This weekend workshop series offers an experiential exploration of Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra, inviting participants to slow down, listen inwardly, and rediscover rest as a lived, embodied experience.
Across three carefully sequenced offerings, participants are supported to arrive, understand restlessness, and finally enter stillness through practices that work with the body, the nervous system, and awareness itself.
These workshops may be recorded and used toward Continuing Professional Development requirements with Yoga Alliance and the British Wheel of Yoga.
- Session 1 – Friday 6pm – 8pm Rest XL: Enveloped in a Restful Evening
- Session 2 – Saturday 10am – 430pm The Quiet Within: Restorative Yoga for a Restless Mind
- Session 3 – Sunday 10am – 430pm Entering Stillness: Restorative Yoga & iRest® Yoga Nidra
Meet Adelene
Adelene Cheong
Somatic Educator / Yoga Teacher
(E-RYT / YACEP / SYT / BWY Teacher / Adv R&R® Trainer / Certified iRest® Teacher / IDME / SME)
My Yoga Journey: A Path of Healing and Sharing
My journey with yoga began not as a pursuit of flexibility, but as a deeply personal exploration to heal from the limitations imposed by scoliosis. As a teenager, I experienced the profound impact of chronic pain, the ever-present shadow of fear, and the frustration of feeling constrained by my condition. Living with scoliosis is equally challenging emotionally and mentally. These experiences instilled in me a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit.
Yoga became a beacon of hope, offering a path to reconnect with my body in a way that was gentle, supportive, and honoring of my condition. Through mindful movement, I began to cultivate a sense of inner resilience, learning to navigate my practice with greater grace and acceptance. This transformative experience ignited my passion for sharing the profound benefits of yoga.
Rest XL: Enveloped in a Restful Evening
Friday 6.00–8.00 pm
An extended, practice based Restorative Yoga session drawn from my personal practice and decades of teaching.
This evening offers sustained, fully supported postures designed to reduce effort, quiet sensory input, and allow the nervous system to down regulate naturally. With minimal movement and generous time in each pose, participants are invited to experience what it means to be held without having to do anything.
Rest XL stands alone as a deeply nourishing experience, or as a gentle threshold into the weekend, supporting the transition from the pace of daily life into a more spacious, receptive state.
This session is suitable for all levels and is especially supportive for fatigue, overwhelm, and stress.
The Quiet Within: Restorative Yoga for a Restless Mind
Saturday 10.00 am–4.30 pm
A day long Restorative Yoga workshop exploring how mental agitation, emotional load, and nervous system fatigue show up in both personal practice and teaching.
Through sustained supported poses, subtle somatic practices, and guided inquiry, participants learn how Restorative Yoga can help settle mental noise, restore inner quiet, and build resilience over time.
Participants are supported to recognise when restlessness is physiological rather than psychological, and how appropriate support, pacing, and stillness can restore regulation and clarity.
This workshop is suitable for practitioners, teachers, and anyone curious about rest as a restorative and regulatory process.
Entering Stillness: Restorative Yoga & iRest® Yoga Nidra
Sunday 10.00 am–4.30 pm
A day long immersion into two complementary practices that support deep rest, integration, and conscious presence.
Restorative Yoga offers sustained, fully supported postures that quiet the body and create the physiological conditions for rest and repair.
Yoga Nidra, practiced through the iRest® methodology, is a guided practice of conscious rest in which awareness remains present as the body mind settles. Rather than inducing sleep, iRest® supports self regulation, integration, and the capacity to meet experience with greater ease and clarity.
Through guided practice, extended rest, and gentle inquiry, participants experience how Restorative Yoga prepares the ground while Yoga Nidra deepens and integrates stillness, allowing rest to be both embodied and conscious.
This final day closes the weekend not with effort or instruction, but with presence, listening, and spaciousness.
Eligibility
We welcome practitioners and teachers of all yoga backgrounds to enrol.
It’s a wonderful course for those who have, or would like to develop their personal practice and want to enrich and expand their yoga. (Please note, this course is otherwise intended as a supplement to existing teaching qualifications and does not qualify you as a teacher in it’s own right).
If you are unsure of your eligibility, feel free to contact us and ask us any questions.
Step 1 Sign Up
The Course Fees
Pricing
Friday (2hr) – £25
Saturday (full day) – £120
Sunday (full day) – £120
Whole weekend – £240
What’s not included
Accommodation, travel, food, snacks, insurance.
Please ensure you have insurance to cover any travel and accommodation expenses in case this training is unexpectedly canceled or if you are unable to attend due to illness, bereavement, or similar circumstances.
Cancellation Policy / refunds
1. Non-Refundable Policy
All payments for this course are non-refundable and non-transferable. Once enrolled, participants are committing to attend the full duration of the course and no refunds or credits will be issued for any reason, including cancellation or non-attendance.
2. Deposit Terms
For those selecting a deposit payment option, the deposit is non-refundable. The balance must be paid in full by the specified date (two weeks prior to the course start date) to retain your place in the course.
3. Completion Requirements
Full attendance (100%) is mandatory for course completion. No partial refunds will be issued for failure to attend or complete the course.
4. Unexpected Cancellation by Organiser
In the unlikely event that the course is canceled by the organiser, a full refund of the course fees will be provided. Please note, however, that the organiser is not liable for any additional expenses incurred, such as travel, accommodation, or insurance. Participants are encouraged to obtain appropriate insurance coverage for such expenses.
5. Personal Circumstances
If a participant cannot attend due to personal reasons, including illness, bereavement, or other unforeseen circumstances, the course fee remains non-refundable. Please ensure you have insurance to cover any travel and accommodation expenses in case you are unable to attend due to illness, bereavement, or similar circumstances.
What to bring
Please wear loose, warm, comfortable clothing such as jogging bottoms and a sweatshirt. Wear minimal jewellery.
You need to bring:
- Your own mat
- Notebook, pen
- Water bottle
- Eye pillow (minimum one)
- Blanket (eg, fleece blanket you can easily fold and roll)
- Bolster
The Shala - arriving and parking
This in-person training takes place in our beautiful yoga shala in the centre of the city in Derby.
Derby
DE1 1EH
Exclusive customer parking available – all day parking just £3 (paid on arrival at reception)
Cancellation Policy / refunds
Cancellation Policy / refunds
1. Non-Refundable Policy
All payments for this course are non-refundable and non-transferable. Once enrolled, participants are committing to attend the full duration of the course and no refunds or credits will be issued for any reason, including cancellation or non-attendance.
2. Deposit Terms
For those selecting a deposit payment option, the deposit is non-refundable. The balance must be paid in full by the specified date (two weeks prior to the course start date) to retain your place in the course.
3. Completion Requirements
Full attendance (100%) is mandatory for course completion. No partial refunds will be issued for failure to attend or complete the course.
4. Unexpected Cancellation by Organiser
In the unlikely event that the course is canceled by the organiser, a full refund of the course fees will be provided. Please note, however, that the organiser is not liable for any additional expenses incurred, such as travel, accommodation, or insurance. Participants are encouraged to obtain appropriate insurance coverage for such expenses.
5. Personal Circumstances
If a participant cannot attend due to personal reasons, including illness, bereavement, or other unforeseen circumstances, the course fee remains non-refundable. Please ensure you have insurance to cover any travel and accommodation expenses in case you are unable to attend due to illness, bereavement, or similar circumstances.
Why undertake this Restorative Yoga Teacher training with an experienced teacher?
Breathing Space School of Yoga
High-quality, Ethical Teacher training in Derby, East Midlands
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