Your tiredness has dignity to it! Do not rush to pathologise it, or push it away, for it may contain great intelligence, even medicine.
You have been on a long journey from the stars, friend. Bow before your tiredness now; do not fight it any longer.
Come, sit by the fire of Presence. Let the body unwind; drop into the silence here. Forget about tomorrow, let go of the journey to come, and sink into this evening’s warmth.
Sacred Exhaustion – Jeff Foster
Somah Journeys’ Yoga Nidra teacher training Bali offers practices grounded in nature based and shamanic teachings, for a fully integrated, soulful approach to this full body, conscious relaxation process.
On this Yoga Nidra facilitators training; experience deep restoration and radical awakening.
Explore the nature of consciousness awareness through modern day neuroscience and ancient tantric teachings and learn to induce trance, rewire neural pathways of the brain, erase limiting belief systems and how to plant the seeds of the purest, most powerful intentions at the most receptive moments for radical transformation long after the nidra practice is complete.
Discover your own unique spiritual authority, present moment awareness and become empowered to empower others to find their own inner guidance and liberation.
This Yoga Nidra immersion offers an experiential approach to learning and is open to teachers seeking advanced yoga teacher training certification as well as therapists, counsellors, parents, dedicated yogis, healers, those in need of deep rest (so that’s everybody!) .
During this training you will learn the history, theory, structure, and practice of Yoga Nidra, as well as the tools and techniques required to confidently create and deliver your own original guided meditations.
Hosted in a brand new luxury, perma-culture retreat centre tucked away in the heart of Bali’s luscious, tropical countryside, we will take an experiential and non-linear approach to learning. Immersing ourself far away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist trail we will deeply retreat ourselves amongst nature to explore our own true nature of inner peace and steadiness. Our chef prepared vegetarian meals will be grown right here on the land so that all we have to do is rest deeply and be cradled in the arms of Nidra Shakti.
Yoga Nidra brings a new layer of understanding to our yoga practice, on and off the mat. Especially helpful for those who are challenged by traditional forms of formal meditation, this guided, shamanic technique brings you deep into the essence of who and what you truly are in an incredibly accessible way. It truly is a profound and transformative meditation practice to relax and heal with many proven therapeutic benefits.
With stress now proven as the leading cause of most disease, anxiety and depression at epidemic levels and with 1 in 3 chronically sleep deprived – rest has become more than a radical act but a life saver. Yoga Nidra could well be the antidote to modern day living and is currently the fastest growing yogic practice.
Rooted in Eastern Tantric philosophy, Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep” is both an ancient meditation practice and a state of awareness. It is a secret doorway to having direct access to our own divine intelligence and liberation that already lie within. These same notions are also reflected back within the shamanic approaches across cultures. Vision quests, dreamwork and shamanic journeying.
In this Yoga Nidra facilitator training Bali you’ll learn practical, accessible tools for slowing the mind and body down into deeply restorative states of consciousness.
Tap into your own creativity, insight and intuition to create original yoga nidra practices that help others find deep rest and dissolve physical, mental and emotional blockages.
We offer a step-by-step, and non dogmatic approach to understanding the various systems and lineages of Yoga Nidra. On this TTC you will learn the structures that make a Yoga Nidra inside out, as well as the energetic and spiritual aspects of the practice so that you are able to deliver with confidence a responsive and intuitive meditation of your own creation.
- Shared accommodation & chef prepared organic vegetarian meals
- Daily asana, pranayama mantra
- The Science of Sleep – Neuroscience and brave wave activity behind Yoga Nidra and how the practice can rewire neural pathways to help combat trauma, stress and negative and limiting self beliefs
- Pranayama techniques for soothing, calming and settling
- Energetics: Understand and work with the yogic Koshas (layers of being) and learn to adapt and respond when guiding practices as well as understanding Nidra as a form of Shakti (energy)
- Sankalpa – how to set and work with effective intentions and intuitive listening
- Dreamwork
- Native and Celtic Medicine Wheel teachings: Using the intelligence of the natural world a Sacred Compass as a tool to understand energetic patterns and cycles
- Shamanic journeying and trusting inner guidance
- History, philosophy and development of Yoga Nidra
- Restorative asana for savasana: Learn how to prop different positions for optimal Yoga Nidra positions for everybody
- Pre and post practices of Yoga Nidra: Asana, pranayama and self massage practices that complement Yoga Nidra
- Working with visualisations: Learn a range of different traditional and creative scripting options, contra- indications, appropriateness and therapeutic value
- How to create your own Yoga Nidra: cultivate your own unique and creative Yoga Nidra experiences, including the use of poetry, song and music
- Yoga Nidra and Bhakti Yoga – and the correlation between the two
- Develop and implement your own Yoga Nidra practice
- Understand and engage with the therapeutic benefits of Yoga Nidra
This training can be taken by anyone as a stand alone module without the need for any previous qualifications. A Somah Journey’s Yoga Nidra Facilitator certificate will be awarded at the completion of the module.
For yoga teachers the Yoga Nidra TTC can be taken as 1 of 3 modules for those wishing to complete a 300 hour advanced yoga teacher training with Somah Journeys. A previous 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certification is required for this option.
Somah Journeys offers an advanced 300 hour yoga teacher training program of your own design. By deepening your practice in 3 specialised areas through our range of 100 hour modules, in collaboration with Tina Nance Yoga Therapy (TNYT), you can create your own advanced Yoga Alliance approved TTC.
100 hour yoga teacher certificate training. 100 CE credits for Yoga Alliance (YACEP).
Contact us for further details.
Our schedule will vary depending on the needs of the group and with some days having additional ceremonies into some evenings.
06:30 – 09:30am Morning practice
09:30 – 11:00am Breakfast
11:00 – 1:30pm Workshop
1:30 – 2:30pm Lunch
2:30 – 6:30pm Afternoon session
Opening circle: We will start at approx 3pm on arrival day
Closing ceremony: We will close by approx 12noon on departure day
In our exclusive perma-culture retreat centre nestled in the Balinese countryside we will start our days off with a morning practice of asana, breathwork meditation and of course yoga nidra.
We will be served an organic chef prepared breakfasts, lunches and dinners, grown on the grounds for full pranic restoration in between diving in to the practices, theory and magic behind this ancient meditation practice.
We want our students to experience the full depths of the practice from its therapeutic purposes and deep restfullness and awareness to its potential for potent spiritual awakening so you can expect plenty of guided yoga nidras from across a range of different schools and styles and be bathed in sound and song healing as well as plenty of self quietude and reflection time.
Our brand new retreat centre is located in the stunning Balinese countryside. Although there is a shop on site please be advised to try and bring everything that you need with you.
As the retreat centre is based on an organic ayurvedic farm they request that all guests only use natural products and toiletries
Transportation: We are approximately a 1 hour drive from Ubud centre
On arrival day a group pick up can be arranged through the retreat centre from the airport that morning and Ubud centre at lunch time.
Please note this will be an additional cost depending on numbers of the group
Somah Team
SPECIAL GUEST TEACHERS
Special guest teachers will join us to give expert classes and workshops
EMMA LOVE
CELTIC YOGINI
Founder of Essential Nature Yoga, Irish nomad and Celtic Yogini Emma Lowe facilitates Yoga and Yoga Nidra practices which merge yoga and nature based wisdom. She has been Communications and Creative Director and assistant facilitator with Somah Journeys since 2018.
With a background in creative and performing arts, Emma engages music, song, folklore and story telling for the purpose of personal and cultural healing in her offerings. She is also a poetic writer, photographer and painter. Since childhood Emma has been engaged in using these mediums for the purpose of peace and reconciliation through various cross community projects in Ireland.
Similarly, Emma sees yoga as a vehicle for personal and social change and is passionate about practices that support women’s health including her popular Yoni Nidras.
Emma’s work is informed by native plant medicines of the Amazon basin, and has received medicine songs and red road teachings during her time in South America, which inspired her to study and share her own ancestral roots through Celtic Shamanism, spirituality and Celtic Medicine wheel teachings.
SIMONE MACKAY
SOUL GUIDE
A nomadic Canadian raised and educated in Switzerland, Simone worked as a counselor working with women affected by violence, before adopting the simple, free and romantic life of a traveling Yogini, studying and teaching yoga throughout the greater Asian realm for many years before establishing the School of Sacred Arts in Bali and SOMAH, an off-shoot in the direction of her deeper passions.
Increasingly drawn to nature-based spirituality, Simone passionately utilizes both yogic and shamanic tools in support of growth and transformation, holding space with gentle grace in SOSA/SOMAH’s trainings, workshops and retreats around the world.
