The 2022/23 online yoga nidra teacher training has been completed. Please email Carol if you’re interested in a future training course.
Do you struggle to unwind, recuperate or sleep?
Or perhaps you’re curious about what lies beyond the mind, and about yogic consciousness (turiya) that enhances daily life and is found beyond waking, dreaming and sleep?
Yoga nidra is an effortless, guided practice that releases tension on all levels and nourishes wellbeing. It’s accessible to all.
As part of this process, yoga nidra gently invites you to explore and befriend your layers (koshas) and all the parts of you unconditionally. This offers freedom from the conceptual thinking mind, its imprints and limiting patterns. What’s revealed is our essence; a deeper, unshakeable source of peaceful being that infuses daily life. Sound sleep and rejuvenation are welcome by-products of the practice.
Over time, we rediscover the ability to rest, be and meet life’s varied circumstances with greater calm, clarity and contentment. Intuition and creativity are heightened.
“Thanks so much Carol – this practice was sumptuous! I thought I was fairly awake throughout but when I started to stir at the end I felt like I’d been asleep for days. Wonderful! Thank you” – Vicki
Carol has trained in traditional (Satyananda/Bihar) and contemporary (iRest) methods of yoga nidra and has experienced other schools’ approaches. The iRest Institute continues to track published research into the efficacy of yoga nidra for various conditions, including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
”Carol’s clear and compassionate guidance allowed me to feel safe and to relax into this transformational practice. It’s been such a supportive practice for my own general well-being in these challenging times. The course is also helping me to gradually come to greater loving acceptance of myself as I am” – A
You’re welcome to try a short yoga nidra here.
In addition to group practices, Carol offers bespoke yoga nidra on a one-to-one basis, either live or online, supported by a personalised recording. Please enquire here.
If you’re a yoga teacher and are interested in deepening your own practice of yoga nidra and sharing it with others, you’re welcome to consider Carol’s accredited online yoga nidra teacher training. The course for 2022/23 has been completed, but please email if you’re interested in a future training.
For newcomers and practitioners of yoga nidra, the course below is offered:
Discovering Yoga Nidra
Let yourself be guided back to ease through this supportive course of four accessible, progressive practices. Based on the Bihar approach, with beautiful nature visualisations.
Why yoga nidra?
It can be challenging to find deep rest, replenishment and contentment. Yoga nidra, sometimes called ‘yogic sleep’ or NSDR (non-sleep deep rest), makes the transition to self-awareness, acceptance and wellbeing possible. Please see more below.