restorative yoga teacher training

100% Online Flexible Training

55-HOUR SELF-PACED TRAINING
WITH JILLIAN PRANSKY

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Guide Your Students Toward Deep Rest and Renewal

Learn to design and lead restorative yoga practices that ease layers of tension, calm the mind, and create space for healing — for your students and yourself.

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Overview

training overview & topics

training updates for 2026

100% Online Self-Paced Training

This year’s program is flexible to meet your needs and fit into your schedule.

All modules are pre-recorded videos for you to complete complete them at your own pace. 

  • Restorative yoga is often misunderstood as simply "a nap on a mat." While it does offer deep relaxation, it is so much more. This transformative practice is a vital form of self-care—and collective care—that helps us restore our inner resources, release physical and emotional tension, and address the trauma we carry in our bodies. Restorative yoga teaches us skills to self-regulate and calm the nervous system, offering powerful relief in our fast-paced, high-stress, and often sleep-deprived lives.

    In today’s world of growing challenges, restorative yoga provides tools for nervous system regulation and somatic healing. It combines the science of relaxation with the intention to shift our inner chemistry, supporting both healing and growth. The result? A more open, present, and energized way of living.

    Join Jillian’s Restorative Yoga Teacher Training to discover how this practice transforms lives—from calming the nervous system to empowering somatic healing and fostering connection, both within and beyond.

  • This Restorative Yoga Teacher Training is ideal for individuals who are passionate about healing, teaching, and supporting others in creating greater ease and balance. Whether you’re new to teaching or a seasoned professional, this program is designed to deepen your expertise and broaden your impact.

    • Yoga Teachers: Perfect for both new and experienced instructors looking to expand their skills and offer specialized practices for relaxation and nervous system regulation.

    • Healthcare Professionals: Ideal for doctors, nurses, and holistic practitioners seeking tools to help patients manage stress, trauma, and recovery.

    • Physical and Occupational Therapists: Learn techniques to integrate restorative practices into rehabilitation and support clients in healing both body and mind.

    • Mental Health Professionals: Psychotherapists, counselors, and social workers will gain somatic tools to complement therapy and support emotional well-being.

    • Bodyworkers and Coaches: Mind-body fitness instructors, health coaches, and massage therapists can enhance their services with restorative techniques that foster deep relaxation.

    • Professionals in Helping and Teaching Fields: Designed for anyone in roles that involve teaching, caregiving, or guiding others toward healing and transformation.

    Join a growing community of professionals using restorative practices to create profound shifts in well-being, for themselves and those they serve.

  • Yes, Jillian is a certified CE provider with Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

    You will receive a certificate at the completion of your training to submit as your proof of completion.

    If you have additional questions about CE credits, please contact us at the form below.

55-Hour training topics:

  • Begin your journey with an exploration of the core principles that make restorative yoga a transformative practice. Explore the foundational elements of restorative yoga, including its unique role in relaxation and healing. You’ll learn how this practice creates balance, nurtures inner quiet, and sets the stage for self-awareness, compassion, and well-being. By understanding the profound impact of restorative yoga on the mind and body, you’ll build a strong base for guiding yourself and others toward renewal and deeper states of connection.

  • You’ll explore the basic anatomy of the nervous system as it relates to the stress response and relaxation response theory, with the aim of understanding how you can use Restorative Yoga to calm the nervous system for health and healing.

  • At the heart of yoga are principles of wholeness and oneness, often taught through the five Koshas, our layers of being. In this lecture, you’ll receive an introduction to the Koshas and how they can help organize and guide your approach to practice and teaching.

  • You’ll learn how alignment affects breathing, and how breathing impacts overall well-being, including the nervous system and all of the systems that influence health and healing. The discussion will address well-being from the top down (brain to body) and from the bottom up (body to brain).

  • Learn how to set up a basic Savasana, as well as several variations depending on the props available and individual needs of your students. This will support our fundamental approach to all of our other poses, no matter what restorative “shapes” we work with.

  • Through lectures, tutorials, poses clinics, and full restorative practices, you will explore the core restorative poses, propping, and methodology.

  • You’ll learn how to artfully choose words, create imagery, sequence instructions, and craft a pace and tone that will help your students initiate their own healing and rejuvenation.

Tuition & Registration

Tuition & Registration

INCLUDES:

✓ 55-Hour Training with Jillian Pransky

✓ All Recordings for 6 Months

✓ 100+ Page Full-Color Digital Manual

✓ Certificate of Completion

✓ CEs eligible for Yoga Alliance and IAYT

✓ Payment Plans & Scholarship Available

SELF-PACED TRAINING

$1299

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PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE

Hear From Our Alumni

  • <autoplay speed=5>“Run, don’t walk, to study with Jillian Pransky."</autoplay>

    Her training is the most clear of any instruction I have ever experienced. You receive comprehensive, organized, and loving, kind, and entertaining instruction. You learn propping, alignment, anatomy, energetic physiology, sequencing and so much more. Her breadth of knowledge and years of experience provide such insight into what deep relaxation can express or trigger on an emotional and psychological level in the student and she emphasizes how to provide safe, professional space.

    — Lisa, Yoga Therapist

  • "I left confident and passionate to share the practice with others."

    “I was delighted by Jillian’s light-hearted approach, in which I laughed and enjoyed myself while learning so much. I left confident and passionate to share the practice with others. Just days after training, I was able to bring deeper states of ease and relaxation to a man suffering from cancer (and his wife) as well as a mother of 4 with a new born. I am excited to bring this level of rest and healing to many others.”

    — Shauna, Yoga Therapist

  • "The experience was definitely informative, but more importantly, heartfelt and transformational.”

    Jillian Pransky’s Restorative Therapeutic Teacher Training was highly recommended by a friend who took it few years ago, so I came into it with high expectations—and Jillian exceeded them! I learned a lot about propping and it was far more than just getting the how to’s of restorative yoga poses and sequencing. She taught us how to think for ourselves and be creative. Best of all, Jillian taught us the koshas in a tangible way. Thank you Jillian!

    — Stephanie, Turtle Flow Yoga

  • “Jillian is so inspiring and passionate about her work and conveys so much information in a short amount of time."

    I got so much out of it and I am not even a yoga instructor. I have been struggling with anxiety and panic attacks for almost 5 years and I understand now how some peaceful moments on the yoga mat can compliment the rest of my healing process, finding that moment of stillness where healing can happen.”

    — Stephanie, Yoga Student

  • “Jillian is a gifted teacher."

    She artfully translates for students the wisdom of her own deep yoga practice and her years of helping individuals and groups heal from stress and related injuries. What is most striking is her generosity of spirit - her willingness to share all that she knows, in order to make sure more people in this world experience the restoration and connectedness of yoga practice.

    — Amanda, Yoga Teacher

  • “My training with Jillian was healing, restful, inspiring, and fun."

    It opened my eyes to the kind of healing work we can do at all levels. As the only non-yoga teacher in the class, I was nervous about having the skills that I would need to do the work but Jillian made all the concepts so accessible. I learned an enormous number of new tools and skills that I can use for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing for my patients and for myself.

    — Alison, M.D.

  • “The depth and scope of this training was really impressive - akin to university-level lectures based on her 25+ years of learning, growing, and teaching."

    The lab-based evidence from renowned scientific institutions regarding the benefits of Restorative Yoga and its objective to initiate the Relaxation Response and Remembered Wellness was mind-blowing. And yet, Jillian delivered this material in such an endearing, humble, human way - kindness and compassion overflows in her communications; she has the ability to laugh at her own foibles, to inspire us with her heartfeslt passion for Restorative Yoga, while still maintaing a beginner’s mind as she too learned right alongside her students!”

    —Natalie, Kaleidoscope Yoga Studio

  • “This training is phenomenal—not only will you gain practical tools to better support your students, you’ll also come away with healing for yourself.”

    This training is phenomenal - not only will you come away with practical knowledge to better help your students “remember their wellness,” but you will also come away with healing for yourself. The depth of insight shared is grounded in both Western medicine and Eastern tradition, and you come away with a deep understanding of the relaxation response and its importance to both individuals and society. The format of the training is perfect - live interactions and opportunities for small group discussions (should you choose), and the overall tone of the training is so supportive - you really feel like Jillian and all the teaching assistant mentors are truly living their teaching of compassion, understanding, and empathy. This is a training I will certainly return to in the future.

    —Julie Poast, RYT®

partial scholarship

Scholarship rate for on-demand 55-hour training is $849

You are invited to apply if you meet any of these requirements:

  • You are Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color, or you are an LGBTQIA practitioner/teacher

  • You are seeking a financial hardship gift and serving or offering teachings to underserved communities

  • You are working within a nonprofit

More information is available on the application.

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FAQs

FAQs

  • Yes, this training is accredited for CEUs through Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapy.

    You will receive a certificate upon completion of the training that you can submit to verify your participation.

    If you have additional questions about CEUs, please contact us using the form below.

  • All session recordings are available for six months.

    All coursework is available in on-demand recordings immediately upon registration.

  • Required Books:

    Deep Listening by Jillian Pransky

    Suggested Books:

    Soma - 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care by Indu Arora

    Peace from Anxiety by Hala Khouri

    Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Dr. Gail Parker

    Radiant Rest by Tracee Stanley

    Narrative Healing by Lisa Weinert

    Outsmart Your Pain by Dr. Christiane Wolf

    Props:

    4-6 blankets

    2-4 blocks

    2-4 bed pillows

    3-4 small towels

    Ottoman or chair for legs up

    1 bolster

    2-4 eye bags

    Long, soft scarf

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