Yoga therapist: Overview of schools, information and offers for training places

Do you want to help and support people in your profession? Are you looking for a new professional challenge? Do you love yoga? Then you've come to the right place! Have you ever thought about training as a yoga therapist?

In the areas of meditation, health and fitness, yoga plays its part in helping clients to feel better, more agile and balanced, with more strength and energy and a flexible body and mind. This is also the job of a yoga therapist. It is to care for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the therapy participants and to create harmony for them. Depending on the orientation of yoga, a therapist teaches different techniques and exercises to unite people with the universe. This can mean that she focuses on very movement-intensive yoga, extremely meditative yoga or all forms in between.

In order for a yoga teacher or therapist to be able to teach students professionally, it is important that they have comprehensive knowledge and expertise. The easiest way to acquire this knowledge and know-how is through yoga training, which can be completed at a wide variety of providers and yoga schools. You can find out which courses and training programs are suitable for you to become a successful yoga therapist from the respective providers, which you can easily contact using the form.

As part of complementary therapy, it has recently become possible to take the higher professional examination as a complementary therapist specializing in yoga therapy. On the way to the HFP, prospective therapists in complementary medicine obtain the industry certificate of the OdA KT by presenting a course in medical basics and the Tronc Commun in addition to sound yoga training. The higher professional examination can be taken if extensive practical experience and 36 hours of supervision can also be demonstrated.