50 Hour Yin Yoga YTT

You’ve been asking, and we are happy to say it is coming!

Two Retreat-Style Modules: Nov. 21 ~ 23 & Dec. 12 ~ 14, 2025

Our comprehensive 50-Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training begins in the Spring of 2025 with a two-module format, each module purposefully curated to offer the nuts and bolts of the practice, underlying philosophy, physical and subtle body anatomy, myofascial release practices and the latest news of how fascia works (how fasc-yin-ating!), as well as the key asanas and the how to’s of intelligent sequencing.

This training features three of our veteran teachers:

Katie O’Connell, ERYT 500, Dragonfly Yoga Barn & Dragonfly Yoga & Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training, RYS 200 & 300

Lindsay Mayock, PT, DPT, CYT 200, Reverence Health

Lisa Buerk, RYT 200, Heart of Peace Yoga

You can read about our faculty using the menu attached to this tab.

Module 1: Nov. 21 ~ 23 & Module 2: Dec. 12 ~ 14, 2025

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This YIN YTT is offered in a unique retreat-style format that allows you to come to Dragonfly Yoga Barn over two retreat weekends, one in May and one in July, to stay with us here onsite, eat nourishing vegetarian meals made from scratch by Chef Declan, and to practice and learn a style of Yoga that is beautifully steeped in Nature and the elements–all right here on the edge of the forest and overlooking the mountains right from the studio. When you register, you are registering for both weekends and the full 50 Hour YTT.

Yin is a practice that takes us on a journey of our inner landscapes. It is here that we begin to understand the world through stillness and softening. An antidote to all that pulls our attention outward, draining the human batteries, Yin helps us to turn inwards, tune in, and listen. Distractions decrease, and in the space of each pose, we come to understand ourselves with more compassion. This allows us to better understand and participate in the world around us. It expands our ability to be compassionate, forgiving, kind, and accepting. 

Because Yin is slow, yielding, deliberate, and patient,  we come to understand the opportunity we have to pause rather than react. We become less judgmental about ourselves, more and more and more curious about our physical bodies, and over time, we cultivate a new way of seeing ourselves and others with this new “Yinsight.”


While this training is designed to allow current 200 hour + yoga teachers to add Yin yoga to their repertoires, there is no pre-requisite for this course. If you are not yet a yoga teacher, this training will not certify you as one or certify you to teach Yin; you will still need to take a 200-hour training if you’d like to teach.

In this 50 Hour Training, you will learn and experience:

  • What is Yin Yoga, and the purpose of Yin as a counterbalance to our Yang lifestyle
  • Overview of Benefits of Yin
  • Roots of Yin Yoga & Lineage
  • The Principles of Yin ~ How to lead and experience an effective practice
  • Anatomy & Physiology of Yin, includingYin tissues and how Yin Yoga helps keep connective tissues hydrated, flexible, and resilient
  • Review of Prana, Vayus, Nadis, Chakras
  • 5 Elements in TCM vs. Ayurveda
  • Overview of major Meridian lines, organ pairs, & how Yin helps to move Qi energy
  • Learn the Yin asanas, with focus on variations, contraindications, and use of props
  • Mindful Breathwork ~ Mindful Human: How mindfulness helps us cultivate insight and compassion for self and others
  • Intelligent Sequencing & Theming of Yin Classes
  • Effective Cueing
  • Myofascial Release (& experience an MFR Yoga Class)
  • How Yin is different from other kinds of Yoga (Yin is not Restorative. Yin is not Yoga Nidra. Yin is its very own thing.)
  • 3 Faculty-led asana classes per weekend
  • At the end of each weekend, leave with the experience of Yin as a integrated practice that helps us physically, emotionally, and spiritually, both on and off the mat.

Our Training Schedule:

  • Fridays begin at 1 pm with arrival and check in. Program begins at 1:30 pm.
  • Dinner each night is from 5-6 pm in the farmhouse. YUM!
  • After dinner we return to the studio for practice and review.
  • Saturdays & Sundays begin with light early snack from 6:30-7:30, followed by practice from 8-10 am. Brunch at 10. Clinics in theory, anatomy, asana, myofascial release, practice teaching, etc. from 11-2. Short break for snacks and fresh air! Afternoon class on Sat. runs until dinner at 5. Class resumes 6-8 pm on Sat. Sunday’s program times are identical to Saturday, but concludes at 4 pm.

What happens in between the weekend modules? Students will be asked to practice Yin weekly with faculty members between training weekends, create their own Yin sequences both during and between weekends, and meet on Zoom for a group class between the two modules.

Full Tuition for this program, including 50 Hours of training with three expert faculty, 4-nights of lodging in our beautiful barn dorms and loft, plus all chef-made meals (2 buffet dinners, 2 early breakfast snacks, 2 buffet brunches, and Sunday soup and bread lunch) is offered for only $1980!

Payments: A $660 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your spot in this training. You can pay in full at the time of registration, or choose to pay the deposit and then remit the balance. Tuition is due in full before program begins, and payment plans are available. There are no refunds once this program begins or for any unused portion of the training or retreat, as there are limited spots available. Thank you for understanding and agreeing to this policy when you register.

As this training is retreat-style, we suggest you purchase trip insurance to cover the full cost of your investment in the event you need to cancel. Check out Allianz, where you can purchase insurance for less than $50 per training weekend: Allianz Trip Insurance

Lindsay, Lisa, and I are so looking forward to sharing this very special Yin training with you! If you have any questions, please reach out to Katie (that’s me!): dragonflyoga@gmail.com