Yoga Nidra TT (40 hour) with Michele Loew

YOGA NIDRA 40 HOUR TEACHER TRAINING WITH MICHELE LOEW

19 June - 28 June 2020 (pls check the schedule below)

This Transformational Yoga Intensive Training will cover the incredible meditative yoga science of Yoga Nidra, the awakening practice of enlightened sleep. Yoga Nidra is a practice that works on profoundly healing all the layers of the body/mind/heart complex. It also provides a bridge to pure consciousness. This training will provide teachers of yoga and meditation, as well as students and seekers on the path to freedom, enough information to develop a home practice of Yoga Nidra and begin sharing the practice with others. 

Michele’s yoga Nidra practices are unique to others and have quickly become acclaimed as deeply transformational. She works with traditional practices from the Himalayan masters, as well as the science behind Richard Miller’s work, and also uniquely brings in the Tibetan sleep yoga practices learned from her Vajrayana studies and practice.

Michele will share a number of different yoga Nidra practices daily, work intimately with the practice of Sankalpa (power of high spiritually guided intentions), study the science behind Yoga Nidra, both neuroscience and yoga science, of how this practice affects our brains, bodies, and all the layers (koshas) of our being.  This Part 2 training will include expanded teachings on the practice and science behind visualization techniques used in Nidra and meditation.  

Yoga teachers attending this workshop will receive 40 hours of Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)  

ABOUT MICHELLE -
Michele Loew is an international yoga teacher and the founder and director of The Yoga Space in Portland, Oregon. She is known as a teacher’s teacher and is respected for her 200 Hr & 500 Hr. Yoga Schools and her ability to combine Western knowledge of the body (Anatomy & physiology and modern kinesiology techniques) with the Eastern tradition of yoga. She has practised and taught yoga since 1998, having studied extensively in the Iyengar and Ashtanga traditions as well as the Sri Vidya lineage. She is known for her keen observation skills and her ability to guide a student towards aligning the physical and energetic body through the use of expert hands-on assists and intelligent verbal cues. She brings to her teaching a warm and engaging style that reflects her own internal understanding of the practice. Michele is an avid student of Eastern & Western Philosophy and continues to study with her principal yoga teacher Richard Freeman with whom she has practised with since 2000. She has been Richard’s assistant in his teacher training and workshops and has a close understanding of his brilliant middle path teaching. She practices Tibetan Buddhism, and received several Kalachakra initiations with HH The Dalai Lama and practices Vajrayana as guided by her beloved teacher in Buddhism, Dr Robert Thurman. Michele teaches regular classes and training in Portland, as well as retreats and workshops internationally. For more information on Michele please visit:www.micheleloew.com and follow her on Instagram Michele Loew

BENEFITS OF YOGA NIDRA -

Yoga Nidra helps in the regulation of hormones, stabilization of glucose levels, and alleviation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It creates a meditative state very quickly that is identified in brain wave analysis and can move people into the yoga state of Turya.. a state of bliss or samadhi that is one of the highest states of realization. At the very least it helps people to relax! In today's world where there’s so much static noise constantly coming in, we have forgotten the art of quietening down and letting the mind rest. And for so many people that are unable to easily formulate a sitting practice, this lying down meditation becomes a doorway into a meditative form that all can enter.

A sampling of some of the Nidra sessions this Level 2 course will include:

“Visualizing your Path to Freedom”   Utilizing visualization techniques in Yoga Nidra to expand consciousness, liberate one from old templates, create a new paradigm, and clear the path for the power of pure seeing.  

“The Power of Sankalpa", How Intentions Work to Manifest; Thought Becomes Form. The practice of yoga Nidra is one of the most powerful ways to positively access and shape the unconscious. In this session, we will work on some meditation exercises around our individual dharma and what we most desire in life. Using these insights, we can begin using Sankalpa within the Nidra practice. This session will include meditation practices for greater self-awareness, the light movement to free joints and wake up subtle body energy, and a Sankalpa based powerful yoga Nidra practice.

“The Koshas", Healing and Empowering the Physical, Energetic, and Mental layers of the body. Yoga science utilizes a 5 layer body framework in order to conceptualize ourselves, the 5 Koshas, or sheaths of the body. This Nidra will focus on the first 3 layers Annamaya (physical sheath), Pranamaya (energetic sheath), Manomaya (mental sheath). The Nidra practice will work with breath awareness, and utilize pairs of opposite sensations and thoughts to access and bring healing within these layers.

“The Koshas”, waking up the Wisdom and Bliss layers of the body. This session will focus on yoga, meditation, and Nidra practices to access and empower the last 2 layers of the body, Vijnamaya Kosha (Wisdom/ intuition body), & Anandamaya Kosha (Bliss Body). This Nidra will work with the rotation of consciousness throughout the body, and utilize Shavayatra (61 points) to move into enlightened sleep, awakened being.

TRAINING DAYS AND TIMES - 19 JUNE -  28 JUNE

Friday 19 June - 6pm - 8pm  
Saturday 20 June - 11:30 - 5:30pm 
Sunday 21 June - 10am - 5pm
Monday 22 June - 9:30 - 5pm
Wednesday 24 June - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday 26 June - 9:30 - 4:30pm
Saturday 27 June - 11:30 - 6pm
Sunday 28 June - 10am - 5pm

Energy Exchange - $575 (EB ends 30 April)

                             $625 (Full Price)

NUMBERS WILL BE LIMITED FOR THIS TRAINING

YOU WILL RECEIVE A INFO PACK ONCE YOU BOOK IN