This episode gives an honest answer to one of the most common questions prospective students ask: “is yoga therapy certification actually worth it?”, including who it is and isn't right for, what it realistically prepares you to do, and what determines whether the investment pays off.

🔗Free training video: https://breathingdeeply.net/home--breathing-deeply-yoga-therapy/

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:03 - The most important questions to explore

01:49 - Yoga therapy training isn't the right path for everyone

03:13 - What the career pathways are for yoga therapists

04:41 - The real value of yoga therapy training

05:09 - The Breathing Deeply Clinical Method

06:41 - Guided practicum mentorship at Breathing Deeply

09:08 - The different levels of yoga therapy training

Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing. https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

This episode explains how to evaluate yoga therapy training programs, including the different educational models used across the field, what supervised clinical practice actually looks like, and how the Breathing Deeply clinical method develops real therapeutic competence.

🔗Free training video: https://breathingdeeply.net/home--breathing-deeply-yoga-therapy/?utm_source=youtube

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:13 - The most important elements of training programs that do vary

02:03 - How to compare different yoga therapy trainings: 3 different learning models

04:47 - The clinical method: the approach at Breathing Deeply

05:40 - Breathing Deeply's practicum supervision: The Breathing Deeply difference

07:32 - The results our students have achieved in their practicum case studies

08:12 - The various yoga therapy training pathways you can take

Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing.

https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

This episode explains how yoga therapy approaches chronic low back pain, including the assessment process, the practices prescribed, and the real client results achieved over nine months of one-on-one work.

In this case study, Breathing Deeply founder Brandt Passalacqua speaks with SarahLyn McConaughey, C-IAYT and Breathing Deeply Advanced Program graduate, about a client who lived with debilitating low back pain for over 10 years.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

00:52 - About SarahLyn's client with chronic back pain

01:41 - The yoga therapy assessment process for chronic back pain

02:27 - The practices that were prescribed for lower back pain

04:07 - Breathing and mindfulness elements used to heal chronic back pain

05:12 - The results SarahLyn's client received for her back pain

Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing.

https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

This episode explains the difference between yoga therapy credentials and clinical competence, including what actually makes an effective yoga therapist, how to evaluate certification programs, and the clinical framework that determines real outcomes with real clients.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:19 - About Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School

02:10 - The different levels of credentials at Breathing Deeply

02:33 - Credentials vs. clinical competence

03:33 - The real work of yoga therapy: 3 core abilities of an effective yoga therapist

05:04 - The BDYT Clinical Method: What makes students the most confident yoga therapists

06:10 - What our students say about their confidence to apply their training

07:16 - How to evaluate which yoga therapy certification to take

Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing.

https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

This episode explains how to become a certified yoga therapist in the United States and Canada, including what yoga therapy training requires, what IAYT certification means, and what a professional yoga therapy career realistically looks like.

Pathway Assessment: https://breathingdeeply.net/quiz?utm_source=youtube

BDYT Clinical Method: https://breathingdeeply.net/home--breathing-deeply-yoga-therapy/?utm_source=youtube

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:18 - What is a yoga therapist?

01:48 - Yoga therapy certifications

02:37 - The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Clinical Method

05:33 - What does a yoga therapist's career look like?

06:11 - Is yoga therapy the right career path for you?

Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing.

https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

This episode explores how yoga therapy supports children aged 8–12 with anxiety and self-regulation, including the specific practices, and the effective approach behind Meg Vyas’s course on the Breathing Deeply Wellness platform.

In this conversation with certified yoga therapist Meg Voss, who has worked with children for 17 years, you'll discover:

• Why ages 8–12 is a critical window for learning self-regulation skills

• How yoga therapy differs from exercise for anxiety in children

• The four pillars of how Meg helps kids self-regulate

• A real case study: a 5-year-old in a paediatric ICU who shifted from distress to calm in one session

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - Introducing Meg and her work as a yoga therapist

01:16 - What it's like working with children between the ages of 8-12

02:58 - The epidemic of childhood anxiety and how yoga can help

04:40 - The difference between yoga and exercise for self-regulation

06:12 - Meg's course: 4 ways to regulate children with yoga therapy

09:07 - Meg's story working with a child in ICU, how applying yoga therapy practices helped him ease anxiety in just 40 minutes

12:34 - The incredible knowledge Meg has after working with children for 17 years

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Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing.

https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

This episode explores how yoga therapy supports transgender and gender diverse people through embodiment, body awareness, and nervous system regulation.

Learn about C-IAYT Yoga Therapist & Breathing Deeply Gradutate, Maeka Wright’s, new course on transgender embodiment, available on the Breathing Deeply Wellness platform.

In this conversation you'll discover:

* Why gender diverse people often feel unsafe or unseen in mainstream yoga spaces

* How interoception (awareness from inside the body) can support gender dysphoria

* How this course creates a safe, community-led space for gender diverse people to explore practice at their own pace

* Why embodiment work can be the missing piece even after transition

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - About Maeka's course on Transgender Embodiment

01:55 - The difference between this yoga therapy course and going to a yoga class

02:58 - How yoga therapy creates a safe space for all kinds of people

05:33 - Finding connection in the body through interoception and awareness

09:00 - The missing piece of transgender embodiment

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Yoga therapy is a growing clinical field that helps people work with mental health challenges and chronic health conditions using evidence-informed yoga practices.

Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School provides professional yoga therapy training programs designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with real clients.

Our graduates are trained to work with:

• Mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and trauma

• Chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases

• Chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions

• Fatigue, burnout, and complex long-term health challenges

Learn about professional yoga therapy training: https://breathingdeeply.com

If you're looking for yoga therapy for your own health, explore Breathing Deeply Wellness: Guided programs, practices, and support for mental health, chronic conditions, and long-term wellbeing.

https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

🔹Join the Breathing Deeply Wellness Program to access Marta’s Yoga Therapy Course for Osteoporosis: https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness

In this conversation, Breathing Deeply founder, Brandt Passalcqua, sits down with Marta Shedletsky to talk about the proven benefits of yoga therapy for Osteoporosis.

Discover:

➡️ The research done on yoga for Osteoporosis

➡️ How a specific type of yoga practice can stop, prevent or reverse Osteoporosis.

➡️ Dietary and lifestyle changes that can help prevent Osteoporosis

➡️ Why going to a regular yoga class is not the answer.

Many people have Osteoporosis unknowingly, until something happens. It is important to know that you can do something about it and yoga therapy for Osteoporosis is a proven way for all ages and all physical abilities to get support for their bone density!

Marta Shedletsky is a CIAYT yoga therapist specializing in osteoporosis and bone health. She created a comprehensive self-paced course for Breathing Deeply's wellness platform.

Connect with Marta:

Website: https://www.mushikawellness.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mushikawellness/

Timestamps Podcast

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - Introducing Marta and how she got interested in working with Osteoporosis

02:58 - The disadvantages of regular yoga classes for Osteoporosis

04:11 - The proven way to strengthen bones with yoga

06:33 - Yoga therapy course for Osteoporosis

10:37 - Marta's dietary recommendations for Osteoporosis

12:42 - The other bonus health benefits of doing yoga therapy for Osteoporosis

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🤍 Yoga therapy for the Pelvic Floor online course waitlist: https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness/

Discover how yoga therapy goes beyond traditional physical therapy by addressing the physical, emotional, and mental impacts of pelvic floor dysfunction through awareness-based practices.

In this interview, you'll discover:

✅ How yoga therapy differs from physical therapy and traditional pelvic floor treatments

✅ Why awareness comes before strengthening for lasting pelvic floor healing

✅ The emotional and mental challenges of pelvic floor dysfunction that yoga therapy addresses

✅ How breath, posture, and core strength affect pelvic health as a connected system

About Maeka Wright:

Maeka Wright is a manual osteopath, PTA, and graduate of Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Program specializing in pelvic floor dysfunction. Connect with Maaka:

Website: https://mwrightyoga.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwrightyoga

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - Introducing Maeka and pelvic floor yoga therapy

01:28 - Yoga Therapy's approach to pelvic floor dysfunction

04:40 - The limitations of traditional pelvic floor therapy

06:11 - Yoga therapy practices for the pelvic floor are easy but they work

07:15 - Physical therapy approach vs yoga therapy approach to pelvic floor health

09:34 - Yoga therapy's whole-body approach to the pelvic floor

11:01 - How an 86-year-old regained her pelvic floor health with Maeka

12:18 - Your pelvic floor problems are solvable

🤍 Yoga therapy for Grief & Loss online course waitlist: https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness/

Yoga therapy addresses grief and loss from a whole-person approach, which conventional therapy often misses.

In this video, clinical psychologist and yoga therapist Beth Christiano explains what grief is and how the grieving process affects your entire system: physical body, energy levels, thought patterns, and emotional well-being.

Watch this episode to learn about how yoga practices, along with psychological suppor,t can help you move through the grief process and heal.

About Beth Christiano:

Beth Christiano, clinical psychologist and yoga therapist from Clarity Psychotherapy and Yoga Therapy

Beth graduated from Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School and now integrates her clinical psychology expertise with therapeutic yoga approaches.

Website: https://www.claritypgh.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-christiano-585325288/

0:28 - Integrating yoga therapy & clinical psychology for grief

1:33 - Beth's mental health journey: What brought Beth to work with grief and loss

3:43 - Brandt's journey with his own grief & loss and yoga therapy

4:34 - The lack of discussion around grief & loss and it's multifaceted nature

6:20 - How to define grief & loss

8:15 - How the grief process affects our entire system

11:57 - Beth's story of working with someone suffering anticipatory loss

15:49 - What happens in a yoga therapy for loss workshop

17:32 - Yoga Therapy for Grief and Loss Online Course

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