40-Hour Online Yoga Nidra Teacher Training | Continuing Education | Floripa Yoga Academy

Why this Training

"For absolute relaxation you must remain aware." Swami Satyananda Saraswati

There is a kind of rest that sleep doesn't quite give.

Yoga Nidra works on that layer where the body settles completely, and you are aware of it all.

Most of us meet Yoga Nidra practice lying on a mat at the end of a class, and it remains a pleasant mystery.

This training opens it up: where it comes from, what actually happens in the body and mind, and how a session is built, step by step. You will learn to recognize the stages the mind passes through as it moves from waking awareness towards nidra - because rest that you understand is rest you can repeat.

It runs through autumn and winter - November to February. These are the months when the light is short and the body asks for rest. You will spend them learning how to give it properly, to yourself first.

By February you will have written four scripts, recorded three practices of your own, guided someone else, and stopped wondering what the person at the front of the room is actually doing when leading a Yoga Nidra session.

Per chi è?

This training is for you if you are:

Someone who loves yoga nidra and wants to understand what happens there - no yoga education needed, only interest
A practitioner who finds it hard to rest: light sleep, a busy mind, a body that doesn't switch off
A therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist or osteopath working with the nervous system, looking for a reliable tool for deep rest
A yoga teacher who wants to add Yoga Nidra to your teaching with proper understanding
A teacher of another movement form looking for a restorative counterpart to what you already offer

Awareness is not a technique reserved for teachers - anyone who looks closer at this practice gets something back from it.

You do not need a yoga education to join.

You need curiosity.

Prenota ora

Perché questo corso di formazione?

Eight online sessions of three hours. The final session runs four hours.

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1. What Is Yoga Nidra

Origin and development

Savasana and supporting asanas

Setting the environment

Mindfulness

Personal and social application

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2. The Nervous System — The Art of Relaxation

Relaxation as the gateway to change (parasympathetic nervous system)

The restorative approach

Evidence-based effects on the nervous system

Benefits for body, mind and emotions

3. Pratyahara & Brain Waves

Yoga Nidra compared with hypnosis, meditation, relaxation and dreaming

Yoga Nidra and neuroscience

Evidence-based benefits

4. Pancha Koshas & Vayus

Energetic body awareness

Understanding the flow of prana

5. The Structure of a Session

Setting up and structuring a class

Essential elements of a session

Homework: Yoga Nidra Script

6. Themes & Sankalpa

Working with intention

Visualization techniques

The simplified 61-point structure

Homework: Yoga Nidra Script & Work in pairs

7. Preparing to Teach

Feeling the space

Tone of voice

Safety guidelines

Practice your practice

Homework: Yoga Nidra Script & Teaching

8. Integration, Mentoring, Q&A and Closing

Open questions

Closing practice

Final Practicum: Yoga Nidra Script & an essay

Between the sessions

Guided recordings - three audio practices (short, medium, long) · 7 hours

Partner practice - guiding and receiving · 2 hours

Script writing + essay · 6 hours

40 hours in total: 25 hours live, 15 hours of guided practice and preparation:

Sundays, 4:00 – 7:00 PM. The final session runs 4:00 – 8:00 PM.

November: 8 and 22, 2026

December: 6 and 20, 2026

January: 10 and 24, 2027

February: 7 and 21, 2027

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If you miss a session.

You can miss one live session over the four months. An audio recording of each session is available for two weeks afterwards, so a missed Sunday does not mean a missed module.

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Practical Notes

Time commitment.

Three hours every second Sunday, plus around two hours a week of practice and script writing between sessions.

What you need.

A quiet space where you can lie down undisturbed, a bolster or folded blanket, an eye cover, and a way to record audio for your own homework practices (simple phone dictaphone is enough).

If you miss a session.

You can miss one live session over the four months. An audio recording of each session is available for two weeks afterwards, so a missed Sunday does not mean a missed module.

Certification.

On completion you receive a 40-hour YACEP certificate, valid as continuing education with Yoga Alliance.

Language.

The training is held in English

Cosa imparerai?

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

"The yogic texts state unequivocally that peace can only be found within, never without." Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Yoga Nidra teaches this directly. Nothing is added and nothing is achieved. The practice simply removes what is in the way, and asks you to stay awake.

If that is the kind of rest you are looking for, we would be glad to have you with us.

Join us!

By the end of the training you will be able to:

Guide a complete Yoga Nidra session for a group and for individuals
Write your own scripts in short, medium and long form, for different intentions
Understand and explain what the practice does to the nervous system and to brain waves
Distinguish Yoga Nidra from hypnosis, meditation and simple relaxation, and say why the difference matters
Work with sankalpa and visualization
Use your voice, pacing and silence as instruments of the practice
Prepare a room, a body and a group for stillness

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