Certified Yoga Nidra Facilitator Course: Professional Skills

Get certified as a Yoga Nidra Facilitator: Learn structure, pacing, cueing, aftercare with classical trauma-aware tools

This course is for yoga teachers who want to expand their services and for therapists or coaches who wish to apply Yoga Nidra in appropriate, non-clinical contexts. You will learn to plan, guide, and review complete sessions using a reliable structure (setup → guidance → re-ground → aftercare), adapt for groups or one-to-one work, and write your own cohesive scripts from scratch using a visualization-first method. A certification pathway is available through a post-course examination. External links for the examination and resources appear only in the Bonus Lecture to comply with platform policy.

What You Will Learn (Outcomes)

• Facilitate confident, professional Yoga Nidra sessions with clear pacing, cueing, and aftercare.

• Use a repeatable session structure: setup → guidance → re-ground → aftercare.

• Adapt facilitation appropriately for group classes and one-to-one sessions.

• Write cohesive scripts from scratch using a visualization-first approach that creates thematic unity.

• Apply traditional terminology and sequencing (rotation of consciousness, breath awareness, feelings and sensations, visualization, sankalpa, externalization) with clarity.

• Implement explicit, trauma-aware protocol notes: consent language, choice in cues, exits, and scope-of-practice boundaries.

• (Optional) Complete the certification pathway via a fifty-question examination described in the Bonus Lecture.

Who This Course Is For

• Yoga teachers and recent 200-hour graduates seeking practical facilitator skills and continuing education (approximately twenty hours; please verify recognition with your registry).

• Therapists and coaches who wish to integrate Yoga Nidra methods in non-clinical settings with clear scope-of-practice boundaries.

• Serious practitioners who want to learn the craft of guiding others using traditional methodology.

Requirements

• Basic familiarity with yoga or meditation is helpful but not required.

• A quiet practice space for recording or guiding.

• An optional microphone if you plan to create guided audio sessions.

Course Positioning and Methodology

• Emphasis on traditional yogic methodology, clear language, and professional pacing.

• Not positioned as sleep-only or sleep-focused; applicable across studio, community, workplace, and one-to-one contexts.

• Explicit trauma-aware protocol notes are included to support safer facilitation.

Instructor Credentials (Proof)

• Trained with senior swamis of the Bihar School of Yoga; lived and studied at the ashram of Swami Satyananda in 2008–2009.

• Sixteen plus years teaching and facilitating Yoga Nidra, among the earliest to publish guided sessions online.

• More than fifteen million views on a public video channel featuring guided practices and teachings.

Certification Pathway (Read This Before Enrolling)

• The course includes a pathway to become a Certified Yoga Nidra Facilitator issued by Sri Mantra and signed by the instructor.

• After completing the curriculum you can access the Bonus Lecture for the external examination portal.

• The examination has fifty questions. Upon passing, a certificate will be automatically generated and emailed.

• All external links are provided only in the Bonus Lecture to comply with platform policy.