50 Hour Online Yin Yoga Teacher Training

Founding Cohort | Summer 2026

A guided online training with live support, community discussion, and flexible pacing.

June 22-August 16, 2026

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Why Yin?

Most of us don't come to Yin Yoga because we're looking for another thing to master. We come to it because something in us is asking for a different pace. Through longer holds and intentional stillness, Yin invites us to slow down, pay attention, and explore the body with curiosity rather than force.

Whether you're looking to teach Yin Yoga or simply deepen your own practice, this training offers an opportunity to study the practice with depth, intention, and an open mind.

A Different Kind of Teacher Training

Yin Yoga asks different questions. Instead of asking how deep a posture can go, we ask what we can learn by staying. Instead of assuming every body should move the same way, we explore human variation, accessibility, and the realities of practicing in real bodies. Throughout this training, we'll examine Yin Yoga through the lenses of anatomy, nervous system awareness, observation, and embodied teaching.

Because the goal isn't to teach people how to fit into a pose. It's to understand the practice deeply enough to meet people where they are.

What You’ll Experience

Yin invites us to slow down and pay attention. This training is built around that same idea. Through study, practice, reflection, and discussion, we'll explore the practice from multiple angles and create space for meaningful integration along the way. Included in this training:

  • Five Curriculum Modules

  • Guided Yin Yoga Practices

  • Live Integration Labs

  • Reading and reflection assignments

  • Final Teaching Practicum

  • Community Discussion Board

  • Certificate of Completion & Optional Graduation Experience

Flexible Pacing

The Founding Cohort follows an eight-week guided schedule with weekly module releases, live practices, and integration labs. Students are encouraged to move through the training alongside the cohort, but have up to six months from the cohort start date to complete all graduation requirements and receive their certificate.

Students may attend the scheduled cohort graduation or participate in a future Soul U graduation event. Virtual and in-studio options are offered throughout the year.

Curriculum Overview

  • Slow Down. Pay Attention.

    Explore the foundational principles of Yin Yoga and begin developing the skill of observation through longer holds, stillness, and embodied awareness.

    You'll Explore:

    • Yin & Yang Theory
    • Observation Practices
    • Nervous System Awareness
    • Foundations of Yin Yoga

  • Every body experiences shapes differently.

    Learn how skeletal variation, compression, and tension influence the way students experience postures and why accessibility begins with understanding anatomy.

    You'll Explore:

    • Human Variation
    • Compression vs. Tension
    • Functional Anatomy
    • Accessibility & Props

  • Understanding sensation through experience.

    Examine the relationship between support, resistance, sensation, and awareness while developing a deeper understanding of the body's response to Yin practice.

    You'll Explore:

    • Adductors
    • Glutes
    • Sensation vs. Intensity
    • Embodied Observation

  • The body functions as an interconnected system.

    Explore the relationship between the posterior chain, hip flexors, and spinal health through the lens of Yin Yoga and functional movement.

    You'll Explore:

    • Hamstrings
    • Hip Flexors
    • The Spine
    • Functional Range of Motion

  • Bringing it all together.

    Integrate anatomy, observation, accessibility, sequencing, and embodied teaching through a comprehensive Yin experience and final practicum preparation.

    You'll Explore:

    • Sequencing
    • Observation
    • Teaching Application
    • Practicum Preparation

Meet Your Faculty

Michelle Ball

Lead Yin Faculty

Michelle Ball is a Yin Yoga and Gentle Vinyasa teacher who believes some of the most meaningful growth happens when we slow down enough to listen. Her teaching weaves together mindful movement, mobility, nervous system awareness, and the practice of presence. With a deep appreciation for the ways Yin Yoga supports both body and mind, Michelle creates spaces that invite students to explore stillness, curiosity, and self-study without pressure or perfection.

Yin Yoga has been a grounding force in her own life, offering a way to reconnect, restore, and navigate the demands of everyday living with greater awareness. She is passionate about sharing the practice in an accessible, compassionate way and helping students discover that rest, reflection, and intentional movement can be powerful teachers.

Michelle is honored to serve as Lead Faculty for Soul U's 50-Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training and looks forward to supporting students as they deepen their understanding of the practice and themselves.

 
Shanel Anderson

Founder, Soul City Yoga & Soul U Program Director

Shanel Anderson is the founder of Soul City Yoga, an inclusive yoga community serving the North Shore of Massachusetts, and the creator of Soul U, the educational arm of Soul City Yoga School.

Now in its tenth year, Soul City Yoga was built on the belief that yoga should feel accessible, welcoming, and relevant to the realities of everyday life. Throughout her work, Shanel has remained committed to reducing barriers to participation, expanding representation within yoga spaces, and creating educational experiences that honor the diversity of the communities they serve.

Through Soul U, she develops teacher trainings and continuing education programs that bridge traditional yoga teachings with modern understandings of anatomy, accessibility, and embodied practice.

As Program Director, Shanel oversees curriculum development, integration labs, practicum review, and student support throughout the training experience.

Tuition & Enrollment

*PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE

You don't need to know everything before you begin. You don't need the perfect practice, the perfect schedule, or the perfect answer. Just a willingness to slow down, stay curious, and explore.

Join us for the Founding Cohort of Soul U's 50-Hour Online Yin Yoga Teacher Training.

June 22 – August 16, 2026

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