If you work as a yoga therapist or yoga teacher, you’ve likely encountered students with eating disorders. You may have already faced difficult questions: Is this student safe to practice? Which aspects of yoga are genuinely helpful in recovery? How do I work in a way that complements psychological or medical treatment?

This course is for yoga professionals who want to deepen their clarity, confidence, and clinical awareness in this area. Over five sessions, we’ll explore how eating disorders are shaped by culture, history, and systems of care; why they carry such significant physical and psychological risk; and how yoga therapy can support recovery without reinforcing disordered patterns.

We’ll also review current research on yoga and embodiment, consider how recovery is defined in different contexts, and explore how to adapt practice at different stages of the process. We’ll also focus on practical skills: how to assess risk, modify practices, and collaborate effectively with healthcare providers.

Finally, we’ll make space for the more complex aspects of this work—the limits of diagnosis, questions of scope, and the tensions that can arise when yogic and biomedical frameworks don’t quite align.

This series is an opportunity to come together with other yoga professionals and learn ways to work more effectively with people whose experiences often sit at the edge of what our training has prepared us for.