Schaff Yoga Therapy’s 40-hour Warm Water Yoga Training Program is recognized by the Arthritis Foundation and by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) as a recommended therapeutic modality. It takes place in Rhinebeck, New York. This certified training program gives yoga therapists and yoga teachers 40-hours of continuing education credits. Space is limited to 12 participants. Due to the Coronavirus our Warm Water Yoga Teacher Training Program has been postponed until later in the year.

Led by IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist Terry Roth Schaff and E-RYT Karen Abramson, this training program teaches you how to make yoga accessible to people with physical and neurological conditions. It is designed to help improve balance, range of motion, coordination and mobility while cultivating a peaceful state of mind. You learn yoga poses and sequences in the water that increase cardio-vascular circulation, open up restricted joints, stretch tight muscles and strengthen weak ones, and breath work and relaxation exercises to soothe the nervous system, while helping the participants to feel grounded, rejuvenated, and refreshed. Terry takes you through the steps of setting up a Warm Water Yoga program in your community.

Becoming a certified Warm Water Yoga instructor gives you the opportunity to teach yoga to people who may no longer be able to have an active yoga practice on land, and to people with special needs, in a safe and supportive environment.

For certification you must already hold a 200-hour certification as a yoga instructor. Special permission to participate in this program may be given on an individual basis to medical professionals and individuals with a serious interest in developing a water yoga practice.

Please let us know if there is any further information that we can provide you about our Warm Water Yoga Teacher Training Program.

Workshop Payment & Refund Policy 

Tuition for the program is $2,000; this includes a total of 40 hours of training - 22 hours in the water and 18 hours in the classroom. You receive a copy of our Warm Water Yoga Training Manual. Lunches and snacks will be provided but you need to arrange for your lodging and additional meals.

Your place will be confirmed upon payment in full. We ask for payment for this program by certified check or money order. Please make it payable to Schaff Yoga Therapy and send it to:

Schaff Yoga Therapy
37 Chestnut Street, Apt. B
Rhinebeck, NY 12572

If you need to cancel prior to the start of the training program payment will be returned to you in the form of a credit that is good for one year from the date of the start of the workshop towards any future Schaff Yoga Therapy service or offering. Services available include: mentoring, one-on- one yoga therapy (in-person and on Skype), workshops and training programs.

In the event that Schaff Yoga Therapy has to cancel this program for an unexpected reason, you will be given a full refund.

Pay With Check/Money Order

To pay with a check or money order. Download and fillout this PDF then return it with your payment to reserve your spot.