Also called: C-IAYT
Adapts yoga poses, breathing, and meditation to help people with specific health conditions.
Works one-on-one with a client recovering from back surgery, designing gentle movements and breathing practices. Some work in hospitals' cancer or cardiac programs.
Estimate; mostly self-employed.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. 200-hour yoga teacher training plus an 800+ hour yoga therapy program (C-IAYT).
Ways in: Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Kinesiology, Yoga Therapy (certificate).
Growing about average. Small but growing.
Low risk for 10 years. Video and app classes compete for general yoga, but adapting movement one-on-one for injuries and illness stays in person.
Classes: Physical education, Anatomy & Physiology, Psychology, Health.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1199.
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