Adapting Yoga for Individual Needs Training

Join Yuki Riley for a deeply thoughtful and empowering weekend of training on Adapting Yoga for Individual Needs. This immersive module explores how yoga can be skillfully adapted to meet the needs of diverse populations, regardless of age, body type, background, physical ability, emotional state, or cognitive capacity. You’ll gain essential tools to create inclusive, individualized practices that honor each student’s unique experience of yoga.

“People are more important than the poses, and it’s better to adapt a pose to a person than a person to a pose.”
– Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman

Why This Training Matters:
Yoga has tremendous potential to support holistic well-being - physically, emotionally, and mentally. By learning to modify poses and sequences with clarity and intention, you'll be able to offer more meaningful, accessible experiences for your students, whether in public classes, private sessions, or therapeutic settings.

This training is ideal for yoga teachers, healthcare providers, and dedicated practitioners interested in making yoga more inclusive and supportive for all.

What You’ll Learn:

• Principles of adaptive yoga grounded in evidence-informed practice
• How to create flexible, therapeutic sequences that support diverse needs
• The art of using props creatively and confidently to support the body
• Breathwork and mindfulness practices tailored to emotional and energetic states
• Practical techniques for working with chronic conditions, pain, anxiety, and depression
• How to apply yoga philosophy as an ethical foundation for individualized care
• Tools for assessment, motivational interviewing, and developing therapeutic protocols
• How to foster agency, empowerment, and trust through your teaching

What You’ll Do:

• Explore the physical and energetic layers of yoga through an adaptive lens
• Practice sequencing and cueing for a range of needs and conditions
• Work in small groups to problem-solve real-world teaching scenarios
• Receive supportive feedback and guidance from Yuki and your peers
• Engage in journaling and self-inquiry to reflect on your role as a compassionate guide

This 3-day training is part of Radiance Yoga's 300-hour teacher training program, however, it is open to all - you do not have to be enrolled in the program to attend. For more information on the 300-hour program please visit our website at www.radiance-yoga.net/300.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Radiance Yoga, 701 Prince Street, Alexandria, United States