Integral Yoga® Therapy
Certification Program
Become a Certified Integral Yoga Therapist!
Enhance your career and empower those you serve with lasting, positive change and optimal health.
About our program
The Integral Yoga Therapy Certification offers a special path to a career in Yoga Therapy. Our program combines the time-honored heritage of a classical Yoga lineage with practices adapted for contemporary times. Drawing from the roots of classical teachings, our therapists receive a balanced and thorough training exemplifying the essence of Yoga, while providing applicable skills for modern-day implementation.
The flexibility and adaptability of our unique modular 800-hour program allows students to work at their own pace and smoothly integrate the training into their current life. With three locations across the country offering courses and a personal mentor guiding the process, students are assured options and support during the program.
800 Hour Module-Based Training Program
Choose a schedule that works best for you
5 years to complete 800 hours of Yoga Therapy training
Program Details & Requirements
Prerequisites
- 200-hour Yoga Alliance-registered certification or equivalent yoga training
- A minimum of one year teaching experience
Program curriculum
The 800-hour program is made up of:
- Nine separate Core Modules
- One Integral Yoga Therapy elective
- One Integration module
- 150 hours of Practicum independent Yoga Therapy work with clients
- 55 hours of mentoring and documentation
Course Work
Core Modules
All required
- Adaptive Yoga
- Raja Yoga
- Stress Management
- Healing Relationships
- Restorative | Therapeutic Yoga
- Foundations of Integral Yoga Therapy
- Basics of Ayurveda
- The Human Body: Ease and Dis-ease
- Psychology and Mental Health
Elective Modules
At least 1 needed for separate IYTh designation beyond the required core modules.
- Yoga for the Special Child – Part 1
- Yoga of the Heart
- Yoga Therapy in Cancer and Chronic Illness – Part 1
- Yoga for Arthritis – Parts 1&2
- Yoga of Recovery – Modules A & B
- LifeForce Yoga – Parts 1 & 2
Practicum/Internship
- Integration Module (Capstone coursework)
- Practicum, Mentoring, and Documentation
- Practicum Cohort Learning Groups
1 The first set of modules to complete
2 The second group of modules to complete (before remaining modules)
3 Final module taken upon completion of all other coursework
Who Should Enroll?
Anyone who wants to grow personally/professionally and share the empowering practices of Yoga Therapy with others.
The Integral Yoga Therapy Program is open to anyone who seeks to enhance their career and share inspired change and growth with others! If you desire to work with the growing number of individuals and groups searching for holistic therapies and integrative health care, this program is for you.
Yoga Therapy Professionals are employed to evaluate clients’ varied needs, design and implement effective wellness programs, and play a crucial role in natural health care. As an Integral Yoga Therapist, you are empowered with the knowledge, skills, and expertise to influence and impact the future of wellness.
Graduates can be confident in their ability to:
- Integrate Yoga Therapy principles effectively for evaluating, creating, implementing, and monitoring Yoga Therapy programs for individuals and groups
- Adapt asana safely for specific conditions and populations with mobility challenges
- Share stress management techniques tailored to a variety of settings from corporate to under-served populations
- Establish appropriate personal and professional boundaries
- Develop effective daily recommendations and lifestyle routines based on Ayurvedic principles
- Understand conditions and diseases affecting individuals and guide them in therapeutic Yoga practices to facilitate balance and healing
- Interpret Yoga psychology and philosophy while developing public speaking and teaching skills to share the workings of the mind in various settings
- Guide students to cultivate inner connection using principles of deep relaxation and postures to passively release tension in the body
- Modify Yoga practices allowing the teachings of Yoga to be available and accessible for all individuals
- Incorporate both the Eastern yogic and Western medical perspectives on interaction of body, breath, mind, intellect, and emotions in health and well-being
Additional Information
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Applicants learn of acceptance within one month of their application submission.
Students then enter the program in one of two cohorts each year: Spring and Fall.
Your “Home Center” is where you submit your application and payments and also where you work with your mentor, peer cohort group, and local Center Manager on administrative items.
For more information please Review our FAQ or contact your preferred center:
You may also contact your preffered center below:
IYI New York: [email protected]
IYI San Francisco: [email protected]
Yogaville Virginia: [email protected]
Home Centers/Training Locations
Governing Board Members
Swami Ramananda
Governing Board Member
Swami Sarvaananda
Governing Board Member
Lakshmi Sutter
Governing Board Member
Chandra/Jo Sgammato
Governing Board Member
Chandra/Jo Sgammato is a certified beginning and intermediate level Integral Yoga instructor, who is also certified in Therapeutic Yoga with Cheri Clampett. She has served in many capacities at the Integral Yoga Institute of New York since 1999, including most recently as the Executive Director.
Ram Wiener
Governing Board Member
Faculty
Swami Karunananda
Raja Yoga
Swami Priyaananda
Raja Yoga
Swami Vidyananda
Stress Management
Durga Leela
Ayurveda
Mala Cunningham
Psychology and Mental Health
Cheri Clampett
Therapeutic Yoga
Arturo Peal
Therapeutic Yoga
Arturo Peal is an Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) instructor and a certified Yoga therapist. He co-leads the Therapeutic Yoga Training Program. He holds a Master’s degree in Chinese medicine, practices craniosacral therapy, and has been involved in the alternative health-care field for more than 30 years.
Iris Savernik
The Human Body: Ease and Dis-ease
Steffany Moonaz
Foundations of Integral Yoga Therapy
Diana Meltsner
Center Manager, SF
Nancy O’Brien
Mentor
Brahmi Romero
Mentor
Raama Das
Center Manager, Yogaville
Claudia Bartsch
Mentor
Rashmi Dianne Galliano-Grigsby
Center Manager, NY
Dianne Galliano-Grigsby, MS, I-IAYT, E-RYT500, is a lead Yoga teacher-trainer at Integral Yoga Institute in NY. Introduced to Yoga through a video tape by Raquel Welch (1985), and since has been steadfast in both her Yoga practice and Yoga career, dedicating herself to the art and science of Yoga.
Satya Greenstone
Restorative Yoga
Hamsa Spagnola
Adaptive Yoga
Nischala Joy Devi
Healing Relationships
