Essential Yoga Therapy

08/23/2026

Nourishing the Doshas isn't one course — it's four sessions, each built around a different piece of your Ayurvedic cooking toolkit.

Class 1 (Sept 12) grounds you in the 3 doshas and 6 tastes, and how each taste therapeutically balances Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.
Class 2 (Oct 24) is all Vata — grounding, warming meals that calm the nervous system and support those working with anxiety, insomnia, or digestive irregularity.
Class 3 (Nov 7) turns to Pitta — cooling, anti-inflammatory cooking for inflammation, anger, or perfectionist tendencies.
And Class 4 (Nov 21) closes with Kapha — stimulating spices and light techniques to support metabolism, motivation, and emotional balance for those experiencing lethargy or low mood.

Take one class or the whole series — either way, you'll leave with recipes you'll actually use.

Sign up here: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/nourishingthedoshas

08/22/2026

Imagine spending an afternoon in the kitchen with our own Ayurvedic chef, Aria Peterman — learning not just the theory, but cooking two or three therapeutic recipes with your own hands, session after session.

That's Nourishing the Doshas: four 2.5-hour interactive online workshops blending ancient wisdom with real culinary skill. You'll leave with a digital recipe book, a full year of access to the recordings, and — for those completing the series — 10 hours of IAYT Approved Professional Development.

Whether you're a yoga therapist, a wellness practitioner, or simply craving a deeper relationship with food, there's a seat here for you. Early bird pricing runs through August 31. Starts September 12: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/nourishingthedoshas

08/21/2026

Sitting with a big decision like this one? That's completely normal — and we're here to help you work through it.

Drop your questions in the comments, and be sure to schedule your personal conversation with Robin — a meaningful step in exploring whether this training is right for you, and one we ask everyone to complete by the end of August: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/conversation

08/20/2026

Scroll through a Foundations residency on Whidbey Island: the ferry crossing that starts the slow-down, quiet forest trails between sessions, mirror-still mornings for reflection, and meals prepared by our Ayurvedic chef, Aria Peterman. Robin built this program around real community — sangha — not just coursework.

Applications for her final cohort are open now: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/foundations-of-yoga-therapy

08/19/2026

Robin Rothenberg, C-IAYT, Director of EYT, has spent over 25 years training yoga teachers and therapists. She co-authored a landmark yoga research study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, wrote Restoring Prana, and leads one of only 70 IAYT-accredited yoga therapy schools in the world.

As she shared with our community recently, "We have an amazing group ready to launch into their 3.5-year journey and become the next generation of yoga therapists."

This fall, she's teaching Foundations of Yoga Therapy — a chance to learn directly from someone who has helped shape this field.

Click the link here to learn more about the program: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/foundations-of-yoga-therapy

08/18/2026

This fall marks something special: Robin Rothenberg's final cohort of Foundations of Yoga Therapy. As she shared with our community recently, "This fall I am excited to be starting my next and last cohort of the EYT Yoga Therapist Training Program." It's a 17-month journey — weekly online sessions, two residencies on Whidbey Island, and the real work of becoming a yoga therapist. A few spaces remain. Curious if it's right for you? Start the conversation here: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/conversation

06/02/2026

Ayurveda Self-Care Practices for Health and Longevity – PITTA/SUMMER - Jun 7, 5-7pm

Pitta and the summer season is a time to help reduce inflammation, both within body and mind. In this 2-hour session special focus will be spent on treatments that are soothing for the skin, eyes, head and digestion. These will include Marma head massage, eye treatments, breath practices and asana that soothe Agni (our digestive fire).

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05/27/2026

Early Bird Pricing Ends Next Week!

Lower back pain affects millions — and it walks into your yoga class every week.

Are you equipped to help?

Robin Rothenberg's Essential Low Back Teacher Training is coming to the beautiful Aldermarsh retreat center on Whidbey Island this July — and Early Bird pricing ends May 1.

This 6-night residential intensive covers: 🔹 Hypo & hypermobility 🔹 SI dysfunction & pelvic misalignment 🔹 Lumbar disc conditions 🔹 Scoliosis 🔹 The connection between breathing & back health

Plus certification to teach the ELBP series upon practicum completion.

🗓 July 6–12 | Whidbey Island, WA 💰 Early Bird $2,500 (save $300 — register by May 20)

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YogaAlliance YogaCE TeacherTraining EssentialYogaTherapy

04/27/2026

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Most yoga teachers are doing their best to support students with back pain…
but without deeper training, it’s easy to miss what’s really going on.

Low back pain isn’t just anatomy.
It’s breath, pelvic stability, nervous system patterns, and how it all works together—in this body, not a generic one.

In the Essential Low Back Program, we spend five full days exploring how to truly assess and understand the lower back in a three-dimensional, real-world way. Through observation, hands-on practice, and case-based learning, you begin to see what’s often overlooked.

And here’s the honest part:
Many practitioners discover that their own pain—or their students’ pain—is coming from what’s happening in their yoga practice itself.

This training changes that.

July 6–12, 2026
A 6-day immersive experience designed to help you teach with clarity, confidence, and real therapeutic impact.

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The Essential Low Back Teacher Training

04/24/2026

Most yoga trainings teach you how to guide a pose. Very few teach you what to do when it causes pain.

If you're a yoga teacher who has ever felt underprepared when an injured student walks in — or who has been quietly managing your own pain for years — Robin Rothenberg has designed this course with you in mind.

Yoga Rehab: Addressing Pain Through Intelligent Movement A 4-week in-person intensive at Columbia City Yoga.

Over four weeks, Robin draws on 40 years of clinical experience to give yoga teachers the foundational tools to address chronic pain — in themselves and in their students. CCY's Starr Sanborn, C-IAYT will provide hands-on support throughout.

📌 Lower Body (May 7 & 14) — Low back, sacrum, pelvis & hips 📌 Upper Body (May 21 & 28) — Shoulder girdle & neck
📅 Thursdays, 1:30–3:30 PM | May 7, 14, 21 & 28
📍 Columbia City Yoga
🎓 8 CE Hours, Yoga Alliance
💲 $70 per module | $120 full series

Recordings included for all participants. Space is limited — register at the link below.

https://essentialyogatherapy.com/columbiacity