Certificate Earned Upon Completion: Yoga Therapy for Substance Abuse & Addictions

Pre-requisites: C-IAYT

Instructor: JJ Gormley, CIAYT, MS

This course provides 24 Approved Professional Development credit hours for the IAYT toward renewal of your C-IAYT.

This course is 16-hours of prerecorded videos which include include discussion in substance abuse and addiction (SAA) issues from childhood trauma, alcoholism, addictive behavior, Substance Use Disorder (SUD), in recovery from addiction, eating disorders, anxiety &/or depression related to substance abuse, and much more. Plus eight hours of prerecorded video classes of Case Studies. You are required to present two cases to JJ Gormley of clients that you worked with where you used yoga therapy for a substance abuse or addiction issue.

As lead faculty, JJ Gormley will guide students in how to safely design, and teach a class practice for someone working on recovery from substance abuse and addiction, the anatomy and physiology of stress, learned coping mechanisms, mental issues from childhood trauma and more, the pathogenesis of SAA issues, current research using yoga as the intervention for SAA, healing suggestions for using yoga for recovery from SAA, case studies of clients with addictions or in recovery from substance abuse. We will also look at current research using yoga as the intervention, healing suggestions, and case studies of clients with these issues.

Requirements:

• Substance Abuse and Addictions-1 - Eight one-hour classes (prerecorded), with a quiz at the end.

• Substance Abuse and Addictions-2 - Eight one-hour classes (prerecorded), with a quiz at the end.

• Case Studies Online Class - Eight one-hour classes (prerecorded)

• Present to JJ Gormley two case studies of client’s you’ve worked with who have a SAA issue. Presentations should be similar to those you observed in the Case Studies Online Class.

This course is an Approved Professional Development course with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). You will receive 24-Hours of CEUs toward your C-IAYT renewal.