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Satsang for Yoga Therapists

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Satsang: Reflections on Yoga Therapy

This course draws from The Path of Joyful Living and ancient yogic texts to explore the spiritual dimensions of healing. Through study, reflection, and group dialogue, students investigate spiritual samskaras, values, and belief systems that influence health and well-being. Emphasis is placed on cultivating the inner life of the yoga therapist, holding space for spiritual wounds, and supporting clients in accessing wholeness through presence and agendaless care. Case studies from practicum sessions provide real-time integration of these principles.

Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

Understand

  • Yoga perspectives on the structure, states, functioning, and conditions of the mind, including yogic models of ego (ahamkara), the seer and the seen (drashta/drshya), samskaras, vasanas, and levels of the mind (1.2.1.1, 1.2.1.2, 1.2.1.4).

  • How to recognize and avoid compassion fatigue by embodying an "agendaless" presence as a yoga therapist (2.4.2, 5.4.1).

  • The intersection of spiritual beliefs and emotional/mental health, and how they may influence therapeutic outcomes (1.2.2.1, 1.2.2.2, 1.2.2.3).

  • The role of the therapist in holding sacred space for spiritual healing, especially within a trauma-informed model (3.2.1).

Explain

  • Current state and national laws, ethical standards, and professional guidelines that impact yoga therapists working in clinical and spiritual settings (5.1.1, 5.1.3).

Describe

  • Yoga practices and self-inquiry methods that support the development and maintenance of ethical awareness and spiritual clarity in therapeutic work (1.2.2.4, 2.4.2).

Define

  • Client-centered goals, therapeutic expectations, and how to clarify and support aspirational outcomes in spiritually oriented care (1.2.1.5, 5.1.1).

Satsang: Reflections on Yoga Therapy — Asynchronous Track

If you're moving through Satsang on your own time, here's what completing the module looks like:

  1. Watch each week's video in the classroom.
  2. Comment under that video, in the classroom, once you've watched it. A couple of sentences on what landed for you is enough — this is how we track your progress through the material.
  3. Complete your Self-Satsang Practice Log as you go, one week at a time. Make a copy of the log here → (File → Make a copy, then save it into your own folder.)
  4. Share your completed log in the Facebook community once you finish Week 12. This is where the cohort sees each other's reflections and the dialogue happens.
  5. Finish the final quiz to close out the module.