Y4A - Yoga for Amputees/
Adaptive Yoga Teacher Training

Finding Wholeness After Limb Loss, Limb Difference, or Limb Limitation


This Yoga Teacher Training is designed to illuminate the fundamentals of amputation on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. Learn about prosthetics, pain management including phantom pain, and movement and balance issues. You will learn to safely adapt poses for above-knee, below-knee, and upper- extremity limb loss, difference, and limitation, and to teach meditation and breathing techniques that support those living with limb loss and limb limitation. These adaptive techniques will serve you as a yoga teacher to support even your students who are not living with limb loss.

This training is designed for yoga teachers and teacher trainees, yoga therapists, prosthetists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, and medical and other professionals who support amputees and those with limb loss, difference, or limitation.

Registration is closed for the 2024 Y4A Program. Click the Download Brochure button below to review our 2024 brochure with all the details, dates, costs, and information regarding our most recent program.

Join the list at the button below to learn about our 2024 Y4A program. If you have any questions, call 410-720-4340 or email us at info@columbiayoga.com.
In-Depth Training Testimonials
A Perfect Blend

This program is the perfect blend of rich yoga philosophy, structured anatomy and physiology courses for correct alignment and student accessibility, community engagement, meditation, and self-study. Thank you for all the knowledge, experience, and passion you have poured into this program and into your trainees.

-MB

So Much More Than I Thought

I expected to learn more about asana, pranayama and meditation, but it was so much more. This was a deep dive into learning about the self and how I want to show up in the world as a human and a yoga teacher. My fellow teachers-in-training became very close and supportive through this program. The instructors were so knowledgeable and found the perfect balance between serious and fun. I had a great time, even though it was a lot of inner work as well as studying and practice. I highly recommend this program not only for people wanting to teach yoga, but also for those who would like to deepen their personal practice.

- PI

The Best Possible

The RYT 200 program at the Yoga Center of Columbia is nothing that you would expect it to be, in the best possible way. My personal practice and teaching has become richer, deeper, and more respectful, both of myself and my students. Learning how the physical parts of yoga (asana, pranayama) work inside of the larger yogic tradition was enlightening. The teachers respect the students in a way that I have not experienced before. That respect was something I can carry on into my own teaching and daily life and I am eternally grateful to have learned it.

-ZD

Transformative

This teacher training with Kelly and Lucy has been a transformative and rewarding experience. It was not just about any one thing about yoga like asana or teaching, it was about all of yoga! It is a well thought out course, and the monthly meetings really allowed me to process everything, let the teachings marinate before we went on to the next topic.

-EW

Learn All of Yoga

I am so happy that I chose to do my yoga teacher training at The Yoga Center of Columbia. What an amazing experience with amazing teachers and fellow students. Such an amazing studio. I recommend The Yoga Center of Columbia for all of your yoga needs.

-WO