• Demonstrate at least three yoga-based strategies to support emotional regulation during clinical practice
• Perform foundational yoga postures with proper alignment, modifications, and contraindication awareness relevant to common healthcare-related injuries.
• Demonstrate how breathwork can reduce stress, improve focus and concentration, and decrease the effects of burnout.
• Describe three core components of burnout (i.e. emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced accomplishment).
•  Identify at least five early warning signs of burnout in themselves and colleagues.
• Describe the Maslach Burnout Inventory and its usefulness to determine the severity of burnout.
• Identify at least three evidence-based benefits of yoga (exercise) relevant to healthcare professionals (i.e. burnout reduction, improved focus, musculoskeletal support).
• Identify which supplements can assist with support of cognitive and emotional functioning.
• Recognize at least three yoga-based strategies to support emotional regulation during clinical practice.
• Integrate mindfulness cues that promote interoceptive awareness and mental quiet during meditation and yoga movement.
• Differentiate burnout from depression, compassion fatigue, and moral injury.
• Explain how the mirror neuron system is related to our experience of burnout.
• Remember appropriate adaptation of poses for limited mobility, fatigue, or injury.
• Demonstrate appropriate prop setup (bolsters, blankets, blocks, etc) to fully support the body in restorative postures.
• Perform yoga movement sequences that support downregulation of the nervous system.
• Identify what boundaries are and why they are important.
• Identify at least three evidence-based boundary-setting strategies that reduce emotional exhaustion and work overload.
• Explain what self-compassion is and why it is related to healing from burnout.
• Explain how breathwork, meditation/mindfulness, and gentle movement can be integrated into daily practice for personal self-care.
• Explain how sound healing can help regulate our nervous system.
• Understand personal stress patterns and occupational risk factors for burnout using yoga-based reflection tools (i.e. meditation and yoga Nidra)
• Apply joint mobility principles - including CARs and gentle range of motion techniques - to support safe movement in clinical and personal settings.
• Demonstrate breathwork patterns which can be used during stressful moments to improve our nervous system regulation and our response to stressful stimuli.
• Describe the concept of a “mini retirement” and distinguish it from vacations, sabbaticals, and traditional time-off models.
• Explain the psychological and physiological rationale for extended breaks as a protective factor against burnout.

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