350RYTT Personalised BioMedical Yoga Specialising in Restorative Yoga & Meditation
A Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance Approved Training Course
Vocational Enrichment Programme: Biomedical and Trauma Informed Yoga for the Individual
Welcome to BIYOME’s Restorative Yoga Stream! Quite literally, this is one of the best things you could do in your life.
Whole-heartedly: With the whole of your nature, follow this gentle path to knowing within its 24-acre sanctuary setting, designed specially to restore, rejuvenate, and regenerate your good heart.
Restorative yoga is an evidence-based practice that provides whole-body rejuvenation and restoration bridging the gap between an intense yoga class and a seated meditation class. Moreover, restorative yoga has the capacity to completely tone the nervous system: deep interoceptive awareness is developed to transform suffering. Restorative yoga is a gentle way of practice, a magnificent and empowering therapeutic tool that awakens the energetic systems of the mind-body, developing a heightened sensitivity and a gentle self-compassion; this then intrinsically enhances holistic well-being making it incredibly accessible to many people.
Restorative Yoga provides an immersive experience that enables all yoga practitioners to have a first-hand proficiency and adept understanding of psychosomatic medicine and the healing process. Such includes specific practices in asanas, sequencing, touch adjustments, accurate and precise alignment tutelage, correct prop usage, pranayama with Props, and the physiology of relaxation.
BIYOME has developed a unique approach to our restorative specialization combining it with trauma-informed yoga and meditation teacher training. This 350-hour course facilitates an appreciation for the biological, psychological, and sociological (biopsychosocial) aspects of yoga and meditation as lifestyle medicine that caters to improving physical and mental health. By delivering you the highest quality educational resources with state-of-the-art evidence-based science, we endeavor to assist you in creating opportunities for adeptly understanding the imperative nature of the mind-body connection as it relates to a broader context of mental health in and beyond the 21st century.
This course is designed to be completed within 12-18 months.
Students who wish to go beyond the 350hr membership with the respective associations may want to explore:
BIYOME’s complete 500hr training program that gains Level 2 FULL Registration with Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance:
500YTT Advanced Diploma in BioMedical Yoga, Meditation, & Lifestyle Medicine
OR
BIYOME’s options for an upgrade after completing the 350hrs in a time frame that suits you.
UP150YTT Postgraduate 150hrs
650YTT Master of Biomedical Yoga Therapy, Meditation, & Allied Health
Course Code:
Qualification:
Yoga Alliance 350RYT Member
Meditation Association of Australia Member
Current Intake:
Available to be taken Face-to-Face or online only.
Dates for the Face-to-Face attendance will depend on the chosen electives.
Please contact us if you need more information.
What You Will Walk Away With
Upon completing the 350-hour course, you will have the skills to teach a rich and informative, highly educated class to those with therapeutic needs. You will be able to understand and deliver your teachings with confidence, convey the latest biomedical research in the field to students, offer appropriate alignment cues, give touch adjustments, and teach yoga postures aided by props designed to assist with neurological feedback. You will be confident in developing heightened proprioceptive awareness in your students and give them a suitable level of control over breath, mind, and body.
As a BIYOME teacher, you will be able to cultivate the experience of meditation through yoga asana, harness the psychological state of flow in your classroom and offer your students the ultimate transcendental experience described for millennia through the science of yoga.
BIYOME’s Yoga Teacher Training courses also create a unique avenue to becoming a yoga and meditation teacher registered with Yoga Australia, Yoga Alliance, and Meditation Australia.
Upon graduation, certification with BIYOME avails the opportunity to register with either Association providing you with a globally recognized membership. Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance provide a standard of training recognition for teachers to practice with insurance worldwide. While Yoga Australia is highly regarded in Australia and the UK, Yoga Alliance may be your registration choice should you wish to teach in the USA.
This course qualifies you as a Level 1 Yoga Teacher and able to obtain insurance to teach yoga worldwide. You will also be eligible to register with the Meditation Association of Australia and apply for membership consideration with the Australasian Association of Lifestyle Medicine.
* The BIYOME 350RYTT is unique and designed for those seeking gentle asana training and restorative movement-based therapy. As such, you are offered the choice of specialty intensive electives rather than attending our standard ten foundational 2-day weekends. While this course includes theoretical content focused on basic yogic principles, the face-to-face content is specific to the electives you choose – meaning this specialty has limited movement training. For those seeking comprehensive yoga training incorporating in-depth face-to-face asana with physical strength and flexibility training, BIYOME highly recommends our 500YTT Advanced Diploma. For more information, please enquire or compare course outlines in detail.
What You Will Learn
- Introduction to Yoga and Meditation as Lifestyle Medicine
- Understanding Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind
- Our innate ability to change
- The Path to Wellness: The Philosophy Behind Practice
- The Ethical Philosophy of Practice
- Understanding the Body-Mind Connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Neurobiology
- Theory of Teaching-Technique
- The Altruistic Teaching Methodology: The Science of Compassion and Connection
- Mindfulness: The Science of Attention and Attunement
- Asana: The Science of Posture and Position
- Pranayama: The Science of Respiration and Regulation
- Meditation: The Science of Concentration and Clarity
- Sound Therapy: The Science of Vocabulary and Vibration
- Introduction to Personalised BioMedical Yoga
- Adept Understanding of Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind
- Adept Understanding of the Body-Mind Connection
- Adept Wisdom in Theory of Teaching-Technique
- Âsana Principles
- Working with The Vagal (Vagus) Nerve
- Working with The Heart-Brain Connection
- Working with HeartRate Variability
- Working with Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis
- Working with Psychoneuroimmunology
- Working with Gut-Brain Axis
- Specialty Intensive Training (CPD) of your choice
What You Will Experience
Six face-to-face specialty intensive training electives
Throughout the course, there is an essential face-to-face face component that incorporates training tailored to your course. This includes six intensive weekends offered year-round (details below – The BIYOME Difference).
PLUS Foundational Content Provided Online
Additionally, throughout this course, foundational training in Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine, Meditation as Lifestyle Medicine, and Biomedically Informed Yoga for the Individual is provided online. This includes:
- Understanding the Yogic Tradition of Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, and the Maladapted Mind
- The Yogic Tradition of Suffering
- The Buddhist Tradition of Suffering
- Stress: Tradition in the West
- Our Innate Yogic Ability to Change
- Our Innate Yogic Ability to Change: Tradition in the East
- Our Innate Meditative Ability to Change: Tradition in the East
- Our Innate Ability to Change: Tradition in the West
- The Yogic Path to Wellness
- The Yogic Path to Wellness: Tradition in the East
- The Meditative Path to Wellness: Tradition in the East
- The Path to Wellness: Tradition in the West
- The Ethical Philosophy of Yoga Practice
- The Virtues of Teaching Yoga
- The Virtues of Teaching Meditation
- Understanding the Yogic Mind-Body Connection: Tradition in the East
- The Fundamental Nature of Reality
- The Constituents of the Enlightened Body
- Sharira, Kosha, Vayus, Nâdî, and Chakra
- Understanding the Mind-Body Connection: Tradition in the West
- The Fundamental Nature of Reality
- The Constituents of Human Anatomy: Biology & Physiology, Neurophysiological Psychology, The Embodied Brain, The Vagal (Vagus) Nerve, The Heart-Brain Connection, Heart Rate Variability,Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis, Psychoneuroimmunology, & The Gut-Brain Axis, Sociology, Energetic Communication, Epigenetics, & The Polyvagal Theory
- Theory of Yogic Teaching-Technique: The Altruistic Teaching Methodology
- The Science of Compassion and Connection
- The Science of Attention and Attunement
- The Science of Posture and Position
- The Science of Respiration and Regulation
- The Science of Concentration and Clarity
- The Science of Vocabulary and Vibration
- Adept Understanding of Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind-Body
- Depiction of Health and Well-being, Ill-Health and Dis-Ease: Where East Meets West
- Hetu: Causation
- Hayam: Symptomatology
- Depiction of Health and Well-being, Ill-Health and Dis-Ease: Where East Meets West
- Adept Understanding of the Mind-Body Connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Neurobiology
- Observation and Assessment Foundations and Practicalities
- Darshana: Observation of Body and Breath
- Sparshana: Tactile Observation of Pulse, Temperature, and Movement
- Prashna: Questioning
- Hânam: Goal Establishment
- Observation and Assessment Foundations and Practicalities
- Adept Theory of Teaching-Technique
- Basic Âsana Principles
- Working with the Vagal (Vagus) Nerve, the Heart-Brain Connection, Heart Rate Variability, the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis, Psychoneuroimmunology, and the Gut-Brain Axis
Taught By
CELIA ROBERTS BSc
Head Senior Yoga & Meditation Teacher
Yoga Therapist & Ayurvedic Practitioner
Director of BIYOME
MARIAN CAVANAGH
Senior Yoga Teacher
Registered Relax & Renew Instructor
DR JAMES KIRBY
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology UQ School of Psychology
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The BIYOME Difference
Selection of six (6) speciality intensive training electives for continued professional development from the following intensive retreats (some course teachers/topics may be subject to change).
2026
CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 8 consecutive classes are part of the course)
CPD10 Compassion Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training (November 13-16, 2026)
CPD17 Yoga Therapy Foundations (October 23-25, 2026)
CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing (August 28-31, 2026)
2027
CPD02 Yoga Nidra Teacher Training (March 12-14, 2027)
CPD05 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training: Restorative Yoga Therapy (October 22-24, 2027)
CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 8 consecutive classes are part of the course)
CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing (September 3-6, 2027)
Detailed information on specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
What Our Students Say
Hear from past and present students about their experiences with and the benefits they gained from our courses.
Your 350RYTT Training Requirements
- 80% face-to-face attendance
- Completion of six (6) Specialty Intensive Training Modules (CPD) and associated multiple-choice questions
- The submission of the multiple-choice questions at the end of each lesson within the online 350RYTT content
- To undertake 50 additional class hours with a registered yoga teacher
- One (1) 20-minute live (Zoom) meditation class
- Daily Meditation Practice sheet – 3 months
Your 350RYTT Investment
Investment to become registered with Yoga Australia AND the Meditation Association of Australia is $8,498.
We highly recommend at least 12 months regular practice; however, we take all cases individually – please complete an application form and we will contact you directly to discuss.
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- Feuerstein, G. (2008). The yoga tradition: Its history, literature, philosophy, and practice (3rd ed.). Chino Valley, AR: Hohm Press.
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Please note that there are also required texts for each intensive elective undertaken.
- Bachman, N. (2005). The language of yoga: Complete A to Y guide to āsana names, Sanskrit terms, and chants. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.
- Iyengar, B. K. (2014). Yoga: The path to holistic health. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley.
- Desikachar, T. K. (1999). The heart of yoga: Developing a personal practice. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International.
- Robin, M. (2009). A handbook for Yogasana teachers: The incorporation of neuroscience, physiology, and anatomy into the practice. Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark.
- Easwaran, E. (2007). The Bhagavad Gita. Berkeley, CA: Nilgiri Press.
- Myers, T. (2017). Anatomy trains : myofascial meridians for manual and movement therapists. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier Health Sciences.
- Feuerstein, G. (2014). The psychology of yoga: Integrating Eastern and Western approaches for understanding the mind. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
- Judith Hanson Lasater (2005). Relax And Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times
Props attain a 15% discount when purchased from Yoga King Products.
Required
- 1 yoga mat
- 1 yoga strap
- 1 bolster
- 2 blocks
- 2 blankets
- 1 Iyengar yoga chair (backless chair without the cushion, can be purchased from EMP Industrial)
Optional
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- zabuton (meditation cushion base)
Please note that there are also required props/variances in prop requirements for different specialty intensive electives