Yoga Of The Heart

Training and certification for yoga teachers and health professionals in adapting yoga for cardiac, cancer and life threatening diseases. This comprehensive and renowned certification program teaches how to meet the special needs of cardiac and cancer patients. It is both instructional and experiential, designed to benefit both teachers and practitioners. The program is ideal for yoga teachers and health professionals who would like to share yoga with people living with heart disease, cancer and other debilitating diseases. It is also useful for people with family histories and or/risk factors.

Curriculum

	Special postures and breathing exercises
	Imagery for health and healing
	The physiology and psycho-social aspects of heart disease
	Meditation and relaxation techniques
	The why and how of proper diet
	Interfacing with the medical community

Teachers' Biographies`

Nischala Joy Devi, author of The Healing Path of Yoga, and The Secret Power of Yoga is a masterful and compassionate teacher internationally renowned and specializing in the subtle use of body and mind healing. Educated by masters in India and worldwide, she lived as a monk with Swami Satchidanandaji for 18 years. Combining her western medical training and Yoga, she created the Yoga portion and subsequently served as Director of Yoga and Stress Management for Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease and co-founded the Award Winning Commonweal Cancer Help Program.

For more information about Nischala Joy Devi and her work please visit web site at: http://www.abundantwellbeing.com

Certification

• Upon successful completion of the training students receive a co-certification from the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat and Abundant Well-Being Temple. Graduates will have the skills to teach cardiac and cancer patients in a hospital, in a clinic setting, individually or in a group.
• The training is registered by and fulfils the requirements for Yoga Alliance certification.
• Continuing Education Units (CEU) available
• Course graduates earn credits toward graduate degrees from the Open International University.

This program is eligible for:

87.5 hours for nurses
87.5 hours for yoga instructors (YA)
See CEU page for more information

Cost

Tuition:US$860. Add 12 nights of accommodation. For accommodation rates see Rates.

Arrival and Departure

The course starts at 11:00am on the first day and finishes at 6:00pm on the last day. You are welcome to arrive earlier or stay after the course finishes for a yoga vacation or for further study. For arrival details please see How To Get Here.

How to Register

Please fill out the required Application Form and email to nd@abundantwellbeing.com. Then register on line or print the registration form and fax it to the Yoga Retreat at fax number: 1-242-363-3783. Finally, call to give a credit card deposit and to confirm your reservation at 1-866-446-5934 or 1-242-363-2902. A US$150 deposit is required for your registration. For our cancellation policy please see cancellations.