IDY Continuing Education
Re-form the Body...Re-discover the Self

"No matter what we are doing or where we find ourselves, we can, and indeed we must, create an experience of alignment." - Poised for Grace

Continuing Education Programs

The Northern California Yoga Institute-NCYI offers a variety of Continuing Education Programs. If you are an RYT seeking Continuing Educations creates, at the completion of any one of these programs you will be given a "certificate of completion" documenting contact hours with an E-RYT and the categories of study. This information can be submitted to Yoga Alliance.

IDY Methods - Refinements in Alignment

The Refinements in Alignment total 36-hours towards Continuing Education. These Workshops are a deeper exploration of Integrative Dynamic Yoga's Seven Principles of Synergy. Participants will continue to expand their knowledge and application of the Principles as introduced in the IDY Classes and other IDY Workshops and Advanced Studies Programs. These Workshops are specifically designed for those wanting to: 1) deepen their understanding and application of alignment principles, 2) take their practice to a new level. These workshops are for new and seasoned practioners, Yoga instructors, group exercise teachers, personal trainers, or those working in the health and wellness industry.

Introduction to IDY Therapy - Restorative Functional Conditioning

The IDY Restorative Functional Conditioning is the application of "Yoga as Therapy" for chronic pain associated with injury, stress, aging, and neuromuscular disorders. In this 36-hour program, Yoga Instructors will learn therapeutic Yoga methods for neuromuscular reprogramming and functional conditioning and movement. Teachers expand their knowledge of the application of IDY's Seven Principles of Synergy for restoring muscle function. Focus is placed on incorporating restorative functional conditioning practices into Yoga classes or one-on-one sessions.

Introduction to IDY LiFE - Lifestyle and Fitness Education

Integrating strength and resistance training, cardiovascular conditioning, and IDY is a means for improving physical fitness including strength, stamina, and endurance as well as agility, balance and flexibility. This 36-hour program focuses on the specific applications of IDY's Seven Principles of Synergy for fitness and physcial conditioning. Focus is placed on learning the applications taught in IDY-LiFE small group classes and one-on-one sessions.

IDY Philosophy - The Path of Bliss

This is a 12-hour Yoga Philosophy Seminar Series that expands upon some of the foundational tenets of Yoga. IDY integrates Tantric Yoga principles with contemporary philosophical practices that cultivate the belief that life, this embodied experience, is a gift and Yoga provides a means of "nurturing our choices, transforming potential into reality, and deepening the experience of our own true divine nature." "Yoga...describes every possible kind of meaningful relationship and engagement. The question is never whether we are practicing yoga, but rather are we practicing yoga well"? (Poised for Grace).

Dates & Locations

To be announced soon.

Continuing Education Program Costs

See specific Workshops and Programs for details.