200 hr Yin Fusion Teacher Training
200 hr Yin Fusion Yoga Teacher Training Galway
September 2026 - july 2027
Where Stillness Meets Flow: A Holistic Path to Teaching Yoga
Welcome to our 200-Hour Yin Fusion Yoga Teacher Training, held at the new Green Lotus Yoga Centre in Oranmore, Co. Galway.
This training is a comprehensive program that integrates the healing modalities of Yin and Restorative Yoga with the dynamic principles of Slow Flow. This training is designed to provide a solid foundation in asana practice while incorporating Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Pranayama, Energy Medicine, and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga to offer a holistic approach to yoga teaching and personal practice.
The training combines 100 hours of Yin and Restorative with 40 hours of Slow Flow to serve as the asana foundation of the training. This foundation will then be used to build other modules, such as Breath Coach, Yoga and Women’s Health (or Soma Yoga Therapy for men), Energy Medicine, and iHeal, Trauma Sensitive Yoga.
The training opens with two weekends dedicated to Slow Flow — a gentle, holistic style of vinyasa inspired by Viniyoga. This accessible, breath-led practice integrates beautifully with Yin and Restorative Yoga, and forms the asana foundation for the Ayurveda & Women’s Health, Breath Coach, Energy Medicine, and Heal modules within the training.
Slow Flow Foundations offers teachers the opportunity to build confidence in teaching mindful, breath-centered flow. Rooted in the principles of Vinyasa Krama — a systematic, intelligent approach to yoga that emphasises progressive sequencing — this style guides practitioners from simple to more complex postures in a deliberate, step-by-step way, always anchored by the breath.
The word “Vinyasa” means mindful placement, and “Krama” means step or sequence. Together, they describe a practice that is both adaptable and therapeutic, honouring the individual needs of each student while cultivating strength, mobility, and inner awareness.
This section of the training offers a beautiful winter wind-down and equips you with everything you need to confidently teach both Yin and Restorative Yoga. It’s an opportunity to slow down, reconnect, and immerse yourself in the art of conscious rest, deep release, and inner stillness.
Through the practice of Yin Yoga, you’ll explore long-held, floor-based postures that gently target the body’s deeper connective tissues — improving mobility, releasing tension, and supporting energetic balance.
In Restorative Yoga, you’ll learn to skillfully guide your students into a state of profound relaxation and nervous system regulation. Using supportive props and mindful sequencing, you’ll discover how to create nurturing spaces that invite deep physical, emotional, and mental restoration.
In this module, you’ll unlock the transformative power of breath to support physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Blending modern science with ancient yogic wisdom, this training offers an in-depth exploration of breath as a therapeutic tool for healing, stress management, and nervous system regulation.
You’ll learn how to consciously regulate your own nervous system and reset habitual breathing patterns using accessible, evidence-based techniques. The module also covers how to observe and assess the breath in others, gathering valuable insights into their physical, mental, and emotional states, and how to develop personalised breath practices to support their specific needs.
This module weaves together the science of breath, polyvagal theory, and the art of pranayama, offering both theoretical understanding and hands-on application. Whether you’re deepening your personal practice or preparing to guide others, you’ll gain practical skills for working with the breath to address stress, anxiety, trauma, and to build emotional resilience.
This foundational training also complements and builds on the practices explored in the Yin and Restorative Yoga modules, offering additional tools for nervous system care and self-regulation.
This module offers a deep dive into the world of subtle body energetics and their connection to physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, through the lens of Slow Flow Vinyasa Krama Therapy. Rooted in the traditional teachings of Sri T. Krishnamacharya, this practice explores the art of mindful movement, breath, and alignment with a therapeutic, person-centred focus.
You’ll learn to work with Vinyasa Krama, a systematic and intelligent approach to sequencing where each step is deliberately placed to support a safe and effective practice. The module explores this method in relation to subtle energy systems — including the vayus (vital energy currents), doshas (constitutional types), gunas (mental qualities), and chakras (psycho-energetic centres).
We’ll explore how to apply this knowledge in practical ways, offering therapeutic sequencing and adaptations for a variety of health conditions such as autoimmune issues, cancer, heart disease, and other systemic imbalances. By integrating movement, breath, and energetics, you’ll gain the skills to create practices that support holistic healing, emotional resilience, and energetic balance.
This module complements the Slow Flow Foundations, Yin, and Restorative trainings within the 200-hour course, expanding your understanding of yoga as a therapeutic, energetically-informed practice.
This module offers a comprehensive introduction to supporting students navigating trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. You’ll explore the effects of trauma on the body, mind, and nervous system, and learn how to safely hold space for healing through integrative, embodied practices.
Combining somatic awareness, breathwork, gentle movement, and mindfulness techniques, this training equips you with practical tools to help students reconnect with a sense of safety, agency, and emotional resilience. Whether for group classes or one-to-one sessions, you’ll gain skills to guide others toward balance and empowerment through compassionate, trauma-aware teaching.
You will also receive 5-10 hours (as needed) of dedicated business and teaching mentorship via Zoom.** These live sessions are designed to support you throughout your training journey and as you step into teaching professionally.
Mentorship topics will include space to discuss any personal or teaching-related issues that emerge during the training, as well as guidance in preparing for your final teaching assessment.
On the business side, we’ll cover essential topics such as branding, pricing your offerings, teaching options (studio, private, online, workshops, and retreats), building and sustaining a student base, and navigating social media. You’ll also gain practical advice on the day-to-day realities of working as a modern yoga professional — from managing finances and legalities to creating a work-life balance that supports your wellbeing.
This mentorship element ensures you feel supported, resourced, and confident both on and off the mat.
Studio Training & Attendance Requirements
This training will take place in Galway Ireland and is delivered fully in-studio. In accordance with Yoga Alliance standards, students may miss up to 20 contact hours and still be eligible to graduate, provided those hours are made up through approved assignments or one-to-one sessions.
Meet Your Teachers
Carol Murphy
Leader Trainer and Course Creator
Carol Murphy is the founder and lead trainer of Green Lotus Yoga, with over 28 years of experience exploring and teaching the many facets of yoga. Since 2006, she has been training yoga teachers in Ireland and internationally, and in 2018, she created the Green Lotus Yoga 300-hour Yoga Therapy Foundation Training, which she continues to offer annually.
Carol’s diverse training background includes Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vini yoga and an 800-hour IAYT Yoga Therapy Certification with Soul of Yoga, where she studied extensively with world-leading yoga therapists such as Leslie Kaminoff, Richard Miller, Nischala Joy Devi, Indu Arora, Amy Weintraub, Brian Dorfman, Dr. Stephanie Sutherland, Durga Leela, and Dr. Sangeeta Sahi. She is also a neuromuscular therapist, FRC® Mobility Specialist, and has pursued additional studies in TCM, Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Somatic Experiencing, Tantra, and Yin Yoga.
Carol has studied with many world leading Yoga Therapists such as:
- Leslie Kaminoff (Yoga Anatomy)
- Richard Miller (iRest for PTSD)
- Nischala Joy Devi (Sutras & Energetics)
- Indu Arora (Ayurveda & Ancient Wisdom)
- Amy Weintraub (Yoga for Trauma & Depression)
- Brian Dorfman (Kinesiology & Biomechanics)
- Dr. Stephanie Sutherland (Neuroscience & Viniyoga)
- Durga Leela (Yoga for Addiction Recovery)
- Becky Michalski (Yoga for Heart Disease & Cancer)
- Dr. Sangeeta Sahi (Yoga for Autoimmune Disorders)
In addition to her yoga therapy credentials, Carol is a trained neuromuscular therapist, certified FRC® Mobility Specialist, and has pursued studies in TCM & Women’s Health with Yoga Medicine, Ayurveda in India, Tantra in the U.K., and Yin Yoga with Josh Summers.
Carol offers One-To-One Yoga Therapy Sessions online and in the Green Lotus Centre in Oranmore, Galway from November. She is passionate about supporting students and clients on their healing journeys — while empowering them to do the same for others.
Grace Burton
Assistant Trainer
Pre-requisites
To attend this course, students should display a genuine passion and commitment to learn yoga and develop their practice. Additionally, students should fulfill at least one of the following:
- Two years of instruction under a yoga teacher or teachers.
- Be willing to discuss your practice history with us on the phone or Zoom.
Accreditations
Registered Yoga Alliance 200 hr and 300 hr Yoga School
Application
To apply, please fill out the Online Application Form below. If you have questions, please reach out to me via email.
2026
- September 5th-6th – Slow Flow Foundations (weekend 1)
- October 3rd-4th – Slow Flow Foundations – (weekend 2)
- November 28th-29th – Yin and Restorative – (weekend 1)
- December 12th-13th – Yin and Restorative – (weekend 2)
2027
- January 16th-17th – Yin and Restorative – (weekend 3)
- February 13th-14th- Yin and Restorative – (weekend 4)
- March 13th-14th – Breath Coach
- April 10th-11th- Energy Medicine
- May 8th-9th- Asana Recap – Slow Flow and Yin Teaching Methodology.
- June 12th-13th – iHeal – trauma sensitive training
- July 10th-11th – Final Teaching Assessments and wrapping it up.
Optional Alternative for Women’s Health
Men who want to the Yin Fusion Training but not attend the Women’s Health module can choose another weekend CPD training from the website. Please contact Carol to discuss.
The new Green Lotus Yoga Centre opens in Oranmore town in November. We will be starting the training in Pym studio in Loughrea in September and moving to the new studio in November.
Dining
- There are many great cafes and restaurants in the area for lunch.
Accommodation
- There are lots of air bnb and bnb options in and around Oranmore. Often, after the first weekend, students decide to share to cut sown on expenses.
- General reading of manuals from month to month and integrating the work into your practice.
- Guided Preparation for the final Teaching Assessment
- Breath Coach written class
- Energy Medicine – Online multiple choice quiz
- Yin Fusion Final Teaching Assessment: You will write out a 75 mins Yin Fusion class plan, using a specific template and then you will teach parts of the class live in the studio for your assessment.
- Free Training Manuals in PDF will be provided.
- Yinsights – Bernie Clarke
- The Language of Yin : Yin Themes, Sequences and Inspiration to bring to your classes – Gabrielle Harris
- One-Time-Payment-€2000
- Stagged Monthly Payment option – €2200 – €400 deposit plus €180 per weekend for 10 months and no payment on the last weekend.
- Form and Function Yin manual
- All tuition and assessments
- Continued support and mid-month online mentorship throughout your training.
- Lifetime access to the Green Lotus Yoga Platfrom.
Next Steps
1. Register your Interest to stay updated on this training and receive helpful insights as you consider joining.
2. Book a Call – If you’d like to discuss your goals or have any questions, you’re warmly invited to schedule a call with Carol.
3. Application form – Complete the short application form so we can learn more about your background and ensure the programme is the right fit.
4. Secure Your Place – After your application is approved, confirm your enrolment by paying the €400 deposit. You can then choose between one-time or staggered payment options.