International Institute of Yoga Therapy
Welcome to IIYT Yoga Therapy.
What is yoga therapy? Yoga therapy provides individualized breathing, meditation and, only when
appropriate, gentle movement techniques to help self-activate a sense of comfort, stability, and restfulness as part of multidisciplinary health care.
More about IIYT: IIYT is a fully accredited academically-modeled program. Now in its 10th year IIYT graduates have been providing resourceful, reliable, and credible yoga therapy within clinical settings and supporting research in the field.
Important News! Register now for the IIYT Symposium on Clinical Advancements in Yoga Therapy and Research, January 17-29, 2025, in Metro Detroit, MI and join international leaders, MDs, PHDs, and yoga therapists for this landmark event.
IIYT is the 1st fully accredited yoga therapy certification program in the USA to receive qualified healthcare practitioner (QHP) accreditation. The training program is designed for health care providers who recognize the role, benefit, value, and virtue of therapeutic yoga specific to the health
care environments who want to integrate yoga therapy into their work.
IIYT NEWS
IIYT becomes the 1st fully accredited yoga therapy program in the USA to be awarded the Qualified Health Care Provider (QHP) accreditation
ABOUT THE IIYT FOUNDATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC YOGA FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
The graduate of this accredited program can recognize the role, benefit, value, and virtue of
therapeutic yoga specific to the health care environments in which they work.
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The curriculum is designed for the health care provider already working within clinical care environments and is interested in furthering an understanding of therapeutic yoga as an implementation pathway and as a referral platform.
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Supervised learning activities include classroom simulations, inter and cross-professional dialogue, and case study presentations focused on specific therapeutic settings.
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All therapeutic yoga patient encounters are HIPAA/COVID compliant.
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First-hand familiarity with multimodal disciplines enables a collaborative, patient centered, self-managing system for therapeutic yoga techniques and allopathic healing systems providing initiatives, communication, and collaborative potentials for clinical practices and research.
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The program provides students with an environment of vast educational opportunities including a faculty drawn from numerous clinical departments.
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Didactic study offers foundational instruction in the applications of clinical therapeutic yoga.
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Practicum experience provides the interested health care provider, already well-positioned, informed, and experienced in the applications of patient-centered care, with foundational learning and familiarity of evidence-based techniques within the scope of practice of therapeutic yoga.
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