Yoga & Mental Wellness Training

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Yoga & Mental Wellness Training

Yoga Alliance-Approved Advanced  Studies and
Continuing-Education Yoga Teacher Training

Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
CEC: 7 Hours (7 Contact)
Location: Lakeville

This immersive 7-hour training equips yoga teachers with the practical tools and scientific understanding needed to integrate mental health support into every class. You’ll explore how time-honored yoga techniques—breathwork (pranayama), mindful movement (asana), hand gestures (mudras), and more—activate the body’s natural stress-regulation systems to calm anxious minds, lift mood, and boost overall vitality.

What You’ll Explore

  • The neuroscience behind yoga’s impact on the brain: neuroplasticity, stress hormones, and mood regulation

  • Polyvagal Theory in practice: sequencing breath, movement, and voice to shift autonomic states

  • Breathwork protocols for instant anxiety relief and long-term resilience

  • Gentle flows and asana for nervous system soothing

  • Mudras and mantra: subtle energetic tools to anchor focus and balance emotion

  • Designing mental-wellness–focused classes: theming, sequencing, and cues that safely support students in distress

Who Should Attend
Yoga teachers committed to deepening their teaching toolkit, mental-health professionals curious about mind-body integration, or any movement facilitator eager to foster emotional resilience in their community.
Empower yourself and your students with a holistic, research-driven approach to mental wellness on the mat.

Yoga & Mental Wellness Training Faculty

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Dawn Schaefer Stumpf, C-IAYT, BS, MS, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Dawn Schaefer Stumpf, C-IAYT, BS, MS, E-RYT 500, YACEP

Dawn (she/her) is an MS-licensed educator and a 500-hour Green Lotus–certified yoga teacher with additional credentials in Yoga Therapy, Functional Yoga Therapy, Sound Healing, Reiki, Mindfulness for Schools, and Lifeforce Yoga for Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma. She teaches yoga history, philosophy, and pranayama in Green Lotus’s 240-hour YTT. She offers Body-Mind Therapy (also called Yoga Therapy) private instruction for adults and children, including those with special needs such as autism and ADHD. She co-authored Journal of an ADHD Kid with her son, Tobias. Dawn is guided by the mantra lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, which translates to “May all beings be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way.”

Fee $155

Green Lotus Alumni receive a 10% discount.

Make-up sessions are not available. Because our training sessions frequently develop a wait list, refunds will be made to your personal Green Lotus account with less than two-weeks advance notice when you cancel.  Cancellations made with less than a 72-hour notice will not receive a refund.