Course Outline

1. Yogic Philosophy & a New Therapeutic Management Paradigm for the care of the adult
2. Biomechanical assessment
3.  5 Breathing Techniques and Application
4. 35 Postures: Classifications, Applications, Modifications and Precautions
5. Relaxation Techniques
6. Case Studies/ Developing a Treatment Plan
7. Creating a Home Practice/Program via the course manual illustrations
8. Providing Yoga Therapy to More than one patient and in a Group Setting

Clinical Objectives

1.  Apply clinical knowledge as a therapist to current research in order to critically analyze and evaluate over 35 yoga postures and breath techniques. 
2.  Become familiar with a systems based yoga therapy evaluation model.
3.  Understand contraindications for these yoga postures and breath techniques.    
4.  Learn how to adapt yoga to special patient populations.
5.  Study 7 physiologic and 4 biomechanical principles which will enable the student to apply yoga therapeutically within the context of physical therapy. 
6.  Design yoga sequences based on lumbopelvic and scapulohumeral stabilization research through case study and critical analysis.
7. Integrate a model for therapeutic yoga lumbopelvic stabilization into current clinical practice.
8. Cultivate new referral sources and continuity of care programming for all clinical and community based populations.

Course Outline

1. Yogic Philosophy & a New Therapeutic Management Paradigm for the care of the adult
2. Holistic Assessment
3. Continued Biomechanical Assessment  
4.  4 Breathing Techniques and Application
5. 35 Postures: Classifications, Applications, Modifications and Precautions
6. Relaxation Techniques
7. Case Studies/ Developing a Treatment Plan
8. Creating a Home Practice/Program via the course manual illustrations
9. Providing Yoga Therapy to More than one patient and in a Group Setting

Clinical Objectives

1.  Learn 35 additional postures and breath techniques for improving patient outcomes and designing community based wellness therapeutic yoga programs.
2.  Use the systems based (5 point method) yoga therapy evaluation model. .
3.  Deepen understanding of lumbopelvic stabilization and dynamic biomechanical evaluation within the context of a physical therapy based therapeutic yoga.  
4. Develop critical analysis of postures and breath as evaluative and diagnostic tools.
5. Learn therapeutic methods in pranayama unique to the PYT™ method.
6. Understand potential contraindications and precautions for the 35 additional techniques.
7. Expand skillset for critical analysis through multiple case studies for general and special populations. 
8. Develop non dogmatic skills for leading and practicing the art & science of meditation in the spirit of Jon Kabat-Zinn and others in the field of meditation.
9.  Learn about the starting a successful yoga business within public or privately owned venues.