Deep Rest Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

With James Reeves

Yoga Nidra Immersion

This comprehensive course is for anyone who wishes to access deeper relaxation, a higher understanding of the human experience and ultimately begin teaching Yoga Nidra to others.

Yoga Nidra, also known as 'yogic sleep', explores the conscious state between wakefulness and sleep, allowing deep relaxation as well as access to the multiple layers of our being.

The practice gives us the tools to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves as complex, sometimes conflicted, multi-dimensional beings. Using the Koshas (energetic 'layers' that move from the outermost layer of skin to the deep spiritual core) as framework, James will walk you through the philosophy and science that underpin this fascinating practice. Providing you with expert knowledge and unique tools and techniques, along with step-by-step guides, scripts and recordings, this comprehensive course will give you the confidence to start sharing and teaching the practice of Yoga Nidra with others.

For anyone who wishes to access a deeper relaxation and higher understanding of the human experience. this course is designed as a Yoga Nidra teacher training but is equally suitable for non-teachers seeking personal development.

Pre & Post training online session topics:

Definitions Of Yoga Nidra: the Hypnagogic state, Consciousness & Objects and The Brain and Rest.
What Are Koshas? Understand the distinct aspects of our human experience (seen as ‘layers’, or ‘veils’ in the teaching of Yoga Nidra); physical body, animating life force, emotions, mind, beliefs, sense of separation and what lays beyond.
Co-meditation practice.
Using Yoga Nidra for sleep
Using Yoga Nidra for Resilience
Using Yoga Nidra for working with pain
Teaching safe yoga nidra to beginner group

Course curriculum

Learn the historical context of Yoga Nidra.
- The Hypnogogic state.
- States of consciousness and brainwaves.
- Neuroscience of waking, dreaming and deep sleep states.
- Modern adaptions of tradition.
What are intentions and how to set up meaningful ones, and why they are important in our practice.
Guiding your students to create the right intentions for them.
Model of the conscious and unconscious mind.
Intentions as a tool to get in touch with your deepest desires.
States of expansion through moving beyond the self
Silence vs instruction
The pitfalls of objectifying awareness
Grasping the ungraspable through enquiry and experience
5 ways of being in our true nature
Brainwaves
The physiology of sleep and sleep stages
The anatomy of dreams and dream work
- Default Mode Network
- Attention Network
- Present Centered network
- The Evolving brain & current research
- Using your voice – tone, style and language
- Classical Yoga Nidra set-up and alternatives
- Pricing and marketing your classes
- Teaching group classes vs teaching one-to-one
- Teaching drop-In classes and courses
- Teaching workshops and retreats
- Teaching online vs teaching in person
- The Ethics of teaching Yoga Nidra
- Finding support as a teacher
Homework expectations post training:
Book Review/Reading
Please read/listen to the Book of Rest (2019, Harper Collins, available from Amazon, Good Reads, Harper Collins or Audible) and give us a 500 word response with some of the following questions as guidelines:
• What do you now know or understand about the nature of rest that you didn’t before?
• How has this changed your relationship with taking pauses, stopping and finding stillness amidst activity?
• What are you going to share/use as part of your teaching, going forward?
• What is Consciousness?
• Something that changed your perspective on Rest
please send this directly to James when ready or bring to the course printed out. | Estimated time: 5 hours
Write Your Own Script |
Take language you’ve enjoyed and segments of scripts from the training and make your own script of a full practice of Yoga Nidra, that is 35 minutes long (+/- 10 minutes) using words that stand out to your, your own description of consciousness/stillness and use a thesaurus to transform words that are not to your personal taste. | Approx. 2 hours
Practice delivering your Script |
You will meet via zoom with someone from the training and each have the chance to practice script delivery and feedback. | Approx. 2 hours
Co-Meditation |
Explore the subtle aspects of sitting with another, including entrainment, resonance, presence and mirroring. Approx. 2 hours.

LEARN ABOUT the layers of the koshaS

Annamaya Kosha - the physical body
Pranamaya Kosha- life force defined
Manomaya Kosha - the emotional body
Viynanamaya Kosha - the realm of thoughts
Anandamaya Kosha - the bliss of your true self

50-hours blended training - partial live and partial online:

Next to the four days together at Yoga Moves, this training combines the power of the online learning both as a pre-training prep. and afterwards as a way to digest what you learned, and come back together to connect, deepen, ask questions and go into more advanced materials. This creates a high level of learning and integration.
You will asked to read James book on REST before the training, and to do some assignments after the live training. (approx 20 hours all combined of online, integration, partner work, homework).

Schedule in Utrecht: We meet each day, with regular short breaks, and a break for a late lunch. We recommend that you keep your evenings free before, during and after the weekend in order to get the most from this event.

Food & locale: There is food available locally, around the venue. You may also wish to bring your own food with you and stay in the quiet sanctuary of our venue during the breaks. There are delightful local walks if you’d like to get out and about during the break times.

learning how to help others rest is life changing for everyone

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learning how to help others rest is life changing for everyone 〰️

Dates & Times:
Live with James: Sat through Tues, 14-17 September 2024
11.30 to 19.00 (Sat & Sun) and until 18.00 (Mon & Tues)

NOTE: Closer to the event, we may adjust the hours to start a bit earlier and end a bit earlier on Monday & Tuesday.

Location: Yoga Moves Fly | Croeselaan 209, Utrecht

Post training online date covering advanced topics:
Date to be determined. Sometime in October in the evening.
Please plan to attend (we will record these if you need to miss it)

2 weeks before the training: you will be emailed links to pre-recorded introduction by James & some practices. He asks that you review the videos and practices before the start date

Price: €750

Training prices are exempt from VAT (BTW) because we are CRKBO registered. Therefore - we have reduced the prices below to reflect this change.

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about the teacher:

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James Reeves

James is one of Europe’s leading yoga nidra experts and the author of the Book Of Rest. He is recognised as a world-leading authority on the practice of rest and Yoga Nidra.

Warm, invitational and grounded in practical experience, James has a reputation for making his teachings relevant and accessible for modern day living and shows how the healing benefits of the practice can apply to us all.