Upcoming Training:
Holding Space with Heart: The CARES Framework
Trainer: Nirel Salazar, RYT-500, ERYT-200, YACEP
Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Live Virtual Training (The training link will be sent to registered participants 24 hours in advance.)
CEUs available for yoga teachers, therapists, and other helping professionals.
Join Nirel for a 3-hour virtual training, Holding Space with Heart: The CARES Framework, designed for yoga teachers, therapists, educators, caregivers, community leaders, and anyone who supports others. This workshop offers a practical and compassionate approach to creating spaces that feel grounded, thoughtful, and responsive to the real needs of the people in front of you. Through guided reflection, embodied practice, discussion, and a hands-on design activity, you will learn how to build sessions that are rooted in values, attuned to emotions, supported by clear boundaries, and flexible when needs shift. Whether you lead yoga classes, support groups, workshops, classrooms, or community gatherings, this training is meant to help you hold space with more confidence, care, and sustainability. It is a warm and accessible experience for anyone who wants to support others without losing themselves in the process. Continuing education credits are available for therapists and yoga teachers.
Hi! I’m Nirel (she/her)!
I help tired people feel whole again.
As a Restorative Yoga teacher based in the San Francisco Bay Area, I guide you into deep rest so you can release stress, reconnect with yourself, and return to life feeling grounded and renewed.
My work is rooted in lived experience — moving through burnout, depression, imposter syndrome, and the kind of exhaustion that sleep alone couldn’t fix. Restorative yoga became a turning point, teaching me that true rest is layered, intentional, and transformative.
In my classes, you’ll find more than just stillness. You’ll find space: Space to breathe, to feel, to be. I blend mindfulness, intuitive movement, and embodied awareness to help you slow down and soften into yourself.
This is your invitation to reclaim rest as a source of power and healing.
Rest to feel again. Rest to grow. Rest to be at your best.
Never having had prior experience with yoga and being in my mid-70's I was glad to discover Nirel as a yoga instructor and am happy to recommend her to others.
Nirel’s sessions move seamlessly from beginning to end with detailed instructions that begin calling attention to mind and body awareness, transition through a series of poses, and ends with a sense of peace and serenity. Though guiding a group practice, her attention seems personal. Her practice is thoughtful, is expressed through physical strength, grace of movement, and is easy to follow. Her pace considers the ability levels in the session enabling novices like me to move from feeling tentative to improving balance and precision.
Nirel has a welcoming, friendly demeanor that invites questions and instills confidence. She meets students where they are and invites them to learn and progress at their own pace and comfort level. Best of all, I feel warm, strong, tall, and optimistic at the end of each session and always look forward to my next practice.
-Bill L.
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Unwind and release with a gentle Restorative Yoga practice, using supportive props to release tension and promote deep relaxation. This practice is accompanied by a soothing sound bath, where calming vibrations from crystal bowls and other instruments guide you into a meditative state of peace and balance.