Pain Care Yoga

3-month yoga therapy mentorship with Neil Pearson

Feb 4 - April 29, 2025

Put your Pain Care Aware training into practice!

Your assignment will include working with three clients who experience persistent pain, conducting intake & assessments, and developing tailored yoga therapy treatment plans.

You will be guided by Neil Pearson and supported by Michele Lawrence and program mentors. All Zoom sessions will be recorded if you are unable to attend live.

Key Dates:

  • Feb 4th, 2025 | 9:00-11:00am MT on Zoom |Pain Care Yoga Overview and Refresher with Neil Pearson
  • March 11 & 18, 2025 | 9:00-11:00am MT on Zoom | Group check ins with Neil Pearson: bring your client questions
  • April 22 & 29, 2025 | 9:00-11:00am MT on Zoom | Final case study presentations with Neil Pearson
  • One-on-one sessions with your mentors will be scheduled on your own time in March and April

Cost: $250

Students outside of Inner Peace Yoga Therapy may register for this mentorship by first completing the Pain Care Aware Foundations online course, more details below.

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Neil Pearson is a physiotherapist, yoga therapist (C-IAYT), experienced yoga teacher E-RYT500, and Clinical Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia (since 1998). He is faculty for three C-IAYT yoga therapist training programs - Inner Peace Yoga Therapy, Yoga Therapy International, and The School of Embodied Yoga Therapy.

Upgrade this Mentorship.

Add on the Pain Care Aware Foundations online course or a 1:1 mentorship in Fibromyalgia with With Swami Swarupananda ~ Lisa Pearson 

Pain Care Aware
Foundations Course

Become Pain Care Aware (PCA) in 2025! Enroll in PCA Foundations (version 2.0!) alongside this Pain Care Mentorship and save $300 off regular course pricing! (Students outside of Inner Peace Yoga Therapy must complete this course as a pre-requisite to mentorship.)

The Pain Care Aware program informs yoga teacher/therapists, movement teachers and LHCP’s of current science of pain and movement.

In addition, PCA™ teaches how to:

  • Guide yoga classes with explicit and implicit language informed by science
  • Create conditions to make yoga classes more accessible
  • Foster fearlessness in yoga teachers and their students
  • Help students to be guided by awareness, regulation, and discernment
  • Enjoy asana with less fear and more confidence
  • Look internally for guidance regarding when to continue a challenge and when to pause

The Pain Care Aware program also supports teachers /therapists to offer yoga classes that are safer through curiosity, exploration and play.

With this online training, you have access to knowledge, techniques, principles, and language to be Pain Care aware.

As more people come to yoga seeking non-pharmacological solutions for pain care, Pain Care Aware yoga teachers compassionately challenge their students’ limits and keep them safe, while fostering resiliency and fearlessness and avoiding actions that can inadvertently create a sense of fragility or fear of injury or damage.

LEARN MORE ABOUT  OUR PAIN CARE AWARE TRAINING HERE

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Bio/Psycho/Social/Spiritual 
Approach to Understanding and Working with People with Fibromyalgia 

With Swami Swarupananda ~
Lisa Pearson

Fibromyalgia is a complex, long-lasting condition affecting millions globally, characterized by widespread pain and fatigue. While it significantly impacts quality of life, it is neither life-threatening nor progressive. Researchers attribute fibromyalgia to pain system hypersensitivity, making diagnosis challenging and sometimes controversial.

This add-on mentorship opportunity offers yoga therapists specialized skills to support individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome and similar autoimmune conditions. Participants will explore effective practices for one-on-one and group therapeutic yoga, focusing on enhancing physical strength, endurance, and inner peace.

Over three months, we will cover yoga therapy techniques that empower individuals with fibromyalgia, helping them set smart goals and improve their overall well-being. This mentorship is invaluable for those personally affected by fibromyalgia or working with clients facing related conditions like Lupus, Crohn's Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Long Covid.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE/COST:

  • Duration: 3 months, 3 sessions/month (90 minutes each)
  • Schedule: Month One: February 10th, 17th, 24th, 2025 Month Two: March 10th, 17th, 24th, 2025 Month Three: April 7th, 14th, 21st, 2025
  • All sessions recorded for future viewing
  • $750 for 3 months of small group mentoring
  • Option for additional one private 1:1 mentoring session per month (up to 60 minutes).
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