Yoga Nidra Teacher Training,
with James Reeves

Know thyself : Understanding human experience through the practice of Yoga Nidra.


€450.00

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<div class="editor-content"><p><span style="font-size: 1.5rem; color: rgb(14, 92, 99)"><strong>Self-paced 20-hour online course.</strong></span></p></div>

Self-paced 20-hour online course.

<div class="editor-content"><p><span style="font-size: 1.5rem; color: rgb(14, 92, 99)"><strong>One-to-one session with James</strong></span></p></div>

One-to-one session with James

<div class="editor-content"><p><span style="font-size: 1.5rem; color: rgb(14, 92, 99)"><strong>Downloadable manual and audio material</strong></span></p></div>

Downloadable manual and audio material

Know Thyself

Get in touch with your true nature and deepest desires, while better understanding the human experience using the tools of Yoga Nidra.

Learn to teach Yoga Nidra

Step by step guidance, scripts and audio practices, plus detailed practical techniques to support you in becoming a Yoga Nidra teacher.


Philosophy & Science

Equally rooted in tradition and science. Explore the philosophy, history, neuroscience and physiology underlying Yoga Nidra.

Course curriculum

How to be with ourselves:


Our sensations, emotions and thoughts vs Space

The value of being - opening to what’s present

Brahma Viharas.

Integration vs refusal: avoiding the pitfalls.

Using well-being as a bridge toward the sense of being for those who identify with their pain.

Brain areas, stages of well-being & rewiring our brain.

Meaningful Intentions:


What are intentions and how to set up meaningful ones, and why they are important in our practice and beyond

Guiding your students to create the right intentions for them

Sankalpa vs Vikalpa and a guide to a step-by step Sankalpa

Remaining flexible while staying on track

Model of the conscious and unconscious mind

Intentions as a tool to get in touch with your deepest desires

Types of Fascia and their functions

The structure of Fascia, the cells and their matrix

Relation between Fascia, Yin yoga and Meridian Theory

Teaching Yoga Nidra: step-by-step guidance:


Silence vs Instruction

Using your voice - tone, style and language

Classic Yoga Nidra set-up and alternatives

Pricing your classes

Teaching group classes vs teaching one-to-one

Teaching drop-In classes

Teaching workshops and retreats

Teaching online vs teaching in person

The Ethics of teaching Yoga Nidra

Finding support as a teacher

Sleep, Neuroscience and Yoga Nidra:


Brainwaves, The physiology of sleep and sleep stages

The anatomy of dreams and dream work

Default Mode Network & Attention Network

Present Centered network

The Evolving brain & current research

Oneness:


States of expansion or freedom

Exploring the difference between being in a state and the awareness of it

The pitfall of objectifying awareness

Understanding the layers within Yoga Nidra:


Annamaya Kosha - all emotions, thoughts and beliefs show in the body

  • Body scan techniques, movements and how to rest the body

  • Tending to pain during the practice

Pranamaya Kosha - life force defined

  • Physiology of breath and structural changes to the brain and body chemistry

  • Breathing techniques and enquiries

Manomaya Kosha - the emotional body

  • Grounding emotions in the body to avoid loops of thought

  • Techniques to avoid identification with feelings

  • Meeting our shadow and resistance

  • Somatically experiencing our emotions

  • Understanding projections

  • Interventions when we feel flooded

Vijnanamaya Kosha - the realm of thoughts

  • Befriending our thoughts and our mind

  • Meeting our core beliefs and how they inform most of our thoughts

  • Self Judgement - a mechanism trying to keep us safe

  • Working with Opposites

  • Exploring the idea of intuitive knowing

  • Self Identity - ego and the thought of ourselves as separate entities

Anandamaya Kosha - the bliss of your true self

  • Exploring the different faces of Ananda

  • The architecture of happiness

Meet your teacher:


James Reeves is a world-leading Yoga Nidra teacher. He was the first in Europe to deliver iRest Yoga Nidra teacher training courses, a research-backed programme based on the ancient teachings of Yoga Nidra. James makes the teachings relevant and accessible for modern day living and shows how the healing benefits of the practice can apply to us all. He’s been teaching yoga and meditation since 2005.

James is also the co-author of the Book of Rest.