Yoga As Medicine has a new home!
It's the Simply Yoga Institute in Summit, New Jersey, 22 miles from New York City. Look for YAM Level 1 and Level 2 Seminars and YAM Teacher Trainings, with Timothy McCall, MD and Eliana Moreira McCall, SYI's director. Two 4-day Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists modules, "Seeing and Understanding Bodies" and "Therapeutic Asana 1," are coming in the fall of 2015. All YAM seminars and YAM teacher trainings at the Simply Yoga Institute are limited to 18 participants.
It's the Simply Yoga Institute in Summit, New Jersey, 22 miles from New York City. Look for YAM Level 1 and Level 2 Seminars and YAM Teacher Trainings, with Timothy McCall, MD and Eliana Moreira McCall, SYI's director. Two 4-day Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists modules, "Seeing and Understanding Bodies" and "Therapeutic Asana 1," are coming in the fall of 2015. All YAM seminars and YAM teacher trainings at the Simply Yoga Institute are limited to 18 participants.
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Yoga As Medicine (YAM) Seminars and Teacher Trainings
Immerse Yourself in the Science and Practice of Yoga Therapy with Dr. Timothy McCall, Yoga Journal's Medical Editor, and the bestselling author of Yoga as Medicine, and Eliana Moreira McCall. Although we will be visiting Virginia and Denver in the coming months, most YAM Seminars and all YAM Teacher Trainings will be held at the Simply Yoga Institute (SYI) in Summit, New Jersey.
SYI is in the heart of downtown Summit, 22 miles from New York City, a quick walk from the NJ Transit "Summit" stop, with trains directly to and from NYC's Penn Station. It is 13 miles from Newark airport. SYI's warm, intimate setting (we limit all trainings to 15 students) allows for plenty of personalized attention, especially in YAM Seminars and YAM Teacher Trainings, which we teach together.
Both the YAM Foundational Teacher Training and the Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Therapists offerings are taught in modules, facilitating out-of-towners, as well as those who need flexible scheduling. We sometimes schedule two 4 to 5-day trainings back-to-back, with a weekend in between, allowing you to take one or both, depending on your needs. In all of our courses, weekly classes, and private and group yoga therapy work, we take an eclectic approach, grounded in science and a strong foundation of good alignment, but energetically alive, psychologically savvy and spiritually attuned — true to the heart of yoga and Ayurveda. We believe healing is found in every serious yoga tradition, and use good ideas from different lineages in order to meet the specific needs of our students. YAM Level 1 and the four YAM Level 2's are five-day, hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves workshops using a personalized therapeutic approach based on a holistic assessment of function on all levels of body, mind and spirit. YAM uses the full palette of yogic tools including asana, pranayama, and meditation, as well as dietary and lifestyle advice. Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists modules are offered to those who have completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training, as well as health care professionals with a regular yoga practice, and others with our permission. All YAM courses also count toward YAM Continuing Education hours with us, allowing you to amass 200, 300 or more hours, depending on your needs. Please note, however, that we have decided to remain independent and not register these courses with the Yoga Alliance or other overseeing organizations. The YAM Foundational Teacher Training begins in early 2016. It would be appropriate for anyone who wishes to become a yoga teacher, especially those who would eventually like to work with students with health challenges. The training is also a good way to deepen your own practice and appreciation for yoga even if you don't intend to teach. For more information on our teacher training philosophy, click here. "The course helped me to both deepen my understanding of myself, and how I hope to work as a therapist later on. It's been invaluable to me." – Stockholm attendee |
Favorite Articles
Here are a few of my favorite articles, including the first article I wrote for Yoga Journal in 2002, and several more recent ones. These articles were published in a variety of sources from Yoga International to the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, as well as a couple published in my email Newsletter. "Is Yogic Levitation Possible?" isn't an article, but I couldn't resist including it.
Western Science vs. Eastern Wisdom
This was the very first, and still my favorite, of my Yoga Journal articles. It describes my first trip to India, and my efforts to reconcile what I'd learned in medical school with what I was experiencing in my yoga practice. This is a slightly different version than the one which appeared in the magazine, correcting a couple of small errors that happened during editing. 
75 Conditions Benefited by Yoga (as Shown in Scientific Studies)
For years I've been publishing a list of health conditions that have been demonstrated in scientific studies to be benefited by yoga. When I last did it a couple of years ago, it was up to 54 conditions, but when I recently compiled research through 2012, I was amazed to see it had increased to 75 conditions. This 16-page PDF includes the references, and for the first time hyperlinks to the abstracts and, where available, the free full-text articles. I publish these lists as a service, so please feel free to share the PDF on Facebook, your web site, or with your doctor! Yoga as a Technology for Life Transformation How the millenia-old practice of yoga creates sustainable positive change. I wrote this article for the Kripalu catalog just before completing my year as a scholar-in-residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in 2005. Yoga, Truthiness and the New York Times This article systematically takes apart New York Times writer William Broad's claims that yoga is responsible for hundreds of strokes per year, the emotional linchpin of his yoga-wrecks-your-body arguments. 
The Good Doctor
Yoga International profiled my therapy work and the 5-day Yoga As Medicine seminars I teach around the world. The article includes a sidebar discussion on how I teach students to conduct comprehensive assessments of yoga therapy "patients" in order to plan treatment approaches. Here's a PDF of that article, written by YI's editor Linda Sparrowe. The Language of Healing This article, published in Yoga+, lays out the crucial difference between holism and reductionism. Failing to understand this distinction leads many well-meaning people to embrace sometimes dubious alternative treatments, which I lump into a category I call "alternative reductionism." I hope you'll find it both provocative and full of practical implications for how to keep yourself healthy. 50 Ways to Heal a Yogi This is a version of the article published in Yoga Journal under the name "38 Ways Yoga Keeps You Fit." It's much more complete than the article that appeared in the magazine; it also groups the ways yoga improves health into categories like "Musculoskeletal," "Circulatory" and "Organ Function," which makes it a little more user-friendly. 
Man Bites Downward-Facing Dog
I wrote this in response to William Broad's New York Times article, "Wounded Warrior Pose," and its inflammatory and inaccurate claims about the "remarkable" dangers of yoga. Broad and I have disagreed before, but given the alarmist assertions and flawed science of this article and previous articles, I felt it was time to address the matter directly, and speak up on behalf of yoga and its vast healing powers. Stress, Your Health, and Yoga Yoga isn't only about stress reduction, but it's a big part of how it heals. This article was published on the Yoga for Healthy Aging blog, where I am a contributor. Interview with IJYT In this interview conducted by Kelly McGonigal, PhD, then Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Yoga Therapy, I discuss what Western medicine can learn from Yoga and Ayurveda, the risks, challenges, and rewards of conducting research on yoga therapy, etc. Is Yogic Levitation Possible? Only available here! Be sure to click here for the whole story. 
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Teaching Schedule
For more information on Yoga As Medicine Seminars and Teacher Trainings or to sign up, please follow the hyperlinks below to the hosting studio or retreat center.
2015
Yoga As Medicine, Level 1
Friday, March 6 – Friday, March 13, 2015 Yogaville (Satchidananda Ashram) Buckingham, VA Yoga As Medicine, Level 1 Saturday, July 11 – Wednesday, July 15, 2015 One Yoga Denver, CO Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists Seeing and Understanding Bodies Saturday, September 12- Tuesday, September 15, 2015 The Simply Yoga Institute Summit, NJ Limited to 18 participants Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists Therapeutic Asana 1: Forward Bends and Twists Saturday, October 17- Tuesday, November 20, 2015 The Simply Yoga Institute Summit, NJ Limited to 18 participants For more information on Yoga As Medicine seminars or to sign up, please follow the hyperlinks above to the hosting studio or retreat center. |
