Restorative Yoga Series:

Making Rest Practices Accessible


20-hour online workshop series, featuring:

Tamika Caston-Miller, Indu Arora, Katie Blecker, Shawn J. Moore,
Rodrigo Souza, Shannon Kaneshige, Tejal Patel, Theo Wildcroft,
Arturo Peal & Jivana Heyman


now available on-demand!

Restorative Yoga Series:

Making Rest Practices Accessible

20-hour online workshop series featuring:

Tamika Caston-Miller, Indu Arora, Katie Blecker, Shawn J. Moore, Rodrigo Souza, Shannon Kaneshige, Tejal Patel, Theo Wildcroft, Arturo Peal & Jivana Heyman

 

now available on-demand!

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FAQs

Rest is an important practice, especially during challenging times. Yet it’s often the first practice to get overlooked when things feel too overwhelming or busy.

Without making the space for rest, the effects of stress can be cumulative with detrimental impacts on our health and communities.
With this in mind, rest is an essential practice, especially for people who are marginalized and are dealing with systemic stressors.
However, many people find restorative yoga challenging due to trauma, anxiety, neurodivergence, lack of comfort or accessibility.

So, how can we actively rest in challenging times?

That is the question at the core of our Restorative Yoga Series: Making Rest Practices Accessible.


This series includes a diverse and dynamic group of presenters who will look at restorative yoga in a broad and inclusive way.

In this workshop series, we'll explore:

  • Accessibility and trauma-informed considerations for people of color, disabled people, neurodivergent folks, people with larger bodies, and people with chronic illness
  • The therapeutic potential of Yoga Nidra
  • The anatomy and physiology of rest and the nervous system
  • Adaptive rest practices using a chair, wheelchair, couch, and bed
  • How to connect with our spirit through a consideration of the body’s limitations and our own mortality
  • Resourcing yourself as a teacher to support students as they rest
  •  And more!
“In my ideal yoga world, all people from traditionally marginalized communities would practice still, contemplative styles of yoga. And, in that same world, yoga teachers and studios would be more aware of how to hold space for these students. These opportunities to experience sensation, embodiment, rest, and spaciousness are exactly the right practices for those of us for whom stillness is unfamiliar.” –Tamika Caston-Miller
“In my ideal yoga world, all people from traditionally marginalized communities would practice still, contemplative styles of yoga. And, in that same world, yoga teachers and studios would be more aware of how to hold space for these students. These opportunities to experience sensation, embodiment, rest, and spaciousness are exactly the right practices for those of us for whom stillness is unfamiliar.
–Tamika Caston-Miller

“Through rest, we build cultures of collective care.” –Shawn J. Moore

“Through rest, we build cultures of collective care.

–Shawn J. Moore

SERIES OVERVIEW 

Restorative Yoga Series:
Making Rest Practices Accessible

a 20-hour online workshop series - now available on-demand!

On-Demand enrollment includes 1 year of access to 10 x workshop replays led by Tamika Caston-Miller, Indu Arora, Katie Blecker, Shawn J. Moore, Rodrigo Souza, Shannon Kaneshige, Tejal Patel, Theo Wildcroft, Arturo Peal & Jivana Heyman, recorded live & online in April-May 2025.


Session 1


Yoga for Restoration, Repair & Reconnection

with Tamika Caston-Miller

Session 2


Accessible Yoga Nidra

with Indu Arora

Session 3


Rest as a Practice: Restorative Yoga to Support Chronic Illness, Pain, and Limited Energy

with Katie Blecker

Session 4


Rest Well, Lead Skillfully: Grounding in Rest to Disrupt Systems On and Off the Mat

with Shawn J. Moore

Session 5


Adaptive Serenity: Restorative Yoga for Wheelchair Users

with Rodrigo Souza

Session 6


Making Restorative Yoga Accessible for Folks in Larger Bodies

with Shannon Kaneshige

Session 7


Your Decolonized Approach to Rest

with Tejal Patel

Session 8


How Neurodivergent People Can Have Better Experiences of Rest Through Yoga

with Theo Wildcroft

Session 9


Unwinding Chronic Stress with Restorative Yoga and Breath

with Arturo Peal

Session 10

 
Healing into Death: Exploring Questions of Health & Spirituality | Plus, Series Summary

with Jivana Heyman

SERIES OVERVIEW 

Restorative Yoga Series:
Making Rest Practices Accessible

20-hour online workshop series
now available on-demand!

On-Demand enrollment includes 1 year of access to 10 x workshop replays led by Tamika Caston-Miller, Indu Arora, Katie Blecker, Shawn J. Moore, Rodrigo Souza, Shannon Kaneshige, Tejal Patel, Theo Wildcroft, Arturo Peal & Jivana Heyman, recorded live & online in April-May 2025.

Session 1


Yoga for Restoration, Repair & Reconnection

with Tamika Caston-Miller


Session 2


Accessible Yoga Nidra

with Indu Arora


Session 3


Rest as a Practice: Restorative Yoga to Support Chronic Illness, Pain, and Limited Energy

with Katie Blecker


Session 4


Rest Well, Lead Different: Grounding in Rest to Disrupt Systems On and Off the Mat

with Shawn J. Moore

Session 5


Adaptive Serenity: Restorative Yoga for Wheelchair Users

with Rodrigo Souza


Session 6


Making Restorative Yoga Accessible for Folks in Larger Bodies

with Shannon Kaneshige


Session 7


Your Decolonized Approach to Rest

with Tejal Patel


Session 8


How Neurodivergent People Can Have Better Experiences of Rest Through Yoga

with Theo Wildcroft


Session 9


Unwinding Chronic Stress with Restorative Yoga and Breath

with Arturo Peal


Session 10


Healing into Death: Exploring Questions of Health & Spirituality | Plus, Series Summary

with Jivana Heyman

“Over the years, living with complex chronic illness has often led me to feelings of inner disharmony. Yoga, especially in rest-based practices, is THE thing that brings me back to my self time and time again, through developing deeper experiences of equanimity, radical-acceptance, and gentleness.
–Katie Blecker
“The barriers to accessing modern yoga that affect marginalised groups such as people of colour, disabled people, and the underpaid, can also be a factor in accessing high quality rest, and yoga nidra practices. To be clear, if you are working hard, not paid a lot, can’t lie in a traditional savasana, or just don’t feel welcome in yoga studios, you might also have disturbed rest, a need for more rest than others, and also find many yoga-related rest practices to be inaccessible.”
– Theo Wildcroft & Beverley Nolan
(From Safe and Simple Yoga Nidras: A Teacher’s Guide, to be published in 2025)

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Restorative Yoga Series:

Making Rest Practices Accessible


online workshop series (on-demand)


Tuition is $399-$499 USD sliding scale, which includes 1 year of access to 10 x 2 hour online workshop recordings and resources.

We also offer partial scholarships.

ENROLL NOW

 

Restorative Yoga Series:

Making Rest Practices Accessible


online workshop series (on-demand)


Tuition is $399-$499 USD sliding scale, which includes 1 year of access to 10 x 2 hour online workshop recordings and resources.

We also offer partial scholarships.

Tiered Pricing Explained:

  • Community Rate (supported by your peers)
  • Sustainer Rate (covers your enrollment)
  • Supporter Rate (covers your enrollment + supports your peers)

*Choose the pricing tier that best suits your financial means.

If you are able to enroll at the Supporter or Sustainer Rate, your contributions support the ability to offer a lower rate to community members experiencing financial difficulties. 

If you would like to clarify which pricing tier is most appropriate for you, please refer to this helpful graphic by Alexis J Cunningfolk:

The Green Bottle: Where You Fall On The Sliding  Scale

Intention of Equity Pricing Structure:

Please take a moment to consider the intention of our scholarship program and equity pricing structure, which was created in order to amplify training access for those who hold marginalized identities and those experiencing significant financial hardship.

If neither of those qualifications apply to you, we ask you to please consider other payment options, including using the tiered equity pricing structure and payment plans, or supporting others in our community who have decreased access to financial resources by enrolling as a Sustainer or Supporter, if this is accessible to you.



ON-DEMAND ENROLLMENT

Single upfront payment.

Includes 1 year of access to the captioned replays of the 20-hour Restorative Yoga Series: Making Rest Practices Accessible - online workshop series, recorded live & online in April-May 2025, and associated resources.

(10 x 2 hour workshops)

Community Rate
(On-Demand)
$399 USD

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Sustainer Rate
(On-Demand)
$449 USD 

ENROLL

Supporter Rate
(On-Demand)
$499 USD

ENROLL

PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

If our tiered pricing options are financially inaccessible, please click here to access our partial scholarship application form.

SERIES FACILITATORS

TAMIKA CASTON-MILLER

INDU ARORA

KATIE BLECKER


SHAWN J. MOORE

RODRIGO SOUZA

SHANNON KANESHIGE

TEJAL PATEL


THEO WILDCROFT

ARTURO PEAL

JIVANA HEYMAN

"As a queer person, I think one of the ways I have responded to homophobia is by people-pleasing and over-working, trying to make up for any perceived deficiency in myself. This means that my nervous system is overactive and what benefits me the most is to really slow down. Restorative yoga is the best medicine for being queer in a world that only accepts part of me. It’s a way for me to begin to fully and completely accept myself." –Jivana Heyman

SERIES FACILITATORS

TAMIKA CASTON-MILLER


INDU ARORA


KATIE BLECKER


SHAWN J. MOORE


RODRIGO SOUZA


SHANNON KANESHIGE


TEJAL PATEL


THEO WILDCROFT


ARTURO PEAL


JIVANA HEYMAN

"As a queer person, I think one of the ways I have responded to homophobia is by people-pleasing and over-working, trying to make up for any perceived deficiency in myself. This means that my nervous system is overactive and what benefits me the most is to really slow down. Restorative yoga is the best medicine for being queer in a world that only accepts part of me. It’s a way for me to begin to fully and completely accept myself." –Jivana Heyman

What our graduates are saying about the Restorative Yoga Series:

“My biggest gift from the Restorative Yoga Workshop Series: Making Rest Practices Accessible was learning in a respectful community, where I was reminded that I am valuable, I can allow myself to rest, and I can honor my rest with small things. Teaching from that place of first observing ourselves, self-inquiry, and having a compassionate gaze toward ourselves, I believe, is the path to becoming better teachers and truly honoring rest.”  – Natalia Nora Sanchez

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS


Please note: the views expressed by our faculty are their personal views, and may not be shared by Accessible Yoga.