A One-of-a-Kind Course Bridging The Gap Between Medical Fitness and Yoga Programming
A One-of-a-Kind Course Bridging The Gap Between Medical Fitness and Yoga Programming
Designed for both medical fitness and yoga professionals, the Medical Fitness Yoga Specialist online course bridges the gap between medical fitness and yoga program design, development and delivery!
This 10-hour online course delivers what you need to know to partner with your client in the co-creation of a tailored medical fitness yoga program – from promotion in the scope of practice, through assessment-based planning, to program design and progressions.
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Course Overview
Module 1: Introduction
In this section, you’ll be introduced to the course’s 250-page manual, as well as the course’s structure into “the 5 P’s” of Medical Fitness Yoga program design and delivery. You’ll also learn more about the 5 koshas – a powerful framework that helps clients to conceptualize their 5 layers of self and well-being.
Module 2: Promotion
In this section, you’ll learn how to promote yourself as a Medical Fitness Yoga Specialist to prospective clients while staying in your scope of practice and practicing Dr. Carmack’s 6 Chakras of Health Promotion.
Module 3: Preparation
In this section, you’ll learn how to assure that you and your client are properly prepared for your work together, including an overview of insurance, health data privacy management, waivers, and screening tool needs.
Module 4: Planning
In this section, you’ll learn how to combine both talk-based interviewing and asana (pose)-based assessments in the yoga program planning process, so that you can co-create a yoga program for your client that works well for them on and off of the mat.
Module 5: Programming
In this section, you’ll learn how to adapt the FITT-VP exercise prescription framework for yoga program design. Plus, you’ll learn how to use Dr. Carmack’s signature ABCDE practice design framework in the design and delivery of yoga practice sessions – to assure that every client session experience is assessment-based, centering, and empowering.
Module 6: Progressions
In this section you’ll learn how the concept of yoga progression takes yoga into a way of life, through the practice of the 8 limbed-path of yoga. Plus, you’ll learn how you can add simple yoga mudras and mantras to a philosophy and posture-based yoga program, to support clients with centering self-care practices they can take into their daily life.
About the Course Author
Dr. Suzie Carmack
Suzie Carmack, PhD, MFA, MEd, ERYT 500, NBC-HWC, C-IAYT is an award-winning yoga therapist, #1 best-selling author (twice), public health scholar, trainer, and trusted c-suite coach to senior leaders in the private and public sectors.
As the Creator of the YogaMedCo Method, Dr. Carmack has trained 100’s of coaches and yoga teachers on 5 continents in her signature and evidence-based approach to supporting clients in bringing the practices of yoga, lifestyle medicine and coaching together. She currently serves as the Department Chair of Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda at the Maryland University of Integrative Health, where she guides the training of tomorrow’s Yoga Therapists and Ayurveda specialists in the only accredited M.S. and C-IAYT program in yoga therapy in the world.
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More About this Course
Module 1: Welcome and Introduction to the Course
Lesson 1: Welcome to the Course
Lesson 2: What You’ll Learn: Meet the Course 5 P‘s
Lesson 3: Introduction to the Yoga Koshas Framework
Module 2: Promotion & Scope of Practice
Lesson 4: Welcome to Module 2
Lesson 5: The Chakras of Health Promotion
Lesson 6: Your 5 Website Must-Haves
Lesson 7: Intro to the Red Zone (10 Assessment Asanas with Chair)
Module 3: Preparation
Lesson 8 Welcome to Module 3
Lesson 9: Health History
Lesson 10: Screenings and Waivers
Lesson 11: Conclusion
Lesson 12: Intro to the Yellow Zone (10 Assessment Asanas with Blocks)
Module 4: Planning
Lesson 13: Welcome to Module 4
Lesson 14: Interviewing for the Why
Lesson 15: Preparing for the Assessment with Physiology
Lesson 16: Review of Dr. C’s Asana-Based Assessment Series
Lesson 17: Intro to the Green Zone (10 Assessment Asanas on the Mat)
Module 5: Programming
Lesson 18 Welcome to Module 5
Lesson 19: Meet FITT-VP Framework for Yoga Program Design
Lesson 20: Meet Dr. C’s ABCDE Framework for Yoga Practice Design
Lesson 21: The Joyful Tree (Annandamaya Kosha)
Module 6: Progressions
Lesson 22: Welcome to Module 6
Lesson 23: The Yoga Way of Life (8 Limbed Path)
Lesson 24: Progressing through 44 Postures
Lesson 25: An Intro Mudras Practice for Energy Balance (Chakras and Vayus)
This one-of-a-kind course bridges the gap between medical fitness and yoga program design, development and delivery! This course delivers what you need to know to partner with your client in the co-creation of a tailored medical fitness yoga program – from promotion in the scope of practice, through assessment-based planning, to program design and progressions.
Along the way, you’ll learn and love the Traffic Light Method, developed by the MFYS course author and yoga therapist Dr. Suzie Carmack and MedFit’s chronic disease course author Dr. Dan Mikeska. You’ll learn how you can apply this method in giving clients red, yellow, and green options for “driving” their practice on the mat safely, based on their medical needs, stress management concerns, physical capabilities, and intuitive guidance. Plus you’ll learn how you can apply this method in the client assessment process; in the planning of a yoga program and in the practice of 44 different asanas (yoga poses).
Course Delivery and Assessment
Course Length: 10 hours
This is an online, self-paced course; all materials are delivered digitally.This course includes narrated slide videos and course manual. Comprehension of the material will be measured via a mandatory competency assessment requiring a minimum of 80% correct responses.
Prerequisites
All of the online courses on MedFit Classroom which lead to a Certificate of Specialization are considered advanced level education, and are meant to be taken by fitness professionals who have previously acquired education and experience as a professional within the health and fitness industry. In order for one to receive the Certificate of Specialization conferred upon those who obtain and complete this specialist course, one must be able to demonstrate that he or she has the following:
- Evidence of a bachelor’s or master’s degree in fitness or health related field AND/OR possess a certification from a nationally-recognized certification, NCCA or ANSI/ISO accredited program OR a current yoga certification at the 200–hour level or above AND
- Evidence of professional liability insurance.
Renewal of Specialization
The completion of this specialization course, and the passing of its corresponding competency assessment, leads to a Certificate of Specialization. This Certificate of Specialization will be considered valid for a period of two years. To keep the certificate current, you must complete 10 hours of continuing education, on relevant subject matter, and formally renew the certificate prior to the date of its expiration. As with many certifications and specializations in our field, professionals should anticipate some costs to continuing education and renewal of this certificate.
MedFit Classroom CEUs
This Specialist Course provides up to 10 CEUs for other MedFit Classroom Specializations. Download our CEU chart (PDF) to find out what specializations it will provide credit CEUs for.
Other Continuing Education Credits
- Approved by NASM for 1.0 CEU.
- Approved by canfitpro for 4 CECs.
- Pending approval by ACE.