Sattva Restore (APD)
Sattva Restore: Restorative Yoga Therapy for Stress and Systemic Healing
Sattva Restore offers a deeply therapeutic approach to restorative yoga—one that goes beyond relaxation to support true nervous system regulation and whole-person healing. In this course, you’ll explore how chronic stress contributes to imbalance and how restorative practices can restore harmony across the pañcamaya koshas—body, energy, mind, wisdom, and spirit.
Through supported asana, guided imagery, breath awareness, and mindfulness, you’ll learn to help clients shift from depletion to restoration. Rooted in yoga therapy principles and informed by Ayurveda and modern stress science, Sattva Restore emphasizes individualized care and compassionate presence.
You’ll gain skills in assessment, sequencing, and adapting restorative postures and breathwork for various physical, emotional, and energetic conditions. The course also highlights the distinction between general restorative yoga and therapeutic applications—where intention, subtle awareness, and personalization create transformational outcomes.
By the end, you’ll understand how to design both group and private restorative yoga therapy sessions that support healing from stress-related conditions, chronic pain, anxiety, and fatigue—helping clients reconnect with stillness, safety, and the body’s innate capacity to heal.
Materials to bring:
- Chair
- Standard yoga props (2 blocks, 2 blankets (or 1 blanket and 1 bolster, and strap)
Course Completion Requirements:
- Attending Live or Watching the Recordings
- Passing the End of Pillar Quiz
- Key Training Homework:
- Pose Analysis Worksheet. Select two restorative yoga poses (e.g., Salamba Matsyasana, Supta Balasana). Analyze their impact on the autonomic nervous system (ANS), focusing on how they stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and reduce stress. Identify contraindications for each pose and provide prop modifications for clients with nervous system-related conditions such as anxiety or insomnia.
- Reflection Question. Write a 300–500 word reflection on how restorative yoga supports the nervous system in shifting to rest-and-digest mode. Discuss the role of breath, props, and gentle movement in relaxation and nervous system balance. Include personal insights from practice or teaching experiences, if applicable.
- Link to Form: https://docs.google.com/docume...
- Final Homework for Retreat:
- Design and implement a personalized restorative yoga sequence based on an initial client consultation. The sequence should address the client’s specific needs, incorporating modifications, benefits, pranayama, and relaxation techniques. After review and approval from your mentor, teach the sequence to your client and reflect on the experience.
- Link to Form: https://docs.google.com/docume...
*Page numbers given in lecture might not match up with the numbers in your source material if you are taking this course asynchronous.
Submit final project to: Dani@pranayogaschool.com