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Tell a friend about IAYT!

IAYT’s annual “Tell a Friend” membership campaign, now through the end of September (before we finalize the mailing list for the 2010 International Journal of Yoga Therapy).

Have a friend join IAYT and both you and your friend will have a little lagniappe (a little something extra) added to your annual membership.

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Each friend that joins will receive two extra months membership and you will receive one extra month’s membership added to your account.

Important: Your friend should place your full name (as shown in IAYT’s member search function) in the “Comments” section of their registration to insure that you BOTH receive the extra months of membership!

IAYT members will receive an email with complete instructions for our annual membership campaign. Simply forward that mail to your friend OR have your friend visit our website and select the “become a member” link to the right side of our homepage.

Thank you for your interest. At this time, the conference has sold out and registration is closed. Please see below to sign up for our waiting list
IAYT announces the first Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR)

This historic meeting is the first comprehensive and widely publicized academic research meeting in the West devoted to Yoga therapy research.

• Yoga research oral and poster presentations by leading scientists
• Opportunities to interact and dialogue with active yoga researchers
• A comprehensive preconference workshop on the basics of yoga research

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> Waiting List

Please call HI registration to sign up for our waiting list. 800-822-4547 Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST

This meeting sold out in early August, at the end of the early bird registration period. Registration is three times our conservative expectations. We are thrilled at what this demonstrates about the interest in Yoga research and we are working with HI to try to add a little more capacity.

What's new

Welcome New School Members!*

New Supporting School Members

5th Element Yoga
300 hr Yoga Therapist Training
Rachel Hanks
Gurukul Yoga Holistic Center
GYHC Yoga Therapist Training
Manjy & Prashant Joshi

New School Members

Kula-Kamala-Yoga
Yoga Therapist Training
Sharon Allitt
Integrative Yoga Therapy Training Center (Israel)
Integrative Yoga Therapy Training
Michal Yorkini & Tzippi Negev
Yoga for the Mind
Yoga Therapy Mindfulness for Mental Health Training
Heather Mason
Black Mountain Yoga
Yoga Therapy Training
Martia Rachman
Reconnect with Food
Yoga Therapy for Eating Disorder Recovery
Beverly Price
Yoga Tune Up
Yoga Tune Up Therapist Training
Jill Miller

* New since the IAYT Member Schools list published in the March Yoga Therapy Today

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IAYT, NAMA and YA Announce

"An Overview of Regulatory Issues for Yoga, Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda" by Daniel Seitz, JD, EdD.

This is an invited paper forthcoming in the 2010 International Journal of Yoga Therapy.

We are publishing this early because of the current work of the IAYT Educational Standards Committee and hence the timeliness of this article.

Financial support for the research and writing of this article was provided by IAYT, the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and Yoga Alliance (YA). The purpose is to serve our common goal of well-informed communication and decisions in this complicated and challenging area. Free access to all is provided as a public service.

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"This is an excellent paper, - educational, encouraging and empowering. We also appreciate and benefit from the mutual support and communication among our sister organizations on these issues." John Kepner, IAYT Executive Director.

“Dr. Daniel Seitz has provided an overview and personal insights into the regulatory issues for emerging healthcare fields at an important time in growth, popularity and acceptance of Complementary and Alternative health care. Freedom to practice, standards of competency and defined scopes of practice are essential for public safety and definition of a discipline. The more knowledgeable of the issues and unified a discipline's stakeholders are in defining these important issues, the faster the discipline can move forward in providing its services to the public in a safe and well respected manner.” Wynn Werner, Administrator, Ayurvedic Institute, and past President of NAMA.

“Dan brings a clear view to a complicated topic of regulatory issues for emerging fields at a very critical time in the healthcare discussion. We should all take note and come together in creative solutions to secure these wonderful sciences for humanity." Hilary Garivaltis, Dean, Kripalu School of Ayurveda. Member of the Board and chair, NAMA Standards Committee.

Clare Collins, RN, PhD.
IAYT Board Liason to the Standards Committee

The IAYT Educational Standards Committee

This committee, chosen from volunteers from IAYT Member schools, is charged with developing recommendations to the IAYT Board about entry level standards for the training of Yoga Therapists and related issues. Preliminary recommendations are due by July, 2011 and final recommendations one year later. Anyone may follow this, and IAYT members may contribute to this discussion on IAYT's Digital Resources Library, in the Group, "Member Schools and the Educational Standards Committee."

>	IAYT Educational Standards Committee

>	An Overview of IAYT's Efforts on Standards

All back issues now online!

At last! Search and find articles from the International Journal of Yoga Therapy and Yoga Therapy in Practice back to the inaugural issue in 1990. Free to IAYT members and available to the public for reasonable fees. Library subscriptions also available.

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	FEATURE ARCHIVES

Current publications

Yoga Therapy Today, June 2010

"Articles in Yoga Therapy Today are a reflection of Yoga therapy’s many aspects. They address practice, training and continuing education, regulation, standards, business, research, and new media of note for the profession. Case study, personal story, first-person report, interview, and opinion-oriented styles facilitate content variety that reflects views and practices of the membership. In this way, the membership itself and other health-oriented practitioners and consumers can better understand the nature of Yoga therapy.” Julie Deife, editor in chief.

> From the Editor
> Table of Contents
> Our Best Defense

Send questions, comments and submissions directly to Julie Deife, at jdeife @ iayt.org

International Journal of
Yoga Therapy 2009

“The 2009 International Journal of Yoga Therapy is our biggest issue ever (160 pp), full of new research on yoga and meditation, thought-provoking perspectives on current challenges in our field, and practical information. The research section includes a special focus on yoga for seniors, with a comprehensive research review as well as original research on yoga for mental health, physical function, and bone health in older adults.” Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Editor in Chief.

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The IJYT is the only professional and scientific journal dedicated to Yoga as a healing practice.

Contents

>	Editorial: The Yoga Community Needs Yoga Therapy, Minus the 'Therapy'

>	U.S. Senate Health Reform Testimony on Integrative Care: A Pathway to a Healthier Nation

>	Order IJYT back issues at sale prices

IAYT supports research and education in Yoga, and serves as a professional organization for Yoga teachers and Yoga therapists worldwide.

Our mission is to establish Yoga as a recognized and respected therapy.

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