Yoga Therapy Course - Nourish Your Body, Mind & Soul
Yoga Therapy Module 1 - The Essentials: Tuning into the Body
There is big change happening in the world, and we at Yoga United Education evolve our courses to meet the times we are living in and update the content accordingly. We have distilled this course into a 50 hour module to make it more accessible.
A beautifully crafted workbook comes with the package so you can read, learn, and do enquires and exercises at your own pace.
You do not need to be a qualified yoga teacher to join, this course is about you, how to navigate life, find more ease and flow, become sensitive to held patterns and limiting beliefs, to enter through the door of the physical body to the resources, wisdom and treasure chest of information you hold inside, to create lasting change and healing.
AND if you wish to continue to train to be a yoga therapist, meet our tutors, engage in our style of student-centred learning, prepare your foundations to hold a safe container for other seekers, and complete the first 50hours of the training.
Through body-centred experiential learning, gain new skills to empower people seeking physical, mental and emotional health. This way of being starts with YOU!
NEXT COURSE DATES & FULL INFO – see https://www.yogaunited.com/education/yoga-therapy-module-1-the-essentials
Primarily an introduction to yoga therapy for self care and to support personal practice, you will learn new skills with this sensitive and intuitive approach to meet, greet and inspire others on their healing journey as well as yourself. Step away from your every day life and take the opportunity to try out new ways of being within a supported and inclusive environment, and improve inter-personal skills within your field of work, and your life.
As well as yoga therapy, our tutors weave in experiential anatomy, body-mind centering, neuro-linguistic programming, Patanjali's philosophy of suffering & the yoga path, ayurvedic models to meet anxiety, anger and depression, lower back pain, and explore the barriers and armour we use to protect and shield us from deep connection.
We will explore multiple perspectives through which we can understand health, dis-ease and wholeness.
If you are not ready, you can find out more on our FREE yoga therapy taster, or join one of our inspirational workshop to get a taste of things to come – here’s a link to what’s happening next
https://www.yogaunited.com/education/
You may choose to take this course as a stand alone option to create an immediate impact on the therapy services you currently provide, or as the required 1st module of 10 in our 550 hour yoga therapy diploma in London. For more information and a prospectus, see https://www.yogaunited.com/education/yoga-therapy-550-professional
How This Course Benefits You
- Learn skills and effective tools to guide others towards their full potential.
- Engage in greater connection to meeting people with a loving presence
- Cultivate a sustainable home practice including off the mat mindfulness-based awareness
- Deepen your understanding of the physical body, systems and connection with mental and emotional tension
- Explore your relationship to Self, personal relationships, improve professional ones, and be unapologetically yourself
- Quality assured by the BWY, you will gain a BWY certificate on completion of the course
If it's not appropriate to run the in person course due to Covid 19, we will transfer to live-streamed on zoom (this may mean we need to shorten days and add dates and extra online content)
Topics Covered
Topic 1 – Asana and embodied movement
You will be guided through embodied mindfulness practices with movement, sequencing, stillness, and self-reflection to access a deeper awareness of body and mind processing.
Topic 2 – Heart and lungs - experiential anatomy and practices
You will explore different breathing techniques and their influence on the function of the respiratory system, focusing the mind, and changing mood. Heart and metta practices to support heart health and deeper self-compassion
Topic 3 – Structure and function of the nervous system
Understanding visceral responses to danger, safety, fear and joy. You will be guided through practices that recover homeostasis and wellbeing including restorative postures and Yoga Nidra.
Topic 4 – Upper back, shoulder & neck stiffness
Sequences to address stiffness & pain, connection to protection and vulnerability, mind and emotions. Meeting the ndividual needs - preparation, physical benefits, contra-indications & energetic elements
Topic 5 – Ayurvedic perspectives on anxiety and depression
You will have a greater understanding of some common conditions: back pain, anxiety, anger & depression, heart issues - to assist health seekers in communicating and understanding their own needs. Meeting and greeting special needs and difficulties are included.
Topic 6 – Prana & subtle anatomy
The tutor will guide you through practices to tune into sensitivity of the energetic pathways through the body, proprioception, interoceptive processing, the senses.
Topic 7 – Philosophy, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and the mind
The ancient theories of human nature, suffering and the mind, and that which stands in the way of discovery, recovery, and coming home.
Topic 8 – Language, deep listening, silence, sound and song
Techniques to nourish the body & mind. You will create a space in which to investigate body-centred dialogue and the power of words to engage in deep connection and empathy with self and others.
What does my fee cover?
- Full tuition
- Workbook and handouts
- Online course: 36 contact hours with the course director and guest tutors + 14 hours of guided non-contact study and journaling.
- In person course: 42 contact hours with the course director and guest tutors + 8 plus hours of non-contact study and journaling.
- All participants will be registered with BWY and receive a certificate (with 80% minimum attendance requirement) from both the BWY and Yoga United Education on competition of the course.
- Completion certificates
What does the course fee exclude?
- Full BWY membership
- 1-2-1 Yoga therapy sessions
- Mentoring
- Lunch
- Parking / travel / accommodation
- Extra tuition
Please note: If you are not already a member of the BWY, there is an additional £10 payment required to cover guest membership of the BWY for the duration of the course.
Course Certification
Your success in completing the Yoga Therapy Module 1 Foundation Course will be celebrated with a distinguished certificate of participation from BWY, and a certificate of completion with Yoga United Education.
Teaching Style
The tutors facilitate students through body-centred experience which creates an unforgettably direct route to learning. Tutors ensure a safe space is created in which to share knowledge, experience profound insight, and practices that support the learning process.
Tutors encourage students to cultivate a deeper understanding of sadhana, dharma, authenticity and joy.
Course Director - Judy Hirsh Sampath
Course Leader and co-founder of Yoga United, Judy Hirsh Sampath brings a creative mix of yoga-based practices to engage health seekers of all ages, sizes and abilities to tune into their own head space and insightful inner wisdom. Judy is dedicated to sharing the magic of this healing modality to ensure those who study with her become empowered, confident and successful professionals in their field. She has been supporting yoga students and therapy clients in self-healing since 2002 in groups, private practice, mental health, and fertility settings. She is qualified yoga teacher (BWY dip), IYN Elder. She is a certified yoga therapist and faculty with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT600), and Certified with International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), and CNHC UK.
During an intensely emotional period in her life, Judy came to a profound insight through receiving yoga therapy. When she asked herself “what would happen if I focused on what is right with me instead of trying to fix what is wrong with me?” Judy has been exploring ways into the body’s wisdom ever since.
Guest tutors bring extensive knowledge and experience in their fields and you will experience a variety of styles - we are all different and you are encouraged to be yourself too!
This foundation course is NOT a qualification in yoga therapy. It acts as Module 1 of the 550 hour Yoga Therapy Professional Training which is scheduled to continue with further modules in 22-23. Completion of this module is a pre-requisite for the 550 hour course and counts as part of the hours.
You will be introduced to our inspirational faculty of tutors who are dedicated to deep learning, playful exploration and empowering education.
Contact our course manager Philippa Brown P: 0209 361 1882 E: education@yogaunited.com
We will enquire into the following questions so before you sign up, you may want to reflect on:
- What does yoga mean to me?
- How has yoga changed my life?
- What is my intention for joining the course?
- Who am I?