Enrollments for May 15, 2025 - May 14, 2026
Trauma-Informed Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with Deborah Berryman
When 1 in 3 adults report having experienced developmental trauma, it’s important we understanding trauma is about what has happened to the body, not what is wrong with the body. We will cover the neurobiology (brain and nervous system) and physiology (body operating systems) of trauma and prolonged stress (Complex/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and how to apply this wisdom into your teaching. This approach will also provide support with verbal cueing and set up of postures, sequencing, and creating a safe space for all students.
Teaching and Practicing Trauma-Informed Restorative Yoga can be a powerful tool in aiding the process of regulating the nervous system and help undo the effects of stress – bringing about a sense of feeling grounded, calm, relaxed and safe.
Content + Structure
This Teaching Immersion into Trauma-Informed Restorative Yoga creates space for exploration and study. In this Immersion, we will explore
- Restorative yoga - philosophy and practice
- Trauma-informed yoga philosophy & application
- The neurobiology (brain and nervous system) of prolonged stress and trauma
- Physiology (body’s operating systems) of prolonged stress and trauma
- How to apply neurobiology and physiology wisdom into your teaching
- Techniques for propping students in postures
- Adjustments for different body types
- Supporting practitioners in the postures
- The art of skilfully holding space
- Leading a full restorative group class
- The art of sequencing the poses for an effective class/workshop and intention
- Being a student and experiencing a restorative practice
- Self-development including recognition of own stresses, meditation, reflection and practice of personal restorative practice
Deborah will share her wealth of experience and the tools of the practice, exploring how to relax and rest deeply. Each day will include Restorative Practice as well as Meditation and Self-reflection. You will be required to have your own daily practice during the course as well as journaling.
Are you Eligible?
Whether just starting the journey as a Yoga Teacher, seeking to enhance existing teaching skills or simply wish to develop their personal practice, this course is a welcome study immersion for yoga teachers and teachers in training to refresh, renew and to deepen their practice and teach authentically, grounded both in self-awareness and experiential knowledge.
It’s also open to dedicated yoga students (minimum of 2 years consistent practice) wanting to deepen their understanding and practice of yoga, and health professionals (e.g. Osteopaths, Psychomotor Therapists) keen to broaden their knowledge and skills (please note, this wouldn’t certify you as a Restorative Yoga Teacher).
Additional Required Hours
• 28 contact hours
• 10-hour reading and research
• 12-hour assignment including teaching, self-practice and enquiry
On successful completion of the course, you will receive a certificate that can be submitted to your accreditation body to register 50 CPD hours, demonstrating your attainment of standards of competence.
Regular price: £525
Mat Pilates Teacher Training
Mat Pilates Teacher Training with Neil Dimmock
200hr Yoga Teacher Training Course September 2025
200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Susan McEwen
200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Susan McEwen
200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Susan McEwen
200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Susan McEwen
200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Susan McEwen
200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Susan McEwen
Understanding The Science & Philosophy of Yoga Nidra with James Reeves
Richard Miller
clinical psychologist, researcher and yogic scholar
Are you looking to deepen your understanding of rest? Would you like to know how to facilitate Yoga Nidra classes? Have you been considering creating your own Yoga Nidra offerings, but are unsure where to start?
Find peace in a restless world. Yoga Nidra is currently sweeping the globe and is recognised as one of the ‘go-to’ practices for recovering from long-term fatigue. People use this practice to help fall asleep, heal chronic pain, and improve well-being. Scientific research shows us the efficacy of rest as the antidote for a restless world and a way to recover from stress, overwhelm, and burnout.
This 2-day event will support you to get started as a Yoga Nidra teacher, or help you go deeper with your teaching. Over the weekend you’ll learn:
- What Is Yoga Nidra? - the history, tradition, and modern evolution of the practice
- Hypnagogic state - Why resting between asleep and awake is powerful and the relationship between our conscious and subconscious
- Making Intentions - How and why we make intentions at the start of each practice
- The Kosha Model - Why Yoga Nidra has a universal approach to examining each layer of our human experience: the body, breath and energy system, emotions, mind, ego-self, and the bliss that lies beyond all of these
- Working with opposites - understand this foundational tool both scientifically and experientially
- Neuroscience - Relate this ancient practice to modern neuro-scientific discoveries, and know how to explain this and teach this in your classes and courses
- Sleep Science - How Yoga Nidra relates to sleep and how to structure practices to enhance sleep
- Consciousness - Explore what lies beyond the human experience and how to teach and create meaningful experiences of deep stillness and awakening to true nature through the lenses of science, dualistic, and non-dual philosophies
You will receive some of James’ own Yoga Nidra Scripts to help get you started along with an abridged digital version of the Deep Rest Yoga Nidra training manual.
Come and join us for this deep, thought-provoking, and insightful weekend. You don't need to be a teacher or teacher in training to attend this event. This might be ‘just for you’ and you’d be welcome if that’s the case.
James is recognised as a world-leading authority on the theory and practice of Yoga Nidra meditation and is the author of the internationally published best seller about Yoga Nidra/Rest; The Book Of Rest (2019, Harper Collins)
He has 20 years experience of Yoga Nidra and been teaching since 2005. He created his most recent organisation, Deep Rest, in 2022. The work of Deep Rest is founded on ancient traditions and backed by modern, research-based practices.
James travels the world, giving talks and facilitating training programs. Warm, invitational, and grounded in practical experience, he has a reputation for making his teachings relevant and accessible for modern-day living and shows how the healing benefits of taking time to slow down, stop, and rest can apply to us all.
Regular price: £235
Advanced Sequencing with Vinyasa Focus - 16 Hour CPD with Aoife O'Dalaigh
What can I expect?
This training immersion offers scope for creative exploration and self-discovery. Explore the foundations of intelligent sequencing, with emphasis on good alignment, and deepen your own personal yoga practice. You will gain in-depth hands-on experience and valuable insights into creating sequences that have a clear purpose, flow, and balance.
Who is this for?
This 2-day Yoga Alliance accredited training is ideal for yoga teachers and teachers in training who want to deepen their sequencing skills and improve their ability to structure creative and safe classes. Although the training includes vinyasa flow sequences, the principles taught are applicable to any style of yoga. It is also open to non-teachers who wish to deepen their personal practice and understanding of intelligent sequencing.
Course Content
Practice: Participate in a vinyasa flow practice each day, analysing the sequencing and purpose behind each movement.
Intelligent Sequencing: Deepen your understanding of how to structure a class that prepares the body safely, builds toward peak poses, and maintains smooth transitions.
The Krama System: Learn to sequence thoughtfully using the Krama system, a methodical approach to ordering poses that leads to a peak posture with counter poses to maintain balance.
Surya Namaskars: Focus on traditional sun salutations, exploring variations and modifications to make them accessible and effective for different levels.
Verbal Cueing & Demonstrations: Strengthen your teaching techniques with effective verbal cues, and demonstrations, that help guide your students safely.
Adaptation for All Levels: Learn to adapt sequences to suit students of all abilities, from beginners to advanced practitioners.
Practice Teaching: Apply what you’ve learned through practice teaching, receiving feedback in a supportive environment to refine your sequencing skills.
Regular price: £225
Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Dawn Wright
In this Immersion, we will explore:
• Understanding the use of props and modifications in teaching Yin
• Deeper teaching skills of language usage and holding space
• The history and concepts of Yin Yoga, Chinese Meridian Theory
• Explore fascia and skeletal variations in Yin
• Meditation practices and their use in Yin.
The course includes a mixture of experiential Yin Practice, lectures, group discussions and teaching practice exercises – ensuring you go away armed with everything you need to teach this wonderful and hugely popular style of yoga.
Each day will include experiential Yin Practice as well as Meditation Practices. You will be encouraged to start your own daily Meditation practice during the course as well as to make personal diary notes of your meditation.
Course Hours
28 contact hours
10 hours reading
12 hours to include assignment, “om” work, Yin practice, observation and/or teaching of Yin classes
Training hours can be used for continuing education (e.g. CPD points) for members of yoga organisations such as Yoga Alliance or British Wheel of Yoga.
This course is a welcome study immersion for new and established teachers to renew and to deepen their practice and study of anatomy, asana, pranayama, philosophy and consciousness. Also an opportunity for yoga teachers to refresh and enrich their teaching skills.
Open to dedicated yoga students wanting to deepen their understanding and practice of yoga, and health professionals keen to broaden their knowledge and skills.
Regular price: £525
Restorative Teacher Training : 16 - Hour CPD with Aoife O'Dalaigh
This training will help de-mystify the art and science behind deep and conscious rest. We will explore the practical side to using props to support the body. We will also look at the subtle body to help students find their way into a deeper place of rest. This training will also emphasise finding your own voice to lead and guide people in a compassionate way.
- Be a student and experience a restorative practice on both days of the training.
- Delve into the nervous system and why it is so important to learn how to ‘turn on’ the parasympathetic nervous system.
- Work with the Koshas to bring students into the more subtle energetic body.
- Learn how to use your props, including blanket folding, and the use of minimal props.
- Learn the most fundamental restorative poses and how to guide you or your students in and out of them.
- Explore effective verbal cueing and structuring a class that feels inclusive and safe for all practitioners. Then put that all together to practice teach with each other. Look at bodies in poses to see how you might help support a student or when to back off.
Who is this course for
This two day Yoga Alliance course is for anyone who wants to explore their relationship with resting ‘on purpose’. The training can be used to deepen your personal practice or for Yoga teachers, therapists, nurses, and anyone in the healing arts.
About Aoife O’ Dalaigh SYT (EE-fa)
Irish born Aoife (EE-fa) moved to New York in the late 90’s, where she discovered yoga and soon became hooked. From New York to Los Angeles, Aoife experienced the burgeoning yoga scene. Some of the teachers Aoife regularly practiced with were Eric Schiffman, Bryan Kest, Ashley Turner, Govind Das, and Jo Tastula.
Aoife received her 200 hour training with Yoga Works in Santa Monica and went on to assist the first Yoga Works training in the UK in 2019. She completed her 300 hour training with her main vinyasa teacher Jason Crandell in 2021. One of her biggest influences has been restorative yoga and yoga Nidra. She has completed trainings with Jillian Pransky, as well as assisting Tamika Caston-Miller.
Aoife moved to Belfast in 2015 with her husband and her two fur babies, where she became a full-time yoga teacher. In Aoife’s restorative classes you can expect a warm and safe environment.
Aoife is an avid cook, reader, and loves spending time with her family in Dublin.
Regular price: £225
