How to register
Register your interest: training@sadhana-wellbeing.com
Should your preliminary application be successful, we will invite you for an informal interview to finalise the application. Details on payment and course materials will be given to you upon acceptance.
ABOUT
This course, taught by senior teacher Laura McDonald, will give you an internationally accredited 50 Hrs Yoga Alliance Yin Teacher Training Certification.
Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga is a slow paced and passive style of yoga practice where most postures are practiced on the floor in a static way for an extended period of time. When combined with internal awareness and introspection, the practice of yin can also become a highly meditative tool to cultivate inner stillness.
This Yin program is available to any person, not just teachers. This training is led by experienced, senior teachers and a guest instructor covering many yin topics. We want to equip you with the tools to share the joy of Yin yoga with others and to deepen your connection to yourself.
COURSE CONTENT
- Daily Yin Yoga practice with Laura and guest teachers
- The History and Philosophy of Yin Yoga:
– Origins and influences of Yin Yoga
– Yin/Yang Philosophy
– What is Yin Yoga?
- Functional anatomy– including an understanding of skeletal variation and how this affects our practice – the Yin Tissues of the body- Fascia and why it matters.
- Posture clinic analysis of each Yin Pose with variations and use of props.
- How to structure a Yin Yoga class – the energy curve, class themes and other teaching considerations.
- Introduction to Meridian Theory in Chinese medicine and how this can be applied to Yin Yoga.
Students will be provided a manual and handouts for home study; and a recommended reading list.
COST & DATES
Dates: April 3-6th 2026
Cost:
Full Price – £650
Early Bird discount – £550
Deposit – £150
Location: BYL London Bridge
1A Magdalen Street, South East London, SE1 2EN
LEAD TEACHER
Laura McDonald
My own Yin Yoga journey began in 2016. I was in my early forties and had been practicing yoga for over a decade. I was still pushing my body to its limits doing ‘advanced’ classes and even appearing on stage in a leotard in yoga competitions.
I think Yin Yoga found me at the right time.
Before discovering Yin, my yoga practice was very much about what it looked like, trying to achieve the perfect shape and putting quite a bit of pressure on myself. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy my practice, I did, but too often there was a sense of guilt and not feeling good enough.
Yin Yoga wasn’t particularly mainstream in the UK back in 2016, with not many teachers teaching it. Somehow in my quest for more open hips I came across some videos of Bernie Clark, Yin Teacher and author of ‘The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga’ – I liked what I saw so I booked a place on his teacher training and flew to Vancouver to learn from the man himself. Yin yoga has helped me to find acceptance of my body, appreciation for what it can do and to make peace with its limitations.
Since my training with Bernie Clark, I have taken several other Yin teacher trainings and have become more and more passionate about sharing this practice. I hope that you will share in my passion and help to spread it to others as well.
