Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief – Online

Thursdays: Feb. 3, 10, 17, and 24

In this online workshop, discover the essential principles, practices, and benefits of Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep”. Go far beyond deep relaxation to a place of natural peace and quiet that is tremendously healing for the body, mind, and spirit. Yoga Nidra reliably reveals and awakens your inner reservoir of intuitive understanding and unconditional joy.

Learn progressive relaxation skills, specialized breathing techniques, guided imagery, and mindfulness to easily create a deep meditative state and discover unique skills for handling stress and tension.

Yoga Nidra is based on Yoga teachings and backed by contemporary science. Yoga Nidra is fundamental to a complete Hatha Yoga session and can also be done as a separate practice on its own. It is gratifying and exhilarating.

In this online workshop, you will:

• Experience six amazing levels of relaxation to replenish your energy and activate creativity and intuition using pratyahara (sensory withdrawal)
• Clear out useless habits, bringing about positive and permanent changes in your personality and life by using sankalpa (self-selected resolve)
• Boost the immune system, regulate blood pressure, decrease pain, and improve other health conditions
• Improve memory and concentration, and relieve anxiety and depression with regular practice of Yoga Nidra
• Feel truly refreshed: One hour of Yoga Nidra practice is equal to four hours of sleep

Live sessions with Julie on Thursdays at 7–9 pm ET.

You will have access to the video recordings for 8 weeks after the program ends, until April 21.

In addition, you will have access to the Ashram’s Online Hatha Yoga classes at 5 pm ET and access to an online social community to connect and communicate with other participants about this course.

This workshop is part of the 40-hour Yoga Nidra Training and Certification LEVEL 1 – Online, a deeper study and practice of Yoga Nidra, on Thursdays and Saturdays, Feb. 3–26.

Recommended reading
Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief by Julie Lusk. New Harbinger Publications, 2015.
Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation by Julie Lusk. Llewellyn, May 2021.

Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

• Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 8 contact hours.
  You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
• Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.

Testimonials

Julie was an outstanding instructor. I gained so much from her varied techniques and was able to reach sustained deep meditative states for the first time. A great experience. — Lee Helfrich

Julie has the ability to lead us into a deep meditative state and back into consciousness through her guided meditations and visualizations. — Paula Lucas

Julie’s authenticity shines through. She is a very skilled practitioner of Yoga Nidra. She encourages students to be curious and open to the Yoga Nidra experience without expectation so they can listen intuitively and dig deeper into what is inside. — Lee Diamond

Julie Lusk has a beautiful manner to present this topic. She is very knowledgeable of Yoga Nidra and has a passion for sharing it with the world. — Candid Gorman