CPD02 Evidence Based Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

Comprehensive Practices – Engage in a wide range of Yoga Nidra techniques, from evidence-based iRest® methods to traditional Vedantic practices, offering you as the practitioner both depth and versatility.

Embodied Experience – Move beyond relaxation to maintain awareness through dream and deep sleep, transforming sleep into profound meditation. This approach supports the realisation of Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the highest state of yogic consciousness beyond all mental fluctuations.

Vedantic Insights – Gain insights from the original texts of Adi Shankara, exploring how true Yoga Nidra culminates in the merging of awareness with the Supreme Brahman. (Translation by Dr David Frawley)

Self-Inquiry – Explore the Drg Drsya Viveka, the inquiry into the ‘Seer’ and the ‘Seen’, uncovering the distinction between consciousness and perception, and realising the Self as non-different from the Absolute. (Translation by iRest® founder, Richard Miller)

Nocturnal Meditations & Dark Retreat Practices – Delve into a sequence of Dzogchen practices that guide awareness through the full spectrum of consciousness, including Liminal Dreaming, Lucid Dreaming, Dream Yoga, Sleep Yoga (Luminosity Yoga), and Bardo Yoga. Emphasis is placed on deepening mindfulness through dark retreat environments, cultivating lucidity and conscious presence across waking, dreaming, and deep sleep states.

Embodied Philosophy & Practice

• Understand the definition, origins, and purpose of Yoga Nidra & Dream Yoga from an Eastern perspective.
• Learn the importance of the Sankalpa (intention) in practice.
• Study the physiology of Yoga Nidra: time, rhythm, rest, and brain wave neurobiology.
• Explore the psychology of Yoga Nidra, including evoking rest through neurophysiological principles.
• Gain a fully immersive experience of foundations, applications, and teaching methodologies.

This training equips meditation teachers, yoga instructors, therapists, psychologists, doctors, psychiatrists, and allied health professionals to deliver the transformative healing practice of Yoga Nidra to their students, patients, and clients.

Yoga Nidra Course – 50 Hours CPD

Upon graduation, certification with BIYOME allows you to apply for registration with Yoga Australia, Yoga Alliance (with completion of 200 or 350 hours of core yoga teacher training). CPD points may also be claimed with other professional registering bodies.

Key CPD & Registration Details:

• Key Registrations: Registered with Yoga Australia, Meditation Australia, and Yoga Alliance; 50 CPD points.
• RANZCP: Psychiatrists can claim all course-related hours under Section 4.2 Structured Formal Learning.
• Psychology Registrations: 50 CPD points for active learning with APS, AAPi, and the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA).
• PACFA: Face-to-face modules endorsed; each counts for 50 Category A CPD hours (total 50 Category A CPD).
• Other Eligible Bodies: CPD points are claimable with ACA, AASW, and other professional associations. Always confirm eligibility with your registering body.

BIYOME’s Specialty Intensive Teacher Training qualifies as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with Yoga Australia and/or Meditation Australia, and Continuing Education (CE) with Yoga Alliance. Contact us for details regarding course contact hours, non-contact hours, and how CPD/CE allocations apply.

Should you wish to complete a full meditation certification (330 hours – 1000 hours) or yoga certification (150 hours – 1000 hours), please view this Specialty Intensive Training as an elective within our full course offerings. Details are available here.