20-Hours | Led by Holly Bray

$400

This advanced teacher training module explores the breath as both a physiological foundation for health and a powerful pathway toward energetic alignment and flow.

You’ll dive into the functional anatomy and physiology of breathing, examining the primary and secondary muscles of respiration, common dysfunctional patterns, and how imbalances impact energy levels, nervous system regulation, and overall resilience.

Through postural refinement, embodied movement, myofascial release, and conscious breath awareness, you’ll learn how to restore healthy breathing patterns in yourself and support your students in doing the same.

We’ll also explore the classical teachings of the five Vayus and the principle of Spanda, and how these subtle currents shape the experience of breath and energy. From there, we’ll study how prāṇa can be supported and guided through the Suṣumṇā and the network of subtle channels known as the Nāḍīs. You’ll learn how work with the bandhas to stabilize and direct prāṇic flow, helping to refine the movement of breath and deepen energetic awareness.

You’ll be introduced to foundational and advanced prāṇāyāma techniques and develop the skills to sequence and guide them safely and effectively within your teaching, with an emphasis on cultivating a breath-centric approach to yoga practice.

What You’ll Learn

• How the primary and secondary muscles of respiration function and how they shape breath patterns

• How to identify and unwind dysfunctional breathing habits through postural refinement, embodied movement, conscious breath awareness, and myofascial release

• How prāṇa moves through the five Vayus and the Nāḍīs, and how work with these pathways to promote balance in both the physical and subtle body

• The role of the bandhas in supporting structural stability and directing the flow of prāṇa

• How to safely sequence and teach foundational and advanced prāṇāyāma techniques

• How to design and teach breath-centric yoga classes, where breath is the organizing principle for pacing, sequencing, and cueing

What to Expect

This series is designed to support a slower, more integrated learning process, allowing you to absorb the material gradually, embody the practices, and apply them with confidence in your teaching and personal practice.

Each 3 hour session will include lecture, experiential breath labs, embodied movement, and time for reflection and discussion, all within a breath-centric framework.

Each participant will also receive a collection of video practices and guided breath explorations to support continued study and integration during and beyond our time together.

At the completion of this module, you’ll receive 20 hours of continuing education applicable toward This Land Yoga’s 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training or as Yoga Alliance CE hours.  

Schedule

Thursday April 2nd 5:30-8:30 PM

Thursday April 9th 5:30-8:30 PM

Thursday April 16th 5:30-8:30 PM

Thursday April 23rd 5:30-8:30 PM

Thursday April 30th 5:30-8:30 PM

20-Hours | Led by Amanda Wood

$400

We are living in a time when anxiety and nervous system dysregulation are at unprecedented levels. Increasingly, yoga students come to the mat not only for fitness, but for healing, resilience, and wholeness.

This specialized training empowers yoga teachers with a deeper understanding of the nervous system and its profound role in both practice and teaching. By weaving together modern neuroscience and ancient yogic wisdom, participants will learn how to guide students toward balance, transformation, and lasting well-being.

Teachers will explore how yoga supports anxiety, depression, and burnout through the lenses of psychology, neuroscience, and physiology. Alongside tools to support their students, they will also cultivate practical strategies for self-regulation, inner awareness, and equanimity.

Key Focus Areas:

• The Brain & Nervous System: Explore the core structures and functions of the brain and autonomic nervous system.

• The Vagus Nerve: Understand its role in regulating stress, relaxation, and emotional well-being, and learn practices that enhance vagal tone.

• The Stress Response: Study the science of stress and apply practical tools to down-regulate and restore balance.

• The Science of Breath: Investigate the physiology of breath and experiment with pranayama techniques to shift nervous system states.

• Neuroplasticity: Discover how yoga and meditation foster new neural pathways, supporting growth, healing, and long-term change.

• Embodied Teaching Applications: Learn sequencing strategies and class design methods that enhance safety, accessibility, and nervous system impact.

This 20-hour hybrid training will include both live & recorded lectures, experiential practices, and group discussions. Participants will embody the science of yoga while gaining the confidence to share it with clarity and purpose.

Schedule

• Saturday & Sunday, May 2-3 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• 4 Hours of Prerecorded Material

At the completion of this module, you’ll receive 20 hours of continuing education applicable toward This Land Yoga’s 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training or as Yoga Alliance CE hours.

This training is off site!

30-Hours | Led by Shannon Stephens

$800 | Lodging & meals included

Join Shannon Stephens for a deeply nourishing weekend retreat dedicated to the art and science of Yin Yoga. Nestled among the trees and winding paths of the Osage Forest of Peace, this 30-hour immersion invites you to slow down, soften, and study the subtler layers of body, mind, and energy.

We’ll gather during a seasonal transition, when nature itself is in the midst of change, offering us the opportunity to experience the five elements first-hand. As the landscape shifts, we’ll explore how Yin Yoga supports our own inner transitions, helping us attune to the cycles of energy, rest, and renewal that move through all living things.

Through a balance of movement, stillness, study, and silence, you’ll deepen your understanding of Yin Yoga as both a physical practice and an energetic art. Expect extended practices, experiential learning, and contemplative time to integrate what you learn within the natural rhythm of retreat life.

Curriculum Overview

• Yin / Yang Theory: The energetic foundation of Yin Yoga and how it complements more active (Yang) styles.

• Yin Yoga Techniques & Principles: Targeting deep connective tissues and creating space for energetic balance.

• Anatomy of Yin Yoga: Understanding fascia, connective tissue, and how Yin supports structural integrity and mobility.

• Yin Yoga & the Nervous System: Cultivating parasympathetic regulation through stillness and breath.

• Meridian Lines & 5 Element Theory: Exploring how Traditional Chinese Medicine informs Yin practice and how the elements show up in our own seasonal rhythms.

• Yin Poses & Application: Posture breakdowns, variations, and prop use for accessibility.

• Practicing & Teaching Yin Yoga: Sequencing, cueing, and holding space for restorative depth and release.

Schedule Overview

• Thursday: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (welcome circle, dinner, and yin practice)

• Friday & Saturday: 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM (breakfast, lunch, and dinner included)

• Sunday: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM (breakfast included)

• Departure: Sunday by 12:00 PM

  This module is open to teachers and dedicated students seeking to deepen their understanding of Yin Yoga. It counts as 30 hours toward This Land Yoga’s 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training or may be taken as a stand-alone continuing education course.

30-Hours | Led by Holly Bray

$600

In this 30-hour immersion, we will explore the subtle body through the doorway of embodied awareness. Using the five senses as our guide, we will investigate the relationship between sensation, perception, consciousness, and energy. Drawing from Tantric philosophy, along with yogic and contemporary understandings of embodiment, we'll learn how awareness refines our capacity to sense what lies beneath habitual patterns of posture, breath and thought.

Together we'll explore the five great elements (Pancha Mahabhutas) and their relationship to the senses, discovering how the physical world serves as a bridge into subtler dimensions of experience. From this foundation, we'll trace the historical roots of the chakra system within the Tantric tradition and examine how these teachings evolved as maps of human consciousness and transformation.

Rather than approaching the chakras as concepts to memorize, we will engage them as lived experiences. Through movement, breath, meditation, mantra, visualization, and sensory inquiry, we'll explore how each chakra expresses itself through the body, the mind, and our lived experience. Along the way, we'll investigate how habitual patterns, protective tension, and embodied samskaras influence our perception and shape the way energy moves through us.

This training invites you to rediscover yoga as a practice of sensing, listening, and direct experience. Through the cultivation of awareness, the subtle body shifts from an idea we study to a reality we can begin to perceive.

What You’ll Learn

• How awareness refines and strengthens interoceptive and proprioceptive capacity

• The yogic principles of Pratyahara, Svādhyāya, and Śākṣī Bhāva as tools for embodied inquiry

• Understanding Samskara as patterned impressions that live in both the physical and subtle body

• How to experience and work skillfully with the chakras as living centers of awareness and energy

• How energetic imbalances can manifest physically and how embodied movement supports release and rebalance

• How to integrate visualization, embodied movement, and sensory awareness into your teaching

• Language and cueing that cultivate safety, sensation, and embodiment

• How to translate your own direct experience of awareness into an authentic and intuitive teaching style

What to Expect

Our time together blends education, exploration, and embodied experience. Each session includes embodied movement, conscious breath awareness, mantra practice, meditation, visualization, and reflective inquiry designed to deepen sensory awareness and refine perception.

Expect to slow down, tune in, and experience yoga as a practice of embodied awareness and inner listening.

By the end of this module, you’ll be equipped to:

• Teach from direct experience with greater confidence, authenticity, and presence

• Integrate the five elements, sensory awareness, and subtle body teachings into your classes

• Understand the historical and Tantric roots of the chakra system

• Guide students through practices that cultivate presence, perception, and self-inquiry

• Use embodied and breath-based movement as tools for subtle body exploration

• Support students in developing a deeper relationship with their own inner experience

• How to translate your own lived experience into a grounded and intuitive teaching style

At completion, participants will receive 30 hours of continuing education applicable toward This Land Yoga’s 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training or as Yoga Alliance CE hours.