• Luna Yoga (map)
  • 231 Rue Saint-Paul Ouest
  • Montréal, QC, H2Y 2A2
  • Canada

Dates: April 13-16 & April 20-23

“Restorative Yoga Training has been a life changing experience for me. Not only did I learn about the practice itself and how to teach it with Andrea’s compassionate guidance, I was also able to heal myself of adrenal fatigue. It is amazing what this type of yoga can do to your entire being as you allow yourself some space and time to stop, breathe, let go, enjoy and rest. What a journey!”
— Christine Tremblayce

Andrea Peloso has been offering courses based on her extensive experience assisting Judith Lasater as well as other teachers for over a decade and has been studying with Judith and teaching Restorative since 2004. She now teaches regularly across North America and sometimes further afield. Andrea creates a safe, fun, educational, and healing environment in which to learn and grow as people and as teachers.

Course Curriculum

In the context of this course we will be studying the science of the nervous system as well as traditional wisdom and many different postures in different variations. We will be exploring the nuance and complexities of creating safer spaces for ourselves and others and creating a platform for deep experiences in the postures, beginning with ourselves.

Fundamentals

  • Basics of Restorative Yoga

  • Understanding the Nervous System: Parasympathetic and Sympathetic.

  • Restorative Yoga Affects the Nervous System.

  • The well-propped pose: to prop or not to prop and why?

  • Stress related disorders, and how they can be caused by an imbalanced nervous system.

  • Understanding the role of traditional wisdom and scientific understanding as it informs the Restorative Yoga Practice.

  • Restorative Yoga and the 5 senses. Exploring these concepts practically through practice.

Elements of Support, Adjustments

  • Cultural and psychological aspects of welcoming deep support.

  • The role of mindfulness in the Restorative yoga practice.

  • A detailed look at proper support of the hands, knees, back, pelvis, arms, and neck in Savasana and elevated chest pose.

  • Use of blankets to move and support of the body.

  • Art of touch.

  • Adjustments with blankets.

  • Stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system with either props or adjustments.

  • Use of weights and sandbags

Traditional Wisdom

  • Understanding the basics of what each pose does to various systems and parts of the body according to traditional wisdom.

Pelvis and Lower Back

  • Restorative Variations on Grounding the pelvis, and healing the Back.

  • Using pillars (when possible)

Breathing, Soothing, Lungs, and Liver

  • Four Sides of the Lungs.

  • Restorative Twists.

  • The emotion of anger.

Pregnancy, Fertility, Sides and Hips

  • Restorative Yoga for Pregnancy, and Fertility.

  • Restorative side supports

  • Restorative side lying poses for scoliosis (when applicable)

  • Restorative Yoga and Pregnancy – a lecture on the stages of pregnancy, what to avoid, and when.

Kidneys, Heart, Joints, and Depression

  • Restoratives for Kidneys and Heart.

  • Restoratives for Depression

  • Understanding and modifying for specific injuries. Teaching Restorative Yoga with Case studies.

  • Restorative Backbends

  • Supporting various joint and structural injuries: specific issues, and techniques.

Emotions

  • Soothing Anger

  • Calming distress

  • Comforting Grief

  • Awakening from dullness and depression

  • Healing Anxiety

  • Being Present to the Emotions in a Restorative Practice.

Sequencing

  • The Art of Sequencing for Classes

  • Restorative Yoga and the Four Seasons

  • Teaching for Groups and Individuals

  • Bringing Students to deep rest: ideal timing, atmosphere, reading the room.

  • Practice Teaching: Gaining Confidence with presenting the material.

A Comprehensive Teacher Training, non-teachers also welcome

This is a complete Restorative Certification for yoga teachers. This training is also open to everyone and many people from all walks of life attend this training.

Final Project for Restorative Certification

For Restorative Teachers there is a final project that completes your certification. Components for the final project consist of cultivating a home practice in Restorative, a photo journal of private classes with individual Restorative students, and a book report. There is a $60 fee for certification within the first 6 months. The fee goes up to $85 after 6 months and no projects will be accepted for certification after one year.

Dates: April 13-16 & April 20-23

Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm x 2 = 6 hours (online)

Fridays 7-9:30 = 2.5 x 2 = 5 hours (in-studio)

Sat/Sun 1-8pm = 7 x 2= 14 x 2 weekends = 28hours (in-studio)

$915 + tax
This is an in-person training. Please contact us if you would like to attend virtually.

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