Lucky Elephant Yoga and Wellness
Apex, NC

Friday, March 1 — 5:30-7:00 pm ET
Saturday, March 2 — 10:30 am - 6:30 pm ET
Sunday, March 3 — 12:00-2:30 pm ET

Cost: $300

Restorative yoga is about moving into a state of being, away from the normal activity of the body and the mind. By channeling the energies of the body — wind, blood, lymph — through specific pathways, restorative yoga creates a deep sense of relaxation and rejuvenation.

During this course, Cyndi will lead you through two full sequences of restorative poses, each designed for a specific energetic result. All categories of asanas are practiced – backbends, forward bends, side bends, twists and inversions — in a completely receptive manner through the support of bolsters, blankets, straps, blocks and eye pillows. Each pose is held from 5-20 minutes giving the body ample time to unwind into the parasympathetic nervous system leading to an experience of deep rest.

Cyndi will talk about the specific skill sets involved in being an effective restorative yoga teacher and how mindfulness, precision and the elements of an active vinyasa class can be used to further enrich this practice of receptivity, down-regulation and calm.

Then you will work in partners and small groups to practice teaching these poses and their variations to each other.

There will also be time for feedback and discussion about how to build your own restorative yoga class sequences, as well as how to offer these poses in studios where there are not a lot of props.

You will leave this training with more confidence in teaching restorative yoga classes as well as incorporating restorative poses into your regular active yoga classes. Bring three eye pillows and a notebook.

This course is open to yogis, yoga teachers, body workers, social workers — anyone who would like to deepen their own yoga practice and/or share this work with others.