NEUROSCIENCE AND YOGA
Workshops and Certification Programs
The Neuroscience and Yoga program is available to you in several ways:
1) Healing Retreats and Individual Sessions: Experience a relaxing and rejuvenating retreat focused on restoring your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health through the RESET program (vagus nerve regulation) and the Neuro-Yoga practices. These retreats are designed to help you reduce stress, calm the nervous system, and impact on healing and immunity so you can return home with practical tools for ongoing self-care, self-regulation and healing. Both group and individual retreats and sessions are available. Email Dr. Mala at: info@cardiacyoga.com.
2) Certification Program: Deepen your knowledge. Expand your clinical and teaching skills. Discover the science behind the practice. Our comprehensive 50-hour certification training teaches the integration of neuroscience, yoga, and psychology. You’ll learn how and why yoga works through the lens of neuroscience, and how to translate that knowledge into meaningful, evidence-informed practice for yourself, your clients and patients, and others.
At the heart of the training is the Neuro-Yoga Psychology Model, an integrative concept that brings together psychology and neuroscience with the Eight-Limb Path of Yoga. Grounded in theory and research, this model provides a foundation for both practical teaching and clinical application. You will develop a deeper understanding of how yoga, breathing, meditation, and mindfulness influence the brain, neurobiology, and nervous system. At the same time, you will gain practical, evidence-based techniques for integrating Neuro-Yoga Psychology into classes, individual work, and clinical settings.
Powerful practices in breathwork, meditation, yoga, and neuro-psychology are presented to cultivate greater awareness, self-regulation, and agency over the body, breath, brain, and nervous system. The result is a training designed not only to expand your knowledge, but to transform how you teach, practice, and work with others.
Whether you’re a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, yoga practitioner, mental health professional, healthcare or allied health professional, coach, or simply curious, this program gives you the knowledge and tools to enhance healing, health, and well-being for yourself and others.
The Curriculum
An overview of the Neuro-Yoga Psychology Model
How Yoga’s Eight-Fold Path influences healing of the brain, neural platforms, and our neurobiology
Learn the role of the vagus nerve for impacting on overall health, mood, and gut health
How stress, dysregulated mood states, and trauma affect the nervous system
Learn techniques to assess vagal tone, emotions, and mental states
Acquire knowledge of Neuro-Yoga practices to reduce anxiety and depression
Learn how to implement Neuro-Yoga techniques and concepts in clinical and classroom settings
Information and Registration
** Certification requires signing up separately for both Part 1 and Part 2 for a total of 50 hours **
PART 1 (20 hrs): Those pursuing certification must take Part 1 and Part 2. Part one provides an in-depth introduction to the integration of neuroscience, psychology, yoga, and meditation via Thinkific. If you are not pursuing certification, you are welcome to take Part One as a stand-alone educational experience.
Part One Course Fee: $196.00. Part One link to register and for more information.
PART 2 (30 hours): Part Two of the Neuroscience Course is open to only those who have signed up for certification. We partner with various organizations for teaching Part Two of the course so the location may change each year. Part Two of the course is typically in-person and is sometimes offered through live zoom training. Here are details on costs, dates, and how to sign up for the 2027 course:
Training Dates: February 19-21 & 26-28, 2027
Location Format: Part 1 ~ Online via Thinkific. Part One link to register (must finish before the start of Part 2)
Part 2 ~ live on zoom Part Two link to register and for more information.
Tuition: Part One: $196.00 (separate payment from Part 2).
Part Two: Early Bird: $1195. After 1-8-27: $1325.00 (some scholarships are available)
Eligibility: Yoga practitioners, yoga teachers, yoga therapists, mental health and healthcare professionals - including allied healthcare workers. If you are uncertain about eligibility reach out to us at: info@cardiacyoga.com.
OTHER WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES IN NEUROSCIENCE & YOGA
We offer a variety of drop-in zoom sessions, workshops, and lectures in Neuroscience and Yoga throughout the year. Check out these great opportunities:
On-going: Neuroscience and Yoga Membership Lecture Series. Check it out! Your one time membership fee of $180 includes an ongoing, open access to informative lectures and updates in Neuroscience, Yoga, and Psychology: https://drmala.thinkific.com/bundles/neuroscience-yoga.
2. September 5, 2026: Floyd Yoga Jam, Floyd, Virginia. Lecture & practice: Neuroscience, Yoga, and Meditation. Info: https://www.floydyogajam.com/
3. October 3, 2026: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Luray Meditation Center, Luray, Va. Info: info@cardiacyoga.com
4. October 24, 2026: On-line lecture: Emotional Regulation through Neuroscience and Yoga. Satsang Presentation / Yogaville 8:30-9:00 p.m. Day of Link: https://vimeo.com/yogaville
5. Nov. 16-18, 2026. Sivananda Ashram/Bahamas: Retreat: Rest & Rejuvenate: A 3-day Nervous System Reset. Registration $295.00. More Information: https://sivanandabahamas.org/course/rest-and-rejuvenate-november-2026/
6. Private Sessions or private retreat bookings in Neuro-Yoga Psychotherapy, Vagus Nerve Regulation, and Neuro-Yoga Healing are available. Contact Dr. Mala at: info@cardiacyoga.com
Continuing Education and Electives
Below is a sampling of the organizations & schools that support the Neuroscience and Yoga Teacher Training Program:
Yoga Alliance
Integral Yoga Institutes (nationally and internationally)
Satchidananda Ashram - Yogaville
Inner Peace Yoga
Positive Health Solutions
Sivananda Ashram - Bahamas
Optimal Health - Amy Wheeler
Please check with us for other programs that approve this training for credit.
