5 Elements Yin & Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

Dates & Certification

Feb 20, 2027 – Feb 27, 2027
50 HOURS YACEP TEACHER TRAINING

Overview

Explore the Five Elements through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine in this Yin & Restorative Yoga Teacher Training and retreat with internationally celebrated teacher Kali Basman. This 50-hour YACEP program weaves hands-on anatomy, structural alignment, energetic practices, and Buddhist teachings with the Eight Limbs of Yoga to guide you back to the Self.

This immersive yoga teacher training retreat centers on restoration of the body-mind: somatic integration, contemplative practice, and deepening your personal and teaching practice in a sanctuarious setting. Withdrawn from daily patterns, the mind turns inward and the body explores the energetics of the inner world—allowing stillness and spaciousness to seep into being.

“Kali’s teachings have awakened the energy that had been buried unknown to me for so many years of my life and the fire within has been ignited to give and to offer to others.”

• • EARTH - WATER - FIRE - METAL - WOOD - *

Grounded in Five Element Theory (Traditional Chinese Medicine), each day is dedicated to an in-depth exploration of one Element.

Curriculum & Focus

Our work together as Sangha (spiritual community) focuses on Yin Yoga and restorative practices that contribute to continuing education for yoga practitioners and teachers. Learnings and practices include:

• Resetting the nervous system through mindfulness and restorative sequence
• Healing from past traumas and dissolving held tensions
• Increasing musculoskeletal resiliency and cultivating elasticity in body-mind
• Strengthening joint stability and refining alignment
• Embodied anatomy, meridian-based sequencing, and informed adjustments
• Psychological self-inquiry grounded in Buddhist philosophy and the Eight Limbs of Yoga

What’s Included

• Accommodations
• Tuition
• 3 meals a day
• Student Manual
• Daily yoga & meditation practices
• Specialized workshops, lectures and practices with Kali Basman
• Yoga Principles of Asana & Alignment, Buddhist + 8 Limb Yoga Philosophy, Meridians, Sequencing & Adjustments
• Mindfulness modules, Yoga Nidras, Restorative Practices, and Teaching Practicums
• 50hr Yoga Alliance Certificate upon completion

Daily Rhythm & Practice

Mornings will be taken in Noble Silence, waking to the sounds of ocean and jungle before a vinyasa flow practice. After breakfast we break silence for learning modules designed to deepen your relationship to asana principles, alignment, meridians, sequencing, and Buddhist teachings. Evenings are reserved for Yoga Nidra, restorative practices, mindfulness modules, and teaching practicums.

1. Mornings: Noble Silence, waking to the sounds of ocean and jungle before a vinyasa flow practice.
2. After breakfast: We break silence for learning modules designed to deepen your relationship to asana principles, alignment, meridians, sequencing, and Buddhist teachings.
3. Evenings: Reserved for Yoga Nidra, restorative practices, mindfulness modules, and teaching practicums.

Each day offers embodied Yin/Restorative practice for personal integration and extensive teaching practicums to refine your authentic voice as a space holder and mindful movement facilitator. A specific focus on Pratyahara - the Great Withdrawal encourages boundaries around retreat life, training in stillness, spaciousness, and quietude. Disconnecting from devices and normative social contexts is recommended to allow the nervous system to enter deep restoration.

In the serenity of the jungle, we’ll turn off all our devices and go online with our hearts, breath, and practice.

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Pricing Specials

• Price can be broken up in multiple payments.