Yoga Therapy Assessment and Intervention Using Guided Imagery
Content Summary:
This 30-hour module applies Integrated Holistic Yoga (IHY) to guided imagery. Grounded in a biopsychosociocultural lens, the IHY framework addresses the whole person across all layers—the koshas: body, breath, mind, heart, and spirit. Trainees learn to use imagery as a clinical tool for assessment and intervention, fostering resilience and mental wellbeing. By weaving together neuroscience and yogic wisdom, the model tailors strategies to individual needs in healthcare and community settings.
Target Audience:
This 30-hour training explores guided imagery in yoga therapy assessment and intervention. Rooted in bhavana, neuroscience, and somatic psychology, it offers access to emotional insight and mind-body integration. Tailored for YogaX 300/800-hour programs, it is designed for: • Healthcare providers/students bringing therapeutic yoga into clinical practice and self-care. • Yoga professionals enhancing wellbeing and offering classes in mental, physical, and community health settings.
Dr. Christiane Brems PhD, ABPP, E-RYT500, C-IAYT
Licensed Psychologist and Stanford YogaX Director
Therapeutic Breathwork: Pranayama for Integrated Holistic Healthcare
Content Summary:
This breathwork training investigates breathing as a lifestyle practice and a bridge between mind and body. Grounded in an integrated holistic yoga lineage and the panchamaya kosha model, it emphasizes the biopsychosociocultural context of health. Central to this work is breath awareness, a meditative practice that hones interoception and neuroception. By recognizing autonomic states, practitioners develop the self-understanding and capacity to modulate energy, affect, and arousal for healing.
Target Audience:
This advanced pranayama course for YogaX 300/800-hour trainees offers 15 hours of didactic and 15 hours of asynchronous practice. It integrates polyvagal theory with holistic pranayama for: • Healthcare providers and students: Bringing breath strategies into clinical and supervised practice. • Yoga teachers and therapists: Offering integrated practices within a polyvagal framework, specifically for students and clients in healthcare, mental health, and community settings.
Integrated Holistic Yoga for People Living with Chronic Pain
Content Summary
Chronic pain affects 1 in 5 people. This 30-hour module frames pain as a neuroplastic, biopsychosociocultural experience rather than a tissue issue. Merging pain science with yogic philosophy, students apply theories like Gate Control to assessment and planning. Core practices include natural posture, somatic asanas, pranayama, and meditation. This person-centered training builds resilience and invites professionals to adapt yoga for diverse needs, emphasizing self-agency and equity.
Target Audience
This 4-day, 30-hour online module for YogaX 300/800-hour trainees combines didactics with practice teaching. It is tailored for:
Healthcare Providers: Integrating therapeutic yoga into clinical care and self-care.
Graduate/Medical Students: Integrating yoga strategies into supervised clinical practice.
Yoga Providers & Therapists: Enhancing self-care and offering yoga with sensitivity to mental health concerns, particularly in healthcare settings.
Dr. Rebecca Volino Robinson
Licensed Psychologist and Stanford YogaX Faculty
The 8 Limbs of Yoga: A Map for Healing Individual & Ancestral Trauma
Content Summary:
This workshop offers a profound journey through the ancient wisdom of Patanjali's 8 Limbs, reinterpreting them as a holistic map for transforming individual, ancestral, and collective trauma. Participants explore how each limb—from ethical guidelines for inherited behaviors and postures that release lineage tension to breathwork for regulation and meditation for healing inherited wounds—can be progressively applied to support emotional processing and spiritual integration for future generations.
Target Audience:
Individuals on a healing journey, yoga students and teachers seeking a deeper philosophical framework, therapists looking for a structured model to integrate yoga principles, and anyone interested in applying yoga's wisdom to ancestral and intergenerational trauma healing. This workshop provides the tools to navigate personal and collective recovery, offering practical applications of Patanjali’s 8 Limbs to break inherited patterns and foster resilience for future generations.
Dr. Mini Rattu, Psy.D.,
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Stanford YogaX Faculty