CPD02 Evidence Informed Yoga Nidra (Online)
An Online Continuing Professional Development Specialty Intensive
In yoga nidra, we restore our body, senses, and mind to their natural function and awaken a seventh sense that allows us to feel wholeness, tranquility, and well-being.
Richard Miller
Yoga Nidra & Neuroscience Specialty Intensive
Yoga Nidra is an evidence-informed meditation practice that has become increasingly recognised for its capacity to facilitate deep rest, conscious relaxation, and expanded states of awareness. In a society that often prioritises productivity over restoration, there is a growing need for yoga teachers, therapists, healthcare professionals, and wellbeing practitioners to understand how to cultivate profound rest while supporting the psychological, physiological, and spiritual wellbeing of those they serve.
Meaning “yogic sleep,” Yoga Nidra cultivates a dynamic state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. Through guided practice, brainwave activity naturally shifts into progressively deeper states of relaxation while awareness is maintained. Research suggests Yoga Nidra may support people experiencing anxiety, depression, insomnia, chronic pain, inflammation, psychosomatic disorders, stress-related conditions, and chemical dependency. With regular practice, Yoga Nidra helps cultivate resilience, deep recuperation, and a lasting sense of wellbeing.
This Yoga Nidra & Neuroscience Specialty Intensive explores both the scientific and traditional foundations of the practice. Participants will investigate the neurobiology of consciousness, brainwave patterning, and the waking, dreaming, and sleeping states while gaining a deeper understanding of how Yoga Nidra prepares the mind for higher yogic disciplines.
Combining contemporary neuroscience with classical yogic philosophy, this intensive provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the profound effects of Yoga Nidra on the body, mind, and consciousness. Participants will enrich their knowledge and develop the practical understanding needed to confidently teach Yoga Nidra with integrity, depth, and authenticity.
Ideal for yoga teachers, yoga therapists, meditation teachers, healthcare professionals, and allied health practitioners, this professional development intensive offers an evidence-informed approach to integrating Yoga Nidra into both personal practice and professional settings while deepening Self Awareness and awakening to our True Nature.
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What You Will Learn
Introduction to Restorative Practices
- Understanding the foundations and purpose of restorative practices
- Exploring rest, relaxation, restoration, and their role in wellbeing
- The dimensions of rest and the impact of chronic restlessness
Yoga Nidra: Tradition, Philosophy and Practice
- Restorative practices within Eastern contemplative traditions
- Understanding the origins and principles of Yoga Nidra
- The practice of Sankalpa: cultivating conscious intention
- Restorative practices within Western approaches to wellbeing and healing
The Science of Rest and Conscious Awareness
- Exploring the mind-body connection and sensory awareness
- Understanding the Mind-Body Homunculus and embodied perception
- The biopsychosocial foundations of restorative teaching practices
- Neuroscience perspectives on relaxation, awareness, and states of consciousness
Teaching Yoga Nidra
- Principles and techniques for guiding Yoga Nidra practice
- Developing skills to teach conscious relaxation and deep rest
- Integrating restorative practices into yoga, meditation, and therapeutic settings
Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Resources
- Guided audio lessons for restorative practices and Yoga Nidra
- Continuing education opportunities to deepen your knowledge and practice of Yoga Nidra
BIYOME’s Specialty Intensive Teacher Training can be undertaken as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with Yoga Australia and/or the Meditation Association of Australia, as well as obtaining Continuing Education (CE) recognition with Yoga Alliance. The course contact hours and non-contact hours (CPDs and CEs), allocated across Meditation Australia and the two registering yoga bodies, do however differ. Please contact us for more information.
Should you wish to complete a full meditation certification (330 hours – 1000 hours) or yoga certification (150 hours – 650 hours), please view this Specialty Intensive Training as an elective within our full course offerings. Details are available here.
Further Information & Requirements
- Saraswati, S. S. (2003). Yoga nidra. Munger, India: Yoga Publications Trust.
- 1 yoga mat
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- zabuton (meditation cushion base)
- 2 x blankets
- 1 x bolster
- 1 x eye pillow
Your CPD02 Investment
Full investment upfront $1508
Access is not offered without complete payment