Restorative yoga is a calming and gentle style of yoga that uses props to fully support the body to promote relaxation and overall well-being in body and mind. This healing yoga practice restores energy in the body, releases long-held tension, balances our busy lifestyles, and facilitates stillness and calm.  

Learn about the benefits of restorative yoga for the body, mind and soul in this 50-hour training with Hang Nhan and Sarah Martin. During this training you will learn a series of restorative yoga poses, mindfulness techniques, pranayama and other gentle yoga stretches to incorporate in your personal practice as well as your restorative yoga classes.

Learn ways to fully support the body in restorative poses with the use of props (bolsters, blocks, straps and blankets) and variations for each pose based on individual health conditions. You will learn the benefits and contraindications of each pose, sequences and themes for a restorative yoga class, how to guide students with mindful cues to let go and release tension, and how to offer therapeutic touch.

Through direct experience and practice teaching, you will learn how to incorporate this knowledge into your own practice, and learn how to share your practice in a restorative yoga class.

At the end of the course, you will receive a 50-hour Restorative Yoga Training certificate of completion certified by saigon om.

Dates & Times

This training is held over two weekends. The session times are Saturday & Sunday at 9am-5pm, June 15-16 and July 6-7, 2024

Location

A light-filled yoga studio in Kingston East at KOPIFit, 812A John Marks Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

What’s Included:

• 30 hours of in-person training

• 10 hours of pre-recorded lessons

• 10 hours of homework

• A 50-Hour Restorative Yoga Teacher Training certificate certified by saigon om

• A comprehensive course manual provided on the first day of training

Who is this training for?

• Yoga practitioners who want to learn about restorative yoga.

• Yoga teachers who want to learn restorative yoga to expand their scope of teaching.

• Physical therapists, body workers, energy workers, Pilates and fitness instructors, stress management professionals, and health counselors.

• We welcome all levels of practitioners.

What you will learn:

• The power of the mind and breath

• The physiology of muscle relaxation

• The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

• Stress, trauma, and the impact on the body and mind

• A variety of restorative yoga poses to relax, rejuvenate and restore the body   

• Benefits and contraindications for each of the restorative yoga poses

• A guide to props and how to use them to fully support the body

• How to provide physical support & comfort to students

• Pranayama: 3-part diaphragmatic breathing and other breath work

• The mindful art and skill of teaching restorative yoga

• How to lead meditation and guided relaxation

• Sequencing and themes for a restorative yoga class  

• Poses and sequences for anxiety, depression, fatigue, chronic pain, back pain, digestive, heart, lung, liver, circulatory, and reproduction imbalances, headaches, insomnia, jet lag, breathing problems, pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause

• Poses for emotional healing (taking care of anger, grief, stress, anxiety)  

• The art of therapeutic and healing touch

Investment

The investment for this training is $975 (including HST)

To save your spot, a deposit of $500 is required. The remaining amount is due 30 days before the training begins.