CPD05 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training: Restorative Yoga Therapy (Online)
An Online Continuing Professional Development Specialty Intensive
Practice is not about what you get, it is about what you give. Whether you are driven or resistant, the medicine is the same: do what is truly possible with unwavering commitment to giving yourself to the moment. Without this intention, practice becomes another task to be completed, and it loses its ability to transform. And, transformation, or freedom, is the reason for all discipline.
Restorative yoga bridges the space between an active yoga practice and seated meditation, offering an evidence-informed approach to deep relaxation, conscious rest, and embodied awareness. In a fast-paced society where many people experience ongoing stress, fatigue, sleep disruption, chronic illness, inflammation, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion, restorative yoga provides a valuable pathway toward rejuvenation, self-awareness, and holistic wellbeing.
Learning to teach restorative yoga and incorporate restorative practices into classes allows yoga teachers, therapists, and practitioners to offer a more integrative approach to supporting their students. Through intentional sequencing, mindful awareness, and therapeutic application, restorative yoga creates the conditions for deep relaxation, self-care, and greater connection between body and mind.
Restorative yoga supports the cultivation of interoceptive awareness — the ability to sense and understand internal bodily experiences — while encouraging a compassionate relationship with oneself. Through sustained postures, conscious breathing, and supported relaxation, practitioners explore the relationship between the nervous system, the mind-body connection, and the capacity for restoration.
This intensive offers an immersive, embodied learning experience designed to develop practical skills and deepen understanding of restorative yoga, psychosomatic awareness, and the healing process. Participants will explore:
- Short, medium, and long-hold restorative yoga postures
- Therapeutic sequencing principles
- Appropriate use of yoga props for individual anatomical needs
- Alignment principles and safe teaching techniques
- Touch adjustments and supportive guidance
- Pranayama practices and the physiology of relaxation
- The relationship between breath, body awareness, and deep rest
Through this comprehensive restorative yoga training, practitioners develop the knowledge and confidence to guide students toward greater relaxation, embodied presence, resilience, and wellbeing.
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What You Will Learn
Foundations of Restorative Practices
An introduction to restorative practices, including the definition, purpose, and principles of rest, relaxation, and restoration. Explore the dimensions of rest, the impact of restlessness, and the importance of restorative practices for physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
Restorative Yoga: Philosophy, Tradition and Practice
Explore restorative practices through Eastern and Western perspectives, including the traditional foundations behind restorative yoga and its role as a therapeutic approach to cultivating deep rest, awareness, and mind-body connection.
Embodiment, Perception and the Mind-Body Connection
Understand the relationship between the body, brain, and sensory awareness through exploration of the Mind-Body Homunculus and the mechanisms of perception. Develop insight into embodied awareness and the ways we experience and interpret internal and external sensations.
Teaching Methodology and Therapeutic Application of Restorative Yoga
Examine the theory and practice of teaching restorative yoga, including the biopsychosocial elements that inform effective teaching techniques. Develop an understanding of how to guide restorative practices with awareness, skill, and sensitivity.
Restorative Yoga Therapy Practice and Learning Resources
Experience the practice of restorative yoga therapy through guided learning, including audio lessons and video lessons supporting the integration of restorative techniques, teaching approaches, and therapeutic applications.
Continuing Education in Restorative Practices
Extend your knowledge of restorative practices through further study and professional development opportunities in restorative yoga, restorative yoga therapy, and therapeutic wellbeing practices.
BIYOME’s Specialty Intensive Teacher Training can be undertaken as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with Yoga Australia and/or the Meditation Association of Australia, as well as obtaining Continuing Education (CE) recognition with Yoga Alliance. The course contact hours, and non-contact hours (CPDs and CEs), allocated across Meditation Australia and the two registering yoga bodies do however differ. Please contact us for more information.
Should you wish to complete a full meditation certification (330 hours – 1000 hours) or yoga certification (150 hours – 650 hours), please view this Specialty Intensive Training as an elective within our full course offerings. Details are available here.
Further Information & Requirements
- Lasater, J. (2017). Restore and rebalance: Yoga for deep relaxation. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
- 1 yoga mat
- 2-4 bolsters
- 2-4 blocks
- 4-8 blankets
- 2-3 eye pillows
Optional props
- 1 yoga strap
- 2 sand bags
- meditation cushion/s
Your CPD05 Investment
Full investment upfront $1508
Access is not offered without complete payment