Awaken your consciousness of sleep and dream through the tantric practice of expanded awareness for lucid living. Become alive to the source of well-being, happiness and purpose in every dimension of life.
We understand yoga nidra to be the most transformative, potent and remarkably adaptive of all yoga practices. Yoga nidra is in fact not really a single practice, but rather an experience of altered states of consciousness, essentially meditative experiences which can be used therapeutically for healing, as well as to enhance creativity and productivity and to improve sleep and general health.
The Total Yoga Nidra Immersion Experience is a self-contained and complete retreat style immersion (non-residential) open to anyone with an interest in experiencing Total Yoga Nidra. It is both a standalone weekend course that covers all the fundamentals of Total Yoga Nidra, as well as being a pre-requisite for moving on to the full Total Yoga Nidra Teacher and Facilitator Training. The intention of this part of the course is to offer an accessible and profound immersion in the experience of Total Yoga Nidra, providing a perfect opportunity for those who have encountered other partial or limited forms of the practice to meet the full spectrum of approaches to yoga nidra.
We invite feedback from all our students – if you’d like to know what they’re saying about this course then we’re delighted to share it with you.
What’s in the Total Yoga Nidra Immersion Experience?
A combination of theory and practice to give you a sound foundation (or to deepen your existing foundation) of understanding about what yoga nidra is in the broadest sense, and how it works, together with plenty of live, responsive and practical experiences of a full range of yoga nidra. We will cover:
1. Welcome to Yoga Nidra
2. History and Development
3. Intentions, and How They Shape the Practice
4. Comparative Structures
5. Comparative Rotations of Consciousness
6. The Science of Yoga Nidra
7. The Philosophy of Yoga Nidra
8. Liminality & Creativity
9. Sleep, Memory & Dreams
10. Trance: Hypnosis & Yoga Nidra
11. Yoga Nidra as a Meditative Practice
12. Sankalpa
13. Yoga Nidra & Bhakti Yoga
14. Growing your Own Practice
ACCOMMODATION
The accommodation at Gravito (www.gravito.co.uk) is in comfortable decked tipis. Each tipi has lovely views, is set on an individual terrace and is usually shared between 4 guests.
There are two practice places, a very large authentic yurt from Kyrgyzstan with an elevated wooden floor, and an organically shaped outdoor wooden platform shaded under the trees. There are numerous magical spots on the land including a root circle, meditation garden, holy spring valley, private river swimming beach and more… They have stunning views all around and vast clear skies to marvel at the milky way.
The bathroom at Gravito has 3 showers and a veranda overlooking the permaculture garden and there is a spiral compost toilet with a view. There is a restored barn which has an open kitchen/bar and a dining room with an open fire. Their cooking is vegetarian/vegan, using tasty world recipes with an emphasis on balance and restorative health. They also cater for special diets. Organic/bio-dynamic fresh produce comes from our land or is sourced locally, whilst other items are ordered through our own local co-operative via Suma in England.
COST
The cost for this course is €395.00 EURO,
this includes all tuition and manual (€165 of the cost). It also includes all meals and accommodation in a shared tipi whilst you are there (€230 of the cost).
Bringing Children: You are welcome to bring your children to enjoy this beautiful setting in Portgual with you. Babies under one are invited free of charge. For children and babies aged between one and five, we ask for a €40 EURO contribution. For children aged 5 -14years we ask you to pay half the full accommodation and food costs (which would be €82.50). If we end up having lots of children with us, we may organise to have a child-minder, the costs of this can then be shared between the parents.
