Integrating Accessible Yoga Techniques into Brief
Therapeutic Interventions
Enroll in the Online Self-Study and complete the training on your own schedule.
6 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians
In the heart of every clinical session lies a critical question: how can we help clients reconnect with their bodies, calm their minds, and reclaim agency—especially when time is short and trauma runs deep? This course delivers a powerful answer by showing clinicians how to harness the proven, science-backed benefits of yoga in ways that are brief, accessible, and deeply therapeutic.
Whether you're working in a clinical office, a hospital, a school, or through telehealth, this course empowers you to bring simple yet powerful practices into the moment—helping clients reclaim a sense of safety, embodiment, and hope.
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Enhance trauma care with brief, body-based techniques
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"Integrating Accessible Yoga Techniques into Brief Therapeutic Interventions" is one of three courses that compromise the Yoga-Based Clinical Interventions Certificate (YCIC) program. Enroll in the discounted full program and earn 24 total CEs and the YCIC.
Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500, an internationally recognized leader in yoga therapy and neuroscience, joins forces with seasoned clinician and yoga practitioner Brett Sculthorp, LCSW, LCAS, CPS, RYT 200. Together, they bring over 50 years of combined experience in mental health, trauma recovery, yoga practice, and integrative care—making them uniquely qualified to teach strategies that clinicians can apply immediately.
Kristine and Brett’s approach is rooted in Subtle® Yoga, a person-centered, trauma-informed framework that uses gentle movement, breath regulation, mindfulness, and ethical reflection to restore balance to the nervous system. Their teaching is practical, inclusive, and adaptable across populations and treatment settings.
Participants will explore the historical and philosophical foundations of yoga, evidence-based benefits of brief practices, the neurobiological mechanisms behind yoga’s therapeutic impact, and how to deliver yoga-informed interventions across the spectrum of care—from prevention to aftercare. Topics include breathwork, slow mindful movement, ethical engagement, co-regulation, somatic awareness, and how to integrate yoga within modalities such as ACT, CBT, MI, and somatic therapy.
Instructor
Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500
Kristine Weber is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga and an advocate for the use of these practices as an integral part of the solution to the healthcare crisis. She is leading the charge to get slow, mindful practices to people who desperately need them through her Subtle® Yoga Revolution series of online courses and trainings for yoga teachers - which have been praised by thousands all over the world. She is the director of the Subtle® Yoga Teacher Training for Behavioral Health Professionals program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Health Sciences at MAHEC and the Yoga Therapy representative on the Integrative Health Policy Consortium in Washington D.C., where she advocates for the integration of yoga into the healthcare system.
She serves on the Yoga Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. Kristine has been an avid student of yoga since 1989, teaching yoga since 1995, and training teachers since 2003. She presents workshops and trainings internationally and is frequently invited to speak about yoga at healthcare conferences and on podcasts. She is the author of Healing Self Massage and has published numerous articles. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yoga Therapy Today, YogaU, Redbook, BodySense, Women's World, Natural Health, and Lifetime TV. She is currently conducting research on Subtle® Yoga for addiction recovery.
Instructor
Brett Sculthorp, LCSW LCAS CPS RYT 200,
Brett Sculthorp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, a Certified Prevention Specialist and a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. He has been a yoga and meditation for over 35 years and has been collaborating with Kristine in creating Subtle Yoga trainings for 20 years. In his private practice Brett works with individuals, couples, and groups with a clinical focus on trauma. In addition to the physical, psychological, and spiritual practices of the yoga tradition, Brett utilizes the therapeutic modalities of Brainspotting, ego state work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Release Exercises, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
Brett is currently writing a book about Yoga Psychology with Kristine. Brett’s writing has been featured in Yoga Therapy in Practice and he co-wrote a paper that was presented at the XV World Futures Studies Federation Conference. Brett’s substance use prevention work has focused on community building including educating about the social determinants of health, futures studies and other strategic planning methodologies. Also, the integration of local economics and public health.
Key Takeaways:
- Simple tools, big impact: Learn evidence-based yoga practices that support mental health in as little as five minutes.
- Mind-body integration made easy: Discover how yoga enhances top-down and bottom-up nervous system regulation.
- Research meets real life: Ground your work in science and bring it to life through accessible, trauma-informed yoga techniques.
Why this course?
- Trusted instructors: Learn from two leaders in yoga and behavioral health who understand both clinical realities and yogic depth.
- Practical application: Unlike typical yoga trainings, this course is tailored for mental health professionals working in high-pressure, time-limited environments.
- Backed by purpose: Offered by Telehealth Certification Institute, whose mission is to equip clinicians with high-quality continuing education that supports holistic care.
Learning Objectives:
- List at least 6 key principles of why and how to integrate yoga into a clinical practice.
- Demonstrate at least five postures, breathing, and meditation practices which may be integrated into individual and group interventions to help mitigate symptoms of depression and anxiety.
- Describe the top-down and bottom-up neurobiological basis for the effectiveness of yoga interventions.
- Identify at least two research articles on the efficacy of yoga brief interventions.
The evidence is clear: even short, intentional yoga-based interventions can transform the therapeutic encounter and promote sustainable healing.
Enroll today to unlock the skills that will elevate your clinical impact—one breath, one posture, one moment at a time.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 6 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
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Availability:
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods:
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
How to Attend:
Instructions for attending and completing a course can be found here.
This program was recorded March 6, 2025.
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