Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
This training is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of both the nervous system and the subtle energy body, focusing on their roles in facilitating relaxation and enhancing the effectiveness of Restorative Yoga. The course emphasizes the integration of physiological and energetic principles to create a balanced and therapeutic environment for yoga practice.
The training covers the following key components:
1. Restorative Yoga Techniques:
The course teaches the practical application of restorative poses, which are used to foster balance, nurture inner calm, and restore core energy. Emphasis is placed on using verbal cues, adjusting props, and employing the practitioner’s voice to deepen the effects of the poses.
2. Nervous System and Subtle Energy Body:
Participants will gain knowledge of how the nervous system influences physical and emotional states, and how the subtle energy body, often conceptualized as the aura or energetic field, contributes to overall well-being. This understanding is applied to support relaxation and the restorative benefits of yoga.
3. Energetic Sensitivity and Adjustment:
Trainees will develop skills to assess the energetic field of their students. This includes the ability to sense, perceive, and evaluate physical or energetic misalignments that may arise during practice. Techniques for making appropriate adjustments, both physical and energetic, will be taught to help optimize student health and well-being.
4. Application and Customization:
Upon completion, participants will be equipped with the skills to design and implement customized Restorative Yoga practices. This includes tailoring practices to meet individual needs, both for themselves and for others, by adjusting postures, props, and verbal cues to suit the specific requirements of the practitioner’s body and energy field.
5. Books Associated with this course
Required Reading Material: All participants must purchase
Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times by Judith Lasater
Additional Suggested Reading:
The Vagus Nerve: 2 Books in 1 Edition: The Vagus Nerve: Gut Brain Connection & Meditations to Soothe your Vagus Nerve by Wendy Hayden
Deep Listening: A Healing Practice to Calm your Body, Clear your Mind, and Open your Heart by Jillian Pransky. More about Jillian - jillianpransky.com
The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, M.D.
Judith Hanson Lasater, a pioneer in restorative yoga.
Dates: Saturday April 5 and Sunday April 6
Times: 11:30am-4:30pm each day
Location: New Canaan
Led by: Kaia Yoga Senior teacher Sharon Goodman
Investment: Early Bird $475 | after March 25 $525
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits: This course qualifies as 10 YACEC.
Your Teacher:
Sharon Goodman, E-RYT®, YACEP®
While taking her 200hr yoga certification in 2006, Sharon was introduced to Restorative Yoga. She assisted her teacher in a weekly class and quickly understood the power of guiding and propping students to receive the many benefits of this practice. She continued her training by taking multiple courses with the esteemed restorative teacher, Jillian Pransky and continues to incorporate these teachings in her classes.
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CAN BE TAKEN SEPARATELY OR AS PART OF THE 300 HOUR TEACHER TRAINING.
This qualifies as a full 300hr elective course.
Please contact programs@kaiayoga.com for questions on this training.