SEYT Student Handbook

Program Details

SEYT is an 800 hour program that involves curriculum from the following five categories that contain 11 courses:

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Category 1.0:  Yoga Foundations - Embodiment and Philosophy

• 1.1:  Embodying Yoga Philosophy and History

• 1.2:  Embodied āyurveda

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Category 2.0:  Biomedical and Psychological Foundations

• 2.1: Living Anatomy through Embodiment

• 2.2: Anatomy and Physiology for the Yoga Therapist

• 2.3: Foundations for Understanding and Exploring Human Suffering

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Category 3.0:  Yoga Therapy Tools and Therapeutic Skills

• 3.1: Embodiment Practices for the Yoga Therapist

• 3.2: Yoga Therapy Tools

• 3.3: Therapeutic Relationship

• 3.4:  Principles and Skills for Education Clients and Working in Groups

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Category 4.0:  Practicum

• 4.1: Practicum

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Category 5.0:  Professional Practices

• 5.1:  Professional Practices

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For all course descriptions please see our SYLLABUS

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Our program is 800 hours broken down in this format. Please note, anything labeled as "in-person" shifts to online synchronous via Zoom when it's not safe to travel due to the COVID-19 Pandemic:  ​​

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• Residential - Synchronous hours:  568

  • In-person:  300

    • 5 in-person modules: 8.5 days, 60 hours each

  • Live via zoom:  180

    • 3 synchronous, live via Zoom modules: 8.5 days, 60 hours each.

    • Quarterly Meetings:  8, 1-day, weekend meeting, in between each module, 6 hours each.

    • 1: 1 or small group Mentorship of Core Project:  10 hours

    • 1: 1 or small group Mentorship of Practicum:  30 hours

• Choice to attend synchronously or asynchronously – Distance learning

  • 82 hours:  weekly two-hour meetings described above comprised of module curriculum from the courses:  1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, and 5.1. Students may choose to attend these live via Zoom (synchronously), or watch the recordings (asynchronously), which would be considered “distance education”.  

• Asynchronous hours: 150 practicum hours

  • 150 of which are practicum hours

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