Introducing
Restore Yoga
Teacher Training
Open for applications
NOW
Book from April 24th
Your students do not need more intensity. They need the one skill most yoga teachers never properly learn: how to teach genuine regulation, not just relaxation.
Two Pathways For Practice
HYBRID: 4 In-person dates & Online course included
ONLINE: Study at your own pace from anywhere in the world
2026 In-person Dates
July 4th
July 5th
July 18th
July 19th
⊙ FORMAT
4 full in-person days + online support portal
◎ LOCATION
Cheshire (venue details on booking)
◈ INVESTMENT
Online £199
Hybrid £399, Booked before May 1st £225
◇ ACCREDITATION
Yoga Alliance Professionals CPD certified
THE GAP IN YOUR TRAINING
Most teachers graduate with
half the picture.
The yoga world has spent decades refining how to activate, strengthen, and challenge the body. What it has largely ignored is the other half: teaching people how to safely come down from that activation, restore their nervous system, and genuinely rest.
The result is studios full of students who leave class still wired. Teachers who know how to push but not how to land. And a market that keeps selling intensity to people who are already running on empty.
This training exists to correct that. Restorative yoga, taught properly, is not the gentle option. It is the precision skill that separates good teachers from exceptional ones.
Not yin. Not a slower flow.
A full methodology.
Restorative yoga is one of the most misunderstood formats in modern practice. It is not yin yoga with softer music. It is not a slow-down version of vinyasa. It is a precise, evidence-informed discipline that uses supported postures, breath, and deliberate nervous system sequencing to shift students from sympathetic dominance to parasympathetic restoration.
That distinction matters. Teaching it well requires a different skill set, a different vocabulary, and a different understanding of what the body needs. This training gives you all three.
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
01 Regulation, not just relaxationUnderstand the autonomic nervous system and how specific postures, props, and sequencing create measurable physiological change.
02 Yin vs restorative: the real differenceLearn why conflating these two formats costs your students, and how to explain the distinction clearly in your marketing and your teaching.
03 Body scans, breath, and class architectureBuild and deliver full restorative sessions with confidence, from prop setup through to body scan close.
04. In-person immersion plus lasting online supportFour full training days in Cheshire, plus a full online portal so you can revisit the material and actually integrate what you learn.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Built for students & teachers
who want to go deeper
◈ Qualified yoga teachers
You have your 200hr qualification and you teach regularly. You want to add a restorative specialism that differentiates your offering and serves your students better. This is precisely what this training is for.
◇ Serious practitioners
You have practised yoga and you want to understand rest, not just experience it. You want the science, the structure, and the skills, even if teaching is not your primary goal.
◎ Wellness professionals
Pilates teachers, bodyworkers, therapists, and health coaches who work with over-stressed clients and want evidence-informed tools for nervous system support to integrate into their
YOUR TRAINER
Stuart
Stuart opened his first hot yoga studio in Cheshire in 2012. Over the following twelve years he opened and co-ran six studios, trained hundreds of teachers across 200hr Hatha Vinyasa, 100hr Restorative, and 50hr Yoga Nidra programmes, and sold his last studio in 2025 to go fully online with LUMEN.
He trained in the UK and in Pondicherry, India, studying in Sri Aurobindo's lineage. His approach is science-informed and spiritually aware, drawing on yoga philosophy, modern neuroscience, and over a decade of watching what actually works for real students in real rooms.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No dedicated restorative experience is required, though a regular yoga practice of at least one year is recommended for the in-person cohort. The online programme is open to all. You will be introduced to the practice systematically from the ground up.
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+The CPD certification at the end requires a recognised yoga teacher qualification. However, the training is open to serious practitioners, pilates teachers, bodyworkers, and wellness professionals who want the knowledge for personal or professional development. You will receive a certificate of attendance regardless.
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All participants, both in-person and online, receive access to the LUMEN online portal. This includes the full posture video library, guided body scan recordings, example class recordings, and the complete digital training manual. The portal does not disappear after the training weekend: you keep access so you can revisit and integrate the material over time.
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+Yes. For the in-person training, a deposit of £150 holds your place, with the balance due four weeks before the first training day. A two-part payment option is also available on request. The online programme can be paid in two instalments. Email to discuss the option that works for you.
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On successful completion of the training and the included assignment, you will receive a LUMEN CPD certificate for 30 contact hours, recognised by Yoga Alliance Professionals. This can be logged directly with your professional body towards your annual CPD requirement.
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The curriculum is the same. The online programme works through the same material as the in-person cohort, delivered via recorded sessions and supported by the full manual and portal. The key difference is the live room experience: the hands-on prop adjustments, real-time teaching practice, and the shared learning environment that four full days together creates.