40-Hour Yin Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training
with Shawna Turner
August 18 – 22, 2025
Yin yoga is a beautiful compliment to a more dynamic movement practice. As a result of the relaxed and meditative quality of the practice, it helps to calm the mind and balance out a busy life, enhancing our vitality and overall health.
Yin yoga helps us to slow down and recognize the power of stillness and the beauty in the world around us. When we nourish this side of things, it helps us to show up in the world more fully. When we nourish the yin side, our relationships, projects and commitments are enhanced.
This program is for anyone looking to add intentional pockets of slowing down and stillness into their practice and their life. It’s great for yoga teachers, dedicated students and body workers who are looking to:
- Add yin yoga to their classes, home practice or teach this style;
- Deepen their relationship to the yin-side. Not just the style of yoga, but the yin sensibility of yielding and acceptance;
- Introduce a new edge to their offerings;
- Find a way to slow down and connect to them self;
- Find the courage to lean in to the current situation;
- Live more mindfully;
- Enrich your life and your relationships.
The program will cover:
- Yin yoga theory and principles; benefits and approach of the practice;
- Key yin poses;
- Human Variation and what that means when teaching and practicing different poses; how to offer different variations for yourself and your students;
- How to tend to the nervous system;
- Prana and pranayama in practice;
- Energetic effects of different poses and breathwork and how to apply this to your practice;
- Meditation- theory and practice;
- How to guide others in meditation or lead yourself through a practice;
- Effects of meditation;
- How to add yin into your existing practice;
- How to sequence and teach a yin yoga class and set your students up for success.
Program Requirements:
- Attend 5 in person or virtual yin classes and submit a written reflection of 2 of these classes to the lead trainer;
- A written and taught yin yoga class (by you!) that is taught to a friend or peer, and the sequence is submitted for review to the lead trainer;
- Attendance at all contact hours is mandatory for certification. If contact hours must be missed, make-up hours can be booked at a rate of $100/hour with the program instructor(s).
What’s included in your tuition:
- 35 in person training hours;
- Virtual manual including theory and informative breakdown of 20 yin poses;
- 6 months access to an online library of yin poses; anatomy and how to teach, as well as 10 yin yoga classes and 4 meditations to practice;
- 4 class passes to Mosaic Yoga (either location) to be used towards any yin class on the schedule between August 18th to September 30th.
Time Commitment:
Date:
Monday, August 18 – Friday, August 22, 2025
Time:
9:30- 5:30pm
Place:
Sterling Studio at 225 Sterling Road, Toronto ON
Tuition & Payment Options:
Full Tuition:
$1050+HST
Early Bird Discount:
Get 10% off full tuition price when payment is received in full before June 19, 2025. *Note that 25% of full tuition is non-refundable in the case of cancellations.
Payment Plans Available:
Ability to divide full tuition into 2-4 autopay payments. Full Tuition must be received before the start date of the course, which predicts number of autopays.
Scholarship Opportunities:
On a case by case basis, we offer two scholarship spots at 50% off the full tuition for racialized, LGBTQ+, folks living with physical and other barriers, as well as other marginalized students. Please email morgan@mosaicyoga.ca to start a conversation.
Attendance & Make Up Policy:
To receive your Yin Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training Certificate attendance at all contact hours is mandatory. If contact hours must be missed, make-up hours can be booked at a rate of $100/hour with the program instructor(s).
