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RESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

This program is open to anyone who seeks to incorporate restorative practices into their personal or professional lives. It is suitable for yoga students, yoga teachers, educators, fitness professionals, manual and physical therapists, health care professionals, and mental health professionals.

Restorative Yoga 2-Day Training 

 

next program dates TBD

Tuition Fee CAD:

Early Bird Discount Deadline - date tbd: ​$395.00 + HST ($446.35) - Save $70!​​

Regular Tuition Fee CAD: $465.00 + HST ($525.45)

Registration Deadline date tbd

This training will run with a minimum of 5, and a maximum of 8 participants.

Training Schedule:

Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

There will be 15-minute breaks in the AM and PM, and a 1-hour lunch break mid-way.

Sunday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Restorative Yoga Training Program Formats & Content

Restorative Yoga ​2-Day Essentials Training 

 

  • The science behind restorative yoga and the central nervous system

  • The essential elements in a successful restorative yoga practice

  • ​Practical teaching experience in a variety of restorative postures

  • Effective use of props

  • This course provides the fundamentals of restorative yoga:

    • for yoga teachers to teach restorative yoga or to add restorative yoga as a component to your existing class

    • for personal wellness to incorporate restorative yoga into your lifestyle 

Restorative Yoga ​4-Day Training

 

  • The science behind restorative yoga and the central nervous system

  • The essential elements in a successful restorative yoga practice

  • Practical teaching experience in a variety of restorative postures

  • Effective use of props

  • The energy body and its role in restorative yoga

  • Sequencing restoratives for therapeutic applications

  • The art of meditation and Yoga Nidra

  • This course provides comprehensive and in depth restorative yoga tools:

    • for yoga teachers to teach restorative yoga or to add restorative yoga as a component to your existing class

    • for personal wellness to incorporate restorative yoga to your lifestyle 

 

Restorative Yoga Therapeutics for Specific Conditions ​(2 days | Prerequisite: 4-Day Program)

 

  • Understanding of yoga therapeutics as applied to:

    • Anxiety & Depression

    • Pain Care: arthritis, back pain, headaches, migraines

    • Cancer

    • Movement Disorders (Parkinsons, Distonia) 

    • Injuries & mobility limitations

    • Modifications for  seniors

  • Meditation & visualization techniques as processes for healing

  • Practical teaching experience

  • This training deepens our understanding of the principles of restorative yoga and introduces the application of the restorative yoga practice as a therapeutic process to assist the body’s own healing. You will learn how to recognize and identify different imbalances and conditions in the body. You will learn the mechanisms to support the therapeutic process with restorative yoga poses, breath work and meditations.  You will learn techniques to safely support this transformational process both as a teacher and as a practitioner.

Recommended Reading:

Relax and Renew, by Judith Hanson Lasater

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