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Living and Teaching Purpose: A Guide for Yoga Teachers

Led by Kathryn Templeton—Professor of Health Psychology and Master Yoga Therapist—this live 4-part series bridges ancient Ayurvedic psychology and yoga philosophy with modern neuroscience and evidence-based Health Psychology. Discover how the four yogic aims of life offer a compassionate, practical blueprint to calm your nervous system, reclaim your identity, and build a life of authentic meaning.
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The Architecture of Flourishing

Long before modern psychology mapped the nervous system, yogic wisdom offered a practical framework through the four aims of life (Purusharthas) to help us navigate stress, uncertainty, and suffering. In today’s culture of chronic busyness and burnout, this philosophy isn’t just an abstract study; it is a vital technology for real-world living. Returning to these foundational teachings gives us—and our students—a grounded, compassionate compass to move out of survival mode and build a life of genuine stability, deep connection, and authentic freedom.

Living and Teaching Purpose is a 4-part journey designed to refill your cup first so you can lead from a place of embodiment. Led by Master Yoga Therapist and Health Psychology Professor Kathryn Templeton, this course bridges ancient Ayurvedic psychology with modern neuroscience to help you regulate your own system while equipping you with worksheets, reflection tools, and workshop frameworks to confidently bring this wisdom to your students.

Program Details

Dates

Tuesdays: 2:30 – 4PM ET, Oct 27, Nov 3, Nov 10, Nov 17

Format

Live Zoom Sessions (Lifetime Replays Included)

Bonus Content

Written study guides, reflection prompts, & weekly homework

Instructor

Kathryn Templeton (Health Psychology Professor & Yoga Therapist)

“The ancient yogis gave us the map; modern neuroscience shows us why it works.”

Yoga Teachers: How & Why This Course Can Transform Your Life and Teaching

Holding space for others requires more than choreography; it invites a compassionate reverence for the mind, the spirit, and the nervous system. This experience serves as a bridge, transforming the wisdom you cultivate on your own mat into a deeply resonant, healing gift for those you teach.

1. In Your Personal Life:

  • Prevent Educator Burnout: Learn how to regulate your own nervous system and establish protective boundaries so you don’t exhaust yourself trying to hold space for everyone else.
  • Personal Stability (Artha): Implement Ayurvedic daily routines (dinacharya) tailored to balance the stress and irregular schedules common in a teacher’s life.
  • Authentic Living: Realign with your core reason for teaching (Dharma) rather than getting caught in comparison, perfectionism, or industry pressures.

2. In Your Teaching & Space-Holding:

  • Elevate Your Cueing & Class Themes: Weave neuroscience, health psychology, and the four Purusharthas into your classes, workshops, and private sessions with confidence and clarity.
  • Trauma-Informed Nervous System Literacy: Understand how anxiety, depression, and armor manifest physically and mentally in your students, enabling you to hold a safer, more grounded space.
  • Expand Your Offerings: Learn how to combine yoga philosophy and Ayurvedic psychology into practical tools your students can apply off the mat to reduce stress and anxiety.

Course Curriculum & Weekly Breakdown

Each 90-minute live session combines interactive lectures, practical exercises, and Q&A, supported by weekly written guides, reflection homework, and lifetime recording access.

Session 1: Artha — Creating Stability • 2:30-4PM ET
Date: Tuesday, October 27th
Explore how safety, stress regulation, health behaviors, and supportive daily routines create the foundation for healing. Learn how to build a container that supports stress resilience and sustainable long-term well-being.

Session 2: Dharma — Remembering Who We Are  • 2:30-4PM ET
Date: Tuesday, November 3rd
Examine how conditioning and protective roles distance us from our core values, authentic nature, and true purpose. Understand, through evidence-based research, how disconnection has become a modern public health crisis and how to use yoga practices to heal those wounds.

Session 3: Kama — Restoring Connection  • 2:30-4PM ET
Date: Tuesday, November 10th
Discover how relationships, belonging, pleasure, and social connection directly support emotional and physical health. Cultivate a managed, grounded view of life where you can tolerate life’s ups and downs, knowing you are “safe enough” to feel joy.

Session 4: Moksha — Finding Freedom  • 2:30-4PM ET
Date: Tuesday, November 17th
Learn how self-compassion, awareness, and nervous system regulation support a reframe of limiting roles and habits. Step into daily life with a greater sense of freedom, authenticity, and ease.

Why Study with Kathryn Templeton?

When learning to navigate the intersections of the human mind, nervous system, and spiritual practice, mentorship matters.

  • 30+ Years of Clinical Expertise: As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) specializing in complex trauma, anxiety, and depression, Kathryn brings deep clinical authority to mind-body healing.
    Kathryn Templeton
  • Master Educator & Professor: Adjunct Professor of Health Psychology and Human Development, Kathryn excels at translating complex neurobiology and evidence-based science into accessible, actionable wisdom.
    Kathryn Templeton
  • Pioneer in Integrative Healing: Board-certified Ayurvedic Practitioner (NAMA) and C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist. She is the founder of the Himalayan Institute’s Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist program and creator of The Three Wisdom Traditions (3WT) framework, which integrates Yoga, Ayurveda, and Psychology.

What You Will Take Away

  • Practical tools to reduce anxiety, burnout, and chronic stress.
  • A regulated nervous system supported by daily Ayurvedic routines.
  • A shift from survival-driven habits to purpose-led choices.
  • A deeper connection to community, self, and spiritual nature.

Who This Is For

  • Yoga Teachers, Therapists & Movement Educators looking to deepen their clinical understanding of the nervous system, trauma, and Ayurvedic psychology to better serve their students and safeguard their own energy.
  • Health & Wellness Professionals seeking an integrative, evidence-based framework that combines modern psychology with Eastern mind-body practices.
  • Dedicated Yogis & Seekers who feel stuck in cycles of stress, perfectionism, or disconnection and want to take their yoga off the mat and into deep personal healing.
  • Anyone Experiencing Burnout or Anxiety who feels like they are running on fumes and ready to transition from a life built around survival to one rooted in purpose, ease, and belonging.

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  • Immediate and lifetime access
  • Group access
  • Certificate on completion
  • Yoga Alliance & IAYT CEU Credits
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About Instructor

Kathryn Templeton

Kathryn Templeton, MA, RDT/ MT/LPC, E-500 RYT, C-IAYT, NAMA-CAP Ayurvedic Practitioner Kathryn Templeton has devoted her life to the health of others. A psychotherapist for 30 years, Kathryn is a Yoga Alliance 500 Hour Yoga Teacher and continues to work both clinically and as an educator specializing in the treatment of individuals with anxiety, depression and complex trauma. As a C-IAYT, NAMA-registered Ayurvedic practitioner and YA-500 yoga teacher, Kathryn has worked to develop specialized treatments integrating the principles of yoga, ayurveda and clinical psychology. As a faculty member at the Himalayan Institute for a decade, she was the founder and director of the Himalayan Institute Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist program (HIAYS), Ayurvedic Health Counselor Program ( AHC) and online, the founder of The Three Wisdom Traditions: Integrating Yoga, Ayurveda, and Psychology (3WT). Kathryn is a published author in books and magazines such as; Yoga Journal, The Yoga of Parenting, Health and Spirituality Magazine and more. She continues to partner with Banyan Botanicals as an educator and has founded a new coaching program; The Ayurvedic Mental Health and Wellness Coach Program.

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