Moving off the Couch

Integrating Yoga and Psychology for better mental health care

What is Yoga Informed?

 

Integration is essential for wellness and yoga helps us integrate body and mind. Founded by a therapist for therapists in 2012, Yoga Informed offers professional training and development for mental health providers who wish to improve client outcomes through somatic practices. By investing in holistic wellbeing, we offer innovative responses to a complex world where talk therapy often is not enough. 

Our methods bridge western psychology with the 2,500 year old living tradition of yoga that seeks to illuminate the self. In our practices and teachings, we blend the most essential aspects of therapy  with interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, embodiment science, somatic healing models, and psychodynamic and behavioral traditions of psychotherapy.

In our training sessions, we will prepare you to confidently utilize yoga psychology, yoga practices, and somatic approaches in a range of care settings for both individuals and groups. You will also learn how to cultivate a more embodied professional self,which is a key to shifting out of burnout. 

Training in Yoga Informed offers more than just education—it’s also a catalyst for inner transformation that can enhance everything you do in your field. If you feel your clients could benefit from a holistic approach to mental healthcare but aren’t sure where to begin, we invite you to join us either in person or for a hybrid event.

How to get certified

In-Person Retreat

This week-long in-person certification offers a fully immersive experience in an all-inclusive retreat. This format allows you to dive deep into our training material while engaging in a transformational learning experience—all while enjoying the support of community in a stunning natural setting.

Hybrid - 3 Weekends

The hybrid certification program consists of two weekend modules of synchronous virtual learning, and culminates in an in-person Yoga Informed practicum intensive. This format offers the best of both worlds by maximizing accessibility and connection as you learN how to bring this cutting-edge model to those you serve.

 

About the Program

Yoga Informed has been training providers since 2012 to engage with wellbeing as transformation. Join the movement and shape this emerging field.

 

Embody

Step into an embodied professional self to deepen your wellbeing and resilience

 

Assess

Incorporate Yoga Informed psychotherapeutic assessment tools to create individualized care

Explore

Explore the neurobiology, physiology and its connection to breath work and mental health

 

Integrate

Understand the intersections of somatic healing, the tradition of yoga and modern psychology

Design

Learn to design Yoga practices for the survivor client, and those with mood disorders, addiction and ED

 

Adapt

Examine Yoga's holistic framework of health and how to adapt it to improve client care

 

New Dates

2022

 

  • Live online Intro to Yoga Informed therapy. Contact us to register.

  • 11:00-2:15pm ET. 3-hour Intro to Yoga Informed Therapy (3 CEs) hosted by Make an Impact.

  • Yoga Informed Certification (40-hr) Retreat @ Elohee Center in Blue Ridge Mountains, Georiga

  • On-demand Yoga Informed Intro course launch

  • “This training has been transformational in my own life and incredibly useful with clients. the experience elevated my self-awareness and as a result i have felt more connected to myself, family, friends, and clients. This course is perfect for practitioners interested in learning more about healing trauma.”

    Keren Wasserman, University of Chicago

  • "I call upon this knowledge throughout each of my sessions. Not only for the benefit of helping to regulate my clients’ nervous systems, but also for my own. Livia has created a well balanced training with tangible skills to take with you and start using right away.”

    Sheana Tobey, MA, LCPC, The Awakening Center

  • “…a perfect blend of theory and embodiment. The curriculum has a foundational knowledge of yoga as a way of being and invites the therapist not to just treat clients, but to embody the yogic philosophy as well. Highly recommended for therapists who want an immersive training experience beyond didactic instruction.”

    Sarah Buino, LCSW, Founder Head/Heart Therapy

  • “I did the first ever yoga-informed psychotherapy training in 2014 and it was amazing. at the time, i had already completed many different yoga, reiki, spiritual trainings and this greatly added to my personal and professional tool-belt. this course is both personally and professionally fulfilling and definitely informs the work i do with clients. if you’re on the fence about doing this training i can, without hesitation, recommend this training.”

    Dr JB Rose, Founder of Mindful Path Behavioral Health and Wellness

  • "I had the honor of studying under Livia Budrys when I completed her Yoga Informed Psychotherapy certification course in the early stages of my career as a therapist. Livia helped me unlock the potential the body holds for us in recovery and provided me with specific approaches and the confidence to help myself and my clients heal trauma where it lives. I am forever grateful to her and this course for deepening my therapeutic practice."

    Eden Himidian, LCSW, RYT-200, PMH-C, Director of Education and Professional Development at Wildflower Center for Emotional Health