Description

This course will focus on the wide-ranging, powerful healing qualities of the practice of yoga Nidra and, specifically, how you can harness this power for your own health and the health and healing of your clients and students. Explore research and dive deeper into the science of how yoga Nidra works in healing from the perspective of psychoneuroimmunology. This course will specifically focus on uses in yoga therapy and help the yoga therapist learn to design yoga Nidra protocols and practices for various health challenges and also to tailor them to the specific needs of the individual.

Yoga Nidra is a powerful yogic technique to induce deep relaxation and set the stage for transformation and awakening. Sometimes called yogic sleep, nidra is better described as a state between waking and sleeping resulting in more physiological and psychological rest than conventional sleep. In this two-day workshop, the yoga therapist will experience the blissful relaxation of yoga nidra, learn the science & history behind this systematic relaxation technique, and study the effects on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. The therapist will learn to design and implement different pathways into the state of yoga nidra for various conditions that will be useful in one-on-one and group sessions.

This is a required course for YogaFit Healthcare Therapy Program.

Continuing Education Credits

• 16 Yoga Alliance CEUs