Mindfulness, Meditation, Breathwork and Yoga Psychology Training
Sign up for a 20 Hour Training Approved by NASW-PA and Yoga Alliance
Zoom option or in the studio.
This 20 hour dynamic program will revitalize your self-care and therapy skill set. The embodied practices of mindfulness, meditation and breathwork (pranayama in Yoga) will support your clients in being more aware of what they are holding emotionally in their bodies and how to release it. Yoga psychology provides insight into understanding our Samskaras – unconscious and unskillful tendencies that affect our choices now. Social workers, therapists and others will learn how to intuitively source specific ways to ground their clients in the present moment providing a safe haven for self-awareness and change.
Mindfulness, meditation and breathwork can enhance entire communities and is an important skill for any individual’s personal development. Empowering our clients and students is essential in bringing more peace of mind to them and the more people who can teach, the more people will have access to learning how to live more conscious and healthier lives.
This training is for anyone who wants to learn mindfulness, meditation and breathwork or deepen their existing meditation practice or share in teaching others. On completion of the training, you will feel confident to teach to different types of individuals or groups.
If you are a Yoga teacher, you will learn how to integrate it into your classes or teach meditation programs. Mental health professionals, health care providers, doctors, nurses, teachers, healers, meditators, therapists, addiction specialists, and those in ministry or hospice who are called to teach or apply these principles in their professions will be given the tools to start.
November 5-6
December 3-4
10am to 3:30 each day (30 minute break for lunch)
Tuition: A $50 non-refundable deposit applied to your total tuition amount is recommended by September 1 to hold your space. A $500 non-refundable payment is due by October 1, if there are still spots available. You can pay with Venmo, Pay Pal below or check. If you prefer Zoom, an ID number and password will be sent to your e mail address once you have paid.
This training has been approved by the NASW-PA Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and Yoga Alliance.
Earn 20 CEUs and enhance your professional skills. Yoga Alliance registered teachers are required to earn 30 CEUs every three years. In addition, Social Workers, School Teachers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Massage Therapists and Professional Counselors can earn 20 CEUs.
Upon completion of the program, you will receive a certificate to teach meditation.
Who Is It For?
Plasha Yoga School’s meditation teacher training is for anyone who wants to learn how to meditate, deepen their existing meditation practice or share their love for meditation in teaching others how to meditate. Incorporating mindfulness and breathwork in your clinical practice are effective tools and support strategies you can provide your clients for positive change. On completion of the course, you will feel confident to teach meditation to different types of groups.
This training has been approved by the NASW-PA Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and Yoga Alliance.
Earn 20 CEUs and enhance your professional skills. Yoga Alliance registered teachers are required to earn 30 CEUs every three years. In addition, Social Workers, School Teachers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Massage Therapists and Professional Counselors can earn 20 CEUs.
Applications
If you are a Yoga teacher, you will learn how to integrate it into your classes or teach meditation programs. Mental health professionals, health care providers, doctors, nurses, teachers, healers, meditators, therapists, addiction specialists, Yoga teachers and those in ministry or hospice who are called to teach meditation or apply mindfulness meditation and breathwork techniques in their professions will be given the tools to start.
Upon completion of the program, you will receive a certificate to teach meditation.
Tentative Curriculum
(The curriculum will be adapted to the needs of the group.)
Meditation Teacher Training in Action
Theory
Theory of Mindfulness and Meditation: Misconceptions, Myths, and Mysteries
Introduction and Discussion of Yoga Psychology
Overcoming Obstacles
Answering Questions about Mindfulness, Meditation and Breathwork
Deepening and Refining Your Own Practice
Integrating Practices into Daily Life
Maintaining a Spiritual Diary
Developing an Individualized Practice
Application and Practice
Ecumenical and Universal Approaches
The Ayurvedic and Yoga Psychology Support Strategies
Applying in therapy and classes
How to Teach Meditation and Practice Sessions
Learn how to adapt meditation and mindfulness for PTSD, ADD, Hospice, Mental Health Afflictions, Faith-Based Religious Groups, Children, 12 Step Groups and those in Recovery.
Applying Mindfulness, Meditation and Breathwork in Yoga classes, Corporate settings, Therapy for Your Clients
Your Guide
Plasha has been practicing meditation for over 40 years. He began teaching meditation in 1982 at the Kensho Meditation Center in Erie. He has studied and practiced with the following yoga and meditation masters: Swami Chidvilasananda, Swami Satchidananda, Roshi Phillip Kapleau, Roshi John Daido Lori, the Venerable Henepola Gunaratana, Swami Dayananda, Dr. David Frawley and T.K.V. Desikachar. He has attended retreats and programs at the Rochester Zen Center, the Zen Mountain Monastery, the Bhavana Society, the San Francisco Zen Center, The Green Gulch Farm, the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and several ashrams in America and India.
He has trained over 60 meditation teachers in the Erie area.
Note: When you register and pay below, Pay Pal is set up only for the full payment of $500. If you need an optional payment plan like Venmo please contact me.
Reach me at rhadeya@plashayoga.com or call 814-864-1114 to register or to have your questions answered.
