Led by Melody Hansen

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

3-days

• Dec 4 – 7, 2013

Nursing CEU Eligible: 19 hours

If you are not a Level I Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training graduate, instructor permission is required.

To register, please call us at 800-346-5350 or 530-478-7518 or e-mail us.

Restorative yoga is a popular way for beginning through advanced yoga students to experience true relaxation – often the most difficult skill to master. As stress and tension are released, healing and upliftment are promoted in body, mind, and spirit. Whether you plan to offer one or a series of restorative poses, this skill can help you work more effectively with your existing students as well as attract new students. Program leader Melody Hansen will show you how to:

• Use the breath to invoke the Relaxation Response;
• Practice with props you will actually be using in your teaching;
• Learn and student-teach restorative poses that focus on releasing specific physical and mental tensions;
• Guide a restorative routine focused on the chakras;
• Use affirmation, visualization, and music to deepen your students’ practice.

When you arrive, you will receive a yoga eye pillow, which you can use throughout the weekend and take home with you. Place it over the eyes during the poses to put gentle weight on the eyes, which cause the whole face to relax. When the face is relaxed, the entire body follows. It is a deeply calming experience.

Ananda Yoga Teacher Training graduates will receive credits toward the 500-hour Level 2 Certification and also for Level 1 of Ananda Yoga Therapy Training.

Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.

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