ONLINE
Apr 10-12 & 24-26, 2026
N&S America & Europe Time Zones
Open to Level 1 Kundalini Yoga teachers, Yoga teachers and Certified Yoga Therapists from any tradition.
Overview
Gain skills to help students with musculoskeletal injuries, pain and mobility limits.
Skills to help students with musculoskeletal injuries, pain and limits to mobility are often the missing key for many yoga teachers. Expand your teacher toolkit when you join us for this experiential training designed for yoga teachers from all traditions.
In this well-paced course, you will learn essential functional anatomy and therapeutic applications that you can begin using right away, whether teaching group classes or working individually with students and clients.
You will delve deep into understanding how joints and muscles shape the body’s structural system and the movement patterns that help the body get and stay well. You will gain vital knowledge about the most common injuries and complaints that people seek yoga for and will feel more confident giving therapeutic guidance to clients in your practice for specific ailments related to the spine and sacroiliac joint, hip, knee, foot, shoulder, and wrist, as well as common conditions.
Learn how to create safe, targeted, effective yoga sequences for your students and clients, and the appropriate application of movement through Kriya. By understanding the relationship between the body’s structure and function, you will develop the skills to help alleviate pain, improve flexibility and strength, restore ease of movement, and foster overall well-being.
In This Course You Will:
- Identify the different roles of muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and cartilage in musculoskeletal health and how dysfunction contributes to discomfort
- Understand various contributors to musculoskeletal ailment, injuries, and pain such as the manner of breathing and postural and movement habits
- Understand the therapeutic application of asana for recovery from structural ailments, injuries and pain.
- Assess students structurally to create treatment protocols and a yoga program to help bring the body into balance and recovery.
Class Format
Each online session is 5.5 hours with two 15 minute breaks. Please allow for a minimum of 2.5 hours of required independent work outside of online class per day. Kindly note that the independent hours do not include the time required for study group meetings, or time spent coordinating group meetings after or in between the online classes. In order to receive a certificate of completion, participation for full duration of the course, including class discussions and breakout rooms and completion of homework and course evaluation are required. When on Zoom, camera will be on unless agreed upon with faculty.
- Apr 10-12 & 24-26, 2026: 11am—4:30pm (Boston Time) / 5pm—10:30pm (Berlin Time)
Continuing Education
Approved for 45.0 Advanced Professional Development hours through IAYT, 45.0 Continuing Education Units for Yoga Alliance, and 54 contact hours for nurses as required by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider# CEP 13960.
Attendance for full duration, completion of homework and course evaluation are required to obtain a certificate of completion.
Course Investment
Early Bird: $905 Ends March 27, 2026
Full Price: $1,125
Register as a Group of 3 or more and save $75 each
To receive the group discount or if you have questions about the course, contact us at kundaliniyogatherapy@grdcenter.org
