Certificate Earned upon completion: Yoga Therapy for Neurological Issues

Pre-requisite: C-IAYT

Instructor: JJ Gormley, CIAYT, MS

This course provides 16 Approved Professional Development credit hours for the IAYT toward renewal of your C-IAYT.

This course is eight hours of prerecorded videos which include discussion in the neurological system and other systems as related to common neurological issues. We discuss the pathogenesis of these common ailments/diseases: Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Cerebral Vascular Accidents, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Dementia, Alzheimers, Epilepsy, Myasthenia Gravis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and 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 neurological issue.

As lead faculty, JJ Gormley will guide students in how to safely design a class practice for clients with these issues. She will teach the anatomy & physiology of many of these ailments/diseases, including the pathogenesis. We will also look at current research using yoga as the intervention, healing suggestions, and case studies of clients with these issues.

Requirements

• Neurological Issues Online Class - 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 neurological 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 16-Hours toward your C-IAYT renewal.