Clinical Yoga Institute
Integrating the DSM-5
With Holistic Clinical Yoga Training
"The Core Issue Isn't What Happened To You,
The Core Issue Is Your Body Got Stuck."
~ Bessel van der Kolk
Clinical Yoga Institute offers:
a method to incorporate your traditional clinical training. while learning to
integrate Ayurvedic (Life Science) principles, vagus nerve regulation,
chakra-informed practices, and Yoga techniques alongside DSM-5 frameworks.
This intensive learning, going beyond simply learning yoga poses or sequences
results in deeper, holistic modalities for your clients and more effective treatment strategies
than talk therapy alone, all while earning your Yoga Alliance RYT-200 accreditation.
Our yoga-based interventions enhance clinical outcomes through holistic
with our graduate-level, evidence-based training, which is designed
for licensed professionals ready to add body based modalities.
Become a Professional RYT 200 and
Clinical Yoga Practitioner®
This is NOT a passive video course you play in the background. Clinical Yoga Institute's integrative, graduate-level training is immersive, interactive, and designed specifically for mental health therapists who want to deeply transform their clinical practice.
Rooted in research, our course covers:
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Integrative Holistic Training: Clearly bridges DSM-5 diagnoses with Ayurvedic and chakra-based assessment methods.
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Hybrid Learning, Engaging Format: Monthly Live Zoom, 2 Immersions with hands-on learning—all combine with monthly videos.
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Seasonal & Nervous System Focus: Practical tools to adapt interventions to your client’s nervous system and seasonal needs.
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Professional Advancement: Earn 42 CEUs accredited (2 in ethics) through UTAH SWA, integrating evidence-based trauma-sensitive yoga research.
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Enhanced Clinical Outcomes: Learn proven somatic practices to effectively address trauma, burnout, anxiety, and complex emotional presentations.
Hear why leading trauma authority Bessel van der Kolk believes yoga is crucial for trauma treatment
Heal the body based emotions that trigger the mind while earning 42 CEUs*
For Your Private Sessions You'll be able to learn simple techniques to use during your private sessions with clients to help facilitate release of tension, including chair based movement for many levels of health.
For Your Group Sessions You'll also learn how to teach group yoga classes. Often these classes are billable on a clients insurance. You will have the education to become an actual trauma sensitive yoga teacher for group classes in your community, in your clinic, or for the general public.
*42 UTAH SWA (2) in ethics or *30.5 NASW (1) in Ethics which may be applicable in your state.
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Corena Hammer, Founder, CEO
Clinical Yoga Institute
I founded Clinical Yoga Institute after being hired by Duke University’s Continuing Education department and Nike as a Mind-Body expert. For more than 30 years, I’ve trained hundreds of professionals in yoga techniques, yet I saw that ethics were rarely applied in consistent or meaningful ways.
That experience opened my eyes to the immense potential for yoga to be used in truly therapeutic ways—and also to how often it was falling short.
I witnessed troubling patterns in the yoga community: power dynamics that could harm rather than help, and a lack of trauma awareness that left many students without the support they needed. My motivation was simple but deeply personal—I wanted to bridge that gap by equipping licensed professionals with the skills to integrate yoga into clinical work safely and effectively. Trauma requires more than good intentions; it needs informed, ethical, and compassionate care. Clinical Yoga Institute was created to ensure that yoga in therapeutic settings is not only safe, but also profoundly healing. Full Bio
“Of all the things trauma takes away from us,
the worst is our willingness, or even our ability, to be vulnerable. There's a reclaiming that has to
happen in order to heal” ~
Brene Brown.
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