Yoga For Eating disorder Recovery

This live, interactive online course is designed to help you develop skills for eating disorder recovery.

Discover how yoga can help you manage anxiety, connect with your body, and accept yourself.

Connect with others in recovery

The live format of this course allows you to meet with others on the recovery journey, share struggles and celebrations, and access support.

Discover four simple, life-changing skills for recovery.

Learn four key skills to help you cope with big emotions, care for your body, and access compassion for yourself.

Explore yoga practices for recovery.

Each session of the course includes a short yoga and meditation practice, designed to help you practice and integrate the skills you learn for recovery.

Course Content

Week One: Establish Your Foundation

In this session, you will learn:

The history, depth, and breadth of the yoga tradition, and how yoga can help you in eating disorder recovery
How to create a sacred space within yourself and your home for your yoga practice
Three keys for coping with trauma: grounding, orienting, and resourcing
Embodied practices to help you cope with anxiety, fear and panic

Week Two: Connect to Your Senses

In this session, you will learn:

Interoception: what it is and why it matters
How eating disorders interfere with the body’s natural communication system
Tools to manage sensation overwhelm
Embodied practices to help you recognize hunger, fullness, and big emotions

Week Three: Befriend Your Mind

In this session, you will learn:

The monkey mind: how to manage rumination, obsessive thoughts, and urges
The magical pause: how yoga can inadvertently “ruin” your life (in a good way)
Tools to interrupt cycles of restricting, bingeing, purging, and overexercising
Embodied practices that support mindful awareness and self-compassion

Week Four: Restore Your Nervous System

In this session, you will learn:

How the nervous system is involved in anxiety and depression
The transformative effects of yoga and meditation on the nervous system
Tools to shift the state of your nervous system in any given moment
Embodied practices to stimulate the vagus nerve and relaxation response

Is this course right for me?

Yoga for Eating Disorder Recovery is designed for anyone aged 16+ who is in active recovery from an eating disorder. During the course, you will meet with others on the recovery journey and explore principles and practices to support your personal recovery.

For the safety and well-being of all participants, we are unable to offer the course to individuals who:

Have engaged in self-harm behaviors within the past 30 days
Have attempted suicide within the past three months
Have experienced thoughts of suicide in the past month

This course is designed to complement treatment and teach skills to support you in recovery; it is not a replacement for treatment. If you are in the midst of a severe mental health crisis, it's important to know that yoga, group discussions, and experiential activities can sometimes be more destabilizing than supportive. We encourage you to speak with your medical and mental health providers if you’re unsure if the course is right for you. If you are currently experiencing any of the above challenges listed above, we encourage you to seek or continue with treatment, and apply for a course when it can be more supportive to your experience.

For more information about the eligibility criteria for participation and limitations of this course, please refer to our Informed Consent and Community Agreements.