SYTAR 2014 Overview

Celebrating IAYT’s 25th Anniversary SYTAR is dedicated entirely to professional education, research, practice, and policy issues for yoga therapy. SYTAR 2014 will be held at the Austin Renaissance Hotel located in the picturesque Austin Arboretum area in the Texas Hill Country.

Keynote and Plenary Sessions
All attendees gather for these powerful keynote and invited speaker presentations.

Practice Sessions: Competencies in Actions
Twenty afternoon theory and practice sessioins supporting the competencies in IAYT's Educational Standards for the Training of Yoga Therapists in intriguing and practical ways.

Common Interest Community Sessions
June 5, 1:30-5:00 pm

Call for CIC Presentations
Fifteen-minute talks modeled on “Ted Talks” at the start of the conference that will get people talking
Watch for the Call for CIC Presentations in January
Rehab Professionals: Bridging the Past with the Future. Chrys Kub PT, RYT, FitYogaTherapy and Staffan Elgelid, PT, GCFT, PhD, Nazareth College
Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health -I Amy Weintraub, ERYT-500, MFA, LFYP, LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and Susan Steiger Tebb, PhD, LSW, RYT, School of Social Work Saint Louis University
Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health - II Ellen Fein LCSW, CYT, and Clare Collins, RN, PhD, American Viniyoga Institute

Thursday Afternoon Workshops
June 5, 1:30 -5:00 pm

Ayurveda 101 for Yoga Therapists

An opportunity to learn how Ayurveda can inform yoga therapy.
Presented by Peggy Kelley and Suhas G. Kshirsagar, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda, India) in consutation with the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.

Creating a YRx Practice Presence in Your Community

Move your home community from "Yoga what?" to "Yoga therapy is what you need"
Presented by Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD and Lilith Bailey-Kroll

New! Post SYTAR All Day Monday Workshops
June 9, 9-12, and 1-4:30 pm

Clinical Yoga and Heart Health

Presented by Susi Amendola.

Yoga Survivorship: Strategies in Cancer Treatment

and Post Treatments

Presented by Jnani Chapman and Heather Reed

Healing Relationships- an Essential Workshop for

Healing with Intuitive Wisdom. Knowledge Creates

Therapists, Intuition Creates Healers.

Presented by Nischala Joy Devi

The Yoga Therapy of iRest Yoga Nidra

Presented by Richard Miller:

Morning Practices
Taught by SYTAR faculty

Shared Meals
Developing community is an important part of SYTAR. To that end, several meals and get-togethers are provided, including a reception on Thursday night and a banquet on Saturday night.

Free Time
Plenty of time is built into the program for informal meetings with old and new friends and getting to know our sponsors and exhibitors.

Meeting of Schools
The Meeting of Schools is not part of the conference program per se. It is open only to program directors and faculty of IAYT Member Schools. June 4, 2:30-3:45, 4- 5:30, 7-9 pm and June 5, 9-12, pm. Led by the IAYT Accreditation Committee.

2:30-3:45 Pre-meeting for Prospective AC Members
4:00 Meeting of Schools
- Understanding the accreditation process
- Understanding assessments
- Looking to the future
Must be logged in as an IAYT member school to register. .

SYTAR 2014 Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers:
Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Judith Hanson Lasater, PT, PhD,
Michael Lerner, PhD, Commonweal

Special Guests

Jnani Chapman, First Executive Director of IAYT

Larry Payne PhD, Co-founder of IAYT

Richard Miller, PhD, Co-founder of IAYT

Invited Speakers

Susi Amendola, Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery

Nischal Joy Devi, Abundant WellBeing

Janice Gates, Somatic Yoga Therapy Programs
Kate Holcombe, Healing Yoga Foundation
Gary Kraftsow, American Viniyoga Institute
Lee Majewski, Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute

Vasant Lad, BAMS, MaSC, The Ayurvedic Institute

SYTAR 2014