CONTINUING EDUCATION
& Certifications
At Zen Riot, we offer Yoga Alliance approved Continuing Education for yoga teachers and wellness professionals seeking to deepen their skills and presence. Our trainings span multiple Yoga Alliance categories, with a special focus on somatic practices, nervous system awareness, and trauma-responsible teaching.
Each program invites you to move beyond technique and into embodiment, learning to teach, guide, and hold space from a place of integration, authenticity, and nervous system fluency. Whether you’re a yoga teacher, therapist, or healer, our continuing education courses support your evolution as both practitioner and space holder.
Breath Medicine Facilitator Training: The Healing Magic of Breathwork
Learn to guide breath in a way that nurtures rather than overwhelms the nervous system. This Yoga Alliance–approved continuing education training blends somatic principles, trauma-responsible facilitation, and integrative nervous system science. You’ll gain tools to support individuals and small groups through grounded breath practices, body awareness, and emotional integration—without pushing the system into fight, flight, or freeze. Perfect for yoga teachers, therapists, and space holders ready to offer breathwork that truly supports regulation and resilience.
Training Schedule
IN PERSON WEEKEND:
12/12 - 10am - 6pm 12/13 - 10am - 6pm
From Home Group Zoom 6:00-8:00pm:
12/23 12/30 1/06
Practicum Weekend: 1/10 & 1/11
Somatic Restorative Yoga Training
for Yoga Instructors
Discover the art of deep rest and embodied healing. This continuing education training weaves together the roots of restorative yoga, somatic movement, and nervous system science to help you guide students into profound states of regulation and repair. Explore the relaxation response, polyvagal theory, and the therapeutic power of presence as you learn to create classes and one-on-one sessions that honor each body’s unique pace of healing. Ideal for yoga teachers, healers, and wellness professionals seeking a more embodied, heart-centered approach to teaching.
Training Schedule
IN PERSON WEEKENDS:
1/16 - 6:00-8:00pm
1/17 - 10:00am - 6:00pm
1/18 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
1/30 - 6:00-8:00pm
1/31 - 10:00am - 6:00pm
2/1 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Usui/Holy Fire® III Reiki I & II
Training & Attunement
January 24th & 25th
9:00am-6:00pm
Usui/Holy Fire® III Reiki is both powerful and gentle and provides purification, healing, empowerment, and guidance. Reiki I & II is taught together over two days - 9:00 am - 6 pm each day. On completion of the class, you will be a Level II practitioner, and you will be able to give Reiki treatments to yourself and others. This beginning training is one of the most thorough and comprehensive available. It includes both Reiki I & II and is a combination of the Western style as introduced by Mrs. Takata and the Japanese style and the Holy Fire Energies. The following subjects are taught: • The origin and history of Reiki • The nature of Reiki energy, why people get sick and how Reiki heals • The Reiki Ideals • The Human Energy System • The complete hand placement system • Gassho meditation • Byosen Scanning: Using the sensitivity in the hands to locate areas needing healing, (usually in the aura) and to treat them • Reiji-Ho: Using inner guidance to know how and where to treat • Kenyoku: Dry bathing, a method to purify your energy field • Gyoshi-ho: Sending Reiki with the eyes • Sending Reiki at a distance • Reiki II symbols: How to draw, activate and use them. Practice time is given so students know from experience how the energy of each symbols feels and the results each symbol produces. • Placements/Attunements for Reiki I& II are given. The class is a combination of lecture, discussion, demonstration, and practice time. A 192-page class manual and a certificate are included. Both Reiki I and II are included in this training.
