Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Program
Enhance your skills and abilities as a yoga teacher, healthcare worker, yoga therapist, yoga practitioner, mental health professional or allied healthcare worker.
Part One offered online.
For 2024, Part Two is offered in-person at Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas
November 1-5, 2024
We know that the yoga practices enhance resiliency, self-regulation, health status, and mood states – but why do these practices work? This innovative teacher training certification program provides a deeper understanding of the benefits of yoga and mindfulness practices. With the advent of new technology, researchers can now see directly into our brain and can observe how yoga and mindfulness practices impact on brain function and structure, neuropathways, and nervous system, shape our neurobiology, and positively impact on brain structure.
Obtain Certification in Neuroscience and Yoga. Our comprehensive teacher training program offers a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of the science behind yoga and mindfulness. Understanding how and why yoga works is critical for impacting on self-regulation, lowering stress, improving resiliency, and activating calm and stabilizing hormones. Students will be taught to view the yoga practices through the lens of neuroscience thereby allowing teachers and students alike to have more agency over their vagus nerve, their healing, and the regulation of their nervous system.
A sampling of what will be taught:
The Five Foundational Concepts of Neuro-Yoga Psychology
The triune brain, the guna’s, and polyvagal theory.
A review of neuroscience research studies supporting the impact of yoga-based practices.
An introduction to brain basics and the nervous system.
Practices of interoception, proprioception, and neuroception.
How to practice and teach Neuro-Yoga Concepts in your classes.
Heart Rate Variability, Stress, Distress, and emotional intelligence concepts.
Yoga practices for nervous system regulation, anxiety, and depression.
And more….
Your Options:
Part One (19 hrs): Part One of the course is self-paced and online through our learning platform (Thinkific). Part One of the course is also open to the general public, but it is also a required course for those going through the Teacher Training Program. Part Two is only available for those taking the course for teacher training and certification. All parties interested in Part One can sign up by clicking here: https://drmala.thinkific.com
Part Two (26 hours). Part Two of the Neuroscience Course is only open to those who have signed up for the full certification course in Neuroscience and Yoga. We partner with various organizations for teaching Part 2 of the Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Certification course. All details on costs, dates, how to sign up, and pertinent information are determined and provided by the sponsoring organization. For 2024 training dates, costs, and locations and to sign up, please click the link below:
Requirements for the TT Program: MInimum 2-4 months of yoga classes.
Eligible: Yoga Practitioners, Yoga Teachers, Yoga Therapists, Medical and Healthcare Personnel, Mental Health Professionals, and Allied Health Workers.
OTHER WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES IN NEUROSCIENCE & YOGA:
Throughout the year we offer various weekend workshops and lectures in Neuroscience and Yoga. Check out our calendar of events (click the link at the bottom of this page) and sign up for lectures and workshops in the fascinating field of Neuroscience and Yoga. These programs are open to everyone.
Continuing Education and Electives:
The following organizations and schools support and / or approve of the Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Program. This certification course is also approved for professional development credit and continuing education (45 hours ) through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
International Association of Yoga Therapists – APD - 45 hours credit
Yoga Alliance
Integral Yoga Institutes
Satchidananda Ashram - Yogaville
Inner Peace Yoga
Positive Health Solutions
Sivananda Ashram - Bahamas
Please check with us for other programs that approve this training for credit.
Continuing Education IS Approved by:
CHECK THE CALENDAR FOR SPECIFIC TRAINING DATES