8 SEPTEMBER 2024 - 19 MARCH 2025
POSTGRADUATE
Postgrad Back Care and Mental Wellbeing Course
Open to all qualified yoga teachers, this postgrad Dru back care and wellbeing certificate course will provide you with an in-depth training based on the latest research in crucial topics facing all yoga teachers today.
Open to all qualified yoga teachers, this postgrad Dru back care and wellbeing certificate course will provide you with an in-depth training based on the latest research in crucial topics facing all yoga teachers today. You’ll learn how to confidently address wellbeing issues centred around back pain, anxiety, depression, panic attacks and other mental health concerns.
You’ll receive the training you need to offer easy-to-apply yoga approaches to these conditions, giving you the capability to work within the NHS*, corporate settings and any yoga class environment.
This course also gives you a certification in Trauma Aware yoga (see below).
Dru senior tutors are part of the national workgroup setting standards for social prescribing, so you’ll be aligned with the latest national requirements as a yoga teacher.
Yoga within the NHS is full of newly evolving possibilities in the UK, and the course will equip you to be a highly effective yoga teacher in a health care setting, enabling you to respond to whatever opportunities are available in your areas.
When, Where & How much
- 8 September 2024 – 19 March 2025
- Live (online)
- Prices:
- Standard £475
- DPN £420
- Calm Coach Discount £410
- Upgrade existing certificate £255
- 30 CPD points are available for this course upon successful completion & if you are a Dru professional network (DPN) member
What you’ll learn
- Extensive and progressive yoga programmes on which to base your back care and mental health and wellbeing classes.
- A trauma-aware and compassionate teaching approach to working with health issues.
- Insights into the latest research on the many functions of the vagus nerve, musculofascial release, the psoas muscle.
- New approaches breathing and relaxation techniques.
- You’ll dive into the nuances of myofascial stretching, gradual muscle strengthening and healthy breathing. Practical application of the latest research around the many functions of the vagus nerve will give you a much greater understanding of the human relaxation response.
Where it can take you
- This course will revolutionize the way you’re teaching your current yoga classes.
- Feel confident to start teaching in business or other workplace settings.
- Become equipped to start teaching in the NHS*, social prescribing* and other contexts.
What this course will give you
- You’ll receive the training you need to offer easy-to-apply yoga approaches to these conditions, giving you the capability to work within the NHS*, corporate settings and any yoga class environment.
- You’ll learn how to confidently address wellbeing issues centred around back pain, anxiety, depression, panic attacks and other mental health concerns.
- This course will provide you with an in-depth training based on the latest research in crucial topics facing all yoga teachers today.
What’s included
- 16 hours of live online teaching (and downloadable replays of these sessions).
- An additional 10 hours of downloadable teaching sessions that you can study in your own time.
- Tutor-guided small groups that will help you deepen your understanding of the material, based on case studies and medical and yoga topics.
- A comprehensive 50-page manual – including teaching plans, medical guidelines and background research.
Course Dates
This CPD course will run over four Sundays plus four one-hour tutorials on Wed (10am or 7pm options):
Live session – Sundays:
- 8 Sept 2024, 11am-1pm & 3-5pm
- 13 Oct 2024, 11am-1pm & 3-5pm
- 23 Feb 2025, 11am-1pm & 3-5pm
- 16 March 2025, 11am-1pm & 3-5pm
Tutorials – Wednesdays
- 11 Sept, 10am or 7pm
- 16 Oct, 10am or 7pm
- 5 Mar, 10am or 7pm
- 19 Mar, 10am or 7pm
Tutorial groups will be one hour sessions.
You will need to complete both modules and complete the extra-curricular studies to receive the course certification.
Contact details
If you have any questions or further queries about the course please contact us:
- Via email – hello@druworldwide.com
- Via phone – Beth on 01248 602 900 (extension 205) – Monday to Friday 9am – 11am