Yoga Nidra is a fully guided meditation practice that restores physical and mental wellbeing through the restorative powers of deep relaxation. While in savasana or ‘corpse pose’ (a supine position of the body) practitioners are guided in a yoga nidra meditation through all body parts, identifying sensations and focusing on the breath while remaining in a state of relaxation.
Yoga Nidra practice, or ‘conscious sleep’, is a form of restorative meditation. It has a beneficial effect on body and mind and is ideal for sleep deprivation, physical tension and stress. It is a tantric meditation practice that induces brainwave patterns associated with ‘rest and digest’ and the relaxation response. Attention is focused on the breath and guided through the body, activating a state of effortless non-doing.
In a world of ‘doing’ Yoga Nidra relaxation is is chance to explore ‘being’; an opportunity to tap into the healing benefits of conscious sleep and deep relaxation.
Gain the skills you need to share this relaxation practice with practitioners for physical and mental health, healing and increased well-being on our online Yoga Nidra training. The stress reduction and deep relaxation so many crave in this hyper-connected life can be found in the immeasurable power of the whole body relaxation and rest yoga nidra offers.
The benefits of a Yoga Nidra practice are many:
Yoga Nidra Training Overview
Santosha’s Online Yoga Nidra course is an inspiring program that will take you on an amazing journey of awareness and profound relaxation techniques.
The online course will focus on all aspects of Yoga Nidra practice within a contemporary context and language.
This course is completely self-paced; there is no time limit to how long you take to complete the training.
This course presents an opportunity to practice Yoga Nidra, and expand your Yoga Nidra teaching skills to connect and contribute to your overall mission as a teacher and/or as a person.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation for teaching Yoga Nidra skilfully, with compassion and awareness.
Is This The Yoga Nidra Course For Me?
This course is suitable for those wanting to deepen their understanding of Yoga Nidra – whether as a yoga teacher or not.
For those on the path of a teacher – this course will prepare you to teach and practice Yoga Nidra safely, successfully and compassionately, with an awareness of the benefits Yoga Nidra offers and the application of this powerful ‘psychic sleep’ practice for stress, anxiety, insomnia, physical tension and other common life ailments.
For teachers and non-teachers alike – this experience is a wonderful odyssey on your path to greater self-awareness and an opportunity to practice Yoga Nidra with a deeper understanding of this deep relaxation practice.
What will you learn on our Yoga Nidra Online Training?
The Yoga Nidra Online course provides you with a clear understanding of the healing powers Yoga Nidra offers, so that you can deepen your own yoga nidra practice or share yoga nidra relaxation with others.
This course provides a well-rounded exploration and experience of all aspects of Yoga Nidra, including:
Introduction to the amazing practice of Yoga Nidra and the first steps in teaching. Learn about the founder of Yoga Nidra, its intention, the meaning of deep relaxation and the basic setup of a Yoga Nidra session.
All the exciting theory behind Yoga Nidra! Find out the techniques that are included in Yoga Nidra, how to explain Yoga Nidra to practitioners, and what skills and qualities it takes to become a great teacher.
It's all about energy! Go deeper into the fascinating study of Raja and Tantra Yoga, Chakras, Nadis and more advanced practices to take your understanding and Yoga Nidra practice to the next level.
How can a regular practice of Yoga Nidra help with health issues? Learn the therapeutic application of Yoga Nidra for mental health and physical well being - and how to conduct individual Yoga Nidra sessions.
Add valuable Yoga Nidra relaxation skills to your toolkit in teaching Yoga Nidra to children. Also learn how to create your own Yoga Nidra session audio recordings to share with practitioners.
How to effectively and safely teach Yoga Nidra with wisdom, compassion and skill - includes how to plan and conduct a guided Yoga Nidra session and courses to cater for all practitioners and needs.
Barbara has had a Yoga Nidra practice herself for many years and loves to bring awareness to the benefits of a regular practice of deep relaxation in daily life.
She has conducted hundreds of classes and workshops on Yoga Nidra as well as many yoga teacher training courses in Europe.
Barbara is the author of a bestselling book on Yoga Nidra along with many Yoga Nidra recordings.
Currently based in Switzerland, Barbara teaches our Online Yoga Nidra training as well as running Yoga Nidra sessions and retreats around the world.
+ Immediate support from our dedicated Online team
+ Access to your comprehensive course Yoga Nidra manual
+ Access to your Yoga Nidra course modules – with recorded video lectures
+ 14 guided Yoga Nidra meditations to enjoy- with accompanying Yoga Nidra session scripts to download and practice
+ Santosha Yoga Nidra Training Manual ©
+ 50 Hour Yoga Nidra Teaching Certificate
+ For Registered Yoga Teachers – 50 hours of Continuing Education with Yoga Alliance / Yoga International
+ LIVE support and mentoring via Zoom from your expert Yoga Nidra teacher
Along with those on the teaching path, this course is also of great value to:
Starts – Today
Location – Your Home
Full course Investment – $785 AUD
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I never thought I could feel such a strong sense of community, love and passion through my laptop! The courses are well organized and very complete.
I have learned so much. The challenging part for me was to deconstruct what I had learned in my own yoga practice, in order to teach in a safe way for my future students.
My life has been turned upside down with the COVID crisis. This training not only gave me new future perspectives, it also helped me go through a difficult time and listen to myself. I can only recommend!
Héloïse Lambert – Santosha Online Yoga Teacher Training Graduate
I held my workshop on Saturday afternoon. It was a practice run through with my husband to see how the format went and how I went!
I absolutely loved it, and so did my husband. He is one of these who find it very difficult to sit and do nothing. He also has a science background, so unless there is science behind something he will not believe it has any benefit. He loved the two Yoga Nidra sessions, and was really impressed by the information around what each step is and why we do the steps. He also like the brain wave information. He said the workshop was well paced, a good balance between practical and knowledge.
Overall, doing the practice run through was great as I now feel confident to advertise and run the workshop for a small group of people!
Thank you so much for sharing all of your experience, knowledge and wisdom. I would never have had the confidence or the knowledge to pursue this without you.
Lyn Russell – Santosha Online Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Graduate
I’m so grateful that this opportunity came up and I was able to learn from the most wonderful and knowledgeable instructors from around the world. There is so much to learn and I have been fully supported both during the course and ongoing. I’ve come away with such amazement at what I learnt as yoga is really so much more than I thought. I’m so happy to have found answers and I want to share my love for yoga with all.
Melanie Ceveri – Santosha Online Yoga Teacher Training Graduate
The online material was so thorough and informative that I never felt I was lost or missing something. Learning via online was easy with Santosha because their online platform was well organized. It took the doubt of online learning completely away.
The teachers were also amazing! Sunny is a very well trained and knowledgeable yogini. That care and intellect carries on with the teachers of Santosha. My experience of training with Santosha gave me a whole different understanding of yoga. The mental, spiritual, meditative side of yoga was so beneficial to my life and especially in these crazy times we are in currently.
My many, many thanks to Sunny and the entire Santosha team for all your love and support!
Elisa Santamaria – Santosha Online Yoga Teacher Training Graduate
Yes, you can join our Yoga Nidra training from anywhere - at anytime. As this is an online course, location is no obstacle and you can begin your journey and self yoga nidra practice when best suits you. If you have access to a computer, laptop, ipad or phone with internet connection to watch the course videos then you are ready to join us!
Yes, this training provides registered Yoga Teachers with the skills and certification to teach nourishing Yoga Nidra sessions, classes, workshops and retreats, and focuses on the practical application of your new deep relaxation skills.
Your investment at our special online rate is $675 Australian Dollars. You can easily check the conversion to your currency using the link below.
CURRENCY CONVERTERYour investment at our special online rate is $675 Australian Dollars - approximately $437 USD. Please click the link below to see the most up-to-date conversion rate to USD.
CURRENCY CONVERTERYour investment at our special online rate is $675 Australian Dollars - approximately €400. Please click the link below to see the most up-to-date conversion rate to EUROS.
CURRENCY CONVERTERNo, not at all. All who have an interest in the practice of Yoga Nidra, meditation practices, stress reduction, mental health or deep relaxation will benefit from the wisdom and skills provided in this Yoga Nidra Online course - particularly suitable for body workers, Chinese medicine practitioners and those working in the healing and mental health space.
Although Yoga Nidra can be translated as “yogic sleep,” this practice is about more than having a good rest or sleep. While in savasana or 'corpse pose' (a supine position of the body) you are guided in a meditation through your body parts, bringing awareness to body sensations and focusing on your breath while remaining in a state of relaxed awareness. In a world where people suffering stress, anxiety and negative emotions is on the increase, we are over-stimulated, over-worked and under rested. Yoga Nidra (also sometimes called iRest) is a much needed opportunity to experience full body relaxation, bring our focus away from external objects and enter a deep meditative state of consciousness and renewal. Practitioners emerge from a yoga nidra session feeling rejuvenated, with a body and nervous system that has had a chance to unwind from daily pressures and the stress of life.
Yoga nidra compared to meditation, hatha yoga and other relaxation practice is the most effective practice for promoting deep rest and relaxation. The stages of body scan and breath awareness help calm the nervous system and activate the relaxation response, leading to less stress and better health. People suffering with insomnia, stress and anxiety report they can fall asleep more easily, access deeper rest and experience improved meditation and mental wellbeing.
You can start today! You will be sent a log-in to begin as soon as you sign up so you can begin your studies right away on our online portal, accessing the course manuals and comprehensive video content.
The Yoga Nidra Yoga training can be completed in five intensive days - or take as long as need for those who require the option of studying on a more part-time basis. This makes our course perfect for full time workers, or those with kids who wish to take their studies slow.
We provide all the materials and manuals needed to complete the Yoga Nidra course. The class content is video based with an accompanying PDF for reading. Your Santosha Online Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Manual is a downloadable PDF and has all you need to lead Yoga Nidra practice.
No, not at all! We have designed this Online Yoga Nidra Teacher Training course to be accessible to everyone - with no complicated tech requirements to join for a relaxing, stress free study. As long as you have access to a computer, laptop, ipad or phone with wifi enabled to access our easy-to-use video portal you are ready to go!
100 % yes! Santosha prides ourselves on the support we offer all our students. During your online Yoga Nidra studies you will have access to your dedicated teachers Andrea and Piera, as well as Santosha's Online Student Admin team, for a stress free study experience.
At the end of your online course there is one short practical video assessment, which can easily be filmed on your phone. This is nothing to be concerned about - we provide you with all the guidance and feedback you need to complete this with ease when the time comes. Our graduates find completing this exercise very fun and empowering, giving them the confidence to begin their Yoga Nidra teaching straight away!
You will gain lifelong access to our Online Yoga Nidra Course modules through our online class video portal, meaning you can take as long as you need to complete your studies with Santosha.
Yes, at the end of your Online Yoga Nidra course studies you will receive a printable PDF '50 Hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training' Certificate from Santosha Yoga Institute.
Yes, for Yoga Alliance RYT Registered Teachers, this Yoga Nidra course counts as 50 hours CEU. Yoga Alliance Australia or Yoga Alliance International registered Teachers - this course is eligible to be registered as 50 training hours towards your training pathway.
Yes, for our online 50 hour course trainees if you decide to go on to your Online 300 Hour course, we deduct the cost of your online 50 hour Yoga Nidra yoga course from the total 300 Hour course cost.
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