60h Yoga Nidra TTC in Nature

The Total Yoga Nidra Teacher and Facilitator Training trains yoga teachers and others to teach and facilitate yoga nidra with confidence in class settings, one-to-ones, and for a range of therapeutic applications.

Uniquely amongst yoga nidra trainings, this course offers Total Yoga Nidra, a comprehensive, inclusive and non-dogmatic approach to yoga nidra that respects and explores not only a range of practice methods, but also acknowledges a variety of different levels of experience during yoga nidra.

This training is designed to provide you with the tools, knowledge, background, and understanding of the vast reach of yoga nidrā, including the philosophy, the psychology of yoga, and modern science.

Umā-Dinsmore Tuli and Timothy Patey will co-teach this Total Yoga Nidra Teacher & Facilitator Training.

This training is for you if you wish to:

• Encounter yoga nidra in its totality

• Explore the multiple forms and levels of this remarkable yoga practice

• Become empowered to deepen your own intuitive practice of meditative yoga nidra beyond the limits of standard trademarked and traditional forms

• Understand the full living range of different methods, lineages and levels of total yoga nidra

• Experience total yoga nidra as a living intelligence of the heart, an adaptogenic practice of deep healing and self-discovery

• Grow in confidence to share responsive and appropriate total yoga nidra practice with students and clients

This training is designed by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli, who together have over forty years experience of practice, teaching and working therapeutically with all forms and levels of yoga nidra, is a uniquely comparative and creative, experiential course. It offers both practical training and personal and professional development.

What this training offers

This is a detailed, practical, and theoretical training that will equip you with the skills needed to create unique total yoga nidrā sessions for all your students and/or clients.

The course has been designed over twelve years and is Approved for Professional Development for Continuing Education by the The International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). This is one of the longest-running yoga nidrā training courses in the world, and is designed and taught by expert tutors with decades of experience.

We accompany our students and train them to a high degree of confidence and competence, through individual tutoring sessions, partner work, and group learning. This is an investment in your competence, creativity, and confidence.

This training will help you submerge in your own personal practice, in your dreams, and in your intuitive and imaginative capacity, while you learn to create yoga nidrā sessions which are appropriate for and sensitive to each person and/or group, and which are well-structured and effective for each occasion.

What to Expect

Beyond the daily in-person sessions with the group, there will also be partner sessions to do your first practices. You will receive tutoring with Umā or Timothy during the retreat and will be invited to attend three (optional) Total Yoga Nidrā online open circles after the retreat to accompany you while you complete your case study.

The set text for this course is Nidrā Shakti: The Power of Rest – An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Yoga Nidrā, please purchase a copy in advance of the training and bring it with you.

On this training, you will receive:

• 10 days of practice, theory, and learning during the retreat (from 8am to 9pm) with two hours of rest in the afternoon, a one-hour lunch break, an hour for dinner, and time for tea, comfort, and integration

• Three personal tutorials (one during the training and two afterwards) with Umā and/or Timothy

• Three open online Total Yoga Nidrā circles

• A structured system for self-learning and practice during and after the training, so that you can write up the final project, a case study

• A total of 70 hours of study, practice, training, and accompaniment in your growth as a teacher and facilitator of Total Yoga Nidrā

• Online meetings

• A complete training manual

• The knowledge to be able to deliver and share daily Yoga Nidrā practices

• Access to the Yoga Nidrā network online sanctuary

• A forum for questions and dialogue with Umā, Marta, and/or the group before and after the training

• Practical orientation

• Structured learning

• Lots of downloadable yoga nidrās

• Access to the recordings of all live yoga nidras delivered during the retreat.

Upon finishing the training:

• You may join the Total Yoga Nidrā Teachers Network Online Graduate Space

• Receive a graduation certificate

• Listing on our Total Yoga Nidrā teachers directory

What will I learn?

You will learn:

• to devise and deliver Total Yoga Nidra practices appropriate to your needs and those of your students and clients

• a clear practical understanding of the structure and function of Total Yoga Nidra, including models of best practice, and techniques to be avoided

• a practical understanding of the key principles of yogic psychology and philosophy relevant to the practice of Total Yoga Nidra

• a contextual understanding of the development and history of Total Yoga Nidra across different lineages

• to share Total Yoga Nidra with an informed sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual experiences of those receiving the practice

• to teach a range of restorative yoga asanas suitable for use during yoga nidra practice

• to teach within the appropriate safety guidelines for this type of yoga practice

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

- Guide Yoga Nidra sessions in 1:1, group, or therapeutic environments.

- Understand the fundamental philosophy behind Yoga Nidra.

- Benefit from Yoga Nidra for improving your sleep, rest, and intuition.

Who we are:

Umā-Dinsmore Tuli, PhD

Uma met yoga in 1969, at the age of four, and fell in love. She’s been practicing ever since, and teaching yoga since 1994. A yoga therapist with special expertise in yoga therapy for women’s health, Uma is a mother of three, and has written four books on yoga for women, including the massive Yoni Shakti and two books on Yoga Nidra, including Yoga Nidra Made

Easy. Uma is co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network and has developed Total Yoga Nidra, Wild Nidra and Nidra Shakti: radical creative and intuitive approaches to sharing yoga nidra.

Timothy Patey, PhD - Co-founder of Tara Nature Retreat and Senior Yoga Teacher

Timothy's journey began with a wander through India in 2003. This was the pivot point for decades of training and introspection in the yogic, shamanic, and buddhist traditions. He has completed over 500hr Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra certified trainings, and is a passionate educator in both yoga and in the natural sciences. Timothy integrates psychology, non violent communication, and buddhist philosophy into his guidance, coupled with his intuition and sense of personal truth. He is a father and co-founded Tara Nature Retreat to support others in living well- namely, in improved understanding of our inner experiences and habits, and with building the grit and volition necessary to bring about deep personal change within their lifetime.

Pre-training / pre-requisite

To make the most out of your time and investment, we require you to complete our on-line immersion training, located here:

learning.yoganidranetwork.org

By completing this course, you will have a sound foundation in yoga nidra and you'll be a part of a highly effective learning environment at the in-person training at Tara Nature Retreat. This is a mandatory pre-requisite to join the in-person training.

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Includes all meals, accomodation, tuition, and access to pool and infrastructure. Does not include travel and insurance.