The Dr. Fishman Yoga Therapy track features:

• PYI's comprehensive Yoga Therapy Certification - accredited by IAYT - covering the mental, physical and spiritual benefits of yoga therapy and mindfulness 

• A Yoga Therapy Practicum in Musculoskeletal Conditions with Dr. Fishman

• Yoga for Back Care, Osteoporosis, Scoliosis and more

•  A combination of self-study and meaningful, live online sessions with your faculty and cohort

• A 300 RYT with Yoga Alliance and additional CE credits

• Choice of two remaining Practicums with an emphasis in Mindfulness and Meditation for Stress Management, Yoga Research, Ayurveda and more

• PLUS, former students of Dr. Fishman can transfer in up to 75 hours or prior trainings!

*PREREQUISITES: 

    Yoga Teacher Certification, one year of teaching, and one year of practice.

Our Lead Faculty, Dr. Loren Fishman, introduces the program:

Loren Fishman, MD

Dr. Fishman is Medical Director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City, author of seven books and author or editor of more than 70 academic articles, and a world-recognized pioneer in the treatment of piriformis syndrome and rotator cuff tear and an expert in curing back pain. He is Associate Editor of Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, on the staff at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and a past president of the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Fishman has written five books about yoga and medical conditions. They are: Relief Is In the Stretch: Cure Back Pain With Yoga ( with Carol Ardman, WW Norton, 2006), Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis (with Eric Small, Demos Press, 2007), Yoga for Osteoarthritis (with Ellen Saltonstall, WW Norton, 2008), Yoga for Osteoporosis (with Ellen Saltonstall, coming in March, 2010), and Healing Yoga (2015).

After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, Dr. Fishman spent a year in Pune, Inda, studying Yoga with BKS Iyengar, attending every public and private class and taking daily instruction. At that time, Mr. Iyengar gave Dr. Fishman permission to teach his Yoga. Dr. Fishman then went to Rush Medical School, did a residency in a Tufts-Harvard program, and served as Chief Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Throughout his career, when appropriate, he has incorporated Yoga into his medical practice and has watched its healing effects. He is also an enthusiastic practitioner himself and has been doing Yoga daily since 1973.

Dr. Fishman has been included in numerous “Best Doctors” lists and has lectured in the United States and abroad. He is an officer of the Manhattan Institute for Cancer Research, and lives with his wife in New York City.

"To his patients, Dr. Fishman is a miracle worker." – Jane Brody, NY Times
Loren Fishman is "... a Thomas Edison of yoga therapy." – William Broad, The Science of Yoga