This 100 hour Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training can be combined with any two Somah Journeys or Tina Nance Yoga Therapy 100 hour modules for a unique advanced 300 hour yoga teacher training program registered with Yoga Alliance.

Set yourself apart as a yoga teacher, therapist, coach, counsellor, or holistic health professional by utilising the powerful technique of Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) with your students, your clients, and for your own self-care.

We live in a world in crisis because of the value we place on ‘thinking and doing’ rather than ‘feeling and being’. This exquisitely presented 10-day Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training is an opportunity to help yourself – and others – reclaim personal and planetary balance by exploring the deepest consciousness of Being.

As a systematic sleep-based meditation technique with a fast ability to induce peacefulness, Yoga Nidra is beautifully restorative and utterly transformative. Our unique approach involves honouring the radically important notion of rest within the wider context of the energy cycles inherent in nature.

Yoga Nidra is Mindfulness on steroids & a 45 minute practice of Yoga Nidra is said to be the equivalent of 4 hours of deep sleep

Supported by modern neuroscience, this ancient practice induces profound mental, physical and emotional restoration, unwinds stress and tension in the nervous system, heals trauma, and reconnects you to the deep presence and underlying peace that’s always alive and awake within you.

With stress as the root cause of disease, anxiety and depression at epidemic levels, and with 1 in 3 of us chronically sleep deprived – rest is a radical act in contemporary times.

Yoga Nidra could well be the antidote to modern day living and is currently enjoying resurgence in popularity in yoga studios, coaching, hypnotherapy and traditional therapy practices for pain management, PTSD and personal, professional and spiritual development.

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Somah Journeys from the prestigious School of Sacred Arts in Bali (the original and longest-running yoga teacher training at Ubud’s renowned Yoga Barn) provides the highest quality educational and immersive experiences, facilitated by an internationally renowned faculty.

Director and lead mentor Simone MacKay (E-YRT 500 & YACEP) combines 20 years of teaching and practicing Classical and Tantra yoga with specialised Yoga Nidra study under leading experts Dr. Richard Miller, Dr. Kamini Desai and Dr. Uma Dinsmore-Tuli to offer this unique and transformational advanced yoga teacher training.

This training is a non-dogmatic, experiential Yoga Nidra training that dynamically explores this ancient philosophy practice combined with contemporary research in meditation, sleep, neurological and physical health.Yoga Nidra can give you a deep understanding of the therapeutic, energetic, emotional and cognitive tools to reduce stress and tension, improve health and accelerate growth.

Inspired by wisdom traditions from ancient to contemporary, mystic to scientific, transcendent to earth-based, we’ll explore the process of embodiment through the yogic ‘5 layers of Being’ (the Koshas) with a mix of still and dynamic activities. These 5 layers are: the physical body, breath body, mental/emotional body, intuition and soul essence.

One full day is dedicated to each Kosha. By understanding the entirety of who we are, we move into new states of consciousness to discover our True Self and nourish our mind/body balance. This positively ripples out in seen and unseen ways. It transforms the way we act in relationships, serve our communities and contribute to change in the wider world.

The first part of the Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training is an open 7-day Immersion, which focuses on total mind-body nourishment, the healing of trauma, and profound restoration on all levels. There will be additional daily breakout sessions for the facilitators in training, who then finish with three practice days dedicated to the in-depth building of skills and tools to confidently guide Yoga Nidra meditations. You will also learn to support others into deep restoration and healing states for profound peace.

In this Yoga Nidra, Yoga teacher training training Bali you’ll learn to…

Expand the scope of your practice as a professional yoga teacher, therapist, coach, counsellor, or holistic health professional
Offer practical, accessible tools for slowing the mind and body down into deeply restorative states
Incorporate asana and pranayama techniques that support the pre- and post practice of Yoga Nidra
Rewire the brain and unwind stress and tension from the nervous system
Offer healing potential for unresolved trauma through the Yoga Nidra process
Reconnect to profound presence and peacefulness
Tap into creativity, insight and intuition
Guide others into their own profound restorations, helping them to dissolve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blockages
Direct, transmute and move energy in the body
Develop internal, interceptive felt sense
Find your unique voice & style of delivery
Create safer spaces for deep healing and transformation
Confidently create customised, therapeutic Yoga Nidra meditations

Pre-course preparation:

You will receive 4 weeks of pre-course online content and Yoga Nidra practices

Required Reading:

Yoga Nidra: The Art of Transformational Sleep by Kamini Desai
Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga by Richard Miller
Nidra Shakti by Uma-Dinsmore Tuli (highly recommended, but not required to read in full)

On completion:

You will be certified under Somah Journeys to guide and facilitate Yoga Nidra
You’ll receive post course, online integration sessions x 2 (1 month & 6 months post training)
Yoga Teachers can add this 100hr training towards School of Sacred Arts & Tina Nance Yoga Therapy’s Advanced 300hr (for 500 Hour RYT) Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Program or as 100hr Yoga Alliance continuing education hours (YACEP)

What's Included

Shared accommodation & chef prepared organic vegetarian meals
Daily Yoga, embodiment and deep energetic practices
Advanced Pranayama (breathwork) techniques
The Science of Sleep: Neuroscience and brain wave activity behind Yoga Nidra and how the practice can rewire neural pathways to help combat trauma, stress and negative self beliefs
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: Yin, Restorative, Slow Flow, pranayama and self massage practices that complement Yoga Nidra
Shamanic Journeying
Daily dynamic exploration of the Koshas: learn to understand and navigate the yogi’s different layers of our being (physical, energetic, emotional, mental, intuitive layers)
Sankalpa – how to set, work with and guide effective intentions and intuitive listening
The Yoga of Manifestation: How to work with intention to create the life you love
Native and Celtic Medicine Wheel teachings: deepening our relationship with the cycles and rhythms of nature and the life cycles
Work with visualisation: 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
Understand the therapeutic benefits of Yoga Nidra
Learn to adapt and respond when guiding practices
Learn the secrets of energetic transmission and how to deliver effective Yoga Nidra through voice and sound work

Schedule

Please note our schedule is subject to change with some days continuing into the evening with ceremonies and other lovely offerings.

07:00 – 09:30am Morning practice with guided Yoga Nidra
09:30 – 11:00am Breakfast
*11:00 – 1:30pm Workshop (includes guided Yoga Nidra practices)
1:30 – 2:30pm Lunch
*2:30 – 6:30pm Afternoon session (includes dynamic, somatic and energy based practices as well as Yoga Nidra)
7-8pm Dinner
8.30-9pm guided Yoga Nidra

* optional sessions for retreatants/required participation for 100Hr Teacher Training certification

What is Yoga Nidra?

Yoga Nidra, or ‘Yogic Sleep” is a sleep based, guided meditation technique. It is the term for both the practice and the experience of consciously moving through and releasing blockages from the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of Self in a unique, systematic, and comprehensive way.

A simple yet profound approach, Yoga Nidra is scientifically proven to unwind the nervous system and induce complete relaxation and restoration. This powerful tool allows you to explore the nature of consciousness. By learning to induce a state of trance, practitioners can rewire neural pathways in the brain for “neuroplasticity” to erase limiting belief systems, and plant the seeds for radical transformation in our waking state.

Rooted in Tantric philosophy, it is a secret doorway to the divine intelligence that lies within us and the liberation that awaits us. These same notions are also reflected back within the shamanic approaches across cultures including vision quests, dream work and shamanic journeying.

Especially helpful for those who are challenged by traditional forms of formal meditation, this guided technique brings you deep into the essence of who and what you truly are in a powerful, accessible way. Without the need to sit in an upright meditation posture, Yoga Nidra is usually practiced lying down, and by being guided systematically by the facilitator, it’s far easier to release into the profundity of the experience, sometimes during the very first session.

Retreat centre & logistics

The Yogi’s Garden | Retreat Centre

We’ll be hosted by “The ‘Yogi’s Garden’ (www.yogisgardenbali.com) a brand new permaculture retreat centre tucked away in the heart of Bali’s luscious, tropical countryside. Immersing ourselves far away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist trail to rest deeply in nature, we’ll explore our true nature and connect with our inner peace and stillness, all the while being cradled in the arms of Nidra Shakti.

Chef prepared, vegetarian meals are grown on-site in the centre’s organic gardens for prana-packed nourishment throughout our stay.

Certification

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 at the 500 hour level 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).

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“To rest is a radical act of self care” Uma Dinsmore-Tuli

Somah Team

SIMONE MACKAY
Lead Trainer (E-RYT 500) & Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

With over 2 decades of experience as a yoga practitioner and Yoga Alliance accredited teacher trainer, and supported by a Bachelor in Social Work, Canadian-raised and Switzerland-educated, Simone MacKay has dedicated her life to the path of self enquiry, care and conscious living while empowering others to do the same.

A Yoga teacher trainer for the last two decades, Simone’s Yoga School; the School of Sacred Arts has evolved from running foundation 200 YTTs (in which she certified over 600 teachers from around the globe) into specialised, advanced yoga teacher trainings and personal and professional development programs under Somah Journeys.

Simone holds space with deep presence and a gentle grace that helps you navigate your life’s journey, find your unique gifts and deepen into your soul. Having studied with master teachers and elders from around the globe, including training in 3 of the main Yoga Nidra styles (Irest, Total Yoga Nidra and the Amrit Method) Simone draws upon these ancient yogic tools, blending them with shamanic wisdom teachings to offer a post lineage style of Yoga Nidra which give you full permission to deliver your own with confidence and creativity.

With a focus on integration, Simone offers the highest level teacher trainings and 1-2-1 therapeutic Yoga Nidra session that restore balance, soul and meaning to yoga and modern day living.

Simone’s extended Bio

EMMA LOWE
Lead Trainer (RYT 500) & Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

Founder of Essential Nature Yoga, Celtic nomad Emma Lowe is an embodiment and meditation teacher with specialisation in Women’s Health and Sexuality. Emma has been Creative Director and assistant facilitator with Somah Journeys since 2018.

Having training around the world in the fields of classical Hatha and Tantra, Yoga Nidra, Feminine Embodiment, Sexual Sovereignty, Celtic Shamanism and other nature based practices Emma offers a fresh and inclusive approach to self love, care and pleasure in order to tune you in your deepest desires and turn you on to your fullest potential as a fully integrated, successful, sexual, and spiritual contemporary human.

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 through her Wild & Well Women’s self care series, womb clearing sessions and Yoni Nidra.

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.

Essential Nature Yoga

TINA NANCE & OTHER SPECIAL GUEST TEACHERS

Tina Nance has been practicing Yoga for over 20 years and teaching yoga and women’s work around the globe since 2003, in classes, workshops, retreats and yoga teacher trainings.

Tina is deeply passionate about creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to connect directly and experientially with their body-mind and Spirit via the Yogic Arts, & is the founder of The TNYT Yoga Therapy School & the somatic practice of Embodied Unwinding.

Tina works within the understanding that many of the contractions of the body-mind, are a manifestation of an identification with thoughts and behaviours that are misaligned with the truth of who we are. Tina’s embodiment practices are focused on consciously unraveling our body-mind’s contractions with guided awareness. Cultivating the art of deep presence, compassionate holding, focused awareness and conscious breath within each asana, exploring all eight limbs of yoga simultaneously, on the mat. Connecting to our innate essence as loving presence, containing & embracing all that arises, & inviting the Integration of body, mind and Spirit.

Tina is currently a resident yoga teacher & teacher trainer at The Yoga Barn in Bali.

500hr RYT, Dip Ki Yoga Therapy, Dip Health Sciences, Dip Shiatsu, Dip Remedial Massage, Dip Energy Healing.

Simone Mackay’s Yoga Nidra has become a home for me, an anchor through times of transition as a way to calm my nervous system and as a reminder of my true nature, my shining light. I worked with Simone to create a personalized Nidra that gave the practice of connecting to my intention, my sankalpas, and to finding spaciousness in my inner sanctuary. The seeds that I’ve planted through my intention and practice are blossoming in ways I never would have thought imaginable.
— Margo, USA

Simone MacKay’s and Emma Lowe’s Yoga and Yoga Nidra practices were exactly what my entire being needed.
— Ashton, UK

I was probably the last person to ever try out Yoga Nidra. Classic no pain no gain mentality. Thankfully Simone was sent to my Yoga teacher training and I had the chance to experience the effects of Yoga Nidra. I loved it so much that I would be the first one to complain if we skipped the Nidra. As professional athlete I know how important it is to work hard, but that only gets you so far. If you truly want to internalize whatever you’re doing, you need to give your body and mind space to process. And if laying around doing nothing sounds boring to you, like it did to me at first, you’re the kind of person who can really benefit from Yoga Nidra.
— Freya, Europe

A Few Good Words

Simone MacKay’s and Emma Lowe’s Yoga and Yoga Nidra practices were exactly what my entire being needed.

Ashton, UK

Simone Mackay's Yoga Nidra has become a home for me, an anchor through times of transition as a way to calm my nervous system and as a reminder of my true nature, my shining light. I worked with Simone to create a personalized Nidra that gave the practice of connecting to my intention, my sankalpas, and to finding spaciousness in my inner sanctuary. The seeds that I’ve planted through my intention and practice are blossoming in ways I never would have thought imaginable.

Margo, USA

The yoga nidra has been wonderful. It feels like this cozy little nest that i can drop into to release the energy of the city. I’m sure that working with it has helped me stay grounded and connected to my inner voice.

Margo

I was probably the last person to ever try out Yoga Nidra. Classic no pain no gain mentality. Thankfully Simone was sent to my Yoga teacher training and I had the chance to experience the effects of Yoga Nidra. I loved it so much that I would be the first one to complain if we skipped the Nidra. As professional athlete I know how important it is to work hard, but that only gets you so far. If you truly want to internalize whatever you’re doing, you need to give your body and mind space to process. And if laying around doing nothing sounds boring to you, like it did to me at first, you’re the kind of person who can really benefit from Yoga Nidra.

Freya, Europe

Simone MacKay, is one of the wisest and humblest beings I have been gifted with coming across on this path. Truly embodying all that she shares, she serves as an inspiration as much in the way that she IS in the world and the things that she doesn’t say as much as in the things that she does. Simone held a powerful yet gentle space for me to shift and sift through a lifetimes worth of conditioning and limiting beliefs and reminding me of my own intrinsic connection to nature and all of ‘Life’. Simone’s guidance and support in both Yoga and Yoga Nidra combined with the deeply powerful lessons I experienced from the Plant Teachers allowed me to reach and transform the make-up of my inner world and forever have changed how I see and interact with the outer world. I am beyond grateful for Simone’s teachings, compassion, love and nurturing presence, the roots of which run deeper in my heart than I can express and from which I have gained unparalleled insight, strength and growth. A true soul guide, gently guiding me home. Even through the darkest times, Simone helps me to remember Life's beauty and gifts, including my own.

EMMA LOWE, IRELAND

I traveled down to Peru for an all-inclusive yoga retreat involving, a sweat lodge, yoga, hiking, meditation, a day of silence, and 2 ceremonies with the plant medicine, Ayahuasca. It was led by well-traveled guides with tons of experience and international contacts. They are yoga teacher trainers who have experienced just about everything in their realm. Guided by their courage and passion I felt like I received 10 years of therapy in a matter of 10 days.

MATT LOVITT, USA

I just completed a 100-hour retreat - Yin yoga plant medicine module in Peru. It was one of the best learning experiences of my life. Truly magical. Simone is a wonderful teacher and facilitated the retreat with exceptional detail and grace. I would highly recommend to anyone curious about exploring this kind of path. With great love.

NAOMI GASKIN, CANADA

Simone is a very special teacher and creates an incredibly safe, transformative and ceremonial space. I could not be more grateful. My experiences with her have changed my life for the better forever and while this work can be incredibly hard at times because you never know what the plants have in store for you, it was just the journey I needed. Simone is a wonderfully nurturing guide and puts so much heart and care into creating experiences that allow you to go inward and be your own medicine for healing. She's very special and I would recommend her immersions to anyone.

NIKKI CURTIS, USA

I can't tell you how happy I am to have the Peru experience Simone facilitated. I am constantly being brought back to the Maloka as a kind of mental safe place. I can still see, smell, and feel it so vividly. Now that I am firmly back in my regular life, I have found such great tools from my integration. My meditation has never been stronger, and my overall compassion and love for others has been broadened. Again, many many thanks for what you do!

SETH MARCUS, USA

This journey can best be described as a rebirth. You will dissolve and surrender leaving only your true nature exposed and vulnerable yet free to flourish and grasp into the very core of your existence. This immersion is powerful beyond measure and offers a unique experience of entering highly altered states through yoga nidra and plant medicine, which can have a profound impact on every aspect of your life. There is so much wisdom to be found throughout this retreat and the effects will last far into the future. Simone MacKay pours every bit of her heart into this amazing immersion and you feel the commitment and love from the first minute you arrive and in a base of trust you couldn't even imagine. Simone and her team create an atmosphere that allows you to fully commit and flow into the vibe of these ancient practices. If there is one word to describe this immersion it would be ‘authentic’. We recommend for anyone interested in deep self-exploration and connection to our mysterious earth to do this - we promise you will never regret taking the time and courage to do this work for yourself.

Nicolai Borre Christensen & Cathrine Hansen, Denmark

I really wanted to experience in this unique way, the depth of my soul. The experience was pure magic. And pure reality. I felt safe, loved and held the whole way. I felt that I could trust Simone and that anyone she called into her circle could be, in the true sense of the word, a guide. The plant medicines have their own way of working. However, it’s critical to have gatekeepers on this side of it all that with a steady hand and open heart, guide you through the doorway, down and in. Gently. And with care.Would I do this again? 100 times yes. Would it be with Simone? 10000 times yes. Jump! Or walk slowly. Whatever your way, the medicine, and these skilled guides can hold you.