Yoga in Psychotherapy

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

25 years experience as a psychotherapist; 40 years as a yoga teacher.

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 and

Payment 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!

Spring, 2020

WE--AND OUR CLIENTS-- NEED THE REGULATING EFFECTS OF YOGA NOW, MORE THAN EVER!

Explore the connections between yoga, nervous-system regulation, and trauma therapy in the upcoming ONLINE class and training:

FREE! Wed., April 1, 10:30 a.m.

Three yogic breathing techniques to reset and regulate the autonomic nervous system.

Find the link at:

www.yogavedainstitute.com

Photo of Delray Beach, Fl. Training Program Participants, March, 2020, taught by Joann Lutz and Deb Grant.

ONLINE CE Training Program:

Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga into Mental Health Clinical Practice

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

Presented online by PESI.

Tentative date: Wednesday, April 22,

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., MST

(10 a.m. to 6 p.m., EST)

Course offers 6 CEs for Addiction Counselors; Mental Health Counselors; Marriage & Family Therapists; Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists; Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants;.Colorado Psychologists; and Social Workers.

Registration Link:https://www.pesi.com/events/detail/78797/bringing-trauma-informed-yoga-into-mental-health-clinical#

Discover yoga-based interventions that can help regulate the autonomic nervous system, and learn how to incorporate these interventions into whatever style of therapy you currently practice.

Join Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT, for a training on the principles and practices of Nervous System-Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, focusing on chair yoga practices, yogic breathing exercises, and yoga nidra, the yogic sleep. This workshop integrates classic yoga with techniques and theory from trauma studies, somatic psychotherapy, and Ayurveda, to present a yoga-based adjunct to trauma healing, particularly applicable to the early stages of trauma healing. Throughout the day, you will learn the importance of nervous-system regulation to the process of psychological healing.

Learn why organizations as diverse as the U.S. Army and the U.S. prison system have embraced yoga as an evidence-based approach to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

JOANN LUTZ, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT (CERTIFIED YOGA THERAPIST)

www.yogainpsychotherapy.com

Joann, psychotherapist and yoga therapist/teacher, is a pioneer in the application of trauma-sensitive yoga to mental health care. She developed and continues to teach the "Nervous System-Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga" model of care.

Her book, Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone, will be published in 2020 by Handspring Press. She is the author of a NASW-MA CE course, "Bringing Yoga into Social Work Practice, " and the paper "Classical Yoga Postures as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Autonomic Nervous System Regulation." published in "Proceedings of the Yoga and Psyche Conference, 2014," published by Cambridge Scholars.

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ARTICLES BY JOANN PUBLISHED ONLINE IN TARKA JOURNAL

#12 & 13, TransformingTrauma

Guidelines for Teaching Nervous System-Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga to Survivors of Psychological Trauma, was published in April issue of TARKA, an on-line journal devoted to the latest developments in yoga.

You can access it athttps://www.embodiedphilosophy.com/guidelines-for-teaching-nervous-system-informed-trauma-sensitive-yoga-nitya-to-survivors-of-psychological-trauma/?_ar_id_=fe4b9f16b7744f2533c17fd4da192e97_7a35473a1201624d584c90547cb49df3

and Joann's article, Classical Yoga Postures as Therapeutic Intervention, is still available athttps://www.embodiedphilosophy.com/using-nervous-system-informed-trauma-sensitive-yoga-as-an-intervention-for-trauma-and-related-diagnoses/?_ar_id_=fe4b9f16b7744f2533c17fd4da192e97_7a35473a1201624d584c90547cb49df3

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