Beloved Yoga is honored to offer The Svastha Yoga Therapy program. The Svastha system draws upon the Mohan family’s extensive studies, experience with thousands of students and patients, and skills in training yoga teachers and yoga therapists for decades. The Svastha Yoga Therapy Program is meticulously designed to be authentic, flexible, professional, and effective. As a student in the program, you will be supported by ongoing mentoring, timeless depth, and extensive coverage. You will gain confidence to grow your practice, teaching, and therapy skills for the rest of your life.

Through the Svastha Yoga Therapy Program, you will:

I. Learn and Apply Universal Wellbeing Skills in 10 Domains

  • Map wellbeing comprehensively across 10 domains: Habit & Change, Awareness, Feelings, Thoughts & Words, Movement, Breathing, Nutrition, Senses & Lifestyle, Relationships, and Life Meaning.

  • Transform yourself and your clients with extensive guided practices, reflections, daily life application, and more.

  • Understand, practice, and combine the best of multiple approaches, both traditional and modern.

II. Dive Deep into Traditional Frameworks

  • Study classical frameworks such as guṇa, doṣa, kleśa, mantra, mudra, nyāsa, devotion, eight limbs etc. from ancient wisdom.

  • Understand the traditional perspectives of yoga with breadth, depth, and clarity from trusted and authentic sources.

III. Be Confident with Relevant Modern Science

  • Understand relevant information from modern biology and medicine to work towards wellbeing and offer yoga therapy.

  • Learn anatomy, physiology, systems-based thinking and more.

IV. Understand Major Disorders and Yoga Therapy Guidelines

  • Understand major disorders: symptoms, pathology, progression, contraindications.

  • Map modern diagnoses to a holistic, skills-based approach.

  • Strategize and choose pathways to manage patterns of imbalances.

  • Understand the traditional approach to major disorders.

V. Receive Ongoing Mentoring and Guidance for Teachers & Therapists

  • Acquire comprehensive client assessment skills.

  • Learn to design practices and sequences for different needs.

  • Establish effective communication and therapeutic relationship.

  • Delivering accessible skills in multiple ways.

  • Understand contraindications and guide clients safely.

  • Gain practical insights through case studies and ongoing mentoring.

Syllabus

The Svastha syllabus offers an extensive, deep, and clear presentation of the full spectrum of holistic wellbeing and therapeutic self-care.

Please click here to view the syllabus online

Please click here to download the syllabus (PDF)

Please click here to download the detailed syllabus with learning outcomes (PDF)

Courses & Contents

The 800-hour program consists of:

(A) 15 courses covering the 10 domains of wellbeing (~350 hours).

(B) 10 courses on disorder-based yoga therapy (100 hours minimum) plus further elective courses as they are added.

(C) Mentoring and integration stream (~150h including personal mentoring).

Please click here to read the contents of each course (17 pages, PDF).

We recommended that participants attend the course Foundations of Wellbeing & Yoga Therapy: Patterns & Holistic Change as early as possible in their training.

The 300-hour training is a part of the 800-hour training, and has these recommended core courses and electives:

Please click here to see the recommended core courses and electives in the 300-hour training (PDF).

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