Pre-application requirements

While you do need to be a 200-hour certified teacher in order to teach yoga, this course is open to everyone who may be looking to learn more about Restorative Yoga, how to practice it and how to teach it.

Certifications

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.

Flexible duration

One of the greatest benefits of this online training is that you can begin and end it as it suits you. If you follow the timeline provided, you can finish the course in just a few days!

How the training works

This course is 100% online and recorded. The instructional videos can only be watched within the course itself, and you will have lifetime access to all of the material. There will be some downloadable PDFs, some audios lessons, and workbooks throughout the course.

If you would like to receive the CE credits, there will be a final assignment due at the end of the course. If you are just taking the course for your personal journey, or are not registered with any Yoga Alliance, then you do not need to complete the final assignment.

Course information

In our culture of constant activity and distraction, everything seems to accelerate and we find ourselves overstimulated and constantly trying to catch up and keep pace. In this training, you will learn how to work with your nervous system and breath to decelerate, slow down, and discover spaciousness and stillness within. It is by experiencing this relaxation state first that you will be able to guide your students into a similar experience.

This is a gentle and supportive style of yoga that uses various props to support the body. When the body is fully supported, it will naturally relax, releasing deeply held tensions. Restorative yoga is the Art of non-doing, and focuses on effortlessness and ease, using well-placed blankets, bolsters, yoga straps, and chairs to safely support the body in various postures. This process invokes a natural state of balance, regeneration, and deep rest.

It is a soothing, nurturing, and slow-paced practice that promotes the healing effects of rest. This is especially helpful for insomnia, depression, stress, low back pain, anxiety, etc. In this training inspired by the teaching of Judith Hanson Lasater, you will learn straightforward techniques to practice and teach Restorative Yoga.

After completing this course, you will be able to teach Restorative yoga classes for all bodies and ages. You will also be able to integrate restorative poses into other styles of classes, introduce prop-usage techniques, design practice sessions with respect to each different body type, and to be able to assist safely students during their practice.

This 20-hour Yoga Alliance accredited course is led by a senior teacher Gwendoline Ferreira (E-RYT500 and YACEP). Once the course completed, and if you are a 200hour Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher, you will gain 20 continuing education credits. In order to continue growing as a teacher, all Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT) must complete 30 hours of Continuing Education every 3 years.

What will you learn?

• What is Restorative yoga?
• Why do we practice it?
• How to practice and teach Restorative yoga?
• The benefits of Restorative yoga on the mind and the body
• The Restorative postures and their variations
• The use of props to support the body
• Guided meditation sessions
• Pranayama techniques
• Language and touch
• How to set up and teach the 5 variations of savasana
• Using studio props as well as alternatives for a home-based practice
• How to deepen the Restorative experience
• Setting-up a Restorative class
• Sequencing the Restorative yoga practice
• Integrating Restorative yoga postures into other yoga classes
• 2 videos led classes with demonstrations
• 3 self-practice classes

Who is this course suitable for?

• Those who wish to learn how to create Restorative yoga sequences
• Those believing in the power of relaxation
• Those wishing to learn how to practice Restorative yoga
• Those who want to integrate Restorative poses into more active practices