In a world addicted to doing, stillness is a skill.
Learn to teach the deep, quiet practice a restless world is craving.
The 60-hour online Trauma Aware Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Rachel & Lucy. Self-paced and Yoga Alliance–recognised, rooted in the five elements and the meridians, so you can guide real stillness, and hold whatever it brings up.
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2,000+
Students trained across our trainings
“An amazing deep-dive into the theory and practice of Yin yoga, this course opened up my mind as well as my body.”
Sara Galvez
“It's perfect for beginning teachers as well as advanced. My first yoga teacher training, and I'm grateful to have started here.”
Kat Maeda
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You feel it in your own body, that pull toward the slower practice. Not the one that asks how far you can fold or how long you can hold, but the one that asks you to pause and be present.
Maybe your students keep asking for something gentler, something to meet the exhaustion, the racing minds, the bodies that never quite switch off. Maybe Yin found you at exactly the right time, the way it found so many of us, and you felt how much it gave back.
And you've wondered whether you could teach it. Really teach it, not just talk someone into a shape and leave them there for five minutes, without disappearing into a training you can't fit into your life right now.
The belief that keeps people from teaching Yin
It goes like this: Yin is “just stretching,” so there can't be much to teach, you sit people on the floor, hold a pose, and that's it. And if you did want to train, you'd have to fly somewhere and clear your calendar for an expensive in-person course.
But anyone who has really practised Yin knows the shape is the smallest part. The practice lives in the stillness, in what the body does when it's finally allowed to soften, and in everything that can rise up in that quiet space. Holding that well, for a room full of people, is a real skill. And learning it should never mean putting your life on hold.
That's the gap we built this for.
Why this matters
We live in a yang world, fast, bright, always on. Most nervous systems are running hot, and most people have forgotten how to be still. Yin is the antidote, and teachers who can genuinely hold it are rare and needed.
And it's only speeding up. Technology and AI are accelerating everything, and our attention and presence are being pulled at and bombarded from every direction, it's getting harder and harder for people to find a moment to simply be still and present. Which is exactly why this work is needed more than ever, and will only be needed more as time goes on.
Because when someone finally gets still, things surface, old tension, held emotion, the feelings a busy life keeps at bay. A teacher who knows how to meet that turns a stretch class into something far deeper; a teacher who doesn't can leave people stranded in it. As one of our graduates put it, this work is “a deep dive into the body, but also into the mind, into the true self, without shame.” Knowing how to hold that isn't the soft, optional part of teaching Yin. It's the whole foundation of being trusted with it.
At the centre of everything we teach is one idea: Yin is the art of feeling, not achieving.
So much of the movement world is about effort and outcome, going further, holding longer, doing more. Yin asks the opposite. You settle into a shape, let go of striving, and simply feel: the sensation, the breath, the slow release of the fascia, the mind gradually catching up with the body. The rebound, the still moment after you leave a pose, is often where the deepest change happens.
And because stillness can bring things up, we teach it with the light touch of trauma-aware facilitation running through the whole thing, so you can hold the quiet, and whatever the quiet surfaces, with real care.
You'll learn to work with the four stages of a Yin pose, arriving, settling, stillness, and the rebound, and to read the body underneath the shape, so you're teaching the practice, not just the posture.
Picture standing at the front of a room as it goes quiet, and knowing exactly how to hold it. Guiding people into stillness, reading what each body needs, offering the prop or the word that lets someone soften a little more.
Picture meeting whatever body walks in, an elder, someone carrying an injury, someone whose range is limited, and knowing exactly how to adapt, prop and hold the practice for them, instead of freezing. Whether it's a full class or a one-to-one, every body is welcome, and you know how to meet each one.
Picture teaching the meridians and the five elements with real understanding, theming a class around the season, and meeting whatever the stillness brings up, steady, resourced, and clear about where your work ends.
That's who you become here. Our graduates describe leaving with “more confidence and belief in myself as a yoga teacher,” and “more calm, clarity, and intention to move through life”, and ready to share this practice with the people who need it.
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What's inside
A 50-hour Yin training with a trauma-aware foundation running through all of it. It's self-study, so you move at your own pace, and it's built so you understand each piece, feel it in your own body, then learn to guide it for others.
We've trained over 2,000 students across our trainings
And because we teach the people who go on to hold others, it reaches so much further.
“An amazing deep-dive into the theory and practice of Yin yoga. I was concerned about how it would translate online, but it blew me away how well structured it was, this course opened up my mind as well as my body.”
Sara Galvez, Online Yin YTT“It's perfect for beginning teachers as well as advanced. This is my first yoga teacher training course, and I'm grateful to have started here.”
Kat Maeda, Online Yin YTT“This training has been a safe space for me, and I know Rachel & Lucy's teachings will continue to be a sense of comfort in the midst of all the world's Yang.”
Dina Cavallaro, Online Yin YTT“It's a deep dive into the body, but also into the mind, into the true self, without shame, with real honesty. I feel ready to teach and spread the miracles of Yin.”
Olga, Yin YTT“Rachel & Lucy make you feel seen, heard, and acknowledged even in the digital space. I came away with a real, deep understanding of Yin, not just a set of poses.”
Yin YTT GraduateWhy students choose this
- It fits around your real life Self-paced, with no fixed cohort, so you can train around a full life. One of the biggest reasons people come to us.
- It goes far deeper than “stretching” The meridians, the five elements, the fascia and the art of stillness, taught properly, so you understand the practice from the inside.
- Safety-first and trauma-aware The light touch of trauma-aware facilitation runs through the whole training, not bolted on at the end.
- You learn by feeling it Real pre-recorded classes and an asana clinic on two body types, so it lands in your own body first.
- Real access to Rachel & Lucy Monthly live calls and a community where we answer your questions ourselves. As one student put it, they “make you feel seen, heard, and acknowledged even in the digital space.”
The best of both worlds
Most Yin trainings make you choose between a real, deep grounding and something that fits your life. We built ours to give you both, here's how it compares:
| The usual path | This training | |
|---|---|---|
| Dates | Fixed in-person dates | Self-paced online |
| Where | Travel & accommodation | Learn from home |
| Format | One intensive week | Revisit for life |
| Trauma-awareness | Little on trauma-awareness | Trauma-aware throughout |
| Afterwards | Gone once it's over | Lifetime access |
That's the point of it: you shouldn't have to fly across the world or clear your calendar to learn to teach stillness well. You get the depth of a proper Yin training, and the freedom to fit it around everything else you're holding.
Depth and freedom, so you can enrol knowing you'll actually finish, and feel held the whole way.
The Trauma Aware Yin Yoga Teacher Training
Everything above, plus:
- ✓Start any time, at your own pace, no cohort to wait for, and no fixed timetable to keep up with
- ✓Lifetime access to all the course material, the classes, lectures and clinics are yours to keep and revisit whenever you need them
- ✓Monthly live Q&A calls with Rachel & Lucy through your first six months, all recorded, so you can watch back any time
- ✓A lifetime place in our private community, where Rachel & Lucy answer your questions, for as long as you're part of it
- ✓No certification deadline, we're mums and business owners; we know life is full, so we've taken away the barriers we can. (The only exception: if we ever chose to retire this training, anyone who hadn't certified yet would have six months from that point to complete it.)
- ✓A 10-hour Trauma Aware Facilitation Foundation included
- ✓A business module included, for taking Yin into your teaching and your work
- ✓Recognised, Yoga Alliance continuing education (YACEP) and NASM & AFAA (1.9 CEUs); you become a certified Yin Yoga teacher
- ✓No prior Yin or trauma training required, we start from the foundations and build (we do suggest taking a few Yin classes in the lead-up)
What it all adds up to
We've kept this genuinely accessible, but here's what each part would cost on its own:
- Yin Yoga Teacher Training (50 hrs, certification)
- $1,300
- Trauma Aware Facilitation Training (10 hrs)
- $120
- Business module
- $150
- Monthly live Q&A calls with Rachel & Lucy (first 6 months)
- $600
- Lifetime private community, where we answer your questions
- $500
Total value ≈ $2,670. Yours today for $529.
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A full, deep Yin Yoga Teacher Training you can actually use, on your own terms, around your real life.
Drawn to more than one? Take any of our trainings together and save, self-paced, lifetime access.
SEE THE BUNDLESIs this for you?
This is for you if you love the quiet, restorative side of yoga, and you want to:
- ✓Add Yin to the classes you already teach, with real depth and confidence
- ✓Learn the five elements, the meridians and the fascia behind the practice
- ✓Offer the slow, nervous-system-settling work your students keep asking for
- ✓Deepen your own practice, whether or not you ever teach a class
You don't need to be a teacher already, or super bendy, or steeped in Chinese medicine, just drawn to this practice. We begin from the foundations and build. (We do recommend taking a few Yin classes in the lead-up, so the practice already feels familiar.)
What this training is not
It isn't a 200-hour foundational yoga teacher training on its own, and it won't turn you into a TCM practitioner.
It's a deep, trauma-aware Yin specialism, honest about its edges, and clear about your scope.
Questions
Do I need prior experience or a teaching qualification?
No. It's open to everyone from beginners to advanced, for many students it's their first yoga teacher training. We do recommend taking a few Yin classes in the lead-up so the practice feels familiar.
Will this let me register with Yoga Alliance / teach in a studio?
It's recognised as Yoga Alliance continuing education (YACEP), and by NASM & AFAA (1.9 CEUs). To register on Yoga Alliance you'll first need a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training completed before this one.
Is it live or self-paced?
Both, the classes, lectures and clinics are pre-recorded, plus monthly live Q&A calls with Rachel & Lucy through your first six months, and a community where we answer your questions.
How long does it take, and is there a deadline?
It's self-study, so you go at your own pace, with no cohort and no deadline to certify. You keep lifetime access to the material.
How do I get certified?
Work through the course at your own pace, then complete a short quiz and your practicum plus the Trauma Aware Facilitation Foundation quiz.
What will I need to read?
One required text: YinSight by Bernie Clark (you provide your own copy).
Can I take part if I'm injured or pregnant?
In most cases, yes, we'll show you how to modify poses. We do ask that you check with your doctor or physio first.
What do I need to take part?
A laptop or computer, a reliable internet connection, a bit of space to practise, and a few basic props, bolsters, blocks and blankets, or household substitutes.
Do I need to speak English?
Yes, the training is delivered in English, and the video you submit needs to be in English too.
Learn with Rachel & Lucy
We're Rachel & Lucy, two teachers and two mums, co-founders of The Whole Health Project. Between us we've taught yoga, breathwork and meditation around the world, and built a thriving online training school, training thousands of students in breathwork, meditation, yin and somatics to hold this work safely. We're also the published authors of Somatic Practices for Trauma.
Read our full story on the About Us page →Our certified graduates get listed in our Find a Practitioner directory →
The world isn't going to slow down on its own. But you could be one of the people who teaches it how.
If you feel the pull toward the quiet, deep practice, and toward holding it well for others, this is where you learn to do that, safely and beautifully, without putting your life on hold.
We'd love for you to join us.
