The 12-step recovery model, created in 1939, is the most well-known and pervasive addiction/recovery programs in the world with millions of practitioners internationally. 
Addictive behaviors separate and disconnect us from ourselves, our loved ones, our environment and so much more. Conversely, yoga itself means union, integration, balance; yoga and it’s practices teach the fine art of balancing our multi-dimensional lives while living in a complex, dynamic, ever-changing world.

The 12-step program approaches addiction cognitively, the wisdom and practices of yoga include a somatic approach.  The combining of the two creates a model that addresses addiction as the physical, mental and spiritual dis-ease that it is. 

The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery Leadership Certification Program

This program, led by the creators of  The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery Intensive and weekly groups featured in The New York Times and Yoga Journal will equip you to create, facilitate and guide yoga of 12-Step Recovery classes in your community.  It gives you the tools to:

1. Create safe, sacred, open, inclusive space for self-sustaining groups
2. Understand the 12-step process of addiction recovery 
3. Recognize the symptomology of unresolved trauma, and a dys-regulated nervous system
4. Use yoga and its practices to help provide participants with tools for relapse prevention and sustainable ways for managing internal states.
5. Use social learning theory to model new behavior through observational learning
6. Recognize the traps that often prevent us from being fully present

This training is designed for yoga teachers, however it is extremely relevant and helpful for therapists, counselors, social workers, probation officers and anytone with a desire to understand how the ancient teachings of yoga align with the 12-step program of recovery.

Upcoming Leadership Training Schedule:

September 17 - 19
Savannah, GA
10a - 6p all three days