Restorative Yoga Fundamentals
Autumn 2025
Kristina (Restorative Yoga Fundamentals 2025 participant)
“As good as expected. And I had high expectations :)”
A training intensive
The intention of this training is to gain the key skills for developing your own Restorative Yoga practice and for learning how to share this practice with others.
The course is taught by senior teacher Dr Kristen MacPherson. Kristen trained directly by Judith Hanson Lasater, the teacher who is widely credited with bringing Restorative Yoga to prominence. This training has been approved by Judith Hanson Lasater, those successfully completing this program are eligible to attend her Level 2 Restorative Yoga intensive.
The training includes a yoga project, which will be completed after the course, and returned for feedback before a completion certificate is awarded. If already registered with Yoga Alliance, successful completion of this course will allow you to apply for Continuing Education credits.
Learning outcomes
In this course, you will learn:
To have experience of setting up Restorative Yoga poses for yourself and others, how to safely provide modifications and adjustments.
To be able to apply understanding of anatomy in a practical way that helps you to support yourself and your students.
An introduction to the physiology of relaxation and how to create conditions for calm.
How to effectively use props to support the body comfortably.
How to weave mindfulness into your Restorative Yoga practice, to savour the effect of the practice on your nervous system.
How to sequence a Restorative Yoga practice, working with groups and 1:1.
Learn, practice, integrate, teach.
The approach for this training is to start with gaining knowledge and learning about aspects of the Restorative Yoga practice. That learning gets reinforced by practicing and repeating the practice. The integration comes with time, when we really get to know the principles of the practice and we integrate the learning in our daily lives. Only then can we teach.
Blended Course Format
Knowledge Base
Start building your knowledge with the online lectures and practices. You’ll have access to this content as soon as you pay for the course and for 12 months after the start of the course.
Live Sessions
In addition to the pre-recorded knowledge base, the course includes live learning sessions via Zoom.
Project for Certification
For those wanting to be certified as a teacher of Restorative Yoga Fundamentals, there is a project to complete after the taught sessions.
Schedule for Online training
New dates for Autumn training coming soon!
Session 1
live online
Time to be announced
10:00-17:30
Zoom
Session 2
live online
Time to be announced
10:00-17:30
Zoom
Session 3
live online
Time to be announced
17:30-19:30
Zoom
Session 4
live online
Time to be announced
10:00-17:30
Zoom
Session 5
live online
Time to be announced
10:00-13:00
Zoom
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“This restorative teacher training was a unique journey into softness, silence and self-discovery. It was an opportunity to study the methods and techniques of restorative yoga within a safe setting, guided by teachers who are passionate about sharing their experience and knowledge. Attending this training has given me a deep understanding of the subtleties of restorative yoga, and an inspiration to practice it everyday. Absolutely loved this training."
— SARA, RESTORATIVE YOGA FUNDAMENTALS GRADUATE