50 Hour Yin Yoga Mentorship
“During my initial 200hr yoga teacher training, Tamara did a brief introduction to Yin yoga, which was, in fact, MY introduction to Yin. I fell in love with the practice immediately and began attending her weekly classes. When she offered her Yin teacher training, I think I was the first to sign up for it. Tamara combines detailed theory and history of the practice with guidance to teach it in a mindful, beautiful way. I would recommend her teacher training to anyone considering expanding their teaching to include the practice of Yin as well as those who simply want to immerse themselves in this incredible practice.”
“I am so happy I took Tamara’s Yin Yoga certification course. Her teaching style and obvious love of Yin Yoga was evident in her honour of the practice. She shares her vast knowledge, explaining the fine details of the Yin practice, with a refreshing sense of humour. I teach Yin to this day mostly because of Tamara’s guidance showing me the true joy of Yin yoga. If you want to teach Yin I would highly recommend you learn from Tamara. She’s amazing!”
A flexible, relationship-based training for students and teachers ready to go deeper
This 50 Hour Yin Yoga Mentorship is not a fast-track certification or a box-checking training.
It is a spacious, responsive mentorship designed for people who want to live with yin yoga — to understand it in their bodies, nervous systems, teaching, and daily lives. This container honours curiosity, lived experience, chronic pain awareness, and the reality that meaningful learning does not unfold on a rigid timeline.
While this mentorship is often completed over approximately 8–16 weeks, the structure is intentionally flexible and tailored to the individual. Because this is a one-on-one mentorship, pacing is co-created with you: some students move more quickly, completing sessions more frequently, while others space sessions out to integrate learning gradually into their lives. The goal is depth, reflection, and sustainable growth, not speed.
Who this mentorship is for?
This mentorship is open to:
Yoga teachers wishing to deepen their yin practice and teaching
Dedicated students who want to explore yin beyond the shapes
Teachers feeling disenchanted with short, surface-level trainings
Practitioners living with chronic pain, injury, or nervous system sensitivity
Anyone craving a slower, more relational approach to learning
You do not need to teach yin already. You do need a willingness to listen, reflect, and engage honestly with your own practice.
What makes this a mentorship (not just a training)
This offering is grounded in relationship.
Rather than moving through pre-recorded content alone, you will be supported through:
Ongoing dialogue and reflection
Individualized guidance based on your body, questions, and goals
Space to integrate learning into your existing life and practice
Flexibility around pacing, scheduling, and emphasis
This is a place where questions are welcome, uncertainty is honoured, and learning is allowed to be nonlinear.
What we explore together (50 Hours)
Content is responsive to the student’s needs, but commonly includes:
Foundations and philosophy of yin yoga
Functional anatomy and skeletal variation
Fascia, joints, and long-held shapes
Nervous system awareness and regulation
Chronic pain-informed and trauma-aware language
Holding space: presence, consent, and adaptability
Sequencing yin practices with intention and care
Teaching yin to diverse bodies and lived experiences
Physical and Verbal adjustments
Personal practice development and inquiry
Learning happens through discussion, practice, reflection, reading, and integration — not memorization or performance.
Structure & timing
Total hours: 50
Suggested duration: ~8–16 weeks
Actual pace: flexible and co-created
This mentorship includes a combination of:
Live one-on-one online sessions
Self-directed study and online group practice
Reflection and integration time
Required in-person hours (scheduled collaboratively)
The in-person component is an essential part of the training and allows for hands-on learning, embodied inquiry, and shared practice. Details are coordinated once mentorship timing and location are confirmed.
About the mentor
I came to yoga looking for relief — from pain, from a body that felt unpredictable, from a nervous system that rarely felt at ease. What I found wasn’t a cure or a return to who I was before chronic pain, but a way to change my relationship with myself and with the pain I live with.
I live with chronic pain, including fibromyalgia, and my teaching and mentorship grow from that lived experience. My approach to yin yoga is slow, curious, and deeply respectful of individual bodies, histories, and nervous systems. I am less interested in perfect shapes and more interested in honest listening — to sensation, to breath, to what feels supportive today.
As a mentor, I value relationship over hierarchy. I don’t believe there is one right way to practice or teach yin yoga. Instead, I aim to create containers where inquiry is encouraged, questions are welcome, and learning unfolds through experience, reflection, and conversation.
Why I offer this mentorship
I offer this mentorship because I saw a gap — between what many trainings provide and what people actually need in order to practice and teach yin yoga with care.
So many offerings assume that students can step away from their lives for intensive weekends, retreats, or tightly compressed schedules. For many people — those living with chronic pain, caregiving responsibilities, unpredictable energy, work commitments, or tender nervous systems — that model is simply not accessible.
This mentorship is an attempt to do something different.
I believe that learning unfolds best when it is woven into real life, not placed on top of it. When there is room to rest, reflect, integrate, and ask questions as they arise — not just keep up.
I also believe that holding space is as important as knowing the names of the shapes or which prop goes where. Yin yoga is not just about form; it is about presence, pacing, language, consent, and attunement. These skills take time to feel, not just understand intellectually.
This mentorship exists to support that kind of learning — slow, relational, and grounded in lived experience.
Pricing & payment options
The total cost of the 50 Hour Yin Yoga Mentorship is $1150 CAD, which works out to approximately $23 per hour.
Payment options are intentionally flexible:
Pay in full with one lump sum
Pay in instalments spread over the course of the mentorship
A $150 non-refundable deposit is required upon acceptance into the mentorship to secure your place. The remaining balance can be paid according to the option that best supports your circumstances.
If finances are a concern, you are welcome to name that in your application so we can explore what feels possible.
Application & registration
Because this is a mentorship, registration happens through application.
The application helps ensure that this container is supportive and aligned for everyone involved. You will be asked about:
Your yoga background and past trainings
Your current personal practice
Your intentions and goals for this mentorship
Preferred start and end dates
Availability for in-person hours
Once your application is reviewed, we will connect to confirm timing, logistics, and next steps.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be a yoga teacher to apply?
No. This mentorship is open to both yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners. What matters most is your curiosity, willingness to reflect, and commitment to your own practice. Note that if you have not completed a 200-hour teacher training, it may affect your ability to teach in studios, obtain insurance, or offer a full yoga teaching experience; this mentorship supports learning and integration but does not substitute for formal baseline yoga certification.
Is this a certification?
This is a 50-hour yin yoga mentorship that can be used toward continuing education hours, depending on your governing body. The emphasis is on learning and integration rather than performance or assessment.
How flexible is the timing, really?
Very. While the mentorship is often completed over about 8–16 weeks, start dates, end dates, pacing, and scheduling are shaped collaboratively in this one-on-one mentorship.
What if I live with chronic pain or fluctuating capacity?
This mentorship was created with that reality in mind. Practices, expectations, and pacing are adapted to support a wide range of bodies and nervous systems.
What are the in-person requirements?
Some hours must be completed in person. These sessions are scheduled collaboratively once timing and location are confirmed. However, if in-person is just not available due to location or other circumstances, please still apply as we may be able to accommodate this factor.
What if I’m not sure this is the right fit?
You’re welcome to reach out with questions or to talk it through before applying.
