
Bridging Yoga and Healing for Transformative Care
This comprehensive training is designed for yoga teachers, healthcare professionals, and wellness practitioners who are ready to deepen their impact and confidently serve individuals navigating illness, injury, pregnancy, or the natural aging process.
Rooted in the principles of therapeutic yoga and informed by integrative healing modalities, this training equips you with the knowledge, tools, and clinical insight to create safe, personalized, and effective practices that promote healing on every level—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
You’ll learn how to support the body’s natural ability to restore balance, relieve pain, reduce chronic tension, and cultivate a mindset conducive to deep healing. By expanding your skill set, you’ll also broaden the scope of your offerings and enhance your ability to meet the needs of a more diverse population.
In This Training, You Will Learn To:
At the heart of this training is a shared mission: to bring the healing power of yoga to those who need it most. Therapeutic yoga is already transforming lives in hospitals, senior centers, rehabilitation clinics, and private practices around the world. Now, you can become part of that healing movement.
Whether you’re a certified yoga teacher, registered nurse, physical therapist, or holistic healer, this training will empower you to support your clients and patients more fully—physically and emotionally—through the intelligent application of therapeutic yoga.
There are no prerequisites for this course. Yoga teachers will receive 30 CEUs through Yoga Alliance upon completion.
There are no prerequisites for this training. For yoga teachers it qualifies for 30 hours of CEUs from Yoga Alliance.

Known affectionately as Sundari, Nora Benian is a deeply intuitive healer and teacher who brings decades of experience to the art of personal transformation. A certified Sivananda Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapist, Nora also holds credentials as a professional counselor, life coach, sound healer, Theta Healer, and homeopath. Her multidisciplinary background allows her to weave together ancient yogic wisdom with modern therapeutic techniques, offering an integrative and empowering approach to healing.
Nora leads yoga classes, workshops, and teacher trainings online and at Sivananda Ashrams around the world, as well as immersive retreats in stunning international settings. Her specialties include Yin, Restorative, Therapeutic, and Hatha Yoga, all delivered with a gentle, intuitive presence that nurtures body, mind, and spirit. Off the mat, she offers personalized energy healing sessions—blending sound healing, aura tuning, Reiki, and Theta Healing—to help others clear energetic blocks and reconnect with their true essence.
A passionate advocate for self-empowerment, Nora is also the author of the forthcoming book 10 Effective Methods to Heal Yourself—a practical guide for anyone seeking to activate their own healing journey. With warmth, wisdom, and a heart-centered approach, she continues to inspire others to find peace, purpose, and wholeness.
This training qualifies for 30 hours of CEUs from Yoga Alliance.
Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training offers a comprehensive and highly refined curriculum including:
Daily Schedule
Your course schedule has been designed by the presenter to provide a holistic educational experience, and includes course presentation time, meal times, and free time for you to enjoy the beach and the grounds and participate in the ashram’s daily programs. Lines in bold type indicate required course times.
Morning and Evening Satsang: community gatherings for meditation, chanting & teachings; sometimes a silent beach walk.
Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes: available on outdoor ocean and bayfront platforms (beginner and intermediate levels offered twice daily).
DAY 1
6:00 – 8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:00 – 10:00 am Intro to Therapeutic Yoga
10:00 am Brunch
11:00 am Ashram Orientation Walk
11:30 am Inauguration Ceremony
3:00 – 6:00 pm Therapeutic Yoga Class
6:00 pm Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 pm Evening Satsang
DAYS 2 – 4
6:00 – 8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:00 – 10:00 am Training Session
10:00 am Brunch
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Karma Yoga
3:00 – 6:00 pm Therapeutic Yoga Class
6:00 pm Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 pm Evening Satsang
DAY 5
6:00 – 8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:00 – 10:00 am Training Session
10:00 am Brunch
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Karma Yoga
3:00 Graduation Ceremony
3:30 – 6:00 pm Therapeutic Yoga Class
* Regular ashram schedule the rest of the day
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