Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Live Online 2024 UK

Description

Why restorative yoga?

In our accelerated and often agitated world, our nervous system and health are taxed by ever greater vigilance.

True rest is rare and undervalued.

Not only is it easy to forget our essential nature of Being that the yoga texts speak of, but the body-mind-heart’s natural restoration and healing processes are compromised. Exhaustion, anxiety, irritability and chronic, stress-related conditions are common. Students are increasingly requesting restorative yoga.

The receptive, inclusive practice of restorative yoga provides critical rest and helps to preserve our health and wellbeing. It has a profound impact on the functioning and resilience of our nervous system, internal organs and subtle body. Equally, it offers a reconnecting to our inner life, to the present moment and to the universal. It gives a taste of moksha (liberation) that is the bedrock of our presence, relationships and work in the world. The ripples of this run beyond what we can ever know.

For teachers, restorative yoga is essential. It balances the active with the contemplative in our practice and life, and enriches our intuition and creativity. It steadies and nurtures us when our resources are tested. It sustains our sadhana and what we are able to offer.

Who is this course for?

Open to all yoga teachers with a minimum 200-hour qualification. BWY Membership or Guest Membership is required to take this course (please see below).

Course content and outcomes

• Origins, underpinning yoga philosophy and purpose of restorative yoga
• Related physiology: the nervous system, vagal pathways, stress and relaxation responses, organs, sleep, consciousness and the subtle body
• Principles of practice and ideal conditions
• How to work with props to create and adapt a restorative practice (reclining, backbend, lateral, twist, forward bend and inversion families)
• Context, effects, benefits and contraindications of restorative yoga poses
• Sequencing for personal practice, teaching, common health conditions and lifestyles
• The breath and pranayama in restorative yoga
• Verbal guidance, sound and silence in restorative practice
• Ethics, student-teacher relationship, touch, active listening, maintaining a safe space, teacher self-care and self-cultivation
• Best practice for in-person, online, group and one-to-one restorative teaching
• Options and opportunities for introducing restorative yoga to your community

Course dates, format and live online attendance

The course takes place over six Saturdays, 10am to 3pm, with a one-hour break for lunch. You will be part of a supportive group with a maximum of 14 students. Live online attendance (via Zoom) on:

Saturdays, 10am to 3pm (UK time)

• 28 September 2024
• 5 and 19 October 2024
• 2, 16 and 30 November 2024

*Please note* that for the privacy of participants, and due to the importance of pair work, group interaction and a teaching practice, training days will not be recorded. Please check all dates before applying. Certification is dependent on full live online attendance on all training days and the completion of assignments.

(The next course will run in 2026.)

Resources

You will receive:

• A colour manual of all restorative poses included in the course, with benefits, contraindications, props, time recommendation and watch points
• Presentations and/or supporting handouts relating to the content of each training day
• A short video resource as an aide-mémoire for one set-up detail
• Readings (traditional and contemporary) from course days

All the information you need will be provided on the course. However, if you enjoy reading, the following books are suggested (they are not required reading for the course):

Relax and Renew, Judith Hanson Lasater

The Art of Communicating, Thich Nhat Hanh

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Robert M. Sapolsky

Props (further details will be provided on confirmation of your booking)

In restorative yoga, props are used to create comfort and ease by supporting the body fully. Please have with you:

• Yoga mat
• 2 bolsters
• 4 yoga blankets
• Belt
• Eye pillow/scarf
• Yoga bandage
• 2 bricks and 2 blocks
• Hand towel / scarf
• 2 (yoga) chairs

Assessment, certification and CPD/CEU hours

Assessment is based on a personal practice assignment and written reflection, an on-course teaching practice and a post-course case study and reflection. It is estimated that this work involves approximately 15 hours.

On satisfactory completion of assignments and full live attendance on all course days, you will receive a Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Module Certificate from the British Wheel of Yoga and have 30 CPD/CEU hours to log with the BWY and Yoga Alliance (International/USA). Please check the requirements of any other awarding bodies that are relevant to you.

Investment

£495 Early Bird until 31 May 2024

£545 Thereafter

This includes the £30 BWY registration fee for all participants.

If you are not yet a member of the British Wheel of Yoga, it is required to become either a Guest Member for an additional £20 (added to the course fee) or a Full Member for an additional £42 (purchased via the BWY’s website), in order to take this training course and to receive a Certificate. (If needed, Guest Membership will be arranged by the tutor on your behalf directly with BWY after a place has been offered.)

How do I apply?

Please apply online here.

Terms and cancellation policy

• The above fee includes a £150 deposit that is non-refundable and non-transferable.
• Your booking will be confirmed by email once your application form has been acknowledged and the deposit or total amount has been received (payment details via bank transfer will be provided following application).
• The balance is due by 31 May 2024 for the Early Bird, and by 7 September 2024 for the regular fee (an exception will be made for late availability).
• If a student cancels their place more than 8 weeks before the course start date (i.e. before 3 August 2024) a refund for the amount paid will be issued, minus the deposit.
• Unfortunately, no refund is available thereafter.
• A deferral is only possible if there is a replacement student.
• If the training is cancelled by the tutor for any reason, a full refund for the amount paid will be given in £ sterling.
• Refunds do not cover exchange rate losses, transaction fees or any other losses a student has incurred in relation to the course.

Complaints Procedure for BWY Modules

In the event of a complaint, this is to be raised with the tutor in the first instance, for resolution at this level. Thereafter, if needed, the matter may be brought to the attention of the BWY Modules Officer in writing, for mediation in consultation with the BWY Education Committee Chair. Their decision will be communicated in writing to the complainant as soon as possible. All data and correspondence relating to the complaint will be retained by the BWY Modules Officer.

Questions?

Please email the tutor directly, Carol Trevor: [email protected]

Tutor: Carol Trevor, E-RYT 500, YACEP, BWY Dip, MA, Advanced Relax and Renew® Trainer

Carol was first introduced to restorative yoga in the Iyengar tradition, by the late Caroline Cole in London. She is an Advanced Relax and Renew® Trainer, having subsequently trained with and assisted Judith Hanson Lasater. She continues her exploration through both avenues, personal practice and working with a diverse range of students.

Aware of the wider effects of self-compassion and teacher self-cultivation, Carol included sessions on restorative yoga as a tutor on teacher training courses in Cambridge and London from 2008. She teaches this much-needed practice in specialist trainings, CPD days, workshops, classes and one-to-one. She has taught 30-hour restorative trainings in-person, online and in a blended format. This is the second time this course is also being offered as a BWYT Module.

Carol began practising yoga over 30 years ago and qualified as a teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga in London. She is certified in yoga nidra (Bihar and iRest) and is qualified in sports massage therapy and injury prevention. Originally a linguist, yoga philosophy and meditation remain a source of inspiration and sustenance. She offers a collaborative approach to teaching and encourages curiosity, inquiry and autonomy as part of the process.

How do I apply?

Please apply online here.

Feedback from previous course participants

It is always difficult to build a community when working online and Carol quickly achieved this through her calm and humble approach from the first greeting and throughout her teachings. Poses were explored, adapted and discussed allowing we, the students, time to consider our personal practice. Through a teaching approach, centred on the individual, came an understanding of how restorative yoga can be taken into the community. The first assignment focused on our personal practice which gave an opportunity for a deeper appreciation of the impact that restorative yoga can have on our daily life, but also allows future teaching to be from the heart. The course was well prepared and progressive and I especially liked the theory which gave a strong underpinning to our practice.       Lizzie Spalding

I was lucky enough to have Carol teaching me for my Restorative Yoga teaching qualification. She is compassionate and inclusive, organised and understanding, and her written materials to support our learning were excellent. The weekends were wonderful and eye-opening, as was the work we did with case study students. The whole qualification was very well thought-out and she ran it brilliantly. Since then I have enjoyed her teaching online in various classes and workshops where I greatly value her gentle and knowledgeable approach. I always feel safe in her hands!       Sabina

I’m glad that I did the Restorative Yoga teacher training module with Carol. She is a patient, calm, and conscientious tutor. It has deepened my understanding of Restorative Yoga and how to teach it effectively. It has also given me a great practice for my own self-care.       Julie Dodd

I highly recommend this BWY Restorative Yoga course as a way to learn about this wonderful approach to Yoga, especially for these times! Carol expertly enables her students to gain a deep understanding of the subject – learning the skills to fully incorporate it in their own practice, as well as to confidently and creatively share with their students.       Diane Robertson