Yin Foundations Training in France
Level 1 · The entry point into Joyce’s teaching pathway
Teach the person, not the pose
A 50-hour Foundations training in Yin Yoga, Fascia Yoga and Tantric Breathwork. Six days of winter immersion at a villa in the Lot, South West France — followed by quiet study at your own pace.
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Why winter
A season built for slowing down.
This is the immersion where you finally get to slow down enough to actually learn.
In Five Element theory, winter belongs to the Water Element — the Kidneys, the Bladder, the most Yin season of the year. Nature draws inward. There’s less doing, more listening. Rather than working against that, this training uses the season itself as part of your education.
Cosy indoor practice. Nourishing meals. Quiet mornings. Long Yin holds. A restorative massage woven into your week. Walks through the French countryside when you need air. Time enough, finally, to study — and to receive.
Ten-hour training days that leave you depleted
A large group where you’re one of forty
Yoga built around how a pose should look
50 hours, paced so you can absorb what you learn
A small, intimate group with room for real questions
Yoga built around the body in front of you
What you’ll study
The foundations of Yin — held, not rushed.
Six days of in-person training (30–35 hours) followed by 15–20 hours of online study, reading and personal practice, woven in before and after your time in France. A genuine 50-hour education, without exhausting days to get there.
You’ll study functional anatomy, fascia, the nervous system and the Five Elements — and because the group stays small, you’ll have space to look at real differences between bodies. There is no universal yoga body. You’ll feel, in your own tissue and in the bodies around you, how skeletal variation and compression change what a posture actually asks of someone.
Yin Yoga
Long, quiet holds that reach the connective tissue — the practice this training is built around.
Fascia Yoga
Working with the body’s web of connective tissue, not just the muscle — how it moves, compresses and releases.
Tantric Breathwork
Breath as a doorway into the nervous system — slowing it, softening it, letting the body actually receive the practice.
Elemental Wisdom & Chinese Medicine
The Five Elements and the meridian system as a map for reading the body and sequencing with real intention.
Sequencing, teaching methodology and personal guidance are woven through the week, so what you leave with is not a script to repeat, but an understanding you can adapt to whoever is in front of you.
Your week, day by day
A gentle, unfolding rhythm
No early starts, no packed schedule. Mornings open slowly, afternoons leave room to rest or wander, and evenings are left free after dinner. The poses, breath and philosophy build gradually through the week — you don’t need to arrive knowing anything.
11:40Teaching & discussion 13:00Lunch 14:00Free time
16:30Afternoon class 19:00Dinner & a free evening
Arrive & settle
Rooms, tea and time to settle, followed by a welcome circle and a grounding Yin class — props, stillness, and simple ways to come out of a pose.
The foundations of Yin
Shapes for the hips and spine, then the principles underneath them: functional rather than aesthetic alignment, target areas, hold times and rebound. A pose laboratory in the afternoon to try variations for yourself.
Breath, attention & philosophy
Yin for the side body, shoulders and spine, woven with accessible yoga philosophy — the eight limbs as a map for practice. A gentle pranayama lab introduces breath as a tool, never forced.
Fascia & spa
An introduction to fascia and load, with gentle ball-work for feet, glutes and upper back. The afternoon opens into an optional spa excursion, followed by a quiet integration class.
Voice, mantra & teaching
Mantra and mudra as tools for attention, always optional. You’ll build a safe sequence of your own, then guide a short segment to the group and receive warm, specific feedback.
Integrate & depart
A closing meditation and a final Yin class woven from the week’s poses, followed by reflection, personal sequencing notes and a closing circle before lunch and departure.
This programme runs for the 7–12 December window; the February dates follow the same six-day rhythm.
Where you’ll arrive
A beautiful villa in the Lot
You’ll arrive at a beautiful villa tucked into the Lot, South West France — near Puy-l’Évêque, where the valley is quiet and the pace of the day softens on its own. This is your home for the week: where you sleep, eat, study and practise, without needing to go anywhere else.
Your six days
What’s held for you
- 5 nights at the villa in the Lot, near Puy-l’Évêque
- Nourishing meals, tea and refreshments throughout
- All in-person training sessions, in a small group
- A restorative massage session, included
- Your free copy of Joyce’s book, Feminine Embodiment
- Full access to the accompanying online study materials
- Your training manual
- Assessment and YACEP certification on completion
Toulouse is the recommended airport for winter travel; a shared transfer may be arranged closer to the date. Travel is not included in the price.
Wellness, woven in
Rest is part of the curriculum
Between study sessions, the week is held with small rituals of care: warm tea, sound, a moment to draw a card and simply notice where you are. A restorative massage is included, so your body has space to integrate what it’s learning — not just absorb information, but actually soften around it.
Tea rituals
Warm, nourishing pauses between sessions.
Sound & grounding
Moments of stillness held with sound.
Restorative massage
Included in your week, to let the body receive.
Nourishing meals
Shared food that supports the work you’re doing.
A gift, included
Your copy of Feminine Embodiment
Every participant receives a free copy of Joyce’s book, Feminine Embodiment — Fascia Release, Yin Yoga, Elemental Wisdom & Womb Healing. Written from her own lived experience rather than theory, it’s a companion for the inner work this training opens, one you can keep returning to long after you’ve left the Lot.
Where this leads
A pathway, if you want one
You don’t need to commit beyond this week — this training stands complete on its own. But if fascia and the body keep calling you deeper, here is where it can lead.
Yin Yoga Foundations — you are here
Accessible foundational education: Yin Yoga, functional anatomy, fascia, nervous-system awareness, the Five Elements, sequencing and teaching methodology.
Yin & Fascia Therapy Training
A deeper exploration of fascia, therapeutic application, movement and release — and working with the individual body in front of you.
Fascia Education Advanced
For teachers and practitioners ready to go considerably deeper into fascia-informed, embodied bodywork.
Choose your window
Two immersions to choose from
Pick the window that fits your season — both are held at the same villa in the Lot, with the same 50-hour training.
Your investment
Step away for six days. Come home with a foundation.
Your investment includes the full 50-hour training, the online study component, five nights accommodation, meals during the immersion, your training manual and certification on completion.
Choose 7–12 December or 1–6 February when you book — early bird spots hold your place at this price.
Winter is nature’s invitation to turn inward.
This February, let it become your classroom.
— Joyce Mol
