I AM Yoga Therapy Training
Yoga therapy training with Kamini Desai in two parts at Sólheimar in Grímsnes. You'll learn specific, practical methods to release stuck psychosomatic patterns, both in yourself and in your clients. The training is ideal for yoga teachers, psychologists, counselors and other professionals in health and therapy.
With Kamini Desai, PhD
IAYT-accredited yoga therapist. Taught in English. Yoga Therapy I is open to everyone, while Yoga Therapy II is for those who have completed the first part.
- Yoga Therapy I: 15 to 18 April 2027 (4 days)
- Yoga Therapy II: 13 to 17 May 2027 (5 days)
- Where: Sólheimar in Grímsnes
- Price: ISK 170,000 and ISK 190,000
Yoga Therapy I: Touch-free Techniques
15 – 18 April 2027 (4 days)
This profound and innovative course takes Yoga Therapy to a deeper level. Learn specific and immediately useful tools to release trapped psychosomatic patterns and free the body’s innate healing potential. Receive rare teachings on the esoteric understanding of energy. Learn body-based facilitation and coaching techniques that can be applied with or without yoga poses in one-on-one private sessions, or applied to any style of yoga, life coaching, therapy or bodywork that you offer.
Besides three powerful facilitation techniques, you will learn how to guide poses to release and reprogram unhelpful physical, mental and emotional patterns. Support yourself and others to reduce symptoms and improve function, not only from the outside in, but from the inside out. Includes a detailed digital manual and reference videos.
You will learn:
- Yogic theory of energy and healing
- How to conduct a body scan and assess the results
- How to lead an individual session or group yoga therapy class that addresses common holding zones in the body
- How to guide three different yoga therapy coaching techniques to help you decode your body’s messages
- How to address spiritual bypassing and other pitfalls with our unique integration model
- How to use chakras as a map to identify gaps in personal maturation and self-actualization
- How to healthfully integrate and release emotions for yourself and others
- Ideal for online sessions and hands-on limitations
Yoga Therapy II: Hands-On Techniques
13 – 17 May 2027 (5 days)
Learn how to physically support and assist your client, removing effort and maximizing opening in various yoga poses. Support yourself and others to increase range of motion, reduce pain and inflammation, heal burnout and improve mental and physical wellbeing, not only from the outside in, but from the inside out.
While Yoga Therapy I is available to everyone, Yoga Therapy II is more physical and requires at least a moderate level of health and strength. Completion of Yoga Therapy I is a requirement for participation in Yoga Therapy II.
You will learn:
- Advanced hands-on assisted posture techniques
- Four powerful sequences to address the most common holding zones in the body
- Facilitation techniques to enhance the effect of physical poses and support emotional integration
- Elements from contact yoga, yogassage, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Thai yoga therapy and traditional yoga styles to target issues and promote total body opening
- Ideas for chair Yoga Therapy
- Basic principles and precautions of Yoga Therapy for scoliosis and other common conditions
- How to put together a full 6-limbed yoga therapy session
Who is this for?
In addition to promoting your personal development, this training is excellent for yoga teachers, psychologists, counselors, health and healing professionals, and bodyworkers in search of new tools to serve their clients. Yoga Therapists are increasingly working in pain clinics, and in conjunction with doctors, chiropractors, physiotherapists, physical therapists, senior treatment centers and rehabilitation clinics.
How can I use my hours?
- Yoga Therapy I can be taken on its own, or you may use these hours to continue on to Yoga Therapy II to become a certified 120hr Yoga Therapy practitioner.
- Completion of Yoga Therapy I and II counts towards Amrit Yoga Institute’s 800hr IAYT accredited yoga therapist program.
- If you are already a member of IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists), this course may be used towards continuing education hours.
I AM Yoga Therapy is
- „Innovative and profound.“
- „Bridges the gap between Yoga and Psychology.“
- „Science of Yoga and Energy.“
- „Immediately relevant, useful and applicable.“
Practicum
For those going on to Yoga Therapy II, you will need to complete and submit documentation for the following:
- Lead 3 yoga therapy classes.
- Practice all the facilitation techniques you have learned at least once.
- These hours count towards the 120hr certification you receive in Yoga Therapy II.
Upon completion of Yoga Therapy II you will need to complete 8 documented yoga therapy sessions for certification.
Recommended reading
- Preparatory reading: Eugene Gendlin, Focusing
- For future reference: Ken Dychtwald, Bodymind
Yoga Therapy I: 15 – 18 April
Thursday
10:00 – 13:30 and 15:30 – 19:00
Friday and Saturday
7:45 – 9:00, 10:00 – 13:30 and 15:30 – 19:00
Sunday
7:45 – 9:00 and 10:00 – 13:30
Yoga Therapy II: 13 – 17 May
Thursday
10:00 – 13:30 and 15:30 – 19:00
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
7:45 – 9:00, 10:00 – 13:30 and 15:30 – 19:00
Monday
7:45 – 9:00 and 10:00 – 13:30
Published subject to change.
Price
Yoga Therapy I (4 days): ISK 170,000
Yoga Therapy II (5 days): ISK 190,000
Included in the course
- Accommodation in twin rooms: 3 nights for Therapy I and 4 nights for Therapy II
- Single room available for an extra fee
- Course materials
- Vegetarian meals from lunch on the first day until lunch on the last day
Those taking both Therapy I and Therapy II have priority. Limited places are available for those who only wish to take Therapy I.
Registration & payment
- Registration and information: jogasetrid@jogasetrid.is
- To complete your application and secure your place, please pay an ISK 40,000 deposit. It is non-refundable but counts towards the course fee.
- The deposit is paid to account 0137-26-46505, ID no. 6501062880. Send the receipt to jogasetrid@jogasetrid.is with the reference THERAPY27.
- Therapy I: the remaining ISK 130,000 is sent as a payment slip to your online bank. Before 1 December 2026 it can be split over four months (first due date 1 January), before 1 January over three and before 1 February over two. After that it is paid in one installment.
- Therapy II: ISK 190,000, sent as a payment slip to your online bank. You need to have completed Therapy I with Kamini Desai. Before 1 January payments can be split over four months, before 1 February over three and before 1 March over two. After that it is paid in one installment.
- No refunds once the training has begun.
Kamini Desai, PhD
Kamini Desai is the author of Yoga Nidra: The Art of Transformational Sleep and Life Lessons Love Lessons, and developer of the I AM Yoga Nidra app. For the past 30 years she has created a unique body of teachings combining ancient yogic wisdom with science and psychology.
Considered an expert in the science of Yoga Therapy, Yoga Nidra and artful living, her practical and accessible teaching style has been welcomed worldwide. Her corporate clients have included Bahamas Princess Resorts, Kellogg’s, KEDS, SONY and Mars Confectionary, among others.
Kamini is the daughter of one of the original yoga masters to pioneer yoga practice in the West in the 1960s. In 2013 she was awarded the title „Yogeshwari“ in recognition of her keen ability to bring ancient illumination to the genuine challenges of the human experience. More at kaminidesai.com.
Videos with Kamini
Karen
This course should be required for every human. I am forever a better person.
Georgiann
I looked around for the best Yoga Nidra training I could find and found this one. But even still, it exceeded my expectations.
G. Tibson
This is the BEST training I have taken anywhere, ever.
Auður Eva Ásberg
The Yoga Nidra training with Auður and Kamini Desai was a wonderful experience that I will carry with me and draw on for the rest of my life. It was so valuable to receive professional, in-depth teaching on how Yoga Nidra affects the nervous system, and how to work purposefully with this powerful tool for healing and balance. I wholeheartedly recommend this training to anyone who wants to deepen their understanding and experience the transformative power of Yoga Nidra.