Yin Yoga 50-Hour Teacher Training

WITH VERITY SAWYER

Foundations & Fundamentals

Build a Solid Foundation to Teach Yin Yoga with Confidence

This 50-hour training is designed to give you the essential tools, knowledge, and confidence to teach Yin Yoga safely, skillfully, and with depth.

For yoga teachers looking to expand their offerings or for dedicated practitioners ready to deepen their personal practice, this training will immerse you in the fundamentals of Yin Yoga in both theory and embodied experience.

Skeletal Variation & Fascia
 A deep dive into the unique anatomy of each individual body, and the role of fascia in Yin practice.

Archetypal Yin Postures & Their Variations
 Learn the key poses, how to modify them for different bodies, and how to understand functional alignment.

Rebounds & Transitions
 Explore the subtlety and significance of transitions and stillness between poses.

Effective Cueing & Use of Props
 Discover how to deliver potent verbal cues and make thoughtful adjustments using props.

Sequencing & Theming
 Learn to design cohesive and meaningful Yin classes rooted in intention.

Teaching Practice & Feedback
 Gain hands-on experience teaching and receive valuable feedback to grow your confidence and voice.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

MEET YOUR TEACHER

Verity Sawyer is a dedicated guide for those seeking self-discovery through yoga, coaching, and transformative retreats. With over 13 years of experience, she creates supportive, intentional spaces for reflection, growth, and healing, helping individuals reconnect with their inner strength, clarity, and purpose.

As a Senior Yoga Teacher and specialist in Yin Yoga, Verity brings depth, compassion, and wisdom to her teaching. Her approach blends accessible, intelligently sequenced practices with a grounded understanding of the body, mind, and emotional landscape. Whether in classes, workshops, or trainings, Verity’s work is deeply nourishing and empowering.

This 50hr Foundations + Fundamentals course is a unique opportunity to study directly with Verity in an intimate and immersive environment. With more than 8 years dedicated exclusively to the study and teaching of Yin Yoga and over 300 hours of Yin-specific training with respected teachers like Sarah Powers, Bernie Clark, and Norman Blair. Verity offers an approach rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, meditation, and energetic anatomy.

Throughout this course, Verity will guide you in experiencing Yin Yoga as a profound practice of inner awareness, stillness, and subtle transformation. Whether you're new to Yin or seeking to deepen your foundation, this training offers an inspiring entry point into the heart of the practice.

  • Yoga of the Body.

    Yoga of the body teaches how to understand, care, develop and thrive in incarnation.

  • Yoga of the Heart

    Understand, transform and liberate your emotional realm. Learn the power of devotion and inspiration.

  • Yoga of the Mind.

    The mind is your worst enemy or your best friend as it says in the Bhagavad Gita.

    Understanding the mind via neuroscience and the yogic lens and discovering how certain practices can change your mind from being destructive to being a powerful tool of co-creation and wellbeing

  • Yoga of the Breath.

    The breath is the gateway between stress and resilience, between creativity and destruction and is also the vehicle for prana.

    Like a magic key it gives access to deeper levels of awareness, deeper levels of the subconscious mind, the connection between mind and life-energy and to the environment.

  • Yogic Philosophy.

    Yogic philosophy is a pragmatic approach on how to live well. It seeks to answer lifes’ questions with a deep devotional dimension that engages the heart.

  • The Obstacles.

    Exploring the barriers we put up to limit our own self growth.

  • Yogic Community.

    Understanding what yogic community is and how to cultivate it is enabling, supportive, challenging and liberating.

  • Consciousness

    What is the difference between conscious and subconscious, subconscious and unconscious? What is the relationship between consciousness and awareness, awareness and attention?

    What do the yogic texts say about consciousness? What does contemporary science say about consciousness? Let’s find out and grow together in consciousness.

  • Science of Yoga.

    How does the body actually work? How does meditation affect the brain? Why do we feel good when we do certain practices? What are the areas we need to pay attention to, what might be compromising our wellbeing if we are not aware of it?

  • Yoga as Medicine.

    Traditionally yoga was to elevate beyond the the physical dimension, however its modern day usage is somewhat more therapeutic. We will explore this in depth.

“I want to deepen my practice”

Starting February 2026

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  • Created for regular yoga practitioners, yoga teachers and anyone wanting to take their practice and teaching to the next level.

  • To join the course, you should have a minimum of 2 years of regular Yin practice. This can include studio classes, workshops, retreats, or consistent 1:1 sessions.

    In addition, a telephone consultation with Verity is required before enrolment.

    If you intend to teach Yin as part of your professional teaching practice, you must already hold a minimum 200-hour Teacher Training Certification.

  • 50 hours of CPD points

  • Online 7/8th February 2026

    In person 13/14/15th February 206

  • £695 total price (£250 deposit to secure your place)

    Early bird discount: £100 off straight away if you sign up before end of September 2025. Follow link to RESERVE YOUR PLACE to pay deposit. Balance payable in December 2025

  • 100% attendance is required to successfully complete this teacher training course, so please ensure you are available for all scheduled dates both online and in person; in exceptional circumstances, an online streaming option may be offered at our discretion.

  • Required reading list before or during course:

This is a training for those ready to engage deeply, to ask questions, to listen inwardly, and to emerge as leaders who teach not just poses, but possibility. If you're ready to walk this path, we welcome you with open arms.