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Yoga Nidra
Conscious Relaxation: Theory & Practice ​


Yoga Nidra is a nine-step technique of working with the body, breath and mind to bring about a relaxed state of awareness. The practice is based on a centuries old technique that was modernized in 1941 by Satyananda Saraswati from the Bihar School of Yoga in India. The practice works by gradually turning your attention from external distractions like noise, to awareness of your internal landscape where you give yourself instructions for desired changes that you want to incorporate into your life. Yoga Nidra can help you:

  • Learn how to relax
  • Develop your tool of self- awareness
  • Change deep seated habits and wrong knowledge (avidya)
  • Experience positive changes in your sleep patterns
  • Develop a positive and balanced outlook on life
  • Enhance your creativity
  • Manage your stress levels

This program will provide a basic understanding of the history, theory and benefits of Yoga Nidra, a structured step-by-step technique for conscious relaxation, as well as its application to therapeutic yoga, yoga therapy and stress management. ​

Half Day Workshop / Course
Participants will experience one short Yoga Nidra. At the end of the workshop you will understand how Yoga Nidra can be used in stress management programs.
9:00 AM: Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks & Sharing  

​9:15 AM: Background and Context


​9:45 AM: Methodology
  • The Basic Structure of a Yoga Nidra
  • Benefits, Contraindications and Modifications
10:50 – 11:00 AM: Break
  
11:00 AM: Breakout Groups: Skills/for Teaching/Practicing Yoga Nidra


​11:30 AM: Interactive Practice

​12:00 Noon: Concluding Remarks​

Full Day Workshop / Course
Participants will experience one short and one full Yoga Nidra. At the end of the workshop you will be able to design and sequence a basic Yoga Nidra practice for yourself and for your clients and students.
9:00 AM: Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks & Sharing
​  
9:30 AM: Methodology, Background and Context


​10:15 AM: Methodology
  • The Basic Structure of a Yoga Nidra
  • Benefits, Contraindications and Modifications
11:00 – 11:15 AM: BREAK
 
11:15 AM: Breakout Groups: Skills/for Teaching/Practicing Yoga Nidra


​11:45 AM: Interactive Practice

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12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch
 
1:00 PM: Breakout Groups
​ 1:55 PM: Yoga Stretch Break
 
2:00 PM Group Presentations
 

​3:00 – 3:10 PM: Break
 
3:10 – 4:00 PM: 
Interactive Practice 

​4:00 PM Concluding Remarks​

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  • Home
  • About
  • What's New
    • News >
      • Enlighten Up! ​Book News 2021
      • Yoga News
      • Online Articles, Blog Posts, and Programs
      • Windsor Journal
      • Mind Body Interview Series
      • Kripalu: Yoga for Menopause article
  • Library
    • Beth's Bedside Books
    • Reliable Resources
  • Contact
  • Courses
    • Five Layers of Self-Awareness course
    • Yoga Nidra course
    • Bitchcraft course
    • Yoga for the Whole Child course
  • Articles
    • The Five Layers of Self-Awareness
    • Enough
    • Nobody Loves Perfect
    • Yoga Therapy: An Emerging Modality
    • Yoga for the Whole Child
    • Let the Children Teach Us
    • Bitchcraft
    • Menopause, Stress and your Heart (Masters Thesis)
  • Books and Audio
    • Bitchcraft
    • Soul Food
    • Enlighten Up!
    • Ogi Bogi The Elephant Yogi
    • Release, Relax, and Let Go
  • Enlighten Up! a blog