1. Look inward with an honest self-assessment of your own body image issues, while addressing how your relationship with food, and your yoga mat, parallel every other relationship in your life so that you can help your students/clients understand the same concept
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Differentiate between different classifications of eating disorders, common co-occurring disorders and how they present physically, emotionally and spiritually both on and off the mat
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Understand the addiction model and how it applies to eating disorders
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Learn the scientific benefits of yoga on eating disorder recovery, along with the yoga teacher's role in an eating disorder treatment facility or community setting, taking a thorough assessment
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Become aware of the negative messages that you may be giving your students/clients by focusing solely on the poses; learn how to reduce competition/perfectionism and implement purposeful word choices, while focusing on the breath--using challenging poses as metaphors
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Learn and practice mindful eating through food experientials
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Implement the chakras, eight fold path and yoga philosophy in eating disorder recovery
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Learn how listen and understand non-verbal communication by your eating disordered student/client through their yoga practice
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Develop your own yoga program/class in body acceptance for students/clients using messages, voice tone, lighting, temperature, themes and sequencing of yoga flow; Learn the art of giving and receiving feedback along with adjustments that make connections vs. corrections
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Market your program and services to other healthcare professionals and the consumer
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