How are you today? I hope you’re feeling well, happy, and centered in your heart.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving for the United States. We had a truly unforgettable expat Thanksgiving with our small family of 3 and our adopted Nana. Sen and Nana Chris made a lovely free-range chicken, beautiful goat cheese and pomegranate salad, creamy mascarpone mashed potatoes, a truly mind-blowing stuffing with pecans, sausage and bread made from the world’s best baguette. Pics on IG.
This year, I didn’t personally cook anything. I was in charge of bringing the wine and some of Nice’s best pastries, including the finest macarons we’ve ever eaten, and we’ve tried dozens of macaron shops.
Though everything we ate was truly gourmet, the most pleasant surprise for me, the thing that completely took me off guard, was the cranberry sauce. Who knew, right? It was so good, it made me want to name my next child after it. Ok, if not a child, then at least a pet. We’re not having another baby, BTW. Did anybody else not know that the secret ingredient for astoundingly fabulous cranberry sauce was bourbon? Growing up, cranberry sauce was the part of the Thanksgiving meal that nobody touched, the pariah of the feast relegated to some far corner of the table. Maybe it’s because of its gelatinous appearance. Maybe it’s because of its color. Or maybe it’s because it stands unnaturally vertical sans support and retains the exact shape of the can it’s been resting in since 1989. Either way, I didn’t grow up enjoying cranberry sauce and never knew cranberry sauce could be this amazing, it paired so well with all the other dishes.
But in all seriousness, what’s difficult to swallow at Thanksgiving, more difficult than canned cranberry goo from a can, is the complicated affair of why we celebrate Thanksgiving in the first place. I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that Thanksgiving is at its core a celebration of colonialism whose damaging effects include the disenfranchisement of indigenous people. It’s a complicated issue to be sure but one that gives me heartburn. Yet, despite the sourness of this important issue, what I absolutely adore about Thanksgiving is that regardless of its origins, it is a day devoted to GRATITUDE, a powerful spiritual practice that has the power to steer ourselves as well as current and future generations toward the true Oneness of all people.
My opinions and reviews about Thanksgiving aside, today I wanted to write to you and let you know that even though I’m not offering any Black Friday deals, I do want to let you know how excited I am about a workshop I’m hosting that will help you to facilitate this Oneness of humanity. Please join me for my Yoga Nidra dyad workshop that I’m hosting online via Zoom Saturday, November 27th from 9 am to 12 pm MST. I’ll record it so you can join live, watch the replay or both. It’s going to be a very special workshop dedicated to the art of facilitating 1:1 Yoga Nidra with your clients in a way that is quite transformational. If you don’t teach Yoga Nidra, this will be a great introduction to a very powerful way of helping people become their best selves.
Do you teach Yoga Nidra or desire to? Make a bigger difference with you students by expanding your Yoga Nidra toolbox and becoming an expert Yoga Nidra Dyad facilitator.
What’s a dyad, already?
As you may know, Yoga Nidra is a unique, effective, and relaxing form of guided meditation which can facilitate a truly magnificent presence in life. It can also help with healing in body, mind and spirit, and can offer clarion insight into your purpose and the very nature of your being. In a Yoga Nidra dyad, a facilitator leads the practitioner through deepening layers of relaxed Awareness via a mindful dialogue which helps the practitioner illuminate their greatest Awareness. It’s a very powerful and beautiful process, but one that requires a bit of know-how and practice.
Typically Yoga Nidra is led by a facilitator who directs either one person or a group of people through the detailed process of layered and relaxed Awareness. However, leading a student through a 1:1 Yoga Nidra dyad can be exponentially more effective at facilitating transformation because it is personalized and tailored to specific needs of the individual student.
Typical Yoga Nidra is led by the facilitator. A dyad is led by the practitioner.
You’ll learn:
Why dyads are so effective
How to practice them safely with your clients
The Yoga Nidra Dyad Roadmap, the essential guide to dyads
How to ascertain your student’s needs in the pre-screening
How to use the koshas as tools to affect transformation
The art of Reflective Awareness
How to ground and navigate your student’s awareness
How to manage and facilitate emotions
How to help your students process and integrate the experience
Helpful professional, logistical, and tech tips.
You’ll receive:
Recordings of the entire workshop (except others’ dyad practice)
A detailed manual with discussion points and resources
The Yoga Nidra Dyad Roadmap
Partners to practice Yoga Nidra dyads with!
This will be a virtual and recorded workshop via Zoom. In this interactive workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to practice dyads with each other in breakout rooms and receive feedback about your teaching.
The world needs expert Yoga Nidra teachers. Become a masterful Yoga Nidra facilitator by learning Yoga Nidra dyads
Each person who registers will receive a recording of the workshop so even if you can’t make the time work for you, you may register and watch the training at your own convenience.
Counts as continuing education with Yoga Alliance!
Direct any questions to scott@scottmooreyoga.com
Thank you and I hope to see you tomorrow