About this episode
Nyk Danu interviews Emrik Suichies about his innovative bachelor's degree program in Yin therapy and its implications for the profession.
Season 8 | EP. 8 I had such a good conversation with Emrik, and I honestly could have kept going for hours. Emrik is a Yin Yoga teacher and therapist based between the Netherlands and Hungary, and what he has built over the course of his career is unlike anything I've come across in the Yoga world. We're talking about a formally accredited bachelor's degree in Yin therapy . Not just a certification. Not just a teacher training. An actual bachelor's degree, recognized by insurance companies in the Netherlands. It's the kind of thing that makes you go, "Wait, why isn't everyone doing this?" But beyond the credentials, what really got me in this conversation was Emrik's philosophy . About learning, about healing, about what Yin Yoga actually is and what it's capable of. What we talked about: How Emrik built a bachelor's degree program in Yin therapy and got it officially accredited Why insurance companies in the Netherlands now cover Yin therapy sessions, and what that actually means for the profession The Yoga licensure debate and why getting licensed isn't necessarily the golden ticket people think it is Embodied, experience-based learning and why Emrik tells his…
People in this episode
Host: Nyk Danu
Guest: Emrik Suichies
Topics covered
- Yin Yoga
- Yin therapy
- accredited education
- insurance coverage
- embodied learning
- gene expression
- neuroscience
Keywords
- Yin Yoga
- Yin therapy
- accredited degree
- insurance
- embodied learning
- gene expression
- neuroscience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Netherlands, Hungary, Jack Kruse
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