Amrit Method® of Yoga Nidra

This yoga nidra training is designed for all those interested in both personal and professional transformation and growth.

In these times, chronic stress has reached epidemic proportions. It is more prevalent than cancer or heart disease. It causes suppressed immune dysfunction and it is the underlying root of anxiety, depression, and Attention Deficit Disorder.

Yoga nidra holds the master key to reverse this attack on your body, mind, and spirit. It has the power to take you to the innermost, deepest levels of relaxation where your whole body and being is permeated by peace of mind and profound stillness. It unlocks the mystical, integrative powers of the subconscious and your higher centers of consciousness to effortlessly erase your most tenacious, self-destructive habits and behavior patterns held unconsciously in your physical, mental, and emotional bodies.

Yoga nidra accomplishes this through the powerful, ancient technique of focusing on what is known as the third eye, the area just between and above the eyebrows. This activates the pineal gland, causing it to secret more melatonin, a hormone that is known to induce restful sleep; reduce blood pressure; increase immune function; and prevent premature aging. This training teaches you to:

• Understand yoga nidra as a meditative practice
• Set your own intention for life and help others do the same
• Deliver three different yoga nidra experiences
• Lead yoga nidra programs of various length, including multi-session classes, workshops, and one-on-one sessions
• Communicate the benefits of yoga nidra to people of varying needs and walks of life
• Explore marketing opportunities

This training is for yoga practitioners and spiritual seekers of all traditions who feel their personal practice has plateaued or who wish to use yoga nidra to deepen and expand their practice. It also has the power to rebuild your health, love life, family life, and professional life, and to actualize your intentions, visions, and prayers. Professional applications include:

• Yoga teachers and yoga studio owners who want to reach out to people who want the therapeutic benefits of yoga but who do not want to do, or cannot do, a traditional yoga practice
• Massage therapists and bodyworkers who want to enhance their own and their clients’ experience
• Healing professionals and therapists who want to offer additional therapeutic practices to their clients

NATABOC CE Level Essential

If you have previously taken Amrit Method of Yoga Nidra Personal & Professional Training Part A, you may register for the last 5 days of this workshop, July 26-31, 2009, as Part B. Course number is 3205-837B; save $350 Part B tuition has been lowered to $1,050. Please call 800.944.1001 to register. Last year's Yoga Nidra workshop at Omega does not qualify as Part A of the training.

Yogi Amrit Desai began teaching yoga nidra in the 1980s. In 1997, he refined his methodology to reach more practitioners with simple, yet profound, techniques. He is the founder of the Amrit Institute and the Amrit Method® of Yoga and Yoga Nidra. He is also the founder of Kripalu Yoga and the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, and is the author of Kripalu Yoga, A Yogic Perspective on the 12 Steps, and Amrit Yoga. amrityoga.org

Kamini Desai, PhD, is a leading teacher of Yoga Nidra. Desai is president and developer of the core program curriculum of the Amrit Yoga Institute where she developed the first 90-hour Yoga Alliance recognized Yoga Nidra Professional Training program in collaboration with her father, Yogi Amrit Desai. Together they have created an exciting body of teachings on the lost art of Yoga Nidra, combining eastern philosophy with western psychology and medical science. Desai holds degrees in anthropology and psychology from Smith College and La Salle University.