialists, physical therapists, chiropractors and osteopaths. Yoga Therapy at AUM hOMe Shala is a clinical approach to blending the yogic wisdom of the East with the complementary medicine of the West. Online learning available. AUM offers programs for:
RYT-200;
RYT-500;
800-Hour Yoga Therapy; and a
150-Hour Yoga Therapy Clinical Practicum.
Beaumont School of Yoga Therapy - accredited 11/30/2018
3577 West 13 Mile Road Ste. 206, Royal Oak, MI 48073 USA
ph: 248-551-9127
email: Karen.Armstrong@beaumont.org
Housed within Beaumont Health Integrative Medicine, the program provides students with an environment of vast educational opportunities including on-site clinical rotations and interdisciplinary didactics for medical and yoga therapy students. A faculty made up of MDs, PhDs, and C-IAYTs support the academically based model of the program. Two years of didactic lectures are classified into six units of study and include: policies and protocols, structural/musculoskeletal, stress reduction, life cycles, endocrine/immune systems, and the circulatory system. Each unit of study includes sessions that are generally offered once a month. Students must successfully complete each unit exam. Practicum aspects of the curriculum are strongly emphasized.
Clinical externship involves sessions scheduled over a thirteen month period. Clinical externs offer yoga therapy applications in symptom specific areas hospital wide as well as one-on-one scheduled yoga therapy encounters in a mentored environment in the Integrative Medicine Department of the hospital. All mentored yoga therapy clinical encounters and patient documentation are HIPAA compliant. The yoga therapy clinical extern must present findings of their independent study representing a primary focus in the applications of clinical yoga therapy. Beaumont offers programs for RYT-200, RYT-500, and C-IAYT certification, as well as reiki training.
*Beaumont responded to our email on June 23, 2020, stating: “Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Integrative Medicine is temporarily closed. All yoga and Reiki classes and programs have been suspended.” Be sure to check back if you’re interested as this hospital-based training offers a unique opportunity.
Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy - accredited 5/16/2018
39 N Main St #5 , Northampton, MA 01062 USA
ph: 301-461-3376
With Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy, the path toward becoming a yoga therapist certified by IAYT begins with the Foundations Program, the residential program is made up of seven eight-day residential retreats (500+ hrs) and a practicum of 160 hours for you to deliver in your own community. This portion is mentored and progress is monitored. Both programs can be taken concurrently or you could stagger the retreats over time. You could complete the program in 2.5 years. The practicum could be started while you are completing the Advanced Program. There are also slower options. The Advance Program allows for certification with IAYT.
Circle Yoga Shala - accredited 1/15/2019
Jasper, Arkansas 72641 USA (across from Low Gap Cafe and beyond a few miles)
ph: 870- 861-5175
email: kreppsholly@gmail.com
The Circle Yoga Shala’s Yoga Therapy program is an 800+ hour program conducted over four years, the last year being solely practicum delivery in your community with faculty mentoring. Year one meets and exceeds the minimum standards set forth by the Yoga Alliance at the 300 YTT/500 RYT level. Upon completion, students can register at the 500 RYT level. Distance learning available.
East Coast Yoga - accredited 6/1/2018
3940 W Market St., Greensboro, NC 27407 USA
ph: 336-851-0366
email: terry@triadyoga.com
East Coast Yoga’s practicum is 228 hours. Before the practicum, students must complete 5 modules and demonstrate competency in defined areas. Modules and practicums are offered in Clemmons and Greensboro, NC and alternate locations. The introductory module is held yearly in January in alternating locations. According to the East Coast Yoga website, “Modules will be offered every 4 years and then repeated in the same 4-year pattern.” Distance learning available.
Essential Yoga - accredited 7/1/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
4030 356 Dr. S.E., Fall City, WA 98024 USA
ph: 425-222-6350
Rooted in the Viniyoga tradition of adaptive Yoga Therapy, Essential Yoga weaves Yoga philosophy, fascial anatomy, neuroscience, respiratory science, and Ayurveda to create a comprehensive and unique orientation to Yoga Therapy. The program offers over 1,000 hours of training during seven 10-day modules and distance learning.
Functional Synergy Yoga - accredited 3/20/2015
305-4625 Varsity Dr. NW #360, Calgary, AB T3A 0Z9 Canada
ph: 403-229-2617
email: health@functionalsynergy.com
website: functionalsynergy.com/learn/training/yoga-therapy-certification/
The Therapeutic Yoga Intensive is a stand alone program and also Level 1 of Susi’s IAYT-accredited Yoga Therapy Program. Level 2 is available to graduates of the Therapeutic Yoga Intensive – it focuses on video reviews of your work with clients so you can continue to grow your ability to see and reduce compensatory patterns, and choose more accurately. In Level 3, you work with Susi. At the end of the program, you will have completed the requirements to become a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist. Distance learning available.
Hamsa School of Yoga & Ayurveda - accredited 6/15/2020
1112 S St Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78210 USA
ph: 214-500-9085
email: info@hamsayogaschool.com
Hamsa offers 200-hour YTT, 300-hour YTT, and an accredited Yoga Therapy Program.
Heartwood Yoga Institute - accredited 5/15/2015
17507 Waterline Road, Bradenton, Florida 34212 USA
ph: 941-745-5719
Offering 200-Hr YTT, 300-Hour YTT, 800-Hour Yoga Therapy, 800+ Hour Yoga Therapy, and CEUs.
The Heartwood Yoga Therapy program involves 4 retreat immersions. Some elements are available online. The studies include a comprehensive foundation in classical yoga along with a broad range of specialty subjects to prepare the yoga therapist to work in professional settings and addressing the needs of different populations and clients.
Studies also include: Yoga Sutras, meditation, pranayama, trauma-informed yoga, yin yoga, accessible chair yoga, restorative yoga, yoga for seniors, Ayurveda, subtle body, koshas, chanting, mudras, and Buddhism.
Yoga Therapy for structural & physical issues includes: insomnia and sleep disorders, cancer, grief and loss, yoga for dying, hospice and caregivers, depression and anxiety, Parkinson's, dementia and Alzheimer's, rituals, spiritual ceremonies and creating sacred space for healing, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, addiction and recovery, heart health, phobia and fears, autoimmune, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, lupus, dharma and the purposeful life, Yoga Therapy for back health, women's studies, women's health, human development, mudras, yantra, mental health, traumatic brain injuries, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, yoga therapy for eating disorders and body image, yoga therapy ethics & professionalism, communicating with health professionals.
The program also includes setting up internships and practicum arrangements, case studies & note keeping. IAYT-Approved for Continuing Education, IAYT , Registered with Yoga Alliance, Trainers are YACEP, RYT, and/or C-IAYT, YACEP.
Houston Yoga & Ayurvedic Wellness Center - accredited 2/15/2019
13602 Kluge Rd., Cypress, TX 77429 USA
ph: 281-256 8461
Houston Yoga & Ayurveda provides a unique combination of Yoga, Ayurveda and the Vedic Sciences for a holistic and complete training in small groups with individual attention. Chief Instructor, Sharon Kapp, is certified for Yoga (YA), Yoga Therapy (IAYT), and Ayurveda (NAMA).
International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training - accredited 6/6/2015, re-accredited 11/2019
New Mexico, PO Box 1926, Espanola, NM 87532 USA
ph: 505-753-4692
email: healthnow@grdcenter.org
The International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training is comprised of 13 in-person segments and 7 online segments. The training is a fully integrated 1,120-hour program, including clinical supervision, to become a Kundalini Yoga therapist. The first 3 in-person segments focus on shifting from being a Kundalini Yoga teacher to becoming a Kundalini Yoga Therapist. They are primarily yoga focused and take the trainee deep into the consciousness of Kundalini Yoga as therapy. The subsequent in-person segments are focused on assessment and clinical application. They take the trainee deep into clinical practice of Kundalini Yoga as therapy.
Training is offered in 47 countries, with satellite faculty based in Melbourne, Australia; Umea, Sweden; Gottingen, Germany; and Millis, Massachusetts in United States. The school’s Director is Shanti Shanti Kaur.
Inbody Yoga Academy - accredited 4/30/2020
1597 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
ph: 801-448-8848
email: recruiter@inbodyacademy.com
The Inbody 818-hour yoga therapy program is for those who already have been through a 200 hour Yoga training. The full training is 818 hours and is comprised of a 300 hour level 1 Yoga Therapy Training and the Level 2 500+ hour Yoga Therapist Certification.
As a graduate of the Inbody Yoga Therapy Program, you will be certified to work with individual clients, as well as with other industry and health care experts to facilitate healing and wellness. And you will be a pioneer at the edge of a powerful movement, creating an integration between the Yogic Sciences and Western Medicine.
Also offers 200-hour YTT and 300-hour YTT
Inner Peace Yoga Therapy - accredited 6/17/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
10 Town Plaza PMB #411 Durango, CO 81301 USA
ph: 970-946-8961
The 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification Program accredited by the IAYT is built on the intention of bringing together leading teachers in yoga and Ayurveda into one cohesive training program. As a modular program, students can work toward their full path of an 800-hour certification over 3-6 years, making the learning path over the course of several flexible. Students entering the Yoga Therapy Certification program must already be Yoga Teachers with at least one year of teaching experience. Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible for Yoga Therapy certification (C-IAYT). Distance learning available.
Integral Yoga - accredited 3/15/2019
Integral Yoga VIRGINIA
108 Yogaville Way, Buckingham, VA 23921 USA
ph: 800-858-9642
email: LAKSHMISUTTER@gmail.com
Integral Yoga NEW YORK CITY
227 West 13th St., New York, NY 10011 USA
ph: 212-929-0585
email: info@iyiny.org
Integral Yoga SAN FRANCISCO
770 Dolores St., San Francisco, CA 94114 USA
ph: 415-821-1117
The Integral Yoga Therapy Certification offers a special path to a career in Yoga Therapy. The program combines the time-honored heritage of a classical Yoga lineage with adapted practices for contemporary times. Through these roots to the classical teachings, Integral Yoga Therapists will receive a well-rounded and deep training that touches the essence of Yoga, and provides skills for modern application. Distance learning available.
The 800-hour program is made up of:
Nine separate core modules
One integration module
150 hours of Practicum independent Yoga therapy work with clients
55 hours of mentoring
One Integral Yoga Therapy elective
Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy - accredited 6/1/2018
57 Interlaken Rd., Stockbridge, MA 01262 USA
ph: 866-200-5203
The 800-Hour Professional Yoga Therapist Program is a modular training program that prepares students to design and teach therapeutic Yoga for groups and individuals with specific needs or health challenges. Students develop knowledge and understanding of the philosophy, theory, process, and application of Yoga therapy using the Integrative Yoga Therapy model, based on the Five Koshas. Modules 1 and 2 provide the essential foundation for integrating the knowledge and skills required to be a Professional Yoga Therapist. Module 3 is a mentored practicum for clinical experience as well as personal and professional growth. Modules 4–8 are advanced courses to further skills in working in complementary settings, integrating Ayurvedic principles, and adapting classical Yoga practices for specific conditions and populations.
Loyola Marymount University Yoga Therapy RX - accredited 6/30/2014; re-accredited 1/15/2019
University Hall, Suite 1863, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA
ph: 310-338-1971
email: extension@lmu.edu
This program is aligned with the Hatha Yoga tradition of Sri T. Krishnamacharya, whose teachings, based on the fundamental principles of the Classical Yoga of Patanjali, promote Yoga as both a spiritual practice and a mode of physical healing approaching each student as a unique individual. Yoga Therapy RX Levels I, II, III, IV, Intro to Ayurveda, Yoga, and Social Ecology.
Manushi Institute of Yoga - accredited 1/21/2021
37-1 Veerabatra Samy Kovil Street, Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu - 608 001 India
ph: +91-9787344486, +91-7845032535
email: Manushiyoga@gmail.com
Manushi offers teacher training and Yoga Therapy training. Manushi’s Yoga Therapy training programs are designed to teach students to work one-on-one with clients suffering from a wide variety of conditions based on the belief that, as yoga becomes increasingly recognized as an important treatment option, doctors, hospitals, and treatment centers will be seeking Yoga Therapists with C-IAYT certification. The foundations program serves as the core training for our 860-hour advanced program, which enables students to obtain the C-IAYT designation. The advanced training provides in-depth study and training on a range of conditions, along with a practicum and mentorship. Check out Manushi’s Digital Magazine here.
Maryland University of Integrative Health - accredited 11/19/2014; re-accredited 10/1/2018
7750 Montpelier Rd., Laurel, MD 20723 USA
ph: 800-735-2968
email: dfinlayson1@muih.edu
website: muih.edu
Maryland University of Integrative Health is an accredited graduate school with an academic and clinical focus on health and wellness. MUIH offers one of the nation’s first master’s degrees in Yoga Therapy accredited by the IAYT. The university also offers doctoral, master’s, and certificate programs in nutrition, health and wellness coaching, health promotion, herbal medicine, and acupuncture and Oriental medicine. Online, campus, and weekend options available.
Mount Madonna Institute - accredited 5/15/2019
445 Summit Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076 USA
ph: 408 846-4095
email: kamalesh@mountmadonna.org
Mount Madonna Institute is NAMA recognized and IAYT certified and offers programs for RYT-200, RYT-500, AHC, C-AP, and MA in Ayurveda. Distance learning is available.
My Vinyasa Practice Yoga Therapy - accredited 8/31/2020
109 Jacob Fontaine Lane, 800 Austin, TX USA
ph: 512-435-7589
MVP offers a modular program is designed for those wishing to enter the professional health care industry and work in clinical settings including rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, and private practice offices. The first module fulfills the requirements for Yoga Alliance 500-hour RYT. Students enrolling with a 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Certification will enroll in Module 1 and be required to complete Module 1, 2 and 3. Students enrolling with a 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Certification have the option to transfer coursework from their 300 hour training pending a transfer credit assessment.
Optimal State of Living - accredited 6/12/2018
Southern CA 92404 USA
email: yoga@amywheeler.com
The 865 Optimal State Yoga Therapy Training Program, accredited by IAYT, offers yoga therapy training via distance learning, and caters to international students. This program has the maximum online learning format available through an IAYT-accredited program. The focus is on bringing Yoga Therapy to the fields of Mental Health and Women's Health. The path of knowledge is three-fold 1) Western models of Psychology and biomedical knowledge, 2) Ayurveda, and 3) Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. The program also has a strong focus on building your yoga and yoga therapy business (100+ hours). Distance learning available. Optimal State offers a free introduction to the First Four Sutras of Patanjali as “a comprehensive system for health and healing.”
Paramanand Institute of Yoga Science and Research - accredited 3/15/2019
Paramanand Campus, Khandwa Rd., Limbodi Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452020 India
ph: +91-9755986869
email: yogaparamanand@gmail.com or babaom@gmail.com
Paramanand Institute of Yogic Science and Research’s Yog Chikitsak Program (Diploma in Yoga Therapy) provides 805 hours of holistic training in Yoga Therapy, through a comprehensive curriculum, practical internships and individual mentoring. Graduates will be equipped to practice Yoga Therapy in varied group sizes, ranging from individual sessions to small groups. The approach is integrative, harmonizing body, breath, senses, mind, and consciousness. This framework aims to equip students with a multidimensional approach to develop client-specific therapy programs and tailor therapeutic practice to meet clients’ changing needs. Offers programs for RYT-200, RYT-500, and C-IAYT.
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy - accredited 10/1/2014; re-accredited 10/1/2018
Training Locations: Great Barrington, MA | Denver, CO | Charleston, SC | Boston, MA | San Diego, CA | Vancouver, BC | and Tokyo, Japan
Bristol, VT 05443
ph: 800-288-9642 or 802-453-6444 (outside the U.S.)
email: registrar@pryt.com
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is a body-mind yoga therapy using embodied mindfulness — refined over 30 years in training over 1,700 yoga therapists. The Phoenix Rising Method underlies the Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher Training, and Programs for Mental Health Professionals, which provide a comprehensive education in guiding yoga-based embodied mindfulness experiences that are client-centered and deeply empowering. PRYT offers programs for RYT-200, RYT-500, 600-hour yoga therapy, and 900-hour yoga therapy for C-IAYT certification. Online distance learning available.
Practice Yoga Austin - accredited 11/15/2020
1103 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702 USA
ph: 512-730-1638
Practice yoga offers a 1000-hour yoga therapist training with the following components:
Convergence of traditional yoga wisdom practices and informed by evidence and science;
Comprehensive academic and practical training which promotes the skills necessary to work in a broad variety of settings;
Professional faculty team are leaders in their areas of expertise and have decades of experience providing yoga therapy;
Fully integrated and sophisticated educational experience; and
Whole system and person centered approach to yoga therapy.
PranaYoga and Ayurveda Mandala - accredited 12/19/2017, re-accredited 10/30/2019
3333 Federal Blvd., Denver, CO 80211 USA
ph: 303-432-8099
email: pyamandala@gmail.com
PranaYoga and Ayurveda Mandala is a school based on Kripalu Yoga. It offers basic, advanced, and Yoga Therapy Trainings plus Ayurveda and Jyotisha education. The 1370-hour Yoga Therapy training aims to deepen your own personal yoga practice and gain the tools to apply Yoga therapeutically in different applications to help people transform. You must have a minimum RYT-500 or equivalent training. An exemption of RYT-500 is considered for graduates of the PranaYoga CYTT program. Distance learning available.
PranaYoga Institute of Yoga and Holistic Health - accredited 10/30/2015
1501 East Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN 46803 USA
ph: 260-627-9642
email: dani@pranayogaschool.com
PranaYoga Institute of Yoga and Holistic Health offers holistic yoga therapy training that meets C-IAYT requirements. The Sattva Yoga Therapy program is for those who have a 200 hour RYT or equivalent, 1 year personal practice, and have been teaching for a minimum of 1 year. The program meets during 2-3 day weekend modules. Students determine their pace of 1-2 modules per month. This program takes approximately 3 years to complete or 2 if you are on the “fast track” taking 2 modules per month. You may take your time to complete as well within 5 years as a part-time student. Modules with pre-requisites, will state next to them.
The Sattva Yoga Therapy program is designed to affirm students’ awareness and ability to use their understanding of alignment, group and private yoga therapy sessions, bio-mechanics, somatic movement, mindbody therapies, pranic energy healing, ayurveda individualization, subtle body anatomy, and therapeutic and professional relationships in the field of yoga therapy. The aim is to prepare you to offer yoga therapy as a stand alone health profession and/or integrating with other healing modalities.
PIES Fitness Studio - accredited 4/15/2020
374 South Pickett Street, Alexandra, VA 22304 USA
ph: 703-887-9574
email: piesfitness@aol.com
PIES Fitness Yoga School believes the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual benefits of yoga should be accessible to everyone. The director of the school, Marsha D. Banks-Harold, is IAYT certified and has been serving special populations such as beginners, seniors, pre-/post-natal, and those with emotional, physical, sensory, cognitive, or intellectual impairments, as well as those seeking lifestyle changes to enhance health, well-being, and quality of life since 2009. The school formed in 2014 with the launch of the first 200-hr yoga teacher training where the focus is on adaptive teaching methods to meet the students where they are in the moment. PIES Fitness Yoga School is currently developing a 500-hr yoga teacher training with a yoga therapy focus as well as an IAYT accredited 800-hr yoga therapy training.
Prema Yoga Institute - accredited 4/15/2019
203 E. 86th St., New York, NY 10028 USA
ph: 212-360-1888
Prema Yoga Institute trains yoga therapists, medical professionals, yoga teachers, and other wellness professionals in therapeutic yoga skills they can use in their practices. The evidence-informed, holistic curriculum includes Ayurveda, asana, chikitsa, structural alignment, meditation, pranayama, and more. It offers specialized Practicum opportunities and graduate credits at Saybrook University, a fully accredited University specializing in integrative medicine. CEs for yoga therapists, yoga teachers, nurses, psychologists, and social workers may be available. Prema Yoga offers programs for RYT-500 and 850-hr C-IAYT.
Proyectomadre - accredited 6/30/2020
Costa Rica 4550-PB 2-Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ph: cel. Cecilia +54 9 1154619543/ cel. Victoria: + 54 9 1157565187
email: info@proyectomadre.com
Projectomadre is inspired by T. Krishnamacharya, and focuses on one-to-one therapeutic yoga and non-therapeutic personal practices, Vedic chanting, Yoga Sutras, and Ayurveda. Projectomadre offers 250 and 500-hour teacher training and 1,000-hour C-IAYT Yoga Therapy program.
“Therapeutic Yoga for us is neither a ‘mix’ of modern medicine with different lineages of yoga and / or Ayurvedics, nor a simple "gentle adjustment" of traditional yoga tools. Therapeutic Yoga, from our perspective, inspired by the Krishnamacharya-Desikachar (KYM) tradition, involves a primary-based training in ahiṃsā that focuses on refining the observation of our yoga therapists. Thus, they learn to record and outline possible underlying causes in each practice plan; they anticipate the possible side effects of medical treatments their own students are undergoing and foster and maintain a healthy and correct bond between the student and the therapist over time. All this with a clear and main objective: to promote and foster the potential for healing in their respective students.”
Purna Yoga College - accredited 10/15/2020
2255 140th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98005 USA
ph: 425-746-7476
Purna offers up to a 2,000-Hour Level training directly with founders Aadil Palkhivala and Savitri. The program delves deeply into meditation, asana and pranayama, teaching methodology, therapeutics, applied philosophy, business, ethics, nutrition, and energetics. To fulfill the program’s intention and embody Purna Yoga, attention is placed on the development of personal integrity, professionalism, and intuition through your connection to your Soul. Purna has centers worldwide.
Purusha Yoga School - accredited 5/15/2020
3729 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
ph: 415-668-9642
email: info@purushayoga.org
Purusha’s trainings are based on the 5-kosha model of the human experience that includes the physical, energetic, mental, wisdom, and spiritual dimensions, and the belief that through direct experience, personal application, deep reflection, and sharing, you will naturally become a great teacher of yoga.
Studies include the energy system of the chakras and vayus, western modern science, Tibetan mysticism, and world truths/values that call on optimal human potential for the realization of a healthy individual, community, planet, and world.
Purusha Yoga School professional staff is made up of C-IAYTs (Certified International Association Yoga Therapists) and YACEP providers (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Providers). Offering 200-hour YTT, 300-hour YTT, Shamanic Practice Certification, and Holistic Yoga Therapy programs.
Rasa Yoga School of Yoga and Ayurveda - accredited 12/15/2018
17226 Mercury Drive Suite #108, Houston, TX 77058 USA
ph: 281-282-9400
email: rasayogaschool@gmail.com
Rasa Yoga School of Yoga and Ayurveda is a comprehensive school offering in person and online Ayurveda Training and Yoga Therapy. Yoga Teacher Training, Leadership Development, Master's Path training workshops and general classes are also offered. Live-streaming, in-person and and on-demand learning is featured.
Rasa Yoga is an APD Provider, IAYT Approved for Continuing Education, IAYT , Registered with Yoga Alliance. Trainers are YACEP, RYT, and/or C-IAYT, YACEP.
Offering: 200-Hr YTT, 300-Hour YTT, 500-Hour YTT, 1,000+ Hour Yoga Therapy, APD, CEUs.
Sarasvati Institute of Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy - accredited 5/31/2019
Portland & Beaverton, OR 97005 & 97214
ph: 503-208-2716
email: susan@theartofdigestion.com
Sarasvati Institute of Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy aims to provide authentic, integrative and inspiring education on the ancient systems of healthy living from The Vedic Texts: Ayurveda and Yoga. These sister sciences are designed to bring about the return to a natural state of balance, vitality and total well-being of body, mind, and spirit. Known as the medicine of the people because they are simple to execute with proper guidance and education using everyday resources accessible to the masses. Because Ayurveda and Yoga look to establish health and wellness in all systems of the body with low out of pocket cost, they are seen by many as an important part of the medicine of the future.
Sarasvati Institute of Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy is an IAYT-accredited yoga therapy training program provider (800-hour program), a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher Training School (200-hour, 300-hour & 500-hour) and a NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) Organizational Member. Distance learning available.
School of Embodied Yoga Therapy - accredited 6/12/2018
539 Besserer St., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6C6 Canada
ph: 613-799-2266
The program features coursework, therapeutic practice, experiential learning, and clinical instruction. The curriculum is founded on Yoga philosophy and āyurvedic practice, based in scientific research, professional experience, and somatic principles. Using an integrative, holistic and creative approach, students study and work with a wide scope of life experiences including physical injury, complex and chronic pain, trauma, mental health, disease (cancer, diabetes, heart and respiratory illness), birth, dying, and grief through embodied living. Distance learning available.
Scottsdale Community College - accredited 7/31/2019
9000 East Chaparral Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626
ph: 480-423-6000
email: yoga@scottsdalecc.edu
Scottsdale Community College’s Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Yoga Therapy Program is designed for students who have an interest of working in the field of Yoga and wellness.
Yoga, an ancient philosophical tradition and a part mainstream physical fitness, offers wellness practices that can be labeled therapeutic.
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate this knowledge by participating in an internship in an aspect of yoga therapy.
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center - accredited 9/11/2018
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm
14651 Ballantree Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949 USA
ph: 530-272-9322
email: yogafarm@sivananda.org
In this 800-hour professional Yoga Therapy program, offered by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, the student is versed in the therapeutic application of the Five Points and Four Paths of Yoga. Emphasis is placed on understanding the subtler aspects of the causes of disease and stress. The following are covered in the curriculum: intensive study in Yoga psychology, therapeutic effects of meditation practice, theory of karma and disease, counseling techniques based in the Vedic sciences, Ayurveda psychology, and understanding the root cause of addiction and behaviors.
Soul of Yoga Institute - accredited 10/1/2015, re-accredited 7/1/2018
627 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas, CA 92024 USA
ph: 760-943-7685
email: monique@soulofyoga.com
Soul of Yoga offers an 805-hour Yoga Therapy Training Program, taught by a Masterful faculty, that is a marriage of spiritual depth and scientific exploration. Students can begin the training program at any time and complete the courses in any order. Structured mentoring, clinic work and practicum fully integrate the learning throughout training.
Students will learn therapeutic yoga interventions for cancer, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, digestive issues, grief, geriatric, middle age and prenatal concerns, and a full range of muscular/skeletal issues including back, neck, knee and shoulder injury. Yogic and Ayurvedic philosophy and deep sense of spirituality underscore every aspect of the training.
300-hour certification is earned as part of the Yoga Therapy Training, and a joint degree in Yoga Therapy and a Masters in InteSoulofyoga.comgral Health is an additional option for qualified applicants.
Soul of Yoga offers 200-Hr YTT, 300-Hour YTT, 500-Hour YTT, 805-Hour Yoga Therapy, 600-Hour Ayurveda, and MA - Yoga Therapy & Integral Health. Soul of Yoga is an APD Provider, and IAYT Approved for Continuing Education, as well as IAYT accredited.
Spanda Yoga Movement Therapy - accredited 6/25/2015, re-accredited 5/29/2019
952 Bethany Tpke., Honesdale, PA 18431 USA
ph: 609-474-6006
email: symt@spandayoga.com
Training is at The Himalayan Institute. Spanda Yoga Movement Therapy is focused on developing each yoga therapist’s skill, insight, and knowledge in addressing the unique patterns of individuals in this sacred relationship. The program is delivered through a series of on-site modules with home study and interactive online work and guidance sessions designed to enable you to work with practically any human condition.
Stress Management Center of Marin - accredited 4/14/2015
1165 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA 94939 USA
ph: 415-461-2288
gmail: robin@SMCmarin.com
The program at Stress Management Center of Marin focuses on training yoga therapists as members of the healthcare community and as business people prepared to run a clinical practice. An open approach to methods and lineages aims for diverse and practical training. The training, designed for working people, takes place two weekends per month. The teaching style is high in contact hours and mentoring with small classes.
Surya Chandra Healing Yoga Therapy - accredited 8/15/2017
331 N Madison Rd., Orange, VA 22960 USA
ph: 703-389-3174
email: jj@schys.yoga
Grounded in the ancient texts of India, Surya Chandra Healing Yoga Therapy programs offer comprehensive and integrated study of the art and science of therapeutic yoga. Taught through the wider perspective of teachings from multiple traditions, the programs focus on the experiential learning process. Surya Chandra offers programs for RYT-200, RYT-500, and C-IAYT.
Svaroopa Vidya Ashram - accredited 12/1/2019
116 E. Lancaster Ave, Downingtown PA 19335 USA
ph: 610-644-7555
email: info@svaroopayoga.org
In the Svaroopa Vidya Ashram, students learn to work with individuals’ needs whether in a group or private session. Therapeutic techniques are used in specialized classes or in private sessions, with the goal of profound physical improvement as well as the related mental and emotional benefits.
Prerequisistes:
Certified Svaroopa® Yoga Basics Teacher (RYT 200)
Certified Embodyment® Therapist.
One year of Svaroopa® Yoga personal practice
One year of teaching Svaroopa® Yoga (minimum 50 classes)
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhanan Smasthana - VYASA USA - accredited 7/31/2019
Suite 325, 1000 West Oaks Mall, Houston TX 77082 USA
ph: 281-352-8145
email: vyasahouston@gmail.com
VYASA USA offers a 1000-hour yoga therapy certification program, a 200-hour yoga instructor program as well as yoga for weight management training.
The yoga therapy training program includes four segments. All the four segments begin with a yoga therapy immersion course followed by individual workshops or courses. The teaching methods include three weekend yoga therapy foundation immersion. This immersion is followed by weekend workshop courses on specific disease or topic.
The course will take 2 to 4 years to complete. There are four segments to the course each segment being 4-6 months. The dates will be announced at the beginning of each segment. Students are asked to attend 3 residential retreats (3 day long) with senior faculty visiting from India during the course.
For the Practicum, each student collects initial and final data of at least 10 and up to 30 patients treated by the student under the guidance of their Mentor and faculty. The final project is to design and implement a 6-8 session group program with a therapeutic focus or an in-depth analysis with three clients (at least four sessions) with a similar therapeutic issue.
The Institute of Interdisciplinary Yoga Studies - accredited 12/1/2019
215 W. 18th Street, Suite 275 Kansas City, MO 64108 USA
ph: 316-518-8158
email: renee@iiys.org
The Institute of Interdisciplinary Yoga Studies’ yoga therapy program is an interdisciplinary approach to yoga therapy incorporating Iyengar technique and the seven systems of Indian philosophy (Buddhism, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Mimamsa and Vedanta) and a comprehensive understanding of Vedic roots as well as Ayurveda.
You will not learn how to teach and correct asana. You will study and learn specific conditions that manifest as pain in the body (i.e. low back pain) and you will learn how to access, document and create a care plan for each client based on their needs and imbalances while incorporating and collaborating with their healthcare providers.
The program includes a review of current traditional osteopathic practices that impact our work as yoga therapists by Dr. Ray Long.
The Institute offers the following programs: 200-Hr YTT, 300-Hour YTT, 500-Hour YTT, 500-Hour Yoga Therapy, 800-Hour Yoga Therapy, CEUs, 150-Hour Yoga Therapy Clinical Program, Great Yoga Wall Therapeutics. The Institute is IAYT , Registered with Yoga Alliance, Trainers are YACEP, RYT, and/or C-IAYT, YACEP.
The Minded Institute - accredited January 2021
Arnold House 2 New Road, Brading, Sandown, England, PO36 0DT)
email: info@themindedinstitute.com
Minded offers a 580-hour Professional Diploma spread over 15 modules in four-day blocks in a course that aims to balance theoretical with practical knowledge and skills to ensure students graduate as fully rounded therapists.
“The course begins with a deep-dive into an understanding of the brain and the major physiological systems of the body, and examines the evidence linking brain, behaviour, physiology, and pathology, all within the context of the Kosha model. From the foundations of this understanding, in each module we study in depth one specific mental health condition and one physical health condition, the relevant therapeutic yogic and mindfulness techniques used to help them, and the evidence supporting their use. Experiential anatomy is explored from structural and psychological perspectives, with practical assessments and tutorials.”
The course includes clinical skills for therapists and teachers as well as key concepts in yoga philosophy. Module courses are followed by a research project and three case studies.
The Mindfulness Center - accredited 3/15/2020
4963 Elm Street Suite 100 Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
ph: 301-986-1090
The mission of The Mindfulness Center is to facilitate the evolution of the standard of health care from managing disease to fostering health, and to model a new health care paradigm. The Center aims to bring mindfulness to all dimensions of life, and empower people to use evidence-based, best practices of self-care, and thereby address health care disparities and make health care accessible to all.
The Mindfulness Center offers:
200-hour yoga teacher training;
500-hours yoga teacher training; and
800-hr Professional Yoga Therapy training program.
The Yoga Therapy Institute - accredited 5/31/2019
Stroombaan, 4, Amsterdam 1181VX Netherlands
ph: 31 0653655805
The program is modular with diplomas for 500-hour and 800-hour Yoga Therapy certifications.
Vancouver School of Healing Arts - accredited 6/30/2019
342 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1E5
ph: 604-688-5060
email: info@vsoha.com
Vancouver School of Healing Arts offers three Yoga Therapy Training Programs in Vancouver: a 300-Hour Foundation, 500-Hour Advanced and 800-Hour Certification. The programs are designed for those who want to pursue a career as a certified yoga therapist and for yoga teachers who want to offer therapeutic yoga classes and individualized sessions. The programs are holistic, look at the person as a whole, and teach techniques to support healing on all levels – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic.
Vedansha Institute of Vedic Science and Alternative Medicine - accredited 3/15/2020
Moksha Ashram Badrinath Road 140
Tapovan Area Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249192 India
ph: +91 9756521452
email: vedanshayoga@gmail.com
Vedansha – The Institute of Vedic Science and Alternative Medicine was founded by Dr Yogacharya Sanjeev Pandey Ji. It covers education in whole vedic science (yoga & meditation, ayurveda, vedic astrology & vastu). Its special retreat programs help people control emotions, remove fears to improve their life, and find harmony and happiness. Therapy courses will help to support common and non-curative diseases.
The yoga therapy course offers the opportunity to learn applied therapeutic aspects of yogic practice. The program instructors are certified health care professionals (ayurvedic, allopathic, yogic doctors).
Vedansha offers many educational programs including:
100-hour yoga teacher training;
200-hour yoga teacher training;
300-hour yoga teacher training;
300-hour Iyengar yoga teacher training;
500-hour yoga teacher training;
300-hour yoga therapy training;
800-hours yoga therapy training;
100-hour pranayama teacher training; and
200-hour pranayama teacher training.
Wisdom-Body Yoga Therapy - accredited 1/15/2019
Hagilboa 5 Apt. 11, Raanana, Center 43732 Israel
ph: 58 6000199
email: wisdombodyoga@gmail.com
The Wisdom-Body Yoga Therapy program is based on an integrated approach to healing from mental, physical and spiritual pain. It integrates the physical, spiritual and philosophical principles of Yoga with the therapeutic-educational somatic field of Body Mind Centering ®.
Wisdom Yoga Institute - accredited 1/30/2019
36 Turquoise Loop, Banksia Grove, Western Australia 6031 Australia
ph: 61 0411954851
With training in Perth, Melbourne, and Hong Kong, Wisdom Yoga Therapy offers post-graduate training for Yoga teachers to become Yoga Therapists. The training draws from eclectic lineages and is informed by the latest research in health sciences. It aims to graduate evidence-literate, compassionate, and skilled Yoga Therapists.
Yoga Bharati - accredited 2/27/2018
1242 Greenwood Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA
email: yogabharati@gmail.com
The Yoga Bharati program offers online classes and study groups in the Bay Area, California, lectures in person and teleconference, self-study, self practice, and completion of assignments and tests at the center. It also offers field practice--therapy classes taught by the students for a project report, and a visit to Prashanti Kutiram (Health Center) of Vyasa (Bangalore, India) for a minimum of 2 weeks. It also requires a project dissertation on various ailments that includes research.
YogaFit Wordwide - accredited 5/31/2019
ph: 888.786.3111
Founded in 1994, YogaFit offers 200-hour and 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training as well as a Yogafit healthcare specialty track. YogaFit hosts National Mind|Body Fitness Conferences, local training, and retreats around the world.
945 Hour Yoga Therapy Program
-624 residential hours
-16 distance learning hours
-305 hour practicum, including 230 practicum delivery hours/75 practicum documentation and mentoring
Minimum 3-years to complete, the average student to complete the program in 4-5 years. The practicum itself is 12-18 months to allow time to work with at least 20 individual clients. The program is divided into three stages and three themed modules.
YogaJoy - accredited 4/30/2019
5210 SW Corbett Ave, Portland, OR 97239
ph: 503-552-9642
email: support@sarahjoyyoga.com
YogaJoy 800-Hour Professional Yoga Therapy Training is committed to supporting marginalized populations and using yoga for social justice, bringing yoga to prisons, alcohol and drub rehab centers and transitional facilities and to others who would not be able to access yoga classes because of social, financial or physical constraints.
YogaLife Institute - accredited 7/1/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
860 E. Swedesford Road, 2nd Floor, Wayne, PA 19087 USA
ph: 610-688-7030
email: bob@yogalifeinstitute.com
The program aims to shift the current cultural healthcare perspective from a passive disease-driven model to a proactive model in which the client is continually engaging in the process of restoring or maintaining health. In this model, the Yoga Therapist works with medical and healing professionals, augmenting the patient care plan with lifestyle interventions, stress management tools, movement, breathing, and other practices.
Yoga North International Soma Yoga Institute - accredited 6/17/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
4628 Pitt Street, Duluth, MN 55804 USA
ph: 218-722-9642
email: info@yoganorthduluth.com
The program includes five separate intensives spread over a two year period with extensive mentoring, practicum work, and online distance learning. This certification program begins after completing the Level 1 500-hour program at Yoga North ISYI (or at other qualified Level 1 500-hour program) and maintaining at least one year of Yoga practice and Yoga teaching.
Yoga Therapy Greece - accredited February 2021
ph: +30 6945335463
email: brianew01@gmail.com
Offering a 400-hour training and an 800-hour training. With their 800-hour Yoga Therapy Training, Yoga Therapy Greece aims to be the most intensive and complete program in Europe, enabling yoga teachers to become professional Certified Yoga Therapists, attain the highest certification in Yoga Therapy globally, and deliver yoga therapy to individuals and groups, for structural health, mental health, women’s health, and medical conditions. The training takes place as 2 programs: Year 1 is 350 hours and Year 2 is 450 hours. Due to Covid-19, the residential portion of training will be online in 2021, which allows for focus on telehealth, long Covid, and mental health issues related to the pandemic. Some of its unique features:
Residential stay in Greece (when available);
Yoga Therapy, Viniyoga, Tantra Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Personalized Yoga Nidra, Physiotherapy and the latest evidence based practices;
Learning to build a therapeutic relationship, see people holistically, build personalized yoga therapy practices based on people’s goals and needs, use postural/movement and breathing observations, as well as Yoga and Ayurveda principles such as vayus, koshas, doshas, gunas, choosing, incorporating and modifying asanas, pranayamas, yoga nidras, meditation, mantras etc.;
Daily themed group yoga therapy practices including sequences that can be used for your own workshops such as Women’s Health and Mental Health practices; and
Observation and explanation of live yoga therapy sessions.
Yoga Therapy International - accredited 6/19/2014; re-accredited 7/1/2018
319-2556 East Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. V5K 1Z3 Canada
ph: 604-505-3390
email: maggie@yogatherapyinternational.com
website: yogatherapyinternational.com
Certified Yoga Therapist 1000 Hour Diploma Program. Yoga Therapy International (YTI) has been a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance since 2009 and became one of the first Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Programs with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) in 2014. It trains Yoga Therapists to have a deep understanding of the major approaches from the Krishnamacharya lineage of Yoga Therapy – Breath/Meditation/Chanting and Restorative/Alignment-Centered – and to have a broad understanding of the major trends in current Yoga Therapy practice today, including Chair Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Yoga for conditions including scoliosis, chronic pain, cancer, MS, Parkinson’s disease, etc.
Yoga Therapy Toronto - accredited 12/15/2018
692 Bloor St.W - 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M6G 1L4 Canada
ph: 416-850-0015
The program is based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar with an integration of western psychology and therapy. Over the course of 30+ months, this 1,000+-hour training program will explore the healing wisdom of Yoga from a scientific perspective. There are three intensive training programs:
Level 1 - Yoga Teacher Training;
Level 2 - Yoga Therapist Training; and
Level 3 - Ayurveda Training for Yoga Therapists.
The school also runs a public group classes and ongoing one-on-one yoga therapy. The outreach program is designed to offer free yoga therapy throughout our city provided by our teachers and therapists.
Yoga Vahini - accredited 1/29/2016
21/4 Beach Rd., Ramaniyam Smriti Apartments, 1st Floor, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600090 India
email: yogavahinichennai@gmail.com
YogaVahini offers training in Yoga Therapy based on the traditional wisdom of Yogis and Ayurvedic Vaidyas for yoga teachers ready to take the next step to personalized yoga and therapy. Training is intensive and experiential that aims for creative and transformative healing and learning.
Yoga Well Institute - accredited 6/1/2018
Yoga Well Institute, Mill Valley, CA 94942 USA
ph: 415-690-5955
The program provides 1008 hours of training in the therapeutic application of yoga in the tradition of Śri T. Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar. Through its comprehensive curriculum, practical internships and individual mentoring, the training offers grounding in the therapeutic application of yoga and foundational knowledge of the integration of yoga with allopathic medicine.
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