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Yoga Therapy and Heart Disease (ADAP400)

ADAP400 Heart Disease

Textbooks:

  • The Healing Path of Yoga by Nichala Joy Devi
  • Exercise for Joints and Glands by Swami Rama
  • The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care by Sat Bir Singh Khalsa.
  • Yoga Therapy by A.G Mohan and Indra Mohan

Materials to Bring: 

  • Chair
  • Standard yoga props (2 blocks, 2 blankets, bolster, and strap)
  • The Healing Path of Yoga by Nichala Joy Devi

Asynchronous Course Completion Requirements: 

  • Watching the Recordings
  • Passing the End of Pillar Quiz
  • Homework Completion:

Key Training 1: Writing from the Heart

Through guided reflective journaling, you will explore your personal relationship with the heart—emotionally, energetically, and physiologically. Using the pancha maya kosha model as a foundation, these prompts will help you uncover how love, stress, resilience, and compassion live in your body and influence your breath, posture, and perception. These reflections are an essential part of understanding the mind-heart-body connection in therapeutic practice.

Key Training 2: Cardiovascular Function and Yoga Therapy

This section focuses on cardiovascular anatomy and the physiological effects of yoga therapy. You’ll review the heart’s structure and function, explore how the nervous system interacts with the cardiovascular system, and consider how specific yogic practices affect heart rate variability (HRV) and vagal tone—key indicators of resilience and autonomic balance.


Instructions: Select a case-study client (Evelyn, Raj, Teresa, or the optional fourth case, Marcus). Complete an assessment summary tracing the development of the condition (samprapti), identify short- and long-term therapeutic priorities, and reflect on the client's mind and nervous system through a yogic lens (kleshas, samskaras, buddhi). Design a chair-based yoga therapy plan addressing all five koshas, then record a 5–10 minute segment of your cueing (video preferred, audio acceptable). Share your recording in the Hearth community for mentor and cohort feedback, and submit a written reflection on your teaching and communication approach.

Link to form: https://docs.google.com/docume...