You Don't Need to Be a Yoga Teacher to Teach Yoga Nidra (Here's Who Can)

I get this question all the time: "Do you need to be a certified yoga teacher to teach Yoga Nidra?"

The answer might surprise you. Yoga Nidra teacher training isn't just for yoga instructors—therapists, coaches, parents, educators, and healing practitioners are discovering they can become Yoga Nidra teachers without a 200-hour yoga certification. In fact, some of the most effective Yoga Nidra facilitators have never taught a yoga asana class.

If you’re searching for Yoga Nidra teacher training, Yoga Nidra certification, or wondering whether non–yoga teachers can teach Yoga Nidra, this article will clarify what you actually need—and why your unique background might make you a much better guide than you think.

The Biggest Misconception About Yoga Nidra Certification

There's a widespread belief that you need a 200-hour yoga teacher training to be qualified to teach Yoga Nidra. I mean, there's "yoga" right there in the title, right? And aren't yoga teachers supposed to be certified?

Yoga asana teachers definitely need yoga certification—this ensures safety and adherence to professional guidelines, especially when offering hands-on assists and adjustments.

But Yoga Nidra is a different animal altogether. Unfortunately, this misconception keeps many incredible guides from learning how to use this transformational practice with their students and clients.

In my Yoga Nidra teacher training, I teach all the professional guidelines you need: how to create a container, establish professional boundaries, and understand what Yoga Nidra can and cannot do. But don't let the lack of a yoga teacher certification get in the way of offering profound transformation to your clients.

The truth is that Yoga Nidra is about rest and awareness, not asana. You don't need to know the 37 different muscles, indications, and contraindications of downward-facing dog to guide someone into rest and awareness.

Who Actually Teaches Yoga Nidra: 6 Types of Practitioners Thriving in This Practice

Therapists and Counselors Using Yoga Nidra

In my Yoga Nidra training, I spend considerable time discussing Yoga Nidra for therapists. Therapists and counselors are perfect facilitators for this practice because they're actively engaged in the personal transformation of their clients. Yoga Nidra is a safe, effective, and profound agent for personal transformation—especially when other modes of therapy don't seem to be working.

Here's what Evelyn, a psychotherapist who graduated from my training, shared about using Yoga Nidra with her clients:

"The training gave me deep and rich tools that I started using in my coaching and therapy practice immediately following the training. My clients have reported feeling centered and calm after I have facilitated a short Yoga Nidra practice. Scott is an exceptional human being with the purpose of helping humans heal and grow!"

—Evelyn Skon, MBA, MA, LMFT, Psychotherapist and Coach

Parents and Educators Teaching Yoga Nidra

Many parents and teachers appreciate how Yoga Nidra helps them work with children. Whether it's helping middle-school science students stay focused in class and work through test anxiety, or concerned parents looking for resources to reduce self-harm and suicide among teenagers in their area, teachers and parents are making a big difference with this practice for kids.

What kid wouldn't want to simply close their eyes and relax for a few minutes during the day? Things were civilized in kindergarten—we had naptime. But then someone decided to take that away. Well, I vote that we bring it back!

It's incredible how effective Yoga Nidra is in helping kids work through anxiety and other emotions, manage a distracted mind, and receive a little rest from the increasingly rigorous lives our kids are leading.

Coaches and Mentors Integrating Yoga Nidra

Coaches and mentors use Yoga Nidra to deepen transformation. Whether it's to reprogram self-limiting beliefs, program the mind with a vision of success for a chosen goal, or help a group or team align on a single objective, Yoga Nidra is a powerful and approachable way of helping people both individually and collectively.

Reiki Practitioners and Energy Workers

Many people who've taken my Yoga Nidra training are also Reiki practitioners and energy workers. Yoga Nidra is a powerful way to help people relax into a state where deep healing can happen on many levels. It can be a great practice to do before or concurrent with a Reiki or energy work session.

Here's what one graduate, Rianne, a Reiki Master/Teacher, shared:

"The live training was 5 full days, from 9 am to 5 pm and I never dreamed that we would get that much live time with Scott. The program pushed me (gently) out of my comfort zone at times and blew my mind at others! Many programs fall short by teaching the topic, but then not explaining how to go out into the community and share what you've learned—but not Scott's program. He spent a great deal of time and provided countless resources on what to DO with all we learned and how to help people AND make a living."

—Rianne Maldonado, Reiki Master/Teacher

People with Chronic Illness Creating Community

I've worked closely with family members and community members with chronic illnesses. I've seen firsthand how Yoga Nidra for chronic illness is an accessible resource that people can use, often when they can't get out of the house or even out of bed. Yoga Nidra via a Zoom session or audio recording can help people who often feel isolated to still be part of a wellness community—but in a way that allows them to have much more control over how much energy they use to participate.

Since rest is of the first order of operations for any kind of healing—energetic, physical, emotional, spiritual—the restorative qualities inherent in the practice are extremely supportive of any kind of healing.

Stephanie, a Yoga Nidra graduate working with MS, said this:

"I experience chronic pain and neurological challenges from multiple sclerosis. I started coming away from Scott's classes feeling relief from pain that no drug has ever offered. This led me to take his Yoga Nidra teacher training and then his advanced teacher training. There are many days my MS takes me down and puts me in bed, but even on my worst days I can practice Yoga Nidra. Now I look forward to creating variations of what I learned from Scott and translating that into settings where people with debilitating, chronic diseases can find some peace and relief in their own bodies."

—Stephanie Mackay

Corporate Wellness Professionals

One of the places where people are the most depleted is at work. There's a missed opportunity to not support those at work with practices like Yoga Nidra. When a person can rejuvenate with even as little as 15 minutes of Yoga Nidra, it can help them be more productive, take fewer sick days due to stress and illness, and access a deep well of creativity necessary to find solutions to problems or create the next successful idea at work.

Plus, doing Yoga Nidra with a group can help people discover and lock into a group vision or mindset necessary for successful teams and departments—no yoga mat required.

What You Actually Need to Become a Yoga Nidra Teacher

So what do you need to become a Yoga Nidra teacher or gain Yoga Nidra certification? First, you need to have presence and a willingness to practice presence through Yoga Nidra. A good Yoga Nidra teacher has the ability to hold space.

The best Yoga Nidra teacher training programs offer a method that's adaptable instead of giving students rigid and rote scripts to follow. This helps facilitators adapt the practice to the specific needs of clients as well as deliver it in a way that matches their own experience and personality. This is what makes a Yoga Nidra experience transformational. It's also helpful to teach Yoga Nidra from your own lived experience with rest.

You don't need a yoga teaching certificate. You need depth, practice, and authenticity.

Unlike a traditional yoga teacher certification, a Yoga Nidra teacher certificate allows you to be much more versatile by giving you a mode of transformation that is accessible, gentle, and can be done by anyone—regardless of their experience with yoga or meditation.

Why Your Background Is Your Strength: Why Non-Yoga Teachers Often Make Exceptional Yoga Nidra Guides

Your professional background isn't a limitation—it's your secret weapon for teaching Yoga Nidra.

Therapists bring psychological insight and trauma-informed awareness that creates profound safety for clients working through difficult emotions. They understand how to hold space for what emerges without fixing or rushing the process.

Parents understand children's nervous systems in ways that childless yoga teachers often don't. They know how to speak to different developmental stages, how to make practices playful yet effective, and how to navigate the unique challenges of teaching kids.

Coaches bring transformation frameworks and goal-oriented structures that help clients use Yoga Nidra strategically for specific outcomes—whether that's improving performance, breaking through limiting beliefs, or manifesting a vision.

Reiki practitioners and energy workers bring an understanding of subtle energy that enriches the practice. They recognize how Yoga Nidra creates the conditions for deep energetic healing and know how to support that process.

Corporate wellness professionals understand the language of business and know how to position Yoga Nidra as a performance tool rather than "just" a relaxation technique. They can translate ancient wisdom into ROI that executives understand.

Your context is your superpower. The best Yoga Nidra teachers don't all sound the same—they bring their unique professional lens to make the practice accessible and relevant to their specific communities.

How to Choose Yoga Nidra Teacher Training as a Non-Yoga Professional

A good Yoga Nidra certification program should teach you principles, not just scripts. Look for Yoga Nidra teacher training that teaches you how to guide Yoga Nidra from your own voice and experience—not just how to read someone else's words.

The best Yoga Nidra training includes:

A method you can adapt. My "Adopt → Adapt → Innovate" method starts by giving you solid foundation scripts, then teaches you how to modify them for specific contexts, and finally empowers you to create your own practices from scratch. This is crucial for non-yoga teachers because you need to be able to speak the language of your professional community.

Your own transformation first. The first half of effective Yoga Nidra teacher training should deepen YOUR practice. You can't guide others to places you haven't been yourself. This isn't just about learning techniques—it's about experiencing the transformation that makes you a credible guide.

Personalized support. Look for programs that include one-on-one consultation time to help you figure out how Yoga Nidra fits into your specific practice. In my training, every student gets a 30-minute private consultation to strategize how they'll use Yoga Nidra in their unique context—whether that's therapy sessions, corporate workshops, or children's programs.

Business strategy included. The best Yoga Nidra teacher training teaches you not just what to teach, but how to share it with the world and get paid for your expertise. Many trainings skip this crucial piece, leaving new teachers with skills but no idea how to build a practice.

Comprehensive resources. You should receive scripts to start with, recordings to reference, and ongoing support. In my online Yoga Nidra teacher training, students get over 100 pages of scripts, dozens of practice recordings, and lifetime access to all course materials—plus access to my weekly live online Yoga Nidra class to see the practice in action.

My Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Options for Non-Yoga Professionals

I offer both live and online Yoga Nidra certification programs designed to work for busy professionals:

Online 50-Hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training ($1,997 or 2 payments of $1,025)

This comprehensive self-paced program includes two major sections: Waking Up with the Yoga of Sleep (your personal transformation) and Facilitating Transformation with the Yoga of Sleep (learning to teach). You get lifetime access to all video lectures, practice recordings, scripts, and resources. Perfect for therapists, coaches, and professionals who need flexibility to learn on their own schedule.

Live 30-Hour Yoga Nidra Training ($1997 or 2 payments of $1050)

Intensive in-person or Zoom training over 4 days where we meet live each day. All sessions are recorded for those who can't attend in person or need to review. Includes 30 hours of continuing education credit with Yoga Alliance, the same 100+ pages of scripts, lifetime access to recordings, and a 30-minute private consultation. Check out my next live training for upcoming dates.

Both programs are Yoga Alliance approved for continuing education and teach the same core methodology—you can choose based on your learning style and schedule.

Real Stories from Non-Yoga Teachers Teaching Yoga Nidra

The proof is in the teachers. Here are a few more stories from graduates who came to Yoga Nidra teacher training without yoga backgrounds:

"I really loved Scott's Yoga Nidra teacher training. I learned a lot and I felt that Scott was very generous in all the explanations he gave, technical and practical as much as spiritual. You can tell he is talking from real personal and teaching experience and not from something he just learned in a book. The course is really well built, clear and easy to follow."

—Annie-Claude Gendron, Quebec, Canada

"Scott's Yoga Nidra trainings are terrific. In his teacher training, Scott offers a clear and detailed program that makes this ancient practice applicable to everyday life. Not only will your awareness heighten, but you will learn practical tools to successfully share Yoga Nidra with others."

—Bonnie Rubens

"Every module in this course was eye opening for me. I love the stories you told, and the information was very practical. I can see myself starting to implement it into my classes. Highly recommend it."

—Alice Wong, Yoga Nidra Graduate

Ready to Explore Yoga Nidra Teacher Training?

If you've been curious about teaching Yoga Nidra but thought you weren't qualified because you don't have a yoga certification, you might be more qualified than you think.

Your background as a therapist, coach, parent, healer, or corporate wellness professional is exactly what makes you a powerful guide. The world doesn't need more yoga teachers reading scripts that don't resonate with them. The world needs YOU—with your unique professional expertise, your understanding of your specific community, and your authentic voice—to make Yoga Nidra accessible to people who would never walk into a yoga studio.

People are waiting to experience Yoga Nidra in only the way YOU can deliver it.

Explore my online Yoga Nidra teacher training to learn at your own pace with lifetime access, or check out my live training options for intensive, real-time learning with a community of fellow practitioners.

Join hundreds of non-yoga teachers who are now confident Yoga Nidra facilitators, making an impact in their communities while doing work they love.

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Scott Moore (E-RYT 500, RYS, YACEP) has been teaching Yoga Nidra since 2008 and has trained hundreds of teachers across six continents. His Yoga Nidra teacher training is rated among the top programs globally by Mind Is The Master. He's the author of "Practical Yoga Nidra: A 10-Step Method to Reduce Stress, Improve Sleep, and Restore Your Spirit" and creator of the "Waking Up with the Yoga of Sleep" method.

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FAQ

Do you need to be a yoga teacher to teach Yoga Nidra?
No. Yoga Nidra does not require a 200-hour yoga certification.

Who can become a Yoga Nidra teacher?
Therapists, coaches, educators, parents, energy workers, and corporate wellness professionals commonly teach Yoga Nidra.

What is Yoga Nidra teacher training?
A certification program that teaches how to guide conscious rest and awareness-based meditation.

Is Yoga Nidra suitable for beginners?
Yes. The practice is accessible to people of all experience levels.

Can Yoga Nidra be taught online?
Yes. Yoga Nidra works well in both in-person and online formats.

Mille-Feuille: The Truest French Pastry

Free Yoga Nidra for Stress Recording and Script

12 years ago, Seneca and I were newly in love and visiting Paris for the first time together. 

We stayed in an apartment that was so tiny that the bed was suspended on the ceiling above the coffee table and when it was time to sleep, a system of pulleys lowered the bed down which engulfed the entire living room. 

One day we strolled about on an errand to buy some fruit. We stopped at a produce shop where you stand at the entrance to tell the grocer—the Pelé of produce, really—what you want. He might ask you for clarification about exactly when you plan on eating this fruit, immediately, this afternoon, or tomorrow, before carefully selecting the absolute PERFECT piece of fruit to sell to you.

He does not allow amateurs to squeeze his fruits or choose something that isn’t ripe, non, non!

Photo by Seneca Moore

We told him we wanted strawberries—to eat immediately. He returned with a basket of strawberries that were so beautiful, so idyllic, so bursting with color that I was hesitant to eat them.

When I popped one in my mouth, I almost wept. I was overcome with how delicious they were. 

But then it made me angry.  

For the previous 37 years of my life I’d been eating sour, pale, and crunchy strawberry— imposters—when I could have been eating these!

In addition to the best strawberries ever grown on God's green earth, while in Paris we also found the greatest crêpe stand in all of Paris. Like the produce guy, this dude’s genius was making crêpes. It was an art just to watch him do his thing, pouring the batter, turning the crêpe at the perfect moment, dressing it with Nutella or sugar and lemon or whipped cream.

Also on that same trip, one evening we sat down for an organ concert in Notre Dame cathedral and as the organist leaned into the keyboard, the entire building shook to its foundation.

Neither of us are catholic but both of us appreciate the beautiful spirit that often can be found in all religions and especially in a cathedral. But on this day, for some reason, the spirit hanging in the air was very heavy for Seneca. She said it felt like generational guilt, oppression, stiflement. We left for lighter air. 

A few years later, we were back in Paris, but this time, Sen and I were married and pushing our 3-year-old around the sidewalks and cobblestone streets in the stroller we had bought in Paris.

I have a pic of Seneca from this trip standing in the crisp early spring air, bundled up with a scarf with Notre Dame looming behind her. Little did we know that only weeks later the cathedral would catch fire and nearly be reduced to rubble. 

Mille-feuille: The Finest French Pastry

We are in Paris again as a prelude to my French Riviera retreat and so Seneca could attend a conference. We are enjoying perhaps our favorite city in the world, revisiting some of our favorite haunts and also discovering new ones. 

We ate strawberries—just as good. 

We saw the renovated Notre Dame and oh, what a revelation! Mon dieu, they’ve done such a beautiful job cleaning and restoring it. Truly a feat of human tenacity and ingenuity. Bravo!

Sen didn’t feel any heaviness in Notre Dame. Quite the opposite. We had the pleasure of visiting as they were offering Sunday mass and as we strolled around the holy structure, now the color of crème pâtissière (the stuff inside cream puffs and eclairs), Seneca had tears in her eyes as a feeling of lightness and spirit filled her soul. She’s a very sensitive soul.

I felt it too, though perhaps slightly less because our kid, now almost 10, was less enthused to be visiting a cathedral so I agreed to wrangle him. Nonetheless the feeling of beauty, purity, and spirit permeated everything. Truly magical.

Seneca even went back again for another visit a few days later. 

Sadly, our crêpe guy is no longer there with no clue as to where he is.

Paris has layers. Same Paris but it’s different every time we come, different layers. 

There’s even a french pastry called mille-feuille which means a thousand layers. Fitting.

I believe that many things in life occur in layers. Not linearly. We’ve been to Paris dozens of times now—I mean, we lived in Nice, France for 3 years and zipping up to Paris on a train was no big deal—but each time we come to Paris, it feels different.

I do suppose it’s a practice to experience something like Paris over and over again but try to see it anew each time. Even though we have our Paris favorites, each time we come we try to search for something new—like a new crêpe stand! 

It’s serious but happy work. 

I’m up for the task.

But regarding layers, I think that life works like this. So often it feels like we come back over and over to the same damn thing—the same feelings, the same situations, the same kinds of relationships—and yet it’s not the same. We are different. The event, feeling, or person has changed. 

Same Damn Apartment

I love to tell the story about one of my guy friends who fell in love with another friend of mine and so he moved out of his apartment to move into her house with her. After 3 years, they broke up. He needed a new place to stay so moved back into his old apartment building—same floor, same apartment layout, just across the hall. 

He called me up one day, lamenting, “Dude! I’m in the same damn apartment, just across the hall.” 

“But don’t you see (young padawan) … you’re across the hall.”

Yes, it was the same apartment but also completely different. He was different, his situation was different. He was now experiencing the bookend of his previous relationship and where he was at that moment was leagues apart than where he began.

Of course, this takes perspective to see life like this and again, it’s a daily practice to learn to see something like stages of your life or events with a level of newness and even to learn to appreciate the many layers of life. 

Live Yoga Nidra Class: Layers

This week, I’ve decided to explore the theme of layers in my online Yoga Nidra class. I’ll be hosting my yoga retreat in the French Riviera so I’ve pre-recorded this session. You can register for this class like normal except at the time of class you will get the recordings. Same thing except you won’t see the other participants. Oh, the layers! Brilliant!

Class will be live the following week, but I’ll be Zooming in from Florence, Italy. Mama mia!

This week’s practice on Layers is a relaxing and illuminating practice that allows us the chance to practice seeing the many layers of life. You don’t need to know anything about yoga or meditation or Yoga Nidra to do this class. I share a few excellent poems that speak to our theme, we do some gentle poses (optional but nice), we breathe together. Then I invite you to get super relaxed and lie down as we settle into a long and relaxing Yoga Nidra practice. In this practice you’ll have the chance to explore having “first sight” and noticing the layers of the events and circumstances of our lives.

Please join me!

I’d love to hear about the layers of your life. How have you noticed life’s many layers?

Respond with a comment and let me know. 

In the meantime, here’s a poem about layers that is as delicious as real Parisian strawberries. 

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The Layers

BY STANLEY KUNITZ

I have walked through many lives,

some of them my own,

and I am not who I was,

though some principle of being

abides, from which I struggle

not to stray.

When I look behind,

as I am compelled to look

before I can gather strength

to proceed on my journey,

I see the milestones dwindling

toward the horizon

and the slow fires trailing

from the abandoned camp-sites,

over which scavenger angels

wheel on heavy wings.

Oh, I have made myself a tribe

out of my true affections,

and my tribe is scattered!

How shall the heart be reconciled

to its feast of losses?

In a rising wind

the manic dust of my friends,

those who fell along the way,

bitterly stings my face.

Yet I turn, I turn,

exulting somewhat,

with my will intact to go

wherever I need to go,

and every stone on the road

precious to me.

In my darkest night,

when the moon was covered

and I roamed through wreckage,

a nimbus-clouded voice

directed me:

“Live in the layers,

not on the litter.”

Though I lack the art

to decipher it,

no doubt the next chapter

in my book of transformations

is already written.

I am not done with my changes.

Make A Difference with Yoga Nidra

Truly, life is good and it's a daily practice to savor it.

Yet sometimes it's hard to think about enjoying ourselves when there is so much trouble in the world. As individuals what can we do about the world's problems? Can a single person even make a difference?

Our biggest problem is the false notion that we are separate from one another. We fight other nations, political parties, and beliefs when the struggle has always been within. We will never achieve harmony in our outer world until we first achieve it in our inner world.

We must learn to respond rather than react to our personal and global circumstances. Reaction perpetuates the cycle of separateness, while compassionate responsiveness builds the world we want rather than fighting against the one we don't.

Yoga Nidra Training: Be The Change

Any true change we wish to see must start within, and I've found no greater tool than Yoga Nidra. This practice has shown me my personal wholeness and the connectedness of all things. It's empowered me with clarity of action while maintaining peace, teaching me that I can hold both peace and anger simultaneously as I work toward positive change.

I've helped tens of thousands of people realize their own innate wholeness through teaching Yoga Nidra. Now I invite you to join my next live teacher training, starting Friday, January 24 2025.

This training is perfect for yoga teachers, meditation instructors, coaches, therapists, school teachers, parents, or anyone passionate about making a positive impact.

When you complete this course you will:

- Feel confident to teach Yoga Nidra like an expert

- Understand Yoga Nidra deeply enough for effortless delivery

- Know how to satisfy your students' unique needs

- Stand out as a teacher, therapist, or coach

- Make a meaningful impact on your students and the world

- Be prepared to earn money as a Yoga Nidra facilitator

Unlike other programs that only provide scripts, you'll learn to create your own specialized content. You'll receive over 100 pages of proven scripts to start teaching immediately, plus learn to develop your own to meet specific student needs.

The Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Structure:

- Live in-person or Zoom lectures

- Specialized Yoga Nidra recordings

- Breathing and mindfulness exercises

- Teaching roadmaps and worksheets

- Over 100 pages of scripts

- Lifetime access to materials

- Personalized Q&A

- Peer collaboration

- Practice teaching

- Real-time script building

Additional Benefits:

- Private Facebook group for peer support

- Updated 160-page manual

- Completion certificate

- Weekly live online class access during training ($48 value)

- 30-minute private consultation ($100 value)

- Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credit

The program consists of two segments:

1. Yoga Nidra immersion - Develop your personal practice

2. Teacher training - Master the art of teaching and facilitation

You'll also learn how to create well-paying teaching opportunities and build your "Mechanism of Influence" to attract clients and create a global audience.

Refresher courses are available at a reduced cost for previous participants.

Join us. By January 27th you can be a certified Yoga Nidra teacher ready to make a positive impact on the world.

Be the change and help others do the same.

Please join me.

Best Online Yoga Nidra Training YET!

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You’re receiving this email because you’ve either registered or shown interest in my Yoga Nidra teacher training.

Whether you would like to learn to teach Yoga Nidra like an expert or have previously registered for my training and would like to dive deeper or have support to finish this in-depth training, I’ve built a course just for you. 

When: June 10–11; 17–18, 2023

8 am to 12 pm MDT or 4–8 pm CET

This is a 20-hour live and online course designed to support anyone who is going trough my Yoga Nidra teacher training, Facilitating Transformation with the Yoga of Sleep. 

My Yoga Nidra teacher training is rated among the best online Yoga Nidra teacher trainings in the world. This course allows you to go deeper into the vast and fascinating subject of Yoga Nidra than you could with just the online course alone.

It gives you the motivation and encouragement to finish the course so you’re ready to teach when it’s done. It also provides you with opportunities to teach to a wonderful cohort and gives you personalized attention about how you can make a unique impact on your students with Yoga Nidra

Returning Students

If you have already purchased my online Yoga Nidra training, this course will support you to complete the course, offer you a wonderful opportunity to work with a cohort to practice teaching, and will allow you to receive personalized attention about your UNIQUE perspective and need for Yoga Nidra.

New Students

If you are a new teacher, you will also purchase and watch the online course in tandem with attention this live support course. This allows you to have the best Yoga Nidra leaning experience possible. It gives you a wonderful cohort of like-minded people, allows you to ask live questions, gives you the opportunity to practice teaching with other students, and gives you individualized attention to your comments, questions, and how YOU will make a difference by teaching Yoga Nidra. 

Let me (re)introduce myself or reintroduce myself. 

I’m scott Moore, senior yoga and mindfulness teacher, author and creator of Waking Up with the Yoga of Sleep, a celebrated and revolutionary style of Yoga Nidra, rated among the top 2 online Yoga Nidra teacher trainings in the world. I’ve been teaching yoga since 2003 and Yoga Nidra distance 2008. I’m also a registered school of yoga and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider. My books include: Practical Yoga Nidra, 20 Yoga Nidra Scripts Vol. 1 (included in this course), and 5-MInute Manifesting Journal. 

I’ve spent the past 20 years studying, practicing, and teaching yoga , Yoga Nidra and meditation. I’ve been teaching and mentoring other teachers for over 15 years and I’ve discovered that EACH TEACHER is unique and powerful in their ability to reach  certain people better than anybody else. 

It’s my passion to help you find your voice as a teacher and to show you how to find those students who are waiting for you. 

This course is designed to give you the personalized attention you need to maximize your impact as a Yoga Nidra facilitator. 

How this course works:

On your own timeline, you will review the contents of the pre-recorded online training and then we meet for 4 5-hour live, online Zoom sessions to go deeper, expand the concepts, ask questions and offer comments, and especially to practice teaching each other Yoga Nidra.

Pre-recorded online portion

The online portion is a robust course with:

• Engaging video lectures where we study both the what and why of Yoga Nidra as well as how to become an extraordinary facilitator that makes a difference in the lives of your students. We explore stories and myths, science and psychology.

• Specialized Yoga Nidra practices designed to help you become an extraordinary Yoga Nidra facilitator (cool!)

• PDF with breathing and mindfulness practices that you can use for yourself and print off to give to your students

• Sections about how to become a successful Yoga Nidra instructor, meaning how to incorporate your Yoga Nidra skills into an existing class, create a stand-alone Yoga Nidra class, create workshops, courses, retreats, etc and market yourself to get paid what you’re worth to offer this amazing skill to the world. 

20-Hour Live Zoom Portion

Then when we come together online, we can go deeper into the subject and practice teaching. I understand that every teacher brings something unique to the mix and I want to help you discover or optimize what your gifts are. 

When you’ve completed the course, you’ll receive a certificate of completion as well as continuing education hours for Yoga Alliance if you are registered with them. 

Included in this course is:

• 160+ page detailed manual

• Lifetime access to the complete 50-hour online training

• Lifetime access to the full audio and video recordings of the live online training

• A library of dozens of Yoga Nidra recordings

• Over 100 pages of Yoga Nidra scripts so you can start teaching right away

• A course of profound relaxation (think how much your family members and coworkers are going to love you!)

• A deeper understanding of Self through the practice of Yoga Nidra

• Certificate of completion

I believe in the principle of adopting, adapting, then innovating. Like I mentioned, you get my booklet of Yoga Nidra scripts so you can adopt the principles right away and teach quality and specialized Yoga Nidra classes such as:

• Yoga Nidra for Grief

• Yoga Nidra for Goals

• Yoga Nidra for Healing

• Yoga Nidra for Sleep

• Yoga Nidra for Stress

• Yoga Nidra for Relaxed Alertness

• And more

You’ll begin to adapt those scripts to sound more and more like you. Then using the principles you learn in the training, you’ll be able to innovate by creating your own style of Yoga Nidra done in only the way you can do it, and more importantly made for the people who are going to receive this practice from you better than anybody else. 

If you’ve been thinking of becoming a Yoga Nidra teacher this is really the opportunity to maximize your training and truly become the best Yoga Nidra facilitator possible. 

If you’ve already taken some version of my training and would like to get a refresher or some support to finish the course, this is both the opportunity to have the most support possible as well as to get the most up-to-date information. 

I’m so confident that you’ll love this training that I’ll offer you a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Please join me!