This yoga therapy for mental health course has been designated by the International Association of Yoga Therapists as an Approved Professional Development course offering 45 CE credits. It is also approved for CE units for Florida LMFTs, LCSWs, and MHCs, and for California LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. The 100-hour certification course is open to all certified yoga teachers, as well as AUM’s enrolled Yoga Therapy students and those who have taken the 40-hour training in the past. Due to COVID-19, this course has been moved entirely to an online Zoom format. Save on travel costs and earn approved recertification hours from the comfort of your home while maintaining social distancing! 2023 will probably be the last year that this course will be offered on-line.

Ghada Osman, PhD, LMFT, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is a licensed psychotherapist, yoga teacher, yoga therapist and AFAA-certified aerobics instructor who has worked with a wide range of populations, from college students to hospice patients. In her private practice, her specialties include helping clients work with anxiety and depressive disorders, eating disorders, trauma, grief and loss, and chronic/ serious physical illness. Ghada is certified as a yoga therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapy, and completed her 500-hour yoga teacher training at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. A Professor Emerita at San Diego State University, she holds a doctorate degree from Harvard University and a Master’s in psychology from Chapman University. Dr. Osman is the author of Mental and Emotional Healing for Yoga: A Guiding Framework for Therapists and Their Clients, available on Amazon.