50-Hour Online Yoga Therapy for Arthritis Teacher Training With 20 Hours of Live Sessions

Pre-application requirements

This course is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge and application of some of the highest teachings. Participants do not need to be yogis. Mastery of any yoga practice is not required. Only your sincere desire for knowledge and your commitment to personal is needed. Love for yoga is the most important eligibility factor for learning this course. Students who want to know yoga in totality and move beyond asana and pranayama, Mudra, and Bandha. For this online course, you will need:

• Yoga mat
• Computer or smartphone with camera
• Internet connection
• Yoga blocks
• Pillow, bolster, or cushion
• Strap
• Notebook and pen
• Zoom

How the training works

The course consists of 20 hours of live sessions and 30 non-contact hours. After the payment of the course fee, you will receive a link to access the classes through Zoom. This short-term course is only meant for sincere students of yoga practitioners. Without submitting the required assignments, you will not receive a certification.

Timing of sessions (GMT+5:30)

• Anytime between 06:00 and 22:00, to be decided later

Course information

With the support of the yoga trainer, implements personalized and evolving yoga therapy techniques that not only address the illness in a multi-dimensional manner, Pancha Kosa (five sheaths): Annamaya Kosha (physical body), Pranamaya Kosha (energy field), Manomaya Kosha (mental dimension), Vignanamaya Kosha (psychic level of experience), Anandamaya Kosha (bliss and beatitude). It helps to reduce patient suffering in a progressive, non-invasive, and complementary manner.

1. Why study yoga for an arthritis certificate course?

Consequently, the demand for yoga therapist with specialized knowledge in yoga as a therapeutic tool, in different fields such as health management organizations, hospitals, and alcohol rehabilitation centers have grown rapidly. Studying yoga therapy as a tool to overcome and ease the symptoms of common illnesses has become extremely popular recently, due to the great therapeutic effects yoga practitioners experience in their body, mind, and soul.

2. What you will learn from this course

• You may offer special seminars for people with similar disease or conditions
• You will learn how to use yoga to assist in healing ailments and managing conditions
• You aim to be part of a positive change regarding health and lifestyle habits
• You want to teach people how to prevent diseases
• In group classes, you can teach your students how to become healthy
• You will feel more self-confident when approached by students who come to yoga seeking support in their healing process
• Therapeutic applications of posture, movement, and breathing

3. Syllabus

• Introduction and principles of therapy
• General principles of therapy

Basic anatomy

• Modern medical and yoga perspective on arthritis
• Structure and functions of joints
• What is a synovial joint?
• What causes arthritis?
• What is osteoarthritis?
• Osteoarthritis and stress
• What is rheumatoid arthritis?
• What is autoimmunity?
• Psyche, central nervous system, and immune system
• Yogic management of arthritis
• Yoga practices for arthritis

4. Recommended texts

• Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Niranjananda Saraswati
• B.K.S. Iyengar, Light On Yoga.
• Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Arthritis, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Back Pain, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Bronchial Asthma, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Diabetes Mellitus, Dr. S.S. Srikanta, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Digestive Disorder, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Hypertension and Heart Disease, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.