The Art of Deep Rest: Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
This 10-hour Restorative Yoga Training teaches you how to guide true rest, not just stillness, and integrate it into the classes you already teach. You’ll learn how the nervous system, breath, and body work together to actually let go so your students can move beyond holding poses and experience real rest.
Why This Training Matters
Most yoga teachers know how to cue alignment, but not how to guide the body into rest. Most students know how to stretch, but not how to release. Holding a pose longer doesn’t mean the nervous system has shifted. If the body still feels braced or “on,” it’s not restorative. Rest asks for something different—a different pace, and a deeper awareness of what actually allows the body to let go.
This is what most restorative trainings miss. This training helps you bridge that gap.
What Makes This Training Different
This isn’t just about teaching a full restorative class. It’s about knowing how and when to integrate restorative elements into any practice, whether that’s a vinyasa class, a private session, or your own personal practice.
You’ll explore how the nervous system responds differently depending on unique constitutions (Vata, Pitta, Kapha) and energy patterns, and also learn how to recognize these patterns and adapt your teaching so rest actually becomes accessible.
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Guide foundational restorative postures with clarity and intention.
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Use props in a way that supports the body without creating more tension.
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Integrate restorative poses into vinyasa, slow flow, or mixed-level classes.
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Sequence practices that support nervous system regulation, not just relaxation.
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Recognize when a student is “in a pose” vs. actually at rest.
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Adapt restorative practices for different bodies, energy levels, and needs.
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Integrate simple breathwork to support the movement of prana and deepen stillness.
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Understand the role of breath in signaling safety to the nervous system, and how to guide it without over-cueing or forcing.
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Work with settling energy in the body; recognizing resistance, restlessness, or holding patterns, and how to gently support the shift into rest.
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Hold space in a way that feels grounded, steady, and safe, for both you and your students.
The Training Schedule:
10 Hours
Module 1 – Foundations of Restorative Yoga & the Nervous System
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Principles of restorative yoga
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The difference between relaxation and regulation
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How the nervous system responds to stillness
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Foundational poses and prop setup
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Creating physical and energetic support in each posture
Module 2 – Applied Restorative Practice & Teaching
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Intelligent sequencing for different nervous system states
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Adapting practices for Vata, Pitta, and Kapha tendencies
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The role of breath and subtle awareness in restorative yoga
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Integrating restorative elements into dynamic classes
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How to guide students into deeper states of rest
Your Immersive Training Includes
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10 hours of in-person training.
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A comprehensive training manual with pose breakdowns, sequences, and teaching insights.
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Practical tools you can immediately apply to your classes and personal practice.
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A deeper understanding of how to teach rest, not just instruct it.
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