Therapeutic Yoga Intensive

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6 DAY INTENSIVE
APRIL 26-MAY 1, 2025
Live, Online

Early Bird Registration Open

THE THERAPEUTIC YOGA INTENSIVE


Master the Art of Helping Clients Out of Pain – Without Guesswork

Most yoga teachers feel deeply called to help their students move better, feel better, and live without pain—but the traditional training you’ve received doesn’t fully equip you to do this with confidence.

If you’ve ever wondered:
– How do I help students with chronic pain, hypermobility, or post-surgical recovery—without making it worse?
– How do I transition from group classes to private, higher-value work?
– How do I truly see compensations and movement patterns in my students?
– How do I integrate nervous system regulation and trauma-informed approaches without getting lost in theory?

Then you’re in the right place.

The Functional Synergy Process: The Key to Lasting Pain Relief​

Most yoga teachers are taught to correct movement, but few are trained to see the hidden compensations that drive pain in the first place. That’s why inside the Therapeutic Yoga Intensive, you’ll learn the Functional Synergy Process—a proven, step-by-step approach to helping your clients move out of pain for good.

This process isn’t about giving endless modifications or forcing corrections. It’s about guiding clients toward sustainable, pain-free movement by working with their nervous system, not against it.

The Four Steps of the Functional Synergy Process​

1. Establish a Supportive Connection

Pain doesn’t exist in isolation—it’s influenced by the nervous system, emotions, and environment. You’ll learn how to create an atmosphere of safety and trust so your clients feel seen, heard, and supported in their healing journey.

2. Address Brain-Body Communication

Most pain isn’t just about tight muscles or weak joints—it’s about how the brain perceives movement and safety. You’ll learn how to refine interoception and proprioception and help clients reconnect with their movement patterns in a way that reduces pain and tension.

3. Refine Movement Patterns

Rather than relying on generic cues or forceful corrections, you’ll learn how to observe compensations and hidden movement dysfunctions—then guide clients toward small but powerful shifts that lead to longer standing better, pain-free movement.

4. Implement Sustainable Practices

True transformation happens when your clients can carry these changes into daily life. You’ll learn how to create personalized, sustainable movement plans that empower your clients to continue progressing long after they leave your class.

The Functional Synergy Toolkit: Your Step-by-Step Guide

To support your learning, you’ll also learn Functional Synergy Toolkit, a curated set of 16 essential concepts and tools designed to help you integrate this work seamlessly into your teaching.

Toolkit Highlights:

– Granular Movement Techniques – Learn to recognize subtle compensations and refine movement with precision.

– Nervous System Regulation Strategies – Understand the role of safety, breathwork, and polyvagal principles in pain relief.

– Targeted Rest and Recovery Methods – Learn how to incorporate deep rest and recovery strategies for lasting pain relief.

– Strength, Mobility, Stability, Power and Endurance Progressions – Integrate strength work that complements yoga without increasing tension or discomfort and help your clients get back to the life and activities they want to be doing

These tools aren’t just theory—they’re actionable and immediately applicable, helping you make impactful changes in your teaching right away.

What You’ll Learn Inside the Intensive

Observing & Assessing Movement

Train your eye to see compensations and hidden movement dysfunctions.

The Science of Pain & The Nervous System

Understand the role of the nervous system and how to create true safety in movement.

Hands-on & Verbal Cueing

Learn how to refine your teaching for immediate impact. 

Bridging Yoga with Rehab & Functional Movement

Integrate strength, mobility and breathwork in a way that meets real-world needs. Learn how to interact and integrate with the program clients receive from their physical therapists, osteopaths, and more.

The Business of Therapeutic Yoga

Learn how to transition from regular group classes to sustainable, high value offerings.

This program goes beyond physical techniques.

The Therapeutic Yoga Intensive offers a sophisticated and deeply connected approach to uniting the body, brain, and mind for lasting transformation.

Meet Your Teacher

I’m Susi Hately, and I’ve been immersed in this work since 1995, training yoga teachers and health professionals since 2001. I have a B.Sc. Kinesiology and am a C-IAYT yoga therapist.

Over the years, I’ve helped thousands of people reduce and eliminate pain, recover from knee and hip surgeries, thaw frozen shoulders, reduce autoimmune flares, and heal after cancer surgery and treatment. One of my most meaningful successes has been helping my husband retrain his PTSD and hypervigilance response from his career as a firefighter.

In 2004, I published my first book, Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries, which provides a movement-oriented perspective on why injuries occur in yoga and how to prevent them. This Intensive builds on that foundation, offering a holistic, practical, and deeply impactful framework for transformation and healing.

“I can vouch for this training. Being in Susi's presence for a week and learning from her has taught me to really challenge my own preconceptions and to teach from a place from where I can be fully present to my students, meeting them where they are on any given day. Since this initial training with Susi, I've found myself more curious and more thirsty for knowledge outside of what I've already been taught. My six days with Susi has opened me up to a whole new world of possibilities in movement and biomechanics. I am so grateful for this training. Thank you, Susi!”
KarenIntensive Trainee
“I chose to work with Susi because she is approachable, direct and clear in her teaching. As a teacher she is supportive while still pushing me in the direction I want to go in. She also practices what she preaches - which comes through in her teaching.”
TamaraFunctional Synergy Certification Graduate
“I chose Susi's program because of her biomechanical approach to yoga therapy. I knew she would call it like she sees it and call me out if I needed it. She is clear that she wants her students to make a business out of it, not a part time gig, but full on making good money doing what they love.”
AshlieFunctional Synergy Certification Graduate
“Taking Susi’s Therapeutic Yoga Intensive™ training was the best investment I have ever made. For one, the training differs from anything else I have ever taken. It is unique — it is not about a one-size fits all template but instead lays out a roadmap designed to help you personally move better and with less (or no) pain as an individual. What I learned from Susi was “how” to move away from pain, persistent pain — the kind that lingers but never really goes away. Not only did I learn how to observe and feel how my body moves, I learned how to be in tune and mindful of habitual compensatory patterns that were no longer serving me. My body learned new patterns of movement that did not trigger pain. Those new patterns gave my body permission to heal — finally, there was hope. Susi is a great coach who is very supportive and encouraging. I finished the training feeling very confident in that I can be a valuable resource to helping others move away from pain. I highly recommend the training.”
ValerieIntensive Trainee

The Therapeutic Yoga Intensive is for those seeking an integrative mind-body approach that focuses on building interoceptive and proprioceptive capabilities—because without these two components, lasting relief from pain is almost impossible.

Many Intensive graduates have practiced yoga for a few years and bring extensive experience in their health professions. They come from diverse settings—studios, clinics, or home-based practices. Some teach group classes, while others work exclusively 1:1.

Other graduates may not be yoga teachers but are health professionals such as:

  • Massage therapist
  • Occupational therapist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Fitness Trainer

This is for yoga teachers who want to…

– Move beyond generalized cues and truly see what’s happening in their students’ bodies
– Learn a simple yet powerful process for assessing pain and movement dysfunction
– Confidently work with clients experiencing chronic pain, hypermobility, injuries, or movement restrictions
– Build a sustainable private practice by offering transformational results

Who This is NOT For

– Teachers who want to keep teaching generalized yoga sequences without adapting to students’ needs
– Those looking for a rigid, one-size-fits-all method rather than a framework that adapts to each student
– People who aren’t ready to challenge the way they currently see movement and pain

Early Bird Registration Open
“The Yoga Therapy Intensive gave me the confidence to transition from teaching group classes to working one on one and launch my private practice. It brought me back to my original love of yoga as a movement practice that can be therapeutic. I came to this program from a place of burnout from previous projects and feel like I now have tools to witness my patterns (whispers) around what leads to burnout and how to intervene before that happens. I was able to learn how to trust my intuition alongside the practical tools to implement in supporting others on their path to greater ease and freedom in their body”
MalloryIntensive Trainee
“You will learn not only specific movement patterns, you'll learn how to be with your client. You are completely immersed and supported throughout the 6 days you're in training. You get direct feedback from Susi and get to learn from the feedback she gives others. When doing this through Zoom, you get to work with someone you know in our practice sessions. This means you get to apply what you are learning to "real-life" situations, not someone in the class who knows what you know and can do it pretty well already.”
TifanyIntensive Trainee
“For me, [Intensive] offers an opportunity to continue the self-healing process which is cultivated with the modalities especially Thai yoga massage which I currently love, believe in and share. It offers the receiver to experience past the point of just feeling good in the moment. This training presents an opportunity to contour this feeling of good within the receiver even after our sessions. It also shows me how to work with people in their moment and empower themselves versus coming to me as a crutch.”
ShantalIntensive Trainee

The Intensive Training

Deepen your understanding and awareness of movement patterns so that you can reduce physical pain, and increase healing.

6-day Intensive Training

With the 6-day Therapeutic Yoga Intensive, you will meet LIVE online with a small cohort of trainees over 6 days from 8am-2:30pm MT.

You will go through the course material live on Zoom with the cohort, and will have access to all the training recordings.

If you are ready to fully commit yourself and your practice, to build your awareness and begin the healing journey in just 6 days, then the Therapeutic Yoga Intensive is for you!

PLUS when you register . . .

We will send you a box of goodies to help with your training!

Yes, I'm Ready

You’ll receive step-by-step guidance to build your skills in an embodied and practical way. My primary goal is to help you deeply integrate what you learn, so it’s not just knowledge but something you can confidently apply.

I teach in a way that mirrors how I work with clients, so this is far from a lecture-only experience. You’ll actively engage with the material, collaborate with me and the group, and explore the concepts in real time for a hands-on, immersive learning experience.

The is the first module of the Yoga Therapy Certification Program. If you want to be a part of the next Certification Program, you must complete The Therapeutic Yoga Intensive by May 1, 2025.

  • This is NOT a Quick-Fix or Trend-Based Approach
    It’s not about offering a one-size-fits-all solution or relying on the latest fitness trend.
  • This is NOT a Passive Learning Experience
    This is not a lecture-based course where you simply absorb information.
  • This is NOT a Traditional Medical or Corporate Training
    The program does not follow conventional medical or corporate models.
  • This is NOT Focused Solely on Anatomy or Exercise Routines
    While anatomy and exercise are part of the program, it is not just about memorizing muscles or prescribing exercises.
  • This IS a deeply integrated, long-term strategy that combines yoga, biomechanics, and pain science to create lasting results.
  • This IS an interactive, hands-on experience designed to engage you with the material, encouraging active participation, practice, and real-time application.
  • This IS designed for professionals who want to work outside rigid protocols and explore a more holistic, client-centered approach to healing.
  • This IS focused on teaching the application of that knowledge in a way that integrates the body, mind, and nervous system to reduce and eliminate pain.
Enroll With Early Bird

Is this for me?

1. Do you believe that healing is possible?

2. Do you want a no fuss, candid and truly loving approach to being real about “what is”; to dig in and explore yourself in movement, breath and stillness?

3. Do you know that your level of awareness, connection and integration has a direct impact on your results with your clients?

4. Do you recognize you can’t ask a client to do what you aren’t willing to do for yourself?

5. Do you believe that pain can actually change?

6. Do you want to learn how to help your client find relief, retrain neuromuscular patterns, and refine how they are going about their daily activities so they have sustainable and consistent change?

If you answered YES to at least 2 of these questions, then you should join me in the Therapeutic Yoga Intensive.

6-Day Therapeutic Yoga Intensive

Pay in Full

SAVE $400 WITH EARLY BIRD
DEADLINE MARCH 26, 2025
$2979
$ 2,579 one time payment
  • 6 Days of Live Training April 26-May 1, 8:00am - 2:30pm MDT (10am-4:30pm EDT)
  • BONUS GIFT: A book on recovery and healing
  • Recordings of Live Trainings
  • Goodie box of props, mailed to you
  • Unlimited, ongoing access to the program
  • First dibs on Certification
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Payment Plan

SAVE OVER $400 WITH EARLY BIRD
DEADLINE MARCH 26, 2025
$997
$ 860 x 3 months
  • Pay $860 today and then 2 monthly payments of the same value
  • 6 Days of Live Training April 26-May 1, 8:00am - 2:30pm MDT (10am-4:30pm EDT)
  • BONUS GIFT: A book on recovery and healing
  • Recordings of Live Trainings
  • Goodie box of props, mailed to you
  • Unlimited, ongoing access to the program
  • First dibs on Certification
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FAQ

I already have a yoga therapy certification. How is this different?

Most yoga therapy programs focus on broad principles. This Intensive is specifically about movement assessment, pain resolution, and building a sustainable private practice.

Yes. This is not a self-paced course. You’ll get direct feedback and coaching on your movement assessments, cues, and sequencing.

Both! While private clients often get the deepest results, we’ll also cover how to adapt these techniques for group settings.

This framework is based on science and real-world application. It’s designed for yoga teachers who want to help their clients truly get out of pain—without relying on guesswork.

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