Part 2 – Advanced Teaching Skills for Addressing Combat- Related Issues
Format: 5 day residential training at Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
Dates: October 14 – 19, 2012
Tuition: $465 (separate charge for housing and meals)
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1. Deepen your understanding of the U.S. military and culture and learn how to address PTSD, TBI, amputations, spinal cord injuries and combat-related stress by using sensory integration, yoga and meditation to improve psychological health and help alleviate the symptoms of PTSD and improve resiliency and self-regulation.
2. Learn trauma-sensitive teaching guidelines and precautions, as well as yoga asana sequence protocols and modifications for these military populations:
• able-bodied servicemembers with and without PTSD
• older veterans with chronic physical illness and PTSD
• veterans and service members with MST (military sexual trauma)
• veterans and service members suffering from major physical illness, TBI, spinal cord injuries and amputations
• veterans and service members in wheelchairs
• older veterans with chronic physical illness and PTSD
• veterans and service members with MST (military sexual trauma)
• veterans and service members suffering from major physical illness, TBI, spinal cord injuries and amputations
• veterans and service members in wheelchairs
3. Learn the neurophysiology of PTSD and how sensory processing can be affected by war-related trauma.
4. Learn how to incorporate pertinent sensory integration treatment principles and techniques into a yoga class for military personnel or combat veterans to maximize healing.
5. Learn pranayama (breathing) techniques that are most effective in reducing hyperarousal.
At the end of this training, you will be able to teach an appropriate, therapeutic yoga class to any segment of the military community.
Earning your Part 2 Certificate of Completion requires participation in all residential training sessions and successful passage of practice teaching sessions.
