Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness

10 Hours CE/CPD | Online Course with Vern-Tsing Ong

Explore how Hatha Yoga can complement manual therapy, rehabilitation, fitness, and wellness practice through mindful movement, breathing, strength, flexibility, and relaxation.

Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness is designed for therapists, healthcare professionals, fitness professionals, yoga practitioners, and instructors seeking an adaptable and practical introduction to Hatha Yoga.

Presented by Vern-Tsing Ong, the course helps participants understand how yoga practices can support recovery, injury prevention, physical resilience, emotional balance, and a deeper mind-body connection.

Course Overview

Through 30 video classes and more than three hours of practical instruction, Vern demonstrates foundational poses, advanced asanas, arm balances, backbends, inversions, relaxation techniques, pranayama, meditation, and additional bonus practices.

Participants learn how to adapt poses for different levels of fitness, experience, mobility, and physical capability. This makes the course particularly relevant to professionals who want to introduce appropriate yoga-based movement and self-care strategies without relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.

The video instruction is supported by Hatha Yoga for Teachers and Practitioners by Ram Jain and Kalyani Hauswirth-Jain, a detailed 400-page illustrated course text offering a substantial reference for continued study and professional application.

What You Will Learn

Topic Focus Hatha Yoga Foundations Understanding foundational principles, poses, sequencing, and mindful practice Adaptation and Modification Making yoga accessible for different abilities, fitness levels, and physical needs Strength and Flexibility Using progressive practices to develop strength, mobility, resilience, and body awareness Breathing and Relaxation Applying pranayama, relaxation, and meditation practices to support regulation and wellbeing Therapeutic Integration Introducing suitable yoga practices alongside manual therapy, rehabilitation, or fitness programs Progressive Practice Exploring advanced asanas, arm balances, backbends, inversions, and appropriate progressions

Who This Course Is For

This course is suitable for yoga newcomers, instructors and practitioners, massage and manual therapists, physical therapists and assistants, chiropractors, occupational therapists and assistants, athletic trainers, rehabilitation professionals, movement educators, and exercise and fitness professionals.

About Vern-Tsing Ong

Vern-Tsing Ong is an experienced yoga instructor whose clear, accessible teaching emphasizes mindful movement, intelligent adaptation, breathwork, and sustainable practice.

Throughout this course, Vern guides students through both foundational and more advanced practices while demonstrating ways to adjust movements for different bodies and levels of experience.

Included With This Course

Included Details Video Classes 30 video classes and more than three hours of instruction presented by Vern-Tsing Ong Illustrated Course Text Hatha Yoga for Teachers and Practitioners, a comprehensive 400-page reference Companion Course Structured online lessons reinforcing the video instruction and course text Online Exam Assessment included for course completion Certificate Downloadable 10 Hours CE/CPD certificate following successful completion Lifetime Access Study at your own pace and revisit all course assets whenever required Subtitles English, French, German, and Spanish

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This course has been approved for continuing education by professional boards and associations. Scroll through the list to find your board or association.

Course: Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness
Approvals Listed: 62
CE Broker Provider: #20-1100778 Approvals in alphabetical order Alabama Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Alabama Board of Physical Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy *General* Approved Hours: 10 Alaska Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 10 American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (ACBSP) Approved Hours: 10 Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Arizona State Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Arkansas Board of Massage Approved Hours: 10 Association of Massage Therapists (AMT) Approved Hours: 10 Canadian Massage & Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association (CMMOTA) Approved Hours: 10 Certified Registered Massage Therapist Assc (CRMTA) Approved Hours: 10 - Secondary CEU/CPD Self-Cert Approved Hours: 10 Chiropractic Board of Australia Approved Hours: 10 College of Complementary Health Professionals of British Columbia (CCHPBC) Approved Hours: 10 College of Massage Therapists of New Brunswick (CMTNB) Approved Hours: 10 College of Massage Therapists of Newfoundland and Labrador (CMTNL) Approved Hours: 5 College of Massage Therapists Ontario (CMTO) Approved Hours: 10 College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC) Approved Hours: 10 Connecticut Board of Chiropractors Approved Hours: 10 Connecticut Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Deleware Board of Massage and Bodywork Approved Hours: 10 Distrcit of Columbia Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Florida Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Georgia Board of Massage Therapy *General* Approved Hours: 10 Georgia Board of Nursing Approved Hours: 10 Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Indiana Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Iowa Board of Chiropractic Approved Hours: 10 Iowa Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Kansas Chiropractic Association Approved Hours: 10 Maine Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Maryland Board of Massage Therapy Examiners Approved Hours: 10 Massage Therapists' Association of Nova Scotia (MTANS) Approved Hours: 10 Massage Therapy Assc of Manitoba (MTAM) Approved Hours: 10 Massage Therapy Assc of Saskatchewan (MTAS) Approved Hours: 10 Missouri Board of Therapeutic Massage Approved Hours: 10 Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Approved Hours: 10 Montana Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) Approved Hours: 10 Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC) Approved Hours: 10 Nebraska Massage Licensure Board Approved Hours: 10 Nevada Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 10 New Hampshire Advisory Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 10 New Jersey Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy Approved Hours: 10 North Carolina Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy Approved Hours: 10 North Dakota Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Ohio Chiropractic Board Approved Hours: 10 Oklahoma Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners Approved Hours: 10 Oregon Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 10 Pennsylvania State Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Prince Edward Island Massage Therapy Association (PEIMTA) Approved Hours: 10 Registered Massage Therapists' Association of Ontario (RMTAO) Approved Hours: 10 South Carolina Massage/Bodywork Panel Approved Hours: 10 South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 10 Tennessee Board of Massage Licensure Approved Hours: 10 Virginia Department of Health Professions (Massage Therapy) Approved Hours: 10 Washington Board of Massage Approved Hours: 10 Washington Board of Physical Therapy Approved Hours: 10 West Virginia Massage Licensure Board Approved Hours: 10 Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (Massage Therapy) Approved Hours: 10 Yoga Alliance Approved Hours: 10

Approval requirements can change. Please confirm acceptance with your own board, association, employer, or regulatory authority before registration.