30-Hour Restorative Teacher Training
With Valerie Weyrich
Saturday April 27 + Sunday April 28
Saturday May 4 + Sunday May 5
Description: Are you feeling called to slow down, rest, cultivate your relationship with stillness, experience relief from stress, or counterbalance a busy lifestyle and truly restore yourself? If nothing sounds better than intentionally relaxing your body and mind and learning how to teach others to do the same, join us for a deep dive into Restorative Yoga.
WHAT IS RESTORATIVE YOGA?
Restorative Yoga is the practice of active relaxation. Restorative poses support the physical body with a variety of props such as blankets, bolsters, and blocks, or whatever treasures you find around your home such as pillows and chairs. Extended periods of time in each pose offer the opportunity to physically receive support and release tension while mentally and emotionally cultivating a relaxed state. This unwinding process invites the mind to meet the body in relaxed awareness to experience the benefits of slowing down, self-soothing, re-balancing the nervous system, and feeling supported in stillness.
Restorative Yoga invites you to unwind your body and mind, and “do less”.
When we learn to deeply care for ourselves and restore, we cultivate the ability to show up for ourselves and others from a place of “fullness”.
No advanced training or experience is required to practice Restorative Yoga. Students with injuries or physical disabilities are welcome. This training can serve as continuing education for yoga teachers and/or an opportunity to befriend your own personal practice and tap into your abilities to self-heal.
RESTORATIVE YOGA COURSE
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN AND EXPERIENCE
- Centering and creating sacred space
- Restorative Yoga Pose Clinic: In-depth study, experience, and experimentation of classic Restorative Yoga Poses
- Common imbalances and how to meet yourself and students where they are
- How to theme, create, and teach a Restorative practice inspired by the principles of Ayurveda
- Prop Clinic: Creatively working with what you have available in a studio or at home
- Learning how to incorporate the principles of Restorative Yoga into your wellness lifestyle
- The art of holding a safe container for others
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- A notebook or journal and pen
- 1-3 blankets (recommendation: Hugger Mugger)
- An open mind to explore, learn, and relax
- Required Reading Material: Relax and Renew, Restful Yoga For Stressful Times, by Judith Hanson Lasater
- Optional Reading Material: Restore and Rebalance: Yoga for Deep Relaxation, by Judith Hanson Lasater
FACILITATOR – Valerie Weyrich
E-RYT 500, YACEP, Certified Relax and Renew Restorative Yoga Teacher with advanced training in adaptive Hatha yoga, pranayama, and relaxation and 11 years of teaching experience.
Born and raised in the flatlands of Texas, Valerie believes food is comfort, kindness is medicine, and dusty skies create beautiful sunsets.
She explores the practices of Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, and Sound Healing, and the combination of these practices for holistic healing. Valerie is trained by Gong Master and Astrologer Mehtab Benton, and the founder of Restorative Yoga, Judith Hanson Lasater. She is led by the wisdom of her indigenous ancestors and a deep reverence for the practices. Valerie has been teaching adaptive yoga and offering sound healing with gongs and sacred instruments for the past 11 years. She studies Jyotish, incorporates planetary alignments into her classes, and offers birth chart readings. She studied and lives by Ayurveda and works for Banyan Botanicals where she hosts the Ask the Expert interview series.
Valerie is nourished by a nurturing daily practice, a supportive community, and time spent hiking and soaking in hot springs with her husband Brian. She offers gratitude to the earth below, the sky above, ancestors and teachers who came before her, and the path itself.
TRAINING SCHEDULE: 30 Hours
Saturday’s
10:00am-1:00pm – Lecture
1:00-2:00pm – Lunch
2:00-3:45pm – Lecture
3:45-4:00pm – Break
4:00-5:30pm – Class
Sunday’s
10:00am-1:00pm – Lecture
1:00-2:00pm – Lunch
2:00-3:45pm – Lecture
3:45-4:45pm – Break
4:00-5:00pm – Class
INVESTMENT:
30 CEU Yoga Alliance Credits
$500 Tuition
$425 Early Bird Pricing, before April 1