Course Spotlight: Compassion Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training

Exploring somatic approaches to healthcare and professional practice

What happens when healthcare professionals want to understand more about the relationship between stress, the nervous system, behaviour and health?

That’s the focus of BIYOME’s upcoming CPD10: Compassion Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training.

The programme brings together neuroscience, psychoneuroimmunology, compassion-focused approaches, yoga and meditation, with an emphasis on experiential learning and practical application.

BIYOME describes the programme as a way of exploring somatic approaches that can be relevant to healthcare professionals working with complex, stress-related presentations.

What does the course cover?

The course is designed to bridge theoretical neuroscience with practical learning.

Topics covered include:

– Autonomic state assessment
– Respiratory physiology and breathwork
– Vagal nerve stimulation
– The brain-gut-microbiome relationship
– Compassion-focused approaches
– Somatic practices
– Point-of-care integration
– Practitioner self-regulation and resilience

The curriculum is designed around understanding physiological states and exploring practical techniques that can be incorporated into professional settings.

Rather than focusing solely on theoretical learning, the programme places an emphasis on experiential education, giving participants an opportunity to engage directly with the practices and concepts being explored.

Why explore somatic education?

Stress and nervous system regulation are increasingly discussed across healthcare, particularly in relation to complex presentations and practitioner wellbeing.

BIYOME’s approach is based on exploring the relationship between physiological regulation, psychological wellbeing and health.

The course is particularly focused on helping professionals understand how somatic practices may be considered within clinical and therapeutic contexts.

The organisation also highlights the potential relevance of these skills for practitioners themselves, particularly when working in demanding healthcare environments.

What will participants explore?

Understanding autonomic states

Participants will explore concepts relating to autonomic regulation and different physiological states.

The course material includes frameworks for recognising markers associated with sympathetic activation, safety and immobilisation responses.

Breath, movement and vocalisation

The programme explores practices including breathing, movement and vocalisation and their relationship with autonomic regulation.

The brain-gut-microbiome axis

Another component explores the relationship between chronic stress, the nervous system and gastrointestinal function.

Compassion-focused approaches

The course incorporates Compassion Focused Therapy concepts alongside body-based practices, drawing on the work of Professor Paul Gilbert.

Practical integration

BIYOME also explores how shorter interventions and somatic practices might be considered within real-world appointments and therapeutic settings.

Who is the course for?

The course material identifies a broad healthcare audience, including:

– GPs
– Medical specialists
– Nurses
– Allied health practitioners
– Mental health professionals
– Other healthcare professionals interested in somatic and mind-body approaches

As with any professional education, practitioners should consider whether the course is appropriate for their profession, scope of practice and individual learning goals.

A flexible hybrid format

CPD10 is designed around the realities of working in healthcare.

According to the course information supplied by BIYOME, the programme combines a four-day intensive with a flexible 12-week online learning component.

The intensive is scheduled for 13–16 November 2026 at the BIYOME Sanctuary in Upper Brookfield, Queensland, with the programme also available through online modules. The supplied course information estimates approximately 50 hours of learning overall.

This hybrid structure gives participants the option of combining structured intensive learning with more flexible online study.

Who might find this education interesting?

This course may be particularly interesting to professionals who want to explore:

– Mind-body approaches
– Somatic education
– Compassion-focused practice
– Stress and autonomic regulation
– Practitioner wellbeing
– Integrative and lifestyle-focused healthcare education
– The relationship between neuroscience and experiential practice

It may also appeal to professionals who are interested in expanding their understanding of approaches that sit across conventional clinical, behavioural and lifestyle education.

Explore CPD10 on Med CPD

If you’re interested in exploring somatic approaches, compassion-focused education and the relationship between neuroscience and mind-body practice, you can find BIYOME’s CPD10 programme on Med CPD.

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