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We are a world leader in yoga therapy, providing research-based professional training. We hope you enjoy learning with us!

The Minded Institute is an international leader in yoga therapy and mind-body training. We wholeheartedly believe that yoga therapy and aligned disciplines can play a vital role in prevention, management, and treatments of various mental and physical long-term conditions. To support this mission we provide expert education to help yoga and health professionals in the service of this goal and work to translate the benefits of yoga therapy to health services. https://themindedinstitute.com/product-category/courses/

All of our courses incorporate a yogic therapeutic perspective, the psychological and physiological understanding of conditions and related yoga practices, up to date research, and guide for best practice - based on years of clinical experience. As the body-brain-mind connection is often crucial in unearthing the benefits of yoga therapy we also like to do a deep dive into neuroscience when appropriate!

08/10/2026

Last week the Guardian published “Feeling wired? The truth about ‘nervous system resets’,” and it confirms what yoga therapists have long advocated: there are no quick fixes in health and healing. In a world of here-today-gone-tomorrow wellness trends, we need to return to evidence-based practices.

Swipe through for our key takeaways, from slow breathing to chair yoga. Link in the comments to download Heather Mason’s free guided walking meditation for stress, depression and anxiety.

05/10/2026

The first module of our enhanced Diploma in Integrative Minded Yoga Therapy began last Thursday and concluded last night, after four very full days together.

We had high hopes for the additional components we have introduced, with an even greater emphasis on personal development, beginning with active listening and continuing into the deeper work of unpicking our own perceptions of reality.

We knew these additions had the potential to take the Diploma somewhere deeper. What we could not have anticipated was what this particular group of people would bring to that work. The openness, curiosity and willingness of each person to explore, question and share created something collectively that went far beyond what we could ever have planned into a curriculum.

As part of our hybrid learning options, people joined us both in person and online, flying in and Zooming in from different countries, yet coming together as one group and beginning to form a very special sangha.

It is our students and graduates who make the Institute what it is, and these four days have reminded us just how much is created by the people who come together within it. We are incredibly excited to see what emerges for each individual and from this collective sangha, and how those insights, individual and shared, ripple out through our wider community.

30/09/2026

We’re delighted to have been nominated for the Outstanding Contribution to Wellness Award 2026 by .

At the heart of Minded is a community dedicated to supporting people’s physical and mental health through yoga therapy. We see that commitment every day in the care, thought and compassion our teachers, students and graduates bring to their work.

It’s a pleasure to see this work recognised. Thank you to everyone in our wider Minded community for being part of it.

29/09/2026

At The Minded Institute, we train yoga therapists to bring their work into healthcare.

That means learning to speak the language of health professionals, engage with current research, and look inward at the role they themselves play in therapeutic work.

Our diploma is for people ready to make yoga therapy a career of its own—and help shape the future of mind-body medicine.

This Thursday, October 1st, we’re delighted to welcome our 2026 diploma students.

Admission to the diploma is competitive, and interviews are part of the process. We’ll announce dates for our next intake in a few weeks. Join the waiting list on our website to hear the dates first and get early access to interview slots.

25/09/2026

If you work in healthcare, where could a moment of yoga make a difference—for a patient, a colleague or yourself? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments 👇

Join Liz Oppedijk for Basic Yoga Techniques for Health Professionals, a one-day online course for healthcare professionals, care workers, carers and community workers. Explore practical techniques you can use for your own self-care and share with the people you support, without committing to a full yoga teacher or yoga therapy training.

📅 Saturday 3 October 2026
🕙 10am–6pm UK time
💻 Online | £135

Book your place via the link in our bio.

23/09/2026

Starting tonight: Yoga and Psychoanalysis with Dr Lisa Kaley-Isley.

Yoga and psychoanalysis both ask how the mind works, why we suffer and what makes lasting change possible.

In this two-part online seminar, Dr Lisa Kaley-Isley explores the foundational ideas of yoga philosophy before turning to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory—revealing where these traditions describe similar ground, where they diverge and how yoga philosophy might inform mental health treatment.

Session One begins tonight at 6.30pm (UK time), with Session Two taking place on Wednesday 7 October.

Both live online sessions are included for £40.

There’s still time to join us:
https://themindedinstitute.com/product/yoga-and-psychoanalysis-seminar/

21/09/2026

Every time we hear this quote at Minded, we are reminded that we have the power within us to make change, and that we must not forget that with this power comes a responsibility to use it when facing life’s challenges.

17/09/2026

Chronic pain is rarely just one thing.

It can involve complex interactions between the nervous system, movement, emotion, attention, behaviour, past experience and the wider context of a person’s life.

Our upcoming Yoga Therapy & Mindfulness for Chronic Pain CPD explores how yoga therapy can work with this complexity through an evidence-informed, whole-person approach to pain management.

Extended and restructured for 2026.

More time for integration, discussion, and applied work — not just theory.

Led by Dr Raquel Chinchetru, NHS Clinical Specialist in Pain Management and experienced yoga therapist, the training brings together contemporary pain science, yoga therapy, mindfulness and ACT, breathing practices, clinical reasoning and practical approaches to supporting self-management and resilience.

Across six live online days, participants will learn through lectures, guided practices, case-based learning, practical exercises and group discussion.

15–17 & 22–24 October 2026
11:00–17:00 UK time
Live online
30 CE hours | IAYT approved

Only a few places remain.

Register via the link in our bio.

Payment plans are available – contact [email protected] for details.

14/09/2026

In 2024, the US Veterans Health Administration formally recognised yoga therapy within its healthcare workforce.

That decision matters.

Veterans receiving care may be living with persistent pain alongside trauma, PTSD, sleep difficulties, mental-health challenges, musculoskeletal conditions and other complex health needs.

And persistent pain itself is rarely just physical. It can affect mood, behaviour, sleep, relationships, identity and everyday life.

This is why working therapeutically with chronic pain requires more than a general yoga offering. It requires the ability to assess the individual, adapt practices, consider safety, establish therapeutic goals and work with the whole person.

As Dr Raquel Chinchetru has long emphasised, the skills developed through working with chronic pain have relevance far beyond pain itself:

To have pain is to suffer, and everyone suffers.

Join Raquel for our Yoga Therapy & Mindfulness for Chronic Pain professional training this October.

📅 15–17 & 22–24 October 2026
💻 Live Online
🎓 30 CE Hours
✓ IAYT Approved

Only a few places remain.

Learn more via the link in our bio.

09/09/2026

As the yoga community, and many leading clinicians, already know, anxiety doesn't sit in one part of a person. It touches the mind, the body, the nervous system and daily life all at once. Yoga has always worked with that whole picture.

A new randomised controlled trial set out to measure it. 150 people diagnosed with anxiety disorders were split between routine psychiatric care alone, and routine care plus eight weeks of slow pranayama and savasana, added to standard treatment rather than in place of it.

Compared with routine care alone, the yoga group showed significant improvements in anxiety severity and in physical, psychological and environmental quality of life, alongside lower cortisol and higher BDNF, a protein that supports neuroplasticity, including the formation of new neurons. Inflammatory and metabolic markers moved favourably but didn't reach significance after correction.
NICE already requires biopsychosocial assessment at diagnosis for anxiety and depression. What's often missing is research measuring yoga interventions the same way, across psychological, physiological and quality-of-life outcomes together. This study is a step toward that kind of evidence for yoga.

Full study linked in bio.
Reference: Natarajan K, Pal P, Pal GK, Bharadwaj B, Nanda N. Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Yoga on Anxiety Severity, Quality of Life, and Biomarkers in Individuals with Anxiety Disorder. International Journal of Yoga Therapy. 2026;36:12. DOI: 10.17761/2026-D-24-0008

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