Brain on Yoga Training

In Person & Live Stream and via recording
Learn how the miraculous brain develops during childhood, is affected by life’s events and how to teach to a neurodiverse population. Yoga practices to support a healthy brain during all stages of life are explored, including the understanding of traumatic brain injury, autism and Alzheimers.
September 29: Yoga Shadow Work™ and the Brain through Life Transitions
With Amitice Lisa Saremi, MA, LMFT, C-IAYT
This course blends Yoga Shadow Work™ with nervous-system literacy to help students understand how life transitions reveal protective patterns rooted in earlier experiences. Through yogic practices, students will explore how to regulate activation, build capacity and meet shadow material with awareness and compassion. This training highlights practical ways yoga therapists can support clients in integrating shadow material and staying connected to self through life transitions while honoring the scope of yoga therapy.
September 30: Brain Development for Young Yogis
With Dr. Linda Chamberlain, C-IAYT
Understanding how the brain develops is an important foundation for teaching yoga to children and adolescents. Students will learn the profound impact of mind-body practices on healthy brain development during this time of major brain remodeling and windows of activity. Special focus will be placed on the exploration of the pathway of stress and fear through the brain and why, from a neurodevelopmental perspective, loving kindness and interoceptive skills should be incorporated into yoga with preschoolers and young children.
This workshop will highlight user-friendly content, micro-practices and tools that can be shared with caregivers and children. Participants will get to meet Dr. Linda’s crew of puppets that are dedicated to empowering children by teaching them how their brains work. We will all get to explore our inner child through meditation, journaling, and small group discussion.
September 30: Children’s Yoga
With Shannon Ramo, C-IAYT and pre-school teacher
This experiential session invites your inner child to a fun and educational Kid’s Yoga session. You’ll see first hand how the practices and practicalities of kid’s yoga support early brain development, foster healthy emotional processing and inspire imaginative movement and healthy community building skills.
October 1-3: Yoga, Autism & Neurodiversity
With Shawnee Thornton Hardy, C-IAYT, SEP – Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Author, RCYT, RYT-500, M.Ed., Educational/Behavioral Specialist