Thank you for giving us the opportunity to tell you about our world-class IAYT Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Program!

Here are just some of the qualifications that set the Soul of Yoga training apart:

• IAYT Accreditation. The Soul of Yoga hosts San Diego’s only full Accredited Yoga Therapy Training program. IAYT Accreditation means that our school has undergone rigorous oversight and our curriculum has been proven to meet all the criteria necessary for our students to graduate with the learning and competencies necessary to be a professional Yoga Therapist. Yoga Alliance will no longer allow non-Accredited professionals to promote themselves as Yoga Therapists, so this distinction really matters.
• Our master level faculty. While some other training programs are taught by Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, PT’s or other non-yogic healers, our faculty are true Yoga Experts, Masters and Researchers that have been living and studying yoga and its therapeutic effects for decades. Leslie Kaminoff, Nischala Joy Devi, Richard Miller, Amy Weintraub and other renowned yoga luminaries will impart their depth of wisdom to you in this very special training program.
• Professional career support. The Soul of Yoga is home to San Diego’s only free Yoga Therapy Clinic. Yoga Therapy students are afforded the opportunity to observe and learn, and then work directly with clients under mentored supervision. Clinic hours let you build your experience, and your resume, but also provide you an opportunity to grow your own clientele. Many clinic clients continue on seeing their Yoga therapist privately after leaving the clinic setting.
• A deeply spiritual journey. Yoga is a spiritual tradition. Many schools try to divorce the spiritual from their program leaving students with a dry, academic and clinical understanding of the Yogic healing concepts. Soul of Yoga’s training takes students deep into the heart and soul of the Yogic teachings, guiding you on a journey into your own spiritual being. To us Yoga Therapy Training is more than vocational, it’s a pathway for personal transformation.
• Total freedom. We make it easy by allowing you to take the curriculum in any order, providing distance learning options, transfer credit and by offering low cost, no credit check payment plans.
• Repeat classes. Soul of Yoga offers our students the opportunity to repeat in-house courses they’ve already taken at no additional cost. We know that Yoga Therapy study is a lifelong endeavor and we want to support you in having a deeper and richer understanding of what you’ve learned.
• 300-RYT certification included. Because Soul of Yoga Training Programs are also registered with Yoga Alliance once you’ve completed the necessary required and elective courses included in our 300 hour training we will provide you with the documentation you need to get your 500-RYT designation.

Our students graduate with the skill, knowledge, understanding and career support they need to work confidently and competently in the burgeoning field of Yoga Therapy.

What does a career in Yoga Therapy look like?

• Yoga Therapists work in their own private practice charging anywhere from $40 to $175 or more an hour. Most find it useful to offer this sliding scale to also accommodate those clients who have less income.
• Yoga Therapists work in private elementary, middle and high schools counseling their young students on social, family, personal and physical issues and instilling a sense of self confidence and self awareness during confusing times in life.
• Yoga Therapists work with professional athletes in training centers, college campuses and in professional team settings helping them remain in top physical shape and providing rehabilitation support for injuries when needed.
• Yoga Therapists work in addiction centers, eating disorder clinics and recovery homes providing spiritual, mental and physical support to clientele helping them return to a place of balance and discover inner peace.
• Yoga Therapists work in medical settings including hospitals, cancer centers, mental health clinics and hospices alongside western healthcare professionals, offering different perspectives and healing tools that work in conjunction with traditional treatment protocols.
• Yoga Therapists work in senior centers, assisted living communities and nursing homes providing a means for seniors to regain declining abilities, including balance, mental acuity and dexterity, in order to live more independently and joyfully in their golden years.
• Yoga Therapists work in conjunction with other complementary alternative medicine specialists such as Physical Therapists, Ayurvedic Practitioners, Chiropractors, and Acupuncturists to provide full spectrum holistic healing.
• Yoga Therapists work in Yoga studios, spas and resorts where they are sought after to teach therapeutically oriented classes such as Yoga for a Healthy Back, Yoga for Cancer Recovery and Yoga for Chronic Pain to name just a few.

As more and more bona fide medical studies proclaim the healing power behind Yoga Therapy techniques the career options grow by leaps and bounds each year.

Please download our information packet for registration information, curriculum outline, description of courses and faculty bios.

Questions? Email Program Director Shannon Ramo (shannon@soulofyoga.com)