Certificate Earned upon completion: Yoga Therapy for Neurological Issues

Pre-requisite: C-IAYT

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

This course is 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 Vagus Nerve.

The pre-recorded online classes 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.

As lead faculty, JJ Gormley, MS, CIAYT, ERYT500, 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).

• Case Studies Online Class - Eight-week session where you present two case studies of client’s you’ve worked with who have a neurological issue. Case study presentations are made during the case studies online class—see Current Online Class schedule. 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). You will receive 16-Hours toward your C-IAYT renewal.