Yoga can play an intricate role in healing and supporting those with food addictions and disordered eating. Discover best practices for teaching yoga to support your students' relationships with food, eating, and their bodies, along with ways to assist you on your own journey.
Through lectures, guided meditations, journaling, and group discussions, as well as engaging in Yoga Nidra, hatha, restorative, Kundalini, and Yin related yoga practices, you learn to:
- Recognize symptoms and signs of food addiction and distinguish between behavioral addictions, food addictions, and disordered eating
- Use body-positive, body liberatory, weight-neutral, size-neutral, and body-neutral language to create a welcoming and affirming space for all bodies
- Educate yourself about relationships with food and eating, including using intuitive eating (IE) and Health at Every Size (HAES) models
Return home with a toolbox of techniques and experiences for addressing food, eating, and the body specific to food addiction.
