
In this workshop, geared to teachers from any background, you'll learn how to design and lead restorative yoga classes.
This reverse-classroom workshop includes a preassignment and follow-along classes (lucky you!) to complete before we meet, so please budget at least seven hours to prepare your homework in the weeks before the workshop.
Our in-person sessions will:
+ Create a clear definition of what constitutes restorative
yoga—and what differentiates it from gentle yoga and yin yoga
+ Take a bird's-eye view of the nervous system and its experience
in restorative yoga
+ Workshop the student experience in restorative yoga classes, so
we can empathize with and serve our students better
+ Prompt you to design restorative sequences; you'll also get full
class plans to use right away
+ Experiment with perfect prop placement for every body
+ Build your confidence in leading students of every age and level
of ability
+ Give you a warm, supportive environment in which to practice your
newfound restorative yoga teaching skills and prop expertise

with Alexis Besosa and Diana Newton
Six Mondays, October 6 - November 10, 6:30–7:45 p.m.
Root yourself in the basics of yoga while learning to fly free in any yoga class. This friendly six-week small-group series puts the fun in fundamentals while encouraging you to leave the nest and explore all our studio offerings.
Our weekly meetings will help you send down deep roots as we:
+ Demystify what happens in a
yoga class from welcome to namaste
+ Apply yoga philosophy in simple
language
+ Make you a
master with yoga props
+ Troubleshoot problem
poses
+ Identify the
right yoga for you
+ And, of course, answer all your
questions!
You will also grow wings with:
+ Follow-up notes after every
Monday session
+
A six-week unlimited membership that starts on the day of our first
meeting
+ Suggestions
for studio classes to attend to enhance your work in our
small-group setting
+ A
full sense of yoga’s role in your life and a group of new yoga
friends!
Bring a humble heart, an open mind, and your body just as it is. We will guide you to a deeply rooted sense of connection and a free-flying, lifelong love of yoga.
To ensure the optimal experience for everyone, we have a maximum of 13 students. Space fills quickly. Sign up today to ensure your spot is secure!
FAQs
Q: Am I too old/out of shape for this series? Alternatively, am I too young/experienced at yoga to learn more?
A: No! This series is perfect for everyone, and we will all support you wherever you are in your life journey and yoga journey. The whole group will develop better connection and understanding of yoga as we learn how to adapt the poses for everyone.
Q: If I already have a membership, can I still sign up?
A: Absolutely! This is a wonderful enhancement to your existing practice. You can register for Roots and Wings now and we will happily put a hold on your existing membership during the six weeks of the series.
Q: What if I miss a session?
A: You’ll still be able to follow along with the post-class notes. While we don’t offer make-ups, the series is such a good deal that you’ll get tons of value even if you must miss a session or two.

Treat yourself to a well-rounded and rejuvenating
yoga experience in this special two-hour workshop led by Amy
Boerner. We’ll start with a dynamic, spicy slow flow—an energizing
hour of intentional movement designed to build strength, awaken the
body, and connect breath with motion. After generating heat and
opening the body, we’ll transition into a calming yin practice,
allowing for long, supported holds that target deep connective
tissues and invite a sense of stillness and release. Whether you're
looking to challenge yourself, unwind, or simply enjoy a thoughtful
blend of movement and rest, this workshop offers a space to reset
and reconnect.

Practicing yoga can be a powerful
way to help yourself heal after loss. Whether your loss is the
death of a loved one, the end of a significant relationship, or
surviving a major health crisis or traumatic event, the grief
process is often slow and meandering. Yoga can help to comfort you
in times of sadness and grief, to feel connection or closure with
who or what is lost, and to open your heart and be in the
present.
This ongoing workshop helps students develop a toolkit for
resilient grieving, including yoga and movement, breathwork,
meditation and reflection, journaling, and the company of others
experiencing loss. Join Joe-Paul and this yoga group of students
addressing grief, adjusting to a new world after loss, and focusing
on renewal and investment in health and relationships.

Prior to COVID, offering hands-on
assists in a yoga class was commonplace. In the post-COVID world of
distance and space, hands-on assists got left out of YTTs and
became less commonplace in classes. But touch can be an important
way to offer support and relaxation, communicate compassion and
acceptance, and help your students find their full potential in a
pose.
In this weekend workshop with Carrboro Yoga's 200-hour lead teacher
trainer Alexandra DeSiato, we will:
+ discuss why assists are offered
+ explore the most common shapes to assist
+ practice the hands-on assists you learn
+ look at the concerns around assists, including consent and
students misunderstanding the purpose of hands-on yoga
You'll leave the weekend ready to offer safe hands-on assists,
confident in the value they add to your yoga teaching, and ready to
level up your classes.
We meet Saturday, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. and 1–4 p.m., and again Sunday, 9
a.m.–12 p.m. (There is no Sunday afternoon session, freeing you to
travel.)
This workshop, which is part of our 300/500-hour advanced studies
yoga teacher training, is also open to teachers from any movement
modality.
18 Yoga Alliance CEUs
$499/$449 early (through 11:59 p.m. February 1)
This workshop needs 6 people to run and has a max of 15, so sign up
now to ensure your spot!