Yoga in Psychotherapy - Hello to my colleagues, students and friends!! I have a lot to share! I'll be offering my first Yoga Nidra Retreat on Columbus Day Weekend in Wellfleet, Ma., as well as the 6.25 CEU course "Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga into Mental Health Clinical Practice," through PESI, Inc., in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Colorado, and Northern California. Next spring, I'll be producing and teaching the 20-hour version of the course in Florence, Italy, followed by a week-long yoga vacation in the Italian countryside. Details are still being finalized. CEUs are included in all of the clinical offerings. I'm also co-producing a Total Yoga Nidra workshop in Florence, Ma. on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 6:30-9 p.m.,with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Ph.D.There are a few spaces left; see Registration andPayment page. Additonal information about all of these events is included below. Feel free to contact me at joannlutz22@gmail.com for more information about any of them!

YOGA IN PSYCHOTHERAPY NEWS

SEPTEMBER, 2018.

Programs featuring Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT

Del Ray Beach, Fla.

PROGRAMS:

Bridging Yoga and Mental Healthcare

Five-day Professional Training.

Del Ray Beach, Florida,

Feb. 24-March 1, 2019

25.5 CEs for Mental Health Professionals, Nurses, Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists.

with Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT

and Suzanne Ludlum, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT, YCEP.

Bridging Yoga and Mental Healthcare is a continuing education course synthesizing yoga, somatic psychotherapy, and neuroscience research. This interdisciplinary course is designed for mental health professionals, yoga therapists, teachers, and students, and related disciplines, and includes instruction on the therapeutic use of chair and mat yoga postures; breathing practices; relaxation, including yoga nidra and iRest, and meditation. Practicums, with scripts, for trauma-sensitive chair yoga, the yogic three-part deep breath, and Integral Yoga Nidra are included.

25.5 CEUs are included for this 5-day course for Psychologists, Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors and Nurses, and Yoga Teachers. (IAYT CE guidelines for Yoga Therapists are under development.)

MORE INFORMATION will be available soon here and on the Facebook page, Bridging Yoga and Mental Healthcare.

Western Ma. Program:

LIVING WITH YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM

by donation.

INTRODUCING "NEURO-DRAMA":

EMBODIED INTERACTIVE PLAY WITH THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM."

Wed., Sept. 26 OR Wed. Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m.

ROCKY HILL COHOUSING, 100 Black Birch Trail, Florence, MA. 01060

By donation.

RSVP: JOANNLUTZ22@GMAIL.COM

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Suzanne Ludlum (rear center) and Joann Lutz (front right) dining with our of students at the "Bridging Yoga and Mental Healthcare" course in Florence, Italy. May, 2018.

ANNOUNCING THE SECOND CAPE COD NETWORKING/RELAXATION GATHERING ON INTEGRATING YOGA AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

Saturday, October 6, 10 am- Monday, Oct. 8, noon, 2018.

Join a small group of practicing yoga teachers, yoga therapists and psychotherapists who will gather at a private home in Wellfleet, Ma. on Columbus Day Weekend to share their innovative work and spend time together enjoying the ocean and wooded paths. (Limited to 12).

The cost for space rental and snacks will be $25 each until Sept. 1; $50 between Sept. 2 and 30. Group meals can be arranged. Limited lodging is available on-site, for an extra charge. Please address questions to Joann at: joannlutz22@gmail.com.

To register, send a check or PayPal payment to Joann at 108 Black Birch Trail, Florence, MA. 01062, with your name, home address, email address, phone number, and work focus. Registration deadline is Sept. 30, 2018.

Photo: Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Ma.

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BELOW: Providence, RI

"Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga into Mental Health." Connecticut, R.I., Boston, and Florida.

Joann is offering her one-day seminar, Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga into Mental Health Clinical Practice, in Connecticut and R.I. 6.25 CEs. Here are the dates and locations:

Oct. 22, 2018 in Trumbull, Ct.

Oct. 24, 2018 in Cromwell, Ct.

Oct. 26, 2018 in Providence, R.I.

Dec. 3, 2018, Woburn, MA.

Dec. 5, 2018, Dedham, Ma.

One-day programs in Gainsville, Tampa and Orlando, Fla.: February 18-22, 2019

Visit www.PESI.com for more information.

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"Living With Your Nervous System" Workshop, with Joann Lutz, is coming to YOGAVILLE, Buckingham, Virginia, Dec. 7-9, 2018.

BELOW: Meditating in the LOTUS Shrine.

ABOVE: The James River from Yogaville Lookout.

Heal autonomic nervous system dysregulation as you

Learn how various Yoga practices influence the autonomic nervous system
Discover how the latest findings in neuroscience confirm the value of yogic practices
Become familiar with the basic brain structures and learn to regulate the brain’s trauma center
Bring greater awareness to bodily sensation
Experience a guided chair Yoga sequence, including warm-ups and trauma-informed postures
Calm symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression with yogic breathing techniques
Take home scripts and practices to continue experiencing the benefits of a nervous-system informed, trauma sensitive approach to Yoga
Balance your nervous system, increase your self-mastery, and develop greater present-moment awareness during this weekend of learning.

Visit http://www.yogaville.org/programs/6080/living-with-your-nervous-system/ for more information.

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Joann Lutz

INSTRUCTORS:

Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT, psychotherapist, yoga therapist, international lecturer, developer of Nervous System Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga,and author of the forthcoming book, Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone.

Suzanne Ludlum, MS, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, yoga therapist, conference presenter, author, and owner of Trinity Yoga Therapy in Fredericksburg,Va.

Please visit Suzanne's website, www.trinityyogatherapy.com

Suzanne Ludlum