In addition to Recovery Yoga Meetings® Teacher Trainings, Suzula also offers individualized workshops and class series, as well as continuing education and interdisciplinary trainings for professionals and organizations.
Teacher Trainings
Deepen your personal practice while learning a unique and effective way to share yoga with those who need it most.
As a yoga teacher, you know that traditional yoga promotes health and well-being. But did you know that yoga practice that integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of recovery has proven to be more effective as a complementary treatment for addiction? [1 2]
Recovery Yoga Meetings® are designed to integrate the psychological, spiritual, and physical aspects of recovery and yoga. Each class incorporates mindfulness, peer support practices, and the spiritual principles of recovery into a standardized, trauma-sensitive curriculum.
Recovery Yoga Meetings Teacher Training will help you authentically and effectively share yoga with others seeking recovery by giving you:
Personal experience working with recovery tools and philosophies
Education about the neurobiological aspects of substance use disorders (addiction), and behavioral and mental health conditions
Information about the role of trauma in addiction, and trauma-sensitive teaching techniques
Skills to facilitate Recovery Yoga Meetings®, including teaching as a peer and ally, while being sensitive to and inclusive of each person’s individual path to recovery
Format, sequence, and practical suggestions for leading Recovery Yoga Meetings®
Comprehensive materials, practice sessions, and thorough preparation for certification as a Recovery Yoga Meetings Certified Facilitator
This training usually takes place over the course of two weekends. (Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday). For those interested in teaching Recovery Yoga Meetings® in healthcare facilities, RYT-200 certification is required.
Are you interested in training, and potentially becoming a Recovery Yoga Meetings® Certified Facilitator?
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“Thank You Suz, from the bottom of my heart for this work you’re doing. It is so needed and so brave and I am inspired by you to not only continue working on my own recovery journey but to help others as well. Amazing. Thank you.”
“This training helped me get a better understanding of what recovery can look like for different people and how to be more sensitive to that.”
1. A Narrative Review of Yoga and Mindfulness as Complementary Therapies for Addiction. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2013 Jun; 21(3): 244-252. 2. Yoga as an adjunct treatment for alcohol dependence: A pilot study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages 441-445. Mats Hallgren, Karin Romberg, Ann-Sofie Baksi, Sven Andreasson.