What's Included:

Continuing Education for Therapists Looking to Include Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

🔬 Grounded in Clinical Research & Ethics
  • Iatrogenic Harm Prevention: Deep dive into the research surrounding institutional and traditional iatrogenic harm in eating disorder (ED) treatment to ensure ethics and safety.
  • Embodied Movement Science: Review up-to-date empirical data supporting body-based and somatic movement interventions for disordered eating.
🧘‍♀️ Advanced Yoga Therapy & Clinical Tools
  • Yoga Therapy vs. Yoga IN Therapy: Master the critical, distinct boundaries and integration models between applying yoga therapy principles versus simply introducing yoga poses into a clinical session.
  • Ready-to-Use Clinical Tools: Acquire specialized yoga therapy protocols specifically designed to target the neurobiology of eating disorders.
  • Evidence-Based Meditations: Gain  somatic and  meditation practices tailored to help dysregulated clients find safety in their bodies.
  • Deep Philosophical Integration: Explore how classical yoga philosophy and psychology directly overlay onto Western mental health modalities and clinical psychology.
🌎 Social Justice & Conscious Evolution
  • Decolonizing ED Treatment: Examine why decolonizing eating disorder recovery is essential for systemic healing, body liberation, and marginalized populations.
  • Clinician Self-Reflection: Engage with deep journaling prompts designed to unpack implicit bias, countertransference, and the clinician's own relationship with embodiment.
  • Collaborative Discussion & Insight: Participate in peer-to-peer case studies and community discussions that turn abstract concepts into lived clinical wisdom.

Course curriculum

    1. Objectives

    1. Intro

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Why Yoga

    3. Yoga Philosophy

    4. Yoga Psychology Framework

    5. 4 Paths

    6. More than Movement

    7. Decolonized Care

    8. Western to Eastern

    9. Relationship to Self

    10. Koshas

    11. Koshas Visual

    12. Kosha Cheat Sheet PDF Download

    13. Samskaras

    14. Samskaras Handouts

    15. Research

    16. Research on Embodiment

    17. Continued Research

    18. Reserach Applications

    19. Trauma Informed Research

    20. How the Research Applies to Diverse Bodies

    21. The Clinical Gap

    22. Ancient Wisdom in Modern Therapy

    23. Ethics and Yoga

    24. Ethics in Treatment

    1. Sankalpa

    2. Sankalpa Handout

    3. Quiet the Mind

    4. Witness Mind Handout

    5. Noise in the Mind

    6. Journal Prompt on Intrusive Thoughts

    7. Still the Mind as a Clinician

    8. Kleshas

    9. Western Versus Yoga Counseling

    10. Chart from Research

    11. Pratipaksha Bhavana

    12. Research Limitations

    13. Whole Systems Approach

    14. Not Easily Quantifiable

    15. Scientific Isolation

    16. Risk Factors

    17. Limitations of Evidece Based Labels

    18. Reflection

    19. Colonialism Reflection

    20. Documentary Example

    21. From a Survivor's Perspective

    22. Eat Breathe Thrive Research

    23. Case Report

    24. CBT-E and Yoga Case Study

    25. Deconstruction

    26. Reframe

    27. Defusion

    28. Intervention

    29. Aparigraha

    30. Nongrasping

    31. Santosha

    32. Ego and Asmita

    33. Kleshas

    34. Sense of Self

    35. Countertransference

    36. Attachment and Aversion

    37. Raga

    1. Attachment Reframe

    2. Aversion

    3. Journal and Reflect

    4. Annatta - Non Self

    5. Aparigraha

    6. Witness Mind

    7. Body as Instrument

    8. Questions to Ponder

    9. Decolonizing Inpatient Care

    10. Panchakosha

    11. Outpatient Care: Blending Modalities

    12. Spiritual Theory

    13. Yoga as Liberation Framework

    14. Limits of Talk Therapy

    15. Adjunct Therapies

    16. Liberation Paradigm Shift

    17. Trauma and Autonomy

    18. Reflection on Trauma

    19. Power Dynamic

    20. Iatrogenic Harm

    21. Trauma of Treatment

    22. "Untreatable" Debate

    23. Giving up on Treatment?

    24. Ethical Considerations of these Topics

    25. All or Nothing

    26. What is Yoga Therapy?

    27. IAYT

    28. Yoga as Therapy

    29. Scope

    30. Clinical Tools You Can Use

    31. Slow flow Tool

    32. How to Set up the Room

    33. Restorative Yoga Practices

    34. Supported Child Pose

    35. Legs Up the Wall

    36. Safe Rest

    37. Belly Breath

    38. Tonglen Meditation

    39. Tonglen

    40. Tonglen 1

    41. Tonglen 2

    42. Tonglen 3

    43. Tonglen 4

    44. Tonglen 5

    45. Discussion

    46. References 1

    47. References 2

    48. Final Quiz

    49. Evaluation of Course

About this course

  • $99.00
  • 111 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

Traditional talk therapy is powerful, but eating disorders live deeply in the body.

🧠✨Learn how to safely integrate somatic wisdom into your clinical practice with the Beyond Asana: Eating Disorder and Yoga Therapy Course. Designed specifically for therapists, this training equips you with actionable yoga therapy tools while fulfilling your continuing education requirements. In the Beyond Asana: Eating Disorder and Yoga Therapy Course, you will learn how to actively decolonize eating disorder recovery. By blending classical Eastern yoga psychology with somatic social justice frameworks, this course equips you to provide truly inclusive, body-liberating, and culturally attuned care.

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