8 Day 50-Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training in Suryalila, Cadiz, Spain

Certifications

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.

Suitability

This Yin Yoga CPD training is suitable for qualified yoga teachers who wish to teach Yin Yoga and integrate the other aspects of the curriculum into their teaching.

Teachers who complete this CPD can apply the 50 hours toward continuing education credits and toward advanced 300-hour Green-Lotus-Yoga accreditation.

Pre-requisite

To attend this course, participants should demonstrate a genuine passion and commitment to learning yoga and developing their practice.

Participants should already be a qualified yoga teacher or currently enrolled in a yoga teacher training programme.

Overview

This immersive training centres on a detailed exploration of the 26 Yin Yoga poses, teaching participants how to work with functional alignment, intelligent variation, and skilful sequencing to support different bodies.

Participants explore the restorative aspects of Yin Yoga, including how to use support, stillness, and pacing to calm the nervous system and deepen the practice.

Rooted in functional anatomy, fascial theory, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and somatic awareness, the training examines how stress patterns and survival responses shape posture and movement, and how Yin Yoga can support release, regulation, and resilience.

The training is held in the Geodesic Dome yoga shala at Suryalila Retreat Centre, surrounded by nature and quiet beauty. The programme offers both a solid education in Yin Yoga and a nourishing retreat experience.

Curriculum

• Yin Yoga poses and practice: modifications, props, and adaptive sequencing
• Fascial anatomy and the living body: fascia, myofascial trains, and the body as a sensory system
• Physiology of tissues: adaptation, hydration, and the potential of passive stretch
• Joint anatomy from a Yin perspective: compression, tension, and skeletal variation
• Supporting the pregnant body: pregnancy modifications
• Somatic patterning and emotional holding: how fight, flight, freeze, and flop influence posture and breath
• Neuroscience of stillness: polyvagal theory, fascia, and the nervous system
• Theming classes: seasons, meridians, mental health, and energetic anatomy
• Energetic pathways: Daoist Qi theory, chakra and nadi maps, and Western mind-body models
• Psychology and philosophy of Yin Yoga: Samkhya philosophy, the eight limbs, Buddhism, and Jungian perspectives
• Teaching practice: trauma-sensitive cues, holding space, and intuitive guidance
• Restorative Yin and Yoga Nidra

Training structure

This 50-hour Yin Yoga teacher training is designed as a structured immersion combining embodied practice, theoretical study, posture analysis, and integration.

Each day begins with a 90-minute Yin practice from 08:00–09:30, allowing participants to experience the 26 foundational postures through a form and function approach.

After breakfast from 09:30–10:30, late morning sessions from 10:30–12:00 focus on theory, including functional anatomy, fascial response, meridian pathways, and philosophical foundations.

From 12:00–13:30, teaching methodology sessions focus on sequencing, teaching language, and thematic integration, while supporting participants in developing an authentic teaching voice.

Following lunch from 13:30–15:30, afternoon sessions from 15:30–19:00 explore anatomy and posture breakdown in depth, including variations, modifications, discussion, and integration.

Dinner is served from 19:00–20:00, followed by optional evening practices from 20:00–20:30 such as meditation, Yoga Nidra, or restorative poses.

The programme begins with an opening circle and orientation on the arrival day and concludes with the Friday evening class after dinner. Optional self-practice may take place on Saturday morning depending on flight schedules and transfer arrangements.

Throughout the week, participants have time to rest, swim, walk in nature, and integrate the learning within the peaceful Andalucían countryside.

Sample day

• 08:00–09:30 Yin Yoga practice
• 09:30–10:30 Breakfast
• 10:30–12:00 Theory class and anatomy
• 12:00–13:30 Teaching methodology
• 13:30–15:30 Lunch and rest
• 15:30–19:00 Anatomical exploration and posture breakdown
• 19:00–20:00 Dinner
• 20:00–20:30 Meditation, Yoga Nidra, or restorative poses

No formal excursions are included, as this is a focused teacher training immersion. Participants may explore the surrounding Andalucían countryside during free time.