Fundamentals 4: Restorative Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training

The best way to understand something is to live it. That’s why Veda Ela’s Restorative Yoga is more than just a teacher training course. It’s a Life Training that uses the language of yoga and other disciplines to take participants on a journey of Self-inquiry and Self-discovery.

This Restorative Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training consists of 100 hours divided into 4 modules (or Fundamentals). Each module requires 21 hours of class participation and 4 hours of homework over the space of a weekend. This includes assignments, readings, class-observation and teaching practice.

This fourth weekend consists of: - Review of Contents Fundamentals 3
 - Practice of Yin Yoga asanas and Restorative Yoga Asanas
 - Each day includes asana practice, talks and Q&A.

General Anatomy in the practice of Yin and Restorative Yoga
 ● Subtle and physical anatomy and physiology of the Yin and Restorative Yoga practice
 ● Meridian theory and the movement of “chi” or “prana” in the body
 ● The nervous system
 ● Relevant modifications, contraindications and adjustments in Yin and Restorative Yoga practice

Methods for Body Cleanse & Detoxing process
 ● Body Detox for a clean energetic body
 ● How and why to do a Body Cleanse
 ● The detoxing process and its benefits for a yogi
 ● Natural healing foods and superfoods to tune into higher vibrations
 ● The importance of a high vibrational diet and its connection with the yoga practice and a yogi’s life
 ● What foods are healing and how to adapt them to the specific environment
 ● Creating the set-up to live in high vibration
 ● Practical ways to support others to live in higher vibrations

Environmental awareness and the contribution of yoga teachers to a more kind and friendly planet
 ● Proposals to contribute to an environmental friendly planet as a yoga teacher
 ● The path of “green yoga”
 ● The teaching of Yoga in different environments

Body movement and emotional release: from movement to stillness
 ● Movement and dance as healing techniques
 ● Movement and dance as meditation techniques
 ● The skills of meditation, and the balancing nature of Śavāsana and conscious relaxation
 ● The practice of active meditation techniques to support emotional release

Reflection and the practice of Silence and Meditation
 ● Learning the practice of Silence and “non-doing”
 ● Incorporating Silence to your daily life
 ● What is a Silence retreat and its benefits in your everyday life

Main essential skills of a yoga teacher in the practice and teaching of Restorative Yoga

Mandatory reading ● “Light on Yoga” by B.K.S. Iyengar ● “The Heart of Yoga. Developing a personal practice” by T.K.V. Disikachar ● “Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit” by Donna Farhi ● “The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and Practice of Yin Yoga” by Bernie Clark and Sarah Powers ● “Yin Yoga” by Paul Grilley ● “Insight Yoga” by Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley