Certificate Earned Upon Completion: Yoga Therapy for Sleep/Insomnia Issues

Pre-requisites: C-IAYT

This course provides 8 hours of prerecorded videos with a quiz at the end, plus eight hours of attendance live in an online Case Studies class which meets Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 pm Eastern Time. During the Case Studies class, you will present two cases of clients that you worked with where you used yoga therapy for the Sleep or Insomnia issues.

The prerecorded online classes include discussion in the anatomy and physiology of the sleep cycle, how to safely plan and design a class practice for those with sleep issues, the pathogenesis of common sleep issues, current research using yoga as the intervention for sleep issues, healing suggestions for using yoga for clients with sleep issues., case studies of clients with sleep issues.

Requirements:

• Sleep/Insomnia issues Online Class - 8-hours

• Case Studies Online Class - Eight-week session where you present two case studies of client’s you’ve worked with who have a sleep issue. Case study presentations are made on the case studies online class—see Current Online Classes. Generally, this class meets Wednesdays, 1-2pm. Upon enrollment in this course, you will be autoenrolled in the next available Case Studies course where there are two weeks free for you to present your cases.

This course is taught by JJ Gormley, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).

This course is an Approved Professional Development course with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) for 16 CEUs toward your C-IAYT renewal.