7 Day Rejuvenating, Specialised Meditation, Yoga Nidra Retreat and Training in Olympus, Greece
Yoga Nidra Course in Greece
Welcome to this Yoga Nidra and meditation retreat and workshop, where you are invited to explore the profound science and ancient practice of deep relaxation and healing. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or an aspiring instructor, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to learn, experience, and deepen your understanding of Yoga Nidra - the renowned yogic practice that promotes deep rest, restores balance, and also facilitates personal and spiritual growth.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Certification opportunity available
- Develop awareness and relaxation
- Experience multiple Yoga Nidra and meditation sessions daily
- A blend of practical instruction, guided sessions, scientific insights, and self-reflection
- Expert guidance, with extensive knowledge spanning over 35 years
- Time for one-on-one coaching to address your specific needs and goals
- 6 nights accommodation
- 3 daily meals, beverages, and unlimited fruit or snacks
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
6 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 6
Accommodation
The venue, a traditional yet modernized Greek building in a small and quiet village, offers stunning walks all around. All the water you'll drink and bathe in will come from natural springs. The venue sits amid lush forests, overlooking mountains that lead into the sea, where you have your daily yoga practice, studies, and time to rest in the beautiful nature.
Program
Yoga Nidra retreat: Relaxation, healing, and cultivating awareness
- Discover the art of deep relaxation: Unlock the secrets of yoga Nidra to restore balance, calm the mind, and heal from within.
- Developing awareness: The greatest gift in life is to become aware, to live in the present moment. This retreat will guide you to living a life of awareness.
- Learn to teach with confidence: You can also gain practical skills to guide others on their journey of relaxation and healing.
A deep study into the science of yoga Nidra
This retreat will blend the science, philosophy, and practical applications of yoga Nidra with the healing, restorative benefits that it offers to both body and mind. Healing comes when you can purify the subconscious mind, and when you learn to live in the present moment, rather than the past and future. A true practice of yoga Nidra develops the capacity for living life in awareness.
What is yoga Nidra?
Yoga Nidra, often referred to as “yogic sleep,” is a state of conscious relaxation wherein the body rests deeply, while the mind remains awake and aware. In this state, practitioners experience profound peace and rejuvenation, accessing layers of the subconscious mind for healing, transformation, and personal growth.
On the other side, yoga Nidra is a complete path that can actually lead behind the stages of consciousness directly to Turiya, a form of samadhi, which is the rediscovery of one's natural state of pure consciousness.
Yoga Nidra is not just about relaxation; it’s a powerful tool for reducing stress, improving sleep, enhancing self-awareness, and fostering emotional balance. In its therapeutic form, it is used to promote healing from trauma, anxiety, and burnout, making it an essential practice for modern life.
What you will learn in this workshop
This retreat and workshop offers a relaxing and comprehensive journey to deepen your knowledge, refine your skills, and, for those who wish so, it can also provide you with the tools to share this profound practice with others.
The science of yoga Nidra
Understanding the mechanisms behind yoga Nidra can enhance the depth of your practice. In this retreat and workshop, you will explore the scientific aspects of the practice, including:
- Neurological benefits: How yoga Nidra activates the parasympathetic nervous system, inducing a “rest and digest” state that reduces cortisol and promotes healing
- Brainwave states: The role of alpha, theta, and delta brainwaves in the deeper stages of relaxation and how these states contribute to stress reduction, memory consolidation, and emotional healing
- Mind-body connection: The physical and psychological benefits of deep relaxation and its impact on emotional well-being, mental clarity, and overall health
- Neuroscience of trauma: How yoga Nidra can help regulate the nervous system and facilitate trauma release by reprogramming subconscious patterns
The structure of a yoga Nidra session
Learn how to guide and experience a yoga Nidra session, which typically consists of the following key components:
- Preparation and intention setting (sankalpa): This involves creating a personal affirmation or intention that will serve as a guiding force throughout the session
- Body scan: A methodical relaxation of each part of the body, helping to bring awareness and release tension
- Breath awareness and pranayama: Techniques that deepen relaxation and focus the mind, and also use the breath, enhancing the healing process
- Visualization and Sankalpa integration: Using imagery and well-guided visualizations to explore the subconscious and manifest positive changes
- Integration and grounding: Bringing the experience of deep relaxation into conscious awareness to ensure its lasting effects
Practical applications and techniques
Explore practical tools that can be incorporated into your daily life and yoga teaching:
- Stress management: How yoga Nidra can reduce stress and anxiety, supporting mental health and emotional well-being
- Trauma healing: Techniques for using yoga Nidra to release trauma, with special focus on safety and sensitivity
- Enhancing sleep quality: Learn how to use yoga Nidra as a tool to improve the quality of your sleep and overcome insomnia
- Guided sessions: How to lead your own sessions and offer yoga Nidra as a healing modality to others, whether in a one-on-one or group setting
Teaching yoga Nidra
For those looking to teach yoga Nidra, this workshop will cover essential skills, including:
- How to teach the authentic, traditional, and therefore scientific method of yoga Nidra: There are many diluted practices of yoga Nidra available; Satya Loka will ensure that you will learn the complete eight stages of the practice to receive the most profound results
- Creating a safe and supportive environment: Establishing a space conducive to relaxation and healing, including voice modulation and tone
- Adapting yoga Nidra for different people: Learn how to modify the practice for various needs, including children, seniors, and those with physical or mental health challenges
- Structuring your classes: How to design and structure a yoga Nidra class, ensuring that it’s accessible, effective, and transformative for all participants
- Ethical considerations and boundaries: Understanding the importance of holding space for students in a mindful, ethical, and compassionate way
Why attend this workshop?
For practitioners
If you’re looking to deepen your practice, relieve stress, and experience the healing benefits of yoga Nidra firsthand, this workshop is for you. Whether you’re seeking emotional balance, better sleep, or a deeper connection to your inner self, yoga Nidra offers transformative tools.
For aspiring teachers
For those who are looking to share this practice with others, this workshop provides a comprehensive foundation to confidently teach yoga Nidra. Gain the practical skills, scientific knowledge, and understanding of its therapeutic potential to share this powerful practice with others.
For healing and relaxation
The workshop will serve as both a retreat and a learning experience. It’ll be an opportunity to nourish your body and mind, rejuvenate your spirit, and gain valuable tools to promote healing and relaxation in your own life and in the lives of others.
Increasing awareness
The ultimate reason for all of the spiritual practice, and the deeper reason for human existence, is to increase awareness. Awareness is the light of consciousness. It is the ability to live life in the present moment, by not identifying who you are based on the thought patterns of the psychological past and future. It is to recognize through direct perception your true nature of stillness, calmness, and pure consciousness.
Who can attend?
Anyone can attend this in-person retreat in Olympus! This workshop is open to yoga practitioners of all levels, from beginners to advanced, as well as yoga teachers looking to integrate yoga Nidra into their classes or therapeutic practices.
It is also ideal for individuals seeking relaxation, stress relief, and emotional healing, or anyone interested in learning how to guide yoga Nidra sessions and incorporate this transformative practice into their personal or professional life.
Highlights
- Deep immersion in relaxation: Experience multiple yoga Nidra sessions designed to help you release stress, restore energy, and recalibrate your mind and body.
- Holistic approach: A blend of practical instruction, guided sessions, scientific insights, and self-reflection to deepen your understanding of the practice
- Expert guidance: Led by Yorgos Aryavrat, an experienced yoga Nidra instructor with extensive knowledge {spanning over 35 years} of both the practice and its therapeutic applications
- Personalized consultation: Time for one-on-one coaching to address your specific needs and goals, whether for personal growth or teaching aspirations
- Certification opportunity: For those looking to teach yoga Nidra, a Satya Loka school certificate will be available to support your professional development.
Daily schedule
- 08:00: Yoga and pranayama
- 09:00: Breakfast
- 10:30: Meditation theory and meditation practice
- 12:45 - 13:30: Yoga Nidra practice
- 13:30: Lunch
- 15:45 - 16:30: Yoga Nidra practice
- 16:30: Tea break
- 17:00 - 18:00: Yoga Nidra theory
- 18:00 - 19:30: Dinner
- 19:45 - 20:30: Yoga Nidra practice
Instructors
Radasi Aryavrat
Radasi, the school’s founder, personally facilitates each training with a commitment to truth. She has undertaken over 5,000 hours in training, with more than 15 years of experience as a teacher in Hatha, Tantra, and Kundalini yoga. Radasi’s deepest passion, which arises from a personal practice that spans 25 years, is to live a life immersed in yoga, traditional Tantra, meditation, dance, devotion, and ritual. After completing 10 years of study to become a yoga teacher, she now successfully guides others to the path of teaching and yoga, which provides her with immeasurable joy.
Yorgos Aryavrat
From the early age of seventeen, Yorgos began meditating, pursuing spiritual efforts and deepening his studies in Orthodox mysticism and Gnostic Christianity. On the path of awareness he has always been interested in direct experiencing and understanding the inner life than perusing through intellect and reading. These early years in spirituality initiated Yorgos into practices that involved kriyas, Yoga Nidra and yogic methods similar to those of Raja yoga, where he devoted much of his leisure time to meditation.
Retreat location
The retreat will take place in the region of Mount Olympus, Greece, held in a beautiful venue 800 meters above sea level, with breathtaking views of sunrises over the Aegean Sea and pristine landscapes. The venue, a traditional yet modernized Greek building in a small and quiet village, offers stunning walks all around.
Olympus’s massif is home to unique flora and fauna, with over 17,000 plant species representing roughly a third of Greece’s flora. All the water you'll drink and bathe in will come from natural springs. The venue sits amid lush forests, overlooking mountains that lead into the sea, where the group will have their daily yoga practice, studies, and time to rest in the beautiful nature.
Food
Three daily meals and beverages, as well as unlimited fruit or snacks, are included in the price. Your body will be nurtured with wholesome plant-based Greek meals that lighten and nourish the body while you immerse yourself in a beautiful and traditional Greek guesthouse that is in the heart of the Olympus forests, full of clean air, mountain spring water, and beautiful sunrises over the Aegean Sea.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Exclusive Gifts
Satya Loka has prepared a few special surprises for you, including unique experiences and thoughtful extras to make your journey even more memorable.
Visit a unique old church that has the old paintings still visible
What's included
- 6-day yoga Nidra workshop
- Guidance from an experienced teacher
- Printed and digital Yoga Nidra Practice and Guidelines booklet
- Support with travel planning
- 6 nights accommodation
- 3 daily meals and beverages, and unlimited fruit or snacks
Included Exclusive Gifts
Visit a unique old church that has the old paintings still visible
There are only two churches in Greece to Satya Loka's knowledge that still show these unique icons and imagery. Being locals, they are lucky to have the keys to be able to share this with you.
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer not provided
Thessaloniki Airport "Macedonia"
61 km away from your destination
Arrival by plane
The closest airport to the venue is Thessaloniki Airport "Macedonia" (SKG), and the closest village to the venue is Leptokarya, which is easily approachable by train or bus from Thessaloniki and Athens. The distance from Thessaloniki is one hour, and from Athens, it is four hours, depending on the wait time. Once at Leptokarya, the venue is just a 30-minute taxi journey up the beautiful mountain pass.
Arrival by train
The trains are excellent. From Thessaloniki, they are direct, and if traveling from Athens, you will change trains at Larisa train station.
Arrival by bus
The buses are reliable, cheap, and comfortable, and are direct from Athens. From Thessaloniki, you will change at the Katerini bus station.
Arrival by taxi
For those who prefer to, you can also easily book a taxi directly to the venue from Thessaloniki airport for 130 EUR.
A WhatsApp group will also be created, where you can coordinate your travel plans with other participants, and Satya Loka will always be happy to provide guidance and support to make sure that your journey will be safe and smooth.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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