Learn to teach restorative Yoga
This two part restorative virtual teacher training will support you as you cultivate your personal restorative practice in part 1 and give you the resources to guide others via, Zoom or other virtual platforms in part 2.
You will learn from your personal experience and practice, and have the skills to guide others’s in supportive, restful postures, as well as give a variety of suggestions to your virtual class on how to self-set up, and engage with rest.
Restorative yoga offers the assistance of props to hold the body; when the body is held it learns to release and rest. This training is for yoga teachers, healthcare professionals, and dedicated students alike.
Focus of Training:
What is restorative yoga: the restorative environment and the restorative yoga gems.
The Nervous System: Understanding the nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic), Vagus nerve and one’s relationship to it.
Breath awareness: how to breathe in restorative postures.
Guided Relaxation Techniques: learn specific tools to support an active mind.
Your own Restorative practice: knowledge is best from the source. Learn to create a personal restorative practice, to be a better teacher, and to retain vitality!
Savasana: The importance of relaxation.
The Virtual Space: Creating a supportive virtual space, and an interactive classroom.
Part I: PRACTICE
4 Weeks Restorative Sadhana: As part of this training you will receive the opportunity to spend 4 weeks, in community engaging with restorative yoga. You can attend live or watch the replays for this portion of the training.
Part I Dates: Wednesdays, Oct 18, 25, Nov 1, Nov 8
Part I times: (4-5:30 MST)
PART II: LEARN
Part II, will emphasize the sharing and guidance of restorative yoga. Students will learn about the nervous system, and learn to guide and share to share breathing techniques and guided relaxation practices.
Part II Dates: Friday, Sat & Sunday November 10, 11, 12.
Part II Times: 10:00 am-3:00 pm MST (Mountain Standard Time; Santa, Fe New Mexico Time)
Certification Circle: January 20th; times to be scheduled.
After completing a dedicated practice, students who wish to receive feedback on their teaching will set up meeting times to teach. Times will vary.
This is a live virtual training, meaning while there will be some recordings of the practices, your attendance is necessary to complete the training, and contribute to our community. Students must be live (online) for 90% of this training; replay will be available for a limited time)
Investment: $350 .00
No Refunds for virtual programs
Required texts: Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times By Judith Lasater
Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Dr. Gail Parker
Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change by Octavia Raheem
Continuing Education: This course can be used towards your Yoga Alliance Continuing Education requirements. 30-hour training
21 live contact hours / 9 hours self study and sadhana
“The Art of Rest is much more than just a restorative yoga training, and Chanti is a fantastic facilitator! Not only did we learn how to safely guide folks in and out of restorative yoga postures, but we also learned a great deal about the nervous system in a creative and approachable way. This training opened my eyes to a new way of caring for my nervous system and sharing that approach with other practitioners. It also invited me to reflect on my own relationship with rest and how I can share rest with others beyond restorative asana. I feel incredibly grateful to have been a part of this training.”