The Heart of Yoga Nidra: A Guide for Yoga Teachers and Dedicated Practitioners
If you’ve ever wondered how to confidently guide Yoga Nidra, write your own scripts, or deepen your understanding of this profound practice, The Heart of Yoga Nidra was written with you in mind.
Born from years of study, practice, and conversation with yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners, this new book offers a heart-centered, in-depth guide to teaching and practicing Yoga Nidra through intentional sequencing, refined language, and embodied presence.
Whether you are deepening your own practice or guiding others into sacred rest, this book serves as a trusted companion on the path.
What Is The Heart of Yoga Nidra About?
The Heart of Yoga Nidra: Teaching Yoga Nidra Through Sequencing, Language, and Guided Meditation for Deep Relaxation and Sacred Rest bridges traditional yogic philosophy and modern understanding to support skillful, authentic teaching.
Rooted in classical yoga wisdom and informed by neuroscience, it offers an accessible and flexible framework that helps you:
- Develop and refine your Yoga Nidra scripts
- Understand intentional sequencing in guided meditation
- Use skillful language to support deep relaxation
- Cultivate an authentic, embodied teaching voice
- Confidently guide students through complete Yoga Nidra sessions
- Guidance for nurturing your own wellbeing through practice, so your teaching arises from lived experience
The book invites you to guide from lived experience, so what you share arises from presence and embodied wisdom.
A Practical Resource for Yoga Nidra Teachers & Practitioners
Many yoga teachers and meditation guides seek clearer structure, stronger language, and deeper philosophical grounding when offering Yoga Nidra. The Heart of Yoga Nidra provides practical tools to thoughtfully guide students into deep relaxation and sacred rest.
Inside, you’ll find:
- Guidance for script development
- Sample Yoga Nidra scripts you can adapt to your own voice
- Clear structure for sequencing sessions
- Reflections rooted in traditional yogic philosophy
- Support for cultivating embodied presence as a guide
This makes it an ideal resource for yoga teachers, meditation facilitators, wellness professionals, and dedicated practitioners who want to deepen both their understanding and their teaching of Yoga Nidra.
Rooted in Tradition, Informed by Neuroscience
Yoga Nidra is a time-tested practice of conscious deep rest. In recent years, modern neuroscience has begun to explore the powerful effects of guided meditation and relaxation on the nervous system.
The Heart of Yoga Nidra honors both perspectives - grounding the practice in traditional yogic philosophy while offering language and frameworks that resonate with contemporary students.
This balance allows teachers to guide with clarity, confidence, and integrity.
Why Yoga Nidra Matters Now
In a world of constant stimulation, the ability to guide deep relaxation and sacred rest is both a gift and a responsibility.
Through regular practice, many students experience a quiet, innate joy - a steadiness and clarity that arises not from striving, but from resting into awareness itself.
My hope in writing this book is to support teachers and practitioners in sharing that experience skillfully and authentically, so that rest becomes not an afterthought, but a meaningful and transformative practice.
Some Praise for The Heart of Yoga Nidra
Sage Rountree, PhD, author of Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses and The Art of Yoga Sequencing, shared:
“Sagel Urlacher has written a comprehensive — even definitive — teacher’s guide. Readers will find everything they need to develop Yoga Nidra sessions that stay true to the spirit of the practice while expressing the unique voice of each teacher who guides it and adapting to the unique needs of students.”
Who This Book Is For
This book is for you if you are:
- A yoga teacher wanting to confidently guide Yoga Nidra
- A meditation facilitator offering deep relaxation practices
- A wellness professional integrating guided meditation into your work
- A dedicated practitioner deepening your personal study
- A teacher writing or refining your own Yoga Nidra scripts
It was written as a companion - one that can sit beside you as you prepare, practice, and teach.
Where to Find The Heart of Yoga Nidra
The Heart of Yoga Nidra is available worldwide in paperback and ebook formats on Amazon.
If you’re in the U.S., you can find it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Yoga-Nidra-Sequencing-Meditation/dp/B0GN8YZPM9
If you’re outside the U.S., simply search The Heart of Yoga Nidra on your country’s Amazon site.
A Final Reflection
None of us does this work alone. Teaching Yoga Nidra is an offering shaped by study, devotion, and community. My hope is that The Heart of Yoga Nidra supports your meaningful work and deepens your connection to the practice - and to the quiet, steady joy that emerges when we rest into awareness.
