Yin Yoga Teacher Training
with Norman BlairAn invitation to slow down, to study, practise and inhabit Yin yoga with one of the UK's most experienced Yin yoga teachers. Over five days in studio, Norman Blair opens a doorway into a quiet, sustained, surprisingly potent practice: a meeting of body, breath and patient attention. Yoga Alliance–accredited, limited to 25 students
Overview
Stillness as a way of knowing
On this 5-day immersive training Norman explores both the reasons for practising Yin and the results of it – examining poses in detail, offering example sequences, and leaving plenty of room to reflect on your own experience. Contraindications, modifications, and the focus of meeting each body are woven through every session.
By the end of the course, you'll have a deeper understanding of Yin as a practice. Qualified yoga teachers will be equipped to begin teaching Yin with confidence; committed practitioners will leave with a richer relationship to the form. Three specialist guest sessions – anatomy, meridians and meditation – round out a course that is both theoretical and creative, giving you the tools and the inspiration to sequence in your own voice.
The training stands alone as a complete Yoga Alliance–accredited course and can also be taken as an optional module on the Shala's 300–hour programme.
“Highly recommended…Brightening Our Inner Skies has inspired me to remember the sweet heart at the centre of yoga practice, and the importance that the consistent practice of self-awareness has for each of us as individuals and for the world around us.”
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- Hours count towards 300–hour certification or CPD hours.
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After this training, you will be
A grounded Yin teacher with the knowledge and confidence to hold space for long, quiet practice and the awareness to meet each body where it is.
Fluent in over 30 Yin poses, their possibilities and precautions, and able to sequence with intention, with or without props.
Familiar with the philosophy and physiology of the form: meridians, fascia, the relationship between Yin and meditation, and the distinctions between Yin, Restorative and dynamic yoga.
A Yoga Alliance–accredited teacher (RYS 300 / or YACEP) – ready to offer Yin yoga with accessibility, openness and inclusivity at the heart of your teaching.
What Our Students Say
What our students say
"[Norman is] the most wonderful facilitator, space holder, inclusive educator and uplifting role model."
Yin Yoga Trainee“Loved the content and the delivery. There was a great depth of knowledge and experience with the subject matter and its relation to the practice of yin and other styles of yoga. Many 'Ah-ha' moments where the content resonated with my own practice or brought a different perspective to my understanding of Yin Yoga, Anatomy and Chinese medicine. A wonderful course which blended deep knowledge, very useful information, and Yin Practice.”
JA, Yin Yoga Trainee"I had an amazing time. I feel truly inspired and also clearer on many aspects of what teacher I want to be. I'm very grateful for the experience."
Yin Yoga Trainee"I felt connected, listened to and valued for being here. The teachers had great knowledge and met my needs as a learner – thought had gone into everyone's learning style."
Yin Yoga Trainee"I cannot recommend this training highly enough. It has helped me both personally and professionally."
Yin Yoga Trainee"An absolutely fantastic course – invaluable to both the teaching and practice of Yin. Norman is a brilliant teacher with a huge amount of empathy and knowledge."
Yin Yoga Trainee"This course exceeded my expectations in every way. The content was fantastic, delivered in a clear and well–paced manner, and the variety of teaching styles greatly enhanced my learning. Most significantly, the course triggered a complete mindset shift – opening my eyes to numerous new considerations in teaching. A transformative experience that has revolutionised my approach to education."
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Course details
- Introduction to and practice of over 30 Yin yoga poses
- Sequencing – building Yin practices with intention and flow
- Working with props, working without props, and everything in between
- The relationship between Yin yoga and meditation
- Distinctions between Yin, Restorative and dynamic yoga
- Possibilities and precautions – contraindications and modifications
- 3-hour session practicing Yin with guest teacher Amanda Wright
- Functional anatomy for Yin – fascia, joints, connective tissue (3–hour specialist session)
- Healthy load and long hold – what happens in the body during sustained practice
- Benefits and contraindications mapped to each pose family
- 3-hour specialist session on Anatomy with Emma Charlton
- Meridians and the energetics of Yin – how the practice might influence energy flow (3–hour specialist session)
- The theories underpinning Yin yoga and where they come from
- The history of Yin – lineage, influences, evolution
- Yin as a contemplative practice – quiet, sustained, non–striving
- Accessibility, openness and inclusivity as ethical foundations of teaching
- Holding space with integrity – what it means to teach from a place of presence
- Three–hour specialist session on meditation in the context of Yin with Maitripushpa Bois
- The relationship between sustained postural practice and seated practice
- Bringing meditative quality into the way you teach
- A three-hour Yin yoga practice with Amanda Wright to give participants an opportunity to experience a different way of teaching this practice and a chance to have the experience of a long practice.
- Class structure and sequencing for Yin
- Cueing for long holds – language, pacing, the use of silence
- Hands–on, hands–off – when to support and when to let the pose speak
- Working with a mixed–experience room
- Course requirements include full attendance of the course and the submission of an essay
- There are no assessments on the course
- Led by Norman Blair, with three specialist guest teachers
- Group and partner practical exercises with constructive feedback
- Lectures and discussion
- On–demand material – three 45–minute lectures and a two–hour Yin class with Norman
- Three printed course manuals
- Personal practice – sustained, between sessions, and beyond
- Yoga Alliance–accredited course (RYS 300 or YACEP)
- Certificate of completion issued on fulfilment of attendance and any coursework requirements
- There is a written assignment to be completed in order to certify
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