Location: Online via zoom
Dates: November 7, 14, 21 & 28 from 10 am – 1 pm (EST)
Cost: $249
Getting a good night’s sleep is attractive to everyone. Research has shown the importance of restorative sleep to our productivity and health. But in today’s hectic world, it is often elusive to fall asleep or stay asleep. The standard sleep hygiene advice works to a degree but many need further guidance and detail for their individual circumstance.
In this course, various yogic approaches for improving sleep are explored. The most commonly mentioned favourite piece of the curriculum for participants is the knowledge that therapeutic rest can be as restorative, if not more so, than regular sleep. This single bit of information often alleviates their anxiety so that they can ride the wave of sleeplessness with less stress.
Learn how to teach this four week protocol to your clients at yoga studios, in health care settings or in workplaces. The course qualifies for 16 Continuing Education Credits for Yoga Alliance or the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Course Outline
- Sleep research – identifying sleep deviations, discussion of autonomic nervous system in relation to stages of sleep and sleep disturbances; endocrine balancing to assist sleep
- Yoga Nidra – history, research on neuro-chemical effects, how to prescribe, variations
- Restorative Yoga – that can be done in bed, and how to apply as an effective intervention as well as use prophylactically
- Pranayama – breath practices that can be helpful and not so helpful with insomnia; how to develop compliance with clients to safely embrace breathwork as part of the prescription
- Class design – how to deliver the protocol to diverse groups in a sensitive and effective manner; how to market and price the course
Course qualifies for 12 hours Continuing Education Credits through the Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
For more information:
Contact: info@cherylgordonyt.com or call/text 905-687-1704.