Overview
There is a growing interest in, and mounting evidence for, the use of yoga and other mindfulness based approaches in recovery from Eating Disorders. Many US residential programs now feature yoga classes as a part of their therapy program and this is gradually beginning to catch on in the UK too. Geared towards yoga teachers and mental health professionals, this training will enable you to use yoga therapeutically with people recovering from Eating Disorders.
Join to learn about the following:
Join to learn about the following:
- Eating Disorder diagnoses, prevalence, course and outcomes.
- Theories of causation and maintenance as well as a brief overview of different treatments.
- Theoretical rationale for how yogic and mindfulness-based approaches support recovery.
- The latest scientific research supporting the use of yogic and mindfulness-based approaches in treating Eating Disorders, which will enable you to effectively liaise with hospitals and the NHS.
- The role of embodied self-awareness in recovery and wellbeing in general.
- The potential role of yoga philosophy and the yogic lifestyle in recovery.
Who is this Training for?
Qualified yoga teachers will be prepared to teach yoga sessions and classes specific for individuals recovering from Eating Disorders, as well as incorporate practices learnt into 'mainstream' classes.
Mental health practitioners and therapists will be prepared to integrate skills and tools into existing practices.
Please note: This course does not qualify yoga teachers to be yoga therapists, or mental health preactitioners and therapists to be yoga teachers.
Mental health practitioners and therapists will be prepared to integrate skills and tools into existing practices.
Please note: This course does not qualify yoga teachers to be yoga therapists, or mental health preactitioners and therapists to be yoga teachers.
When and Where?
The Minded Institute
220 Arlington Road Camden Town London NW1 7HT Dates TBC 10am-5pm Daily Cost
Early Bird Price (book by 1st September): TBC
Regular (from 1st September): TBC Concessions available |
About the Course Leaders
Dr Sam Bottrill is a qualified yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance accredited), Yoga Therapist for Mental Health and Senior Clinical Psychologist specialising in Eating Disorders. She lectures and supervises on the Minded Institute professional training and runs Yoga Therapy for the Mind 8-week courses in North and Central London.
Sam qualified as a clinical psychologist at University College London in 2008 and worked for nearly a decade at the world-renowned Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service at the Maudsley Hospital. Inspired by her own experience of the benefits of yoga to mental wellbeing and a growing awareness of the inextricable link between mind and body, she completed her initial teacher training with Yogi Vishvektu at the Anand Prakash Ashram in Rishikesh (India) at the beginning of 2010. She went on to train with Heather Mason in order to specialise in Yoga Therapy for Mental Health and taught Minded Institute inspired yoga and mindfulness to teenagers with Eating Disorders within the NHS. Her specialist academic interest is the role of yoga and mindfulness practices within the treatment of Eating Disorders.
Guest Lecturer Piriamvada (Ali) is a yoga teacher and trainer who has been practising yoga for 12 years. She completed her 200hr training with Yogi Vashista in Kerala and went on to study advanced teacher training (500hr) with Yogrishi Vishvketu of the World Conscious Yoga Family in the 'yoga capital' of Rishikesh. She is now a teacher trainer for 'vishvaji's' Akhanda yoga in the UK.
Through personal experience of how yogic practice, lifestyle and philosophy can positively impact self-perceptions and behaviour, Piriamvada felt a calling to work with yoga and eating disorders. She currently teaches yoga as a volunteer for the charity MIND and recently came full circle, returning to Kerala to study holistic, yoga therapy and deepen her understanding of yoga for mental health.
See her website for more information.
Testimonials
"An amazing course and would highly recommend it. Has been wonderfully helpful already. It had a beautiful balance of developing me both personally and professionally." Arlene, Occupational Therapist and Yoga Therapist
"I wanted to say a really big THANK YOU for all your amazing work and energy with the course. It was so wonderful to be taught by you with all your passion, knowledge and intellect. I really learnt a lot. Not only about eating disorders but about myself." Alice, Yoga Teacher
"I'm still incorporating what I learned on the course into my teaching... its changed the way I approach yoga. I love it. Thanks again." Suzie Lacey, Yoga Teacher
"I wanted to say a really big THANK YOU for all your amazing work and energy with the course. It was so wonderful to be taught by you with all your passion, knowledge and intellect. I really learnt a lot. Not only about eating disorders but about myself." Alice, Yoga Teacher
"I'm still incorporating what I learned on the course into my teaching... its changed the way I approach yoga. I love it. Thanks again." Suzie Lacey, Yoga Teacher
