International Association of Yoga Therapists

11/26/2025

📣 Make space for yourself this season with SYTAR 2025 On Demand!

As we head into the season of gratitude, we’re taking a moment to say thank you—for your work, your dedication, and your commitment to making yoga therapy accessible and effective for the people you serve.

If you’re making a little time for yourself this season, SYTAR 2025 On Demand is a great way to reconnect with your purpose. Our top sessions offer insight, inspiration, and practical tools you can use right away.

Most-Viewed Sessions You’ll Love:
✅ Yoga Therapy’s Value in Low-Back Pain (Loren Fishman, MD, C-IAYT)
✅ Taking Anxiety from Enemy to Ally with Yoga Therapy ( Antonio Sausys, MA, CMT, C-IAYT )
✅ Yoga Therapy at the End of Life (Natalie Buster, C-IAYT)
✅ Yoga Therapy Entrepreneurism (Melissa Aguirre, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT)

Access SYTAR 2025 On-Demand sessions and packages here: https://buff.ly/sTxPUQA

As a nonprofit, we truly appreciate your support. Each purchase helps to sustain IAYT's work and furthers our mission of advancing yoga therapy as a recognized health profession.

11/26/2025

📣 Don’t Miss the Final Session of Our CE Toolkit Series: Marketing Your APD Course

Join IAYT Marketing & Communications Manager Marita Greenidge, MBA, for the last session in our Continuing Education Toolkit Series! In this 1-hour webinar, you’ll learn essential marketing basics to help you confidently position and promote your Approved Professional Development (APD) courses.

Marketing your APD Course:
📅 Wednesday, December 10
🕐 1 PM ET
💻 Register today: https://buff.ly/3q2TLRe (FREE members-only, login required)

By the end of the session, you will feel more confident in communicating the value of your courses and maximizing the reach of your work.

NOTE: CE credit for Part 2 will be posted by January 7, 2026, after we close the quiz for that webinar on December 31, 2025.

11/24/2025

📝 Have you subscribed to yogatherapy.health?

Did you know that IAYT offers another newsletter? Each month, we share clear and accessible insights into the growing field of yoga therapy, ideal for clients, referrers, and anyone curious about how yoga therapy supports overall well-being.

Every issue includes:
✅ Fresh blog content
✅ Research highlights
✅ Real stories of yoga therapy in practice

Share this valuable resource with clients, referral sources, and community members who seek reliable, straightforward guidance on how yoga therapy can benefit them.

Sign up today: https://buff.ly/UloPNhK

11/20/2025

Rachel Krentzman, PT, CHT, C-IAYT introduces the Yoga Therapy Book Club, a free monthly community event sponsored by the Women Writers’ Collective in Yoga Therapy. She shares the vision behind the Book Club, how the Collective was formed, and what you can look forward to as the series unfolds.

11/20/2025

Join us today at 1:00 PM ET for a livestream with Rachel Krentzman, PT, CHT, C-IAYT, to introduce the Yoga Therapy Book Club, a free monthly community event sponsored by the Women Writers’ Collective in Yoga Therapy.

Rachel will introduce the vision behind the book club, how the Women Writers’ Collective was formed, and what you can look forward to as the series unfolds.

Tune in, say hello, and learn more about this new community resource. We'll be streaming on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn!

11/17/2025

📣 CIAYTs: What's inspiring you these days?

A new prop you love, a fresh way of cueing a pose, a meaningful mantra, or a go-to approach for individual or small-group sessions?

We’d love to hear about the creative tools and techniques shaping your work as a yoga therapist! Share your ideas with us at ytteditor@iayt.org to be featured in The Yoga Therapist’s Toolkit in Yoga Therapy Today.

11/14/2025

📣 Today is World Diabetes Day!

This global observance raises awareness about diabetes prevention, early detection, and effective management. First launched in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation with support from the WHO, World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations observance in 2006 and continues to grow in impact each year.

Research shows yoga can play a meaningful role in helping regulate blood sugar by calming the stress response and supporting overall well-being.

Learn more in "Yoga therapy: A sweet spot in diabetes control" by Robyn Tiger, MD, C-IAYT : https://buff.ly/oIRj3VC

11/13/2025

🗓️ C-IAYTs: Join Us Monday, Nov 17!

Looking to design and submit impactful Approved Professional Development (APD) courses? Join Satya Pappu, C-IAYT, IAYT Certification Team Lead, and Sam Sather, RN, MS, C-IAYT, Certification Committee Chair, for a 1-hour webinar on Monday, Nov 17 at 1 pm ET.

Gain practical tips to create high-quality continuing education offerings that inspire learning and support the yoga therapy community!

Learn:
✅ Understand the essentials of designing and submitting high-quality Approved Professional Development (APD) courses
✅ Discover how to craft clear learning objectives and engaging descriptions
✅ Learn about certificate and completion requirements to support C-IAYTs with CE

Register TODAY (member sign-in required): https://buff.ly/nLyqC61

Note: CE credit for Part 1 will be posted in the first week of November, after we close the quiz. Stay tuned for details on Part 3, coming December 10.

11/12/2025

📣 Reminder: Volunteer Exam Closes Nov 30!

The final 2025 window to voluntarily take the IAYT Certification Exam closes November 30. Current C-IAYTs, including program directors and faculty, as well as recent graduates of accredited programs, are eligible.

IAYT Certification Exam:
✨ Earn 22 CE credits for your participation.
💻 Discounted fee: $105 (covers exam administration via Kryterion Global Testing Network).

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/vDyua1k

11/11/2025

🎥 Missed our live chat with Cheryl?

In this clip, Cheryl Albright, occupational therapist and IAYT-certified yoga therapist, shares how yoga therapy adapts the full spectrum of yoga tools to your unique goals, needs, and body, helping you find greater comfort and ease right where you are.

Watch the full conversation now on IAYT’s YouTube channel and explore her inspiring journey blending occupational therapy and yoga therapy through Soul to Soul Yoga: https://buff.ly/hcXP1FT

11/07/2025

Head to the newest post on the yogatherapy.health blog (link below) to learn how IAYT-certified yoga therapist and registered nurse Anneke Sips, RN, C-IAYT, integrates mindful, trauma-aware yoga programs into psychiatric hospitals—and the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

By Anneke Sips When I entered nursing school in 1998, I also stepped into psychiatry—and, almost simultaneously, into yoga. Those early years were a strange kind of initiation: learning how to steady myself amid human crisis while finding ways to quiet my inner world, sense my body, and get a gent...

11/06/2025

📝 C-IAYTs: Looking to design and submit impactful Approved Professional Development (APD) courses?

Join Satya Pappu, C-IAYT, IAYT Certification Team Lead, and Sam Sather, RN, MS, C-IAYT, Certification Committee Chair, for this 1-hour webinar designed to help you create impactful continuing education courses on Monday, November 17, at 1 pm ET!

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

✅ Understand the essentials of designing and submitting high-quality Approved Professional Development (APD) courses
✅ Discover how to craft clear learning objectives and engaging descriptions
✅ Learn about certificate and completion requirements to support C-IAYTs with CE

Register TODAY (member sign-in required): https://buff.ly/nLyqC61

Note: CE credit for Part 1 will be posted in the first week of November, after we close the quiz. Stay tuned for details on Part 3, coming December 10.