Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

Deepen your understanding of Restorative Yoga and enhance your overall teaching skill.

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A Yoga Alliance Registered School

Cultivate your intuition as a teacher, discover a discerning eye to assess students’ specific needs, and learn to read each body's story through restorative yoga. If you are a yoga teacher and want to deepen your understanding of restorative yoga poses, offer more of these specific classes and enhance your overall teaching, this course is for you!

This 20 hour training spread over 3 days will help you gain an understanding of the adaptations of traditional yoga poses with the utilization of props, learning “how” to see the poses as they are, not as you “think”. This training is designed to move you deeper into your own personal practice while simultaneously preparing you to offer your teachings to the world with confidence.

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What we will cover:

Explore valuable principles and alignment skills of restorative yoga
Lectures on the foundations of restorative yoga plus basic anatomy of the nervous system, tissue mechanics, and how restorative differs from yin
Comprehensive restorative pose breakdowns, setups, and demonstrations on adapting restorative yoga poses
Hands-on practice and group collaborations. This gives you the opportunity to hone your teaching skills and develop a keen eye to see where students are holding tension and how to cue or skillfully adjust props accordingly.
Learn to utilize props as teaching tools for enhancing poses for specific outcomes in a supportive way
Modifications for injuries, pregnancy, hypermobility, limited flexibility, and other musculoskeletal concerns.
The art of sequencing a restorative class for specific themes and purposes. Along with cueing techniques for leading a restorative practice. You’ll learn how to craft a pace and tone that will help your students discover their own healing and rejuvenation.

20 hours, Friday - Sunday

Fall 2027

Meet Your Instructor

Chelsea Danae

E-RYT 500, YACEP, CMT, FST

Chelsea Danae is a dedicated yoga educator with a passion for the healing power of restorative yoga. With over a decade of experience teaching various styles of yoga from power flows to deeply restorative practices.

Chelsea brings a grounded, science-informed approach to yoga. As a teacher-trainer, she is passionate about helping others develop a discerning eye, intuitive teaching, and the confidence to hold space for meaningful classes. She has studied with some of the leading voices in the fields of restorative yoga, anatomy, biomechanics, massage, and stretch therapy. This background enables her to bring a depth of knowledge grounded in both tradition and practical application.

Chelsea has extensive experience working with students recovering from injuries, and her teaching empowers students and teachers to see beyond the form and alignment and into the essence of each pose and person.

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More Information:

Required books utilized in the training, not included in tuition:
The Yapana Way: Restorative Yoga Therapy & the Art of Being by Leeann Carey
Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness by Donna Farhi
This training is for yoga teachers and similar movement professionals holding previous instructor certifications/training(s). Final approval of registration is at the discretion of the lead teacher.
This training is eligible for 20 CEU’s for Yoga Alliance
The registration for this training is non-refundable. In cases of extenuating circumstances registration can be applied towards future teacher trainings. Transfer of registration is possible if coordinated by the student. All requests will be addressed on a case by case basis and subject to the approval of the lead teacher.

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What Our Previous Graduates Are Saying

"The Vasa 200 hour YTT is incredibly special because you will gain a lot of insight into many facets of yoga. I completed my training with what felt like so much more knowledge than could fit within 200 hours. An incredibly in depth coverage of anatomy related to yoga as well as learning the history and philosophy of yoga were some of my favorite parts (but spoiler alert, every part was my favorite part). Not only did I learn from my most favorite Vasa teachers, but also met many new teachers along the way via the guest lectures. I can’t recommend this TT enough. You will finish with lifelong friendships as well as enough confidence to teach yoga in any setting. "
-Kamara (2019 Trainee)
"Yoga teacher training at Vasa is difficult to sum up in just a few sentences, but I'll try. I have practiced yoga all over Southern California and had been considering going through a teacher training program for years. However, I was always held back by fear of the unknown: I didn't want to make such a considerable investment of time and money without certainty that the caliber of teachers and the quality of the overall program would be top-notch and aligned with my personal interests and priorities. Enter Vasa 200-hour YTT. I already knew that Lisa and Chelsea were incredible yoga instructors (and humans!), but they exceeded my expectations in every way during training. I cannot imagine a more balanced, informative, and inquisitive curriculum or more welcoming, nurturing, and inspiring trainers and fellow trainees. I can't recommend Vasa'steacher training program highly enough, to any yogi at any level of practice. Whether you want to teach or simply expand and deepen your personal practice, Vasa YTT is the perfect next step!"
- Ashley (2017 Trainee)
"I have tremendous gratitude for being able to attend the YTT at Vasa. Classes dove deeply into the practice, culture, history, and teaching of Yoga. Instruction was dynamic and exciting with a good balance of structure and flexibility. It was impressive how much Chelsea and Lisa were able to teach us and the community of collaboration and empathy they created. This was a profound experience that changed both me and my yoga practice."
- Tim (2017 Trainee)