Yoga Nidra or yoga relaxation is an effective practice for physical and mental wellness and restoration.  It also prepares the mind for higher yogic disciplines. Yoga Nidra can be used therapeutically to help people suffering from anxiety, depression, insomnia and psychosomatic illness by instilling a sense of calmness and peace. Successful completion of this training gives certification to lead yoga nidra classes, workshops and sessions using the structure, languaging and methodology of Shanti Yoga™.

This breakthrough in sleep health will enable your students, clients or patients to:

• Get deep, restful and uninterrupted sleep
• Wake up naturally, feeling rested and eager to embrace a new day
• Focus, feel awake and productive at work or play
• Relax and eliminate the stress and moodiness associated with a lack of sleep
• Enjoy improved health and calmness
• Think better

The HIA Shanti Yoga two-day Yoga Nidra Training Workshop is comprehensive, accessible, practical and hands-on. It will:

• Provide you with a greater range of relaxation tools and strategies
• Develop and improve your confidence at conducting nidra.
• Help you to be comfortable being assertive and directive.
• Help you be skilled at using timing and observation.
• Help you to use your voice effectively.
• Provide information and demonstrations of nidra.
• Give you the opportunity to practice nidra with observation and feedback.

Rapid induction takes the participant from the normal, waking state into the relaxed state quickly and effectively. Longer nidras allow more of the time spent on providing therapy. As you lay down your body, you also lay down some burdens… the heaviness you have been carrying.

Pratyahara is the 5th limb of classical yoga, Patanjali’s eight steps toward self-realisation. It is the practice of disconnecting from your senses to fully reconnect with the inner and outer truth of the Universe. It's practice guides you to non-attachment (vairagya) to sensory distractions, which allows you to keep returning to the path of self-realisation and fulfillment of peace.

Yoga Nidra is an effective practice for physical and mental wellness and restoration that is the antidote for modern life. It also prepares the mind for the higher yogic disciplines. You will learn to provide a fully guided, meditation practice, where there is nothing required but for the student/client/patient to lie down and listen while they relax, heal and transform within every level of their being. The practice can also be of therapeutic benefit to help people suffering from anxiety, depression, insomnia and psychosomatic illness and to empower emotional wellness, by instilling a sense of enjoyment and peace. Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you!

During our Yoga Nidra Trainer Workshop you will:

• Experience both short and long yoga nidra sessions. Rapid induction takes the participant from the normal, waking state into the relaxed state quickly and effectively. Longer nidra allows more time to be spent on providing therapy.
• Find out and sequence a basic yoga nidra practice for wellbeing for self and others
• Acquire scripts to provide a greater range of relaxation tools and strategies.
• Structure a step-by-step method for conscious relaxation and its application to therapeutic yoga 
• Have the opportunity to receive and deliver yoga nidra practice with observations and feedback.
• Learn how to deeply nourish yourself and others.
• Develop your skills with practice and leading others.
• Learn to be skilled at using timing and observation.
• Cultivate voice quality, pace, and explore music, postures and props.
• Learn to be comfortable being assertive and directive.
• Discover how to craft and sustain effective and comprehensive classes and workshops.
• Discover how to awaken a sense of wonder and creativity.
• Develop and improve your confidence at conducting nidra.
• Weave this timeless practice into your individuality and skill set in order to share it within your community, students, friends, family and loved ones.