Grief Yoga™ Teacher Training: Level One

Grief Yoga™ blends postures, movement, breath and vocalization in ways that help students process the grief that follows any loss. This training certifies you as a Level 1 Grief Yoga instructor while also helping you work with your own grief. This experiential learning process is a blend of understanding grief, a way of healing your own wounds and a practical environment to empower you in teaching these unique, sacred classes. Grief expert David Kessler will be a guest teacher in two sessions during this week-long training. In addition to learning the Grief Yoga™ approach to transforming suffering and reconnecting to love, you’ll be taught how to:

• Choose appropriate postures, movements, music and meditations for different student populations
• Hold space and guide students through Grief Yoga™ exercises
• Design unique classes for relationship losses, divorce, breakups and death
• Address the special needs of grieving clients
• Explore different models of grief and aspects of healing after loss so that you can help others to release grief and connect again to the gift of life

Prerequisite: any 200-hour yoga teacher certification.

CE credit for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT) available through Yoga Alliance; see leader.

Recommended study: Kessler and Kubler Ross, On Grief and Grieving; Grief Yoga Online Course and Transform Online Course by Paul Denniston.