50-Hour Online Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Certificate Course

Pre-application requirements

• Yoga mat
• Computer or smartphone with camera
• Internet connection
• Yoga blocks
• Pillow, bolster, or cushion
• Strap
• Notebook and pen
• Zoom

Certifications

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only. Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion of the 100-hour Yoga Nidra and meditation teacher training course that you can count towards your continuing education.

How the training works

The training consists of 40 contact hours of live sessions via Zoom or Google Meet, 10 non-contact hours, a digital course manual PDF, and a Yoga Nidra teacher training manual. You can finish this course within 90 days or at your own pace.

Timing of sessions (GMT+5:30)

The time will be discussed upon booking.

Course information

You understand how each individual component fits together into the bigger picture of the practice. You learn the overall philosophical structure as well as the technical nuts and bolts of this authentic yogic technique. Valuable resources for drafting your own scripts and facilitating your own sessions. The practice sessions are for beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners. You will study Yoga Nidra, both in its traditional form, as well as the modern one created by Swami Satyananda. You will learn how to deeply relax in a way that will be healing both to your body and mind.

Happy learning and continue growing on this beautiful path of yoga. Are you a yoga professional or a curious practitioner who wishes to deepen your yoga knowledge and techniques? Then a continuing education course may be something for you! You will learn selected specialized yoga topics that will allow you to expand your horizons when it comes to your personal practice or that of your students. With the knowledge you will acquire, you will gain a deeper understanding of the functioning of anatomical and energetic body layers, and develop a more complete insight into yoga.

What is Yoga Nidra?

Yoga Nidra is a practice to bring about a state of consciousness that is in between wakefulness and sleep. The practice helps not only in inducing this very useful and relaxing state but also helps in lengthening this in-between state of consciousness. This state of mind can be used for various beneficial training. Yoga Nidra is done by following verbal instructions while staying still in Savasana or sometimes in seated asanas. In this practice, the body becomes completely relaxed, and there is awareness of the subtle aspects of the body and beyond.

This state of consciousness (Yoga Nidra) is different from meditation in which concentration on a single object is practiced. In Yoga Nidra, the practitioner remains in a state of spontaneous light awareness and no focus whatsoever. Yoga Nidra is a pre-practice to Meditation. It has different objectives and works on different aspects as compared to meditation. Yoga Nidra is a practice of the senses and Meditation is a practice of the mental faculties.

Benefits of Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is an ancient relaxation technique that can help you release stress and tension from your body and mind. It is also known as yogic sleep, and it involves entering a state of deep conscious sleep that allows you to purify the deep impressions or Samskaras that drive your actions. Yoga Nidra can not only help you relax, but it can also increase focus and mental clarity, access more significant potential in life, and conjure states of mind at will.

If you are looking to improve your well-being and find some peace of mind in the midst of the hectic pace of modern life, then Yoga Nidra may be right for you. The course, Yoga Nidra: The Art of Relaxation, will guide you through the authentic traditional Yoga Nidra and help you experience the full benefits of this powerful relaxation technique.

When you enroll in this course, you will learn about

• What is Yoga Nidra?
• Yoga Nidra history
• The different styles, benefits, and stages of Yoga Nidra
• What are Sankalpa, Chidakasha, and Samskaras and how do they relate to Yoga Nidra?
• Breathwork and yoga postures for Yoga Nidra
• Yoga Nidra and meditation
• Yoga Nidra for sleep and relaxation

You will also learn step-by-step how to create your own Yoga Nidra script. By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge, skills, and resources that you need to confidently practice and teach the ancient art of Yoga Nidra. You need no prior knowledge to take this course, complete beginners are welcome.

What you will learn

• Yoga Nidra: History and origin
• Yoga Nidra and the brain
• How to practice and teach Yoga Nidra
• Different types of Yoga Nidra scripts
• Difference between Yoga Nidra and hypnosis
• Understand the eight stages of Yoga Nidra
• Learn about the history and intention of Yoga Nidra
• Meaning, purpose, and benefits of Yoga Nidra
• Step-by-step guide on how to teach Yoga Nidra
• Develop your self-practice
• Complete physical, mental, and emotional stress release
• Personality development
• Develop your teaching skills for Yoga Nidra
• How to identify and release tension held in your body and mind
• Techniques for clearing unwanted subconscious patterns
• Strategies for creating new patterns of behavior by accessing deep states of awareness
• Create new patterns of behavior by accessing deep states of awareness
• Increase the depth of your sleep and relaxation
• Activate the body’s innate healing capacities

To whom is this course for?

• Yoga teachers and meditation practitioners who would like to expand their skills and knowledge

Syllabus

1. Module 1

Introduction

Beginners practice

• Session 1: Quick breath awareness
• Session 2: Quick guided Yoga Nidra

Intermediate practices

• Session 1: Body and breath awareness
• Session 2: Navel awareness

Advanced practices

• Session 1: Antar Mouna
• Session 2: Nadi Shodhana during Yoga Nidra
• Session 3: Long-guided Yoga Nidra
• Session 4: Introductory visualization

2. Module 2

Foundations of Yoga Nidra

History of Yoga Nidra

What is Yoga Nidra?

Benefits of Yoga Nidra

• Stage 1: Preparation or internalization
• Stage 2: Sankalpa
• Stage 3: Rotation of consciousness
• Stage 4: Breath awareness
• Stage 5: Feeling of opposites
• Stage 6: Visualization
• Stage 7: Sankalpa
• Stage 8: Externalization

Relation between Ashtanga and Yoga Nidra (Pratyahara)

Brain waves and Yoga Nidra

3. Module 3

• Step 1: Preparation
• Step 2: Returning to the alpha state of mind
• Step 3: Positive affirmation
• Step 4: Rotation consciousness (right)
• Step 5: Rotation consciousness (left)
• Step 6: Rotation consciousness (back body)
• Step 7: Rotation consciousness (head to groin)
• Step 8: Head and front body scanning
• Step 9: Back body and spine scanning
• Step 10: Positive affirmation
• Step 11: Simple visualizations
• Step 12: Belly breathing
• Step 13: Finishing touches

4. Module 4

• The art of relaxation
• Yoga Nidra: History and origin
• Yoga Nidra in Tantra
• The science and anatomy of Yoga Nidra
• Yoga Nidra and the brain
• Four brain states: Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta
• Sleeps, dreams, and Yoga Nidra
• Neurological and physiological benefits of Yoga Nidra
• Health benefits of Yoga Nidra
• Four states of consciousness
• Yoga Nidra and visualization
• Different levels of Yoga Nidra
• Layers of existence
• Therapeutic applications
• Yoga Nidra as meditation
• How to practice and teach Yoga Nidra
• Yoga Nidra for children
• Relation between Yoga Nidra and Ashtanga yoga
• Yoga Nidra and hypnosis
• Chakras, senses, and Yoga Nidra

5. Module 5

How to practice and teach Yoga Nidra

• General guidelines
• When and how to start teaching?
• Postures for Yoga Nidra
• Leading through your voice
• Importance of voice for teachers and students
• How often should you practice Yoga Nidra?
• How to choose Sankalpa?
• The history of yoga Nidra
• The autonomic nervous system
• Muscular relaxation
• Relaxation in yoga
• Deep relaxation technique
• Progressive relaxation

Recommended texts

• Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Niranjananda Saraswati
• Yoga Nidra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, India