Total Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
The Total Yoga Nidra Teacher Training is back in The Netherlands again! You can join Uma Dinsmore Tuli for this elaborate training that trains you in the different lineages of yoga nidra. After the training, you are able to create your unique nidras drawing from all lineages adapting to the needs of your students and clients.
We are excited to welcome Uma back and looking forward to her inspired teaching style and the vast and embodied knowledge that she shares from.
This course is open to anyone with an interest in facilitating yoga nidra. You do not need to have a 200 hour yoga teacher training to join. You must have completed the pre-requisite Total Yoga Nidra Immersion course and before beginning this course.
The Teacher Training
The Total Yoga Nidra Teacher and Facilitator Training trains yoga teachers and others to teach and facilitate yoga nidra with confidence in class settings, one-to-ones, and for a range of therapeutic applications. Uniquely amongst yoga nidra trainings, it offers Total Yoga Nidra, a comprehensive, inclusive, and non-dogmatic approach to yoga nidra that respects and explores not only a range of practice methods but also acknowledges a variety of different levels of experience during yoga nidra.
Certified by the IAYT for APD. Recognized by the Independent Yoga Network
In this training you will...
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Encounter yoga nidra in its totality
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Explore the multiple forms and levels of this remarkable yoga practice
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Become empowered to deepen your own intuitive practice of meditative yoga nidra beyond the limits of standard trademarked and traditional forms
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Understand the full living range of different methods, lineages and levels of total yoga nidra
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Experience total yoga nidra as a living intelligence of the heart, an adaptogenic practice of deep healing and self-discovery
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Grow in confidence to share responsive and appropriate total yoga nidra practice with students and clients
This training is designed by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli, who together have over forty years experience of practice, teaching and working therapeutically with all forms and levels of yoga nidra, is a uniquely comparative and creative, experiential course. It offers both practical training and personal and professional development.
We look forward to welcoming you!
DATES & TEACHER
Module 1 | 9-13 April '25
Module 2 | 19 May '25 Live on zoom
Modules can only be booked together as one training.
PROGRAM
45 hours of teaching
Module 1:
Daily : 10:30 - 18:30 hrs
Module 2:
18:00 - 21:00 hrs
LOCATION
De Pastorie
Hartveldseweg 24
1111 BG Diemen-Amsterdam
Module 2 is online
PRICE
Price:
€1749
Please read requirements at the bottom of the page before booking.
Please write us if you are in need of a payment plan
Training Overview
This is an intensive course delivered in two parts. Part one is in person at de Pastorie in Diemen-Amsterdam, part 2 is live on Zoom.
Also included in the cost of the course is attendance at 3 online Total Yoga Nidra Open Circles (attendance is mandatory).
You must have completed the pre-requisite Total Yoga Nidra Online Immersion course before beginning this course.
The training includes:
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5 full days of in-person training with Uma at the beautiful Pastorie in Diemen-Amsterdam
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Access to our friendly and accessible online learning sanctuary
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Access to three online Total Yoga Nidra Open Circles, attendance is mandatory
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Downloadable yoga nidras for pre-course listening
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A comprehensive reading list
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A comprehensive training manual
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60 hours of study, practice, training, and support to nourish your growth into a confident and committed teacher and facilitator of Total Yoga Nidra
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Development of a daily Yoga Nidra practice
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Practical Guidance
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Structured learning
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Opportunities for questions and discussions with course leaders
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Supportive opportunities for practice with peers
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Direct feedback and refinement of teaching skills
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Access to downloadable recordings of all live nidras delivered on the course
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Two online follow-up tutorials
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Support to conduct an in-depth case study in an area of your own interest
In this training you will learn:
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To devise and deliver Total Yoga Nidra practices appropriate to your needs and those of your students and clients.
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A clear practical understanding of the structure and function of Total Yoga Nidra, including models of best practice, and techniques to be avoided.
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A practical understanding of the key principles of yogic psychology and philosophy relevant to the practice of Total Yoga Nidra.
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A contextual understanding of the development and history of Total Yoga Nidra across different lineages.
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To share Total Yoga Nidra with an informed sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual experiences of those receiving the practice.
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To teach a range of restorative yoga asanas suitable for use during yoga nidra practice.
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To teach within the appropriate safety guidelines for this type of yoga practice.
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Certificate of Graduation
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Access to our Graduate Circle
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Listing on our Teacher's Directory
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Uma Dinsmore Tuli
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli was first introduced to yoga at the age of four by her mother and began meditating at nine on a pilgrimage with her maternal grandmother. Yoga and meditation have been part of her daily life ever since.
As a naturally curious and enquiring yogini, she has engaged passionately and critically with a variety of quite different schools of yoga, most especially Satyananda Yoga and Iyengar Yoga. After completing the Yoga Biomedical Trust Diploma in Yoga Therapy in 1999, Uma has continued to find the fully integrated approach of yoga therapy to be the most practical route to the healing power of yoga. She further trained in Structural Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy with Mukunda...
Time Investment & Requirements
Besides the two modules in April (in person) and May (online), which both need to be attended live, you can expect the following time investment for the training:
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Personal tutorial
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3 Online Open Circles
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A structured system of self-study and practice
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A total of 60 hours of study, practice, training, and support to nourish your growth into a confident and committed teacher and facilitator of Total Yoga Nidra.
Requirements before you join the training:
There are some prerequisites required before you begin this course.
Total Yoga Nidra Immersion Experience:
Comparative and creative forms of Yoga Nidra (previously known as the Foundation course). This course is mandatory to take part in the teacher training. If you have not already completed this it can be done as an online course but must be completed BEFORE the beginning of the teacher training course. Uma will teach this course in person in Amsterdam-Weesp 11-12 January 2025. You can read more and book your spot here.
Once your registration is complete, you will receive the list of books to read and the material to watch.
How will you be assessed?
Assessment for this training is in two parts:
Yoga Nidra Practice:
In part 2 of the course (online), you will deliver a 15-minute yoga nidra to your tutor and peers and receive direct, constructive feedback.
Case Study:
You will complete a case study outlining the delivery of a series of 4 yoga nidras designed to support a person or group of people. The deadline for submission of the case study is three months after the end of the course (August 2025).