Trainings
Learn to embody the softer side of yoga and skillfully share it with others
20-hour Gentle & Restorative
Yoga Training
May 31 - June 1, 2025
Friday 6-9 pm CT​
Saturday 11am - 5pm CT
Sunday 11am - 5pm CT
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Remaining 5 workshop hours are conducted virtually
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Chicago, IL
About the Training
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This dynamic and experiential training will teach you to create safe, engaging, and satisfying gentle and restorative yoga poses, principles, and sequences (for yourself and your students!). With a balance of discussion, experiential work, and practice teaching your fellow trainees, you'll come away from this weekend feeling rejuvenated, inspired, and empowered to share what you've learned.
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In this training, you'll learn:​
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why the in-between gentle approach is so important for today's student
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how to incorporate stronger work in a balanced way
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the secret to creating a soft practice that isn't one-dimensional
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the best restorative poses to teach for group classes
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accessible ways to incorporate breath work and meditation
Break free from your routine and learn a new approach to practice that your students (and your own body) will love! This training will provide you with a new specialty that will make you more versatile as a teacher, while also enhancing and refining your teaching of other styles. And perhaps most importantly, you will come away feeling inspired to apply a gentler approach in your own practice and life - because it's essential to walk the walk as a teacher!
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Virtual Hours
Five of the total workshop hours will be conducted virtually via recorded content and mentorship sessions.
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Handbook with Photos
Students​ will receive an information-packed 100+ page PDF handbook that includes color photos of poses as well as tips for practicing the techniques shared in the training.
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Continuing Ed Hours
This workshop is open to yoga teachers, yoga teachers-in-training, and dedicated practitioners. This workshop is also eligible for Continuing Education (CE) credits in accordance with Yoga Alliance standards. See YogaAlliance.org for more information. All hours are contact hours.
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Attendance Policies
A certificate of completion is available for this 20-hour Gentle & Restorative Yoga Teacher Training. To be eligible for the certificate, participants must attend all training hours and complete all homework assignments.
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Tuition for 20 hr Gentle + Restorative Immersion and Training
$450, or $400 if paid in full by early payment deadline
Bloom Teacher Training grad price - $375
Extensive 100+ page PDF handbook with pose photos included with tuition
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