Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Certification

The Foundations of Yoga Nidra & Guiding Transformative Rest + Developing Your Own Authentic Yoga Nidra Scripts

40-Hour Live Online Hybrid Teacher Training Certification
with Sagel Urlacher
(Yoga Alliance Certified)

Embark on a transformative and immersive journey into the practice and teaching of Yoga Nidra. This comprehensive 40-hour hybrid training offers a deep exploration of the practice, supporting a profound understanding of Yoga Nidra and its capacity to cultivate rest, inner peace, and authentic joy through guided meditation.
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Open to yoga teachers, dedicated practitioners, wellness professionals, and anyone with a sincere interest in experiencing and sharing Yoga Nidra, this program provides clear instruction and practical tools for skillful, thoughtful teaching. Whether you are new to the practice or have been working with it for years, this program offers an intentional, well-held, and intimate container—limited to only 12 participants—for deepening understanding, personal practice, and learning to teach Yoga Nidra with skill, authenticity, and care.

Throughout this heart-centered training, we explore the foundations, history, and lineage of Yoga Nidra, honoring its roots in the yogic tradition while also engaging with contemporary, neuroscience-informed perspectives on nervous system regulation, the physiology of stress, and the role of intentional rest in cultivating somatic resilience. You will gain a clear understanding of the Koshas—the layers of being—and how Yoga Nidra supports integration across the body, mind, heart, and inner life. The training offers insight into the structure and sequencing of a Yoga Nidra session, showing you how each stage gently guides awareness toward deep states of rest, clarity, and receptivity.

Moving into practical application, you will learn multiple approaches to developing your own authentic Yoga Nidra scripts. This includes adapting existing scripts, writing by stage, weaving in themes, working with trauma-informed foundations, and skillfully blending intuition with structure so your guidance remains responsive and aligned with your authentic voice. Alongside study and reflection, you will experience the practice directly through live guided sessions, interactive teaching practicums, and a home practice immersion.

By the end of the training, you will leave with a deeper, embodied relationship to the practice, and the confidence to teach and share Yoga Nidra—supporting reconnection with the true self and the qualities of ease, peace, and quiet joy that the practice reveals.

40HR LIVE ONLINE HYBRID YOGA NIDRA TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATION
The Foundations of Yoga Nidra & Guiding Transformative Rest + Developing Your Own Authentic Yoga Nidra Scripts‍
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Program Dates:
• October 2–4, 2026 (Friday–Sunday intensive format)

Program Cost:
• $349 USD Early Bird Savings: Register by September 15th to receive this special rate, save $70, and secure your space.
• $419 USD Standard Tuition
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No-Fee Split Payment Options Available:
We believe in keeping this path accessible and spacious. Please reach out directly to arrange a simple, no-fee split payment plan that comfortably spaces out your investment.
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Program Hours:
• Daily Schedule: 11:00 AM – 7:30 PM Eastern Time (EDT) Daily
• Live Online Modules: 25 hours of interactive live sessions with Sagel via Zoom.
• Asynchronous Study: 15 hours of self-paced pre-recorded lectures, classes, and guided study.
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Online Platform Access & Supplemental Training Materials:
• 15 Hours of On-Demand Content: Stream pre-recorded lectures, specialized classes, guided meditations, and structured self-study at your own pace. Your student portal remains fully accessible for one entire year from your program start date, allowing you to return to the material whenever you need a refresh.
• Downloadable 130-Slide Presentation: Keep the complete visual coursework as an enduring reference guide. This comprehensive slide deck allows you to revisit foundational concepts, the framework of the Koshas, nervous system regulation, and philosophical teachings whenever you need to anchor your knowledge.
• An Extensive Collection of Supplemental Resources: Gain access to everything you need to seamlessly organize and integrate your learning. This collection includes lesson activity sheets, reflection and guided inquiry journals, practical Yoga Nidra sequence samples, and adaptable session formats.
• Tangible Practice Toolkits for Practice and Teaching: Receive three full-length, versatile Yoga Nidra scripts alongside custom guidance and dedicated journal sheets for your 7-day home practice immersion. These ready-to-use materials provide a reliable, heart-centered teaching toolkit to confidently guide others while deeply tending to your own personal practice.
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Interactive & Intimate Setting:
Enjoy a supportive, interactive small-group environment where you will be guided every step of the way. This comprehensive, experiential program weaves together personal reflection, hands-on activities, practical exercises, and group discussion to support a deeper understanding of Yoga Nidra. Enrollment is limited to 12 participants to support an intimate, enriching learning environment with personalized attention. Early registration is highly encouraged for those who feel called to join to secure your space.

All Are Welcome to Join!
No prior experience is required to register. This training is open to yoga teachers, dedicated practitioners, wellness professionals, and anyone with a sincere interest in Yoga Nidra. Whether or not you have completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training, you are welcome here. Wherever you find yourself on your path, this program offers a supportive space to deepen your understanding, engage in practice, and learn alongside others. You will be guided through the experience of Yoga Nidra with an emphasis on embodied understanding, integration, and thoughtful guidance.

Certificate of Completion:
This program is Yoga Alliance Certified. Upon completion, you will receive a 40HR Yoga Nidra Teacher Training certificate. Registered Yoga Teachers (RYTs) can submit this certificate to Yoga Alliance for 40 CEUs (continuing education contact hours).

Required Reading:
Please have access to the following books prior to our start date:
• The Heart of Yoga Nidra: Teaching Yoga Nidra Through Sequencing, Language, and Guided Meditation for Deep Relaxation and Sacred Rest by Sagel Urlacher.  Available on Amazon or other major book retailers.
• The Book of Yoga Nidra Meditation Scripts: 30 Yoga Nidra Scripts for Deep Relaxation, Inner Peace, & Manifesting Your Joy by Sagel Urlacher.  Available on Amazon or other major book retailers.
• Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Available on Amazon or other major book retailers.

Have Questions?
‍You're welcome to reach out out at anytime. I’d love to hear from you and am more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

In This Heart-Centered and Immersive 40-Hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Certification, You Will:

• Discover the History and Lineage of Yoga Nidra: Explore the rich origins of Yoga Nidra as a sacred practice passed down through generations. Through an intimate understanding of its lineage and historical context, you will deepen your personal relationship to the practice and learn how to share Yoga Nidra in ways that honor its true source and spiritual integrity.
• The Science of Deep Rest: Explore a neuroscience-informed framework to regulate the nervous system, build somatic resilience, and facilitate deep healing. You will discover how intentional rest calms the stress response and fosters greater resilience, vitality, and ease—both in your personal life and in the way you guide and share Yoga Nidra with others.
• Take a Deep Dive into the Koshas: Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Koshas—the five layers of being—and discover how Yoga Nidra works on a multi-dimensional level across body, mind, heart, energy, and spirit. Through this ancient framework, you will learn how the practice supports holistic integration, fostering a profound sense of peace, balance, joy, and ease for your students.
• Navigate and Release Unconscious Barriers: Discover how Yoga Nidra acts as a compassionate vehicle to explore self-limiting beliefs, old habits, and unresolved emotions that obscure our true nature. You will learn how to create a safe, non-striving environment where these unconscious obstacles can gently dissolve, clearing the path for profound self-awareness, somatic healing, and inner empowerment. Through this deep personal inquiry, you will gain the practical insight required to guide your students through their own blockages with authentic ease.
• Explore the Step-by-Step Sequence of Yoga Nidra: Learn the full sequence of a complete Yoga Nidra practice and develop a clear understanding of each stage and its purpose. You will gain insight into how the sequence guides awareness toward deep rest and relaxation, and how to create a safe, supportive space in which physical, mental, and emotional tensions can release, allowing the practice to unfold with ease and care.
• Craft Personalized Yoga Nidra Scripts: Develop the core skills to adapt and craft custom Yoga Nidra scripts stage by stage, ensuring they are responsive to individual needs while remaining rooted in the essence of the tradition. You will gain the practical tools and structural understanding required to personalize or craft your own unique, inspired offerings that reflect your authentic voice as a guide. By exploring universal themes, supportive symbols, and resonant energetic tones, and learning to skillfully blend your own intuition with structure, you will discover how to keep your guidance completely responsive and natural—supporting meaningful, resonant experiences that invite deep rest, peace, and harmony.
• Work with Sankalpa as a Heart-Centered Intention: Explore the sacred practice of Sankalpa as a deeply personal and relational inquiry, rooted in listening rather than striving. You will learn how to work with intention in ways that feel sincere, grounded, and highly responsive, and discover how to guide others in meeting Sankalpa as an orientation toward what matters most—allowing change to emerge gradually through practice and lived experience.
• Receive Three Full-Length Yoga Nidra Scripts: Take home three complete Yoga Nidra scripts to support both personal practice and immediate teaching. These versatile, thoughtfully crafted resources offer a reliable toolkit to confidently adapt and share the practice with any audience from day one.
• Trauma-Informed Foundations for Holding Space: Integrate inclusive principles designed to honor the full spectrum of human experience. Learn how to navigate everything from restlessness to deep emotional release and somatic integration, giving you the tools to create a safe, supportive, and compassionate container for your students.
• Engage in a Teaching Practicum for Skill Development: Participate in guided live teaching practicums designed to support your direct growth through collaborative practice and reflection. You will have dedicated opportunities to refine your skills, build real-time confidence, and receive thoughtful feedback in a highly supportive setting—helping you lead Yoga Nidra sessions with clarity, intention, and authentic ease.
• Experience Yoga Nidra Sessions and Supporting Techniques: Immerse yourself in deeply restorative live and recorded Yoga Nidra sessions. Alongside mindfulness practices, gentle restorative postures, and breath and body-sensing techniques, you will experience these modalities firsthand in a supportive learning environment. Learn how to thoughtfully weave these supporting tools into your own offerings to enrich the practice and invite deeper ease and receptivity for those you guide.
• Embark on a 7-Day Yoga Nidra Home Practice Immersion: Engage in a structured 7-day home immersion designed to support seamless integration and continuity beyond our live Zoom sessions. This immersive window offers the dedicated space to experience the practice consistently within daily life, deeply enriching your personal relationship with Yoga Nidra and empowering you to share the practice with others from a true place of lived understanding.
• Cultivate Your Own Yoga Nidra Practice: Deepen your personal relationship with Yoga Nidra through regular practice and personal reflection. By tending to your own inner experience, you will cultivate an embodied awareness, clarity, and intuitive flow—integrating the curriculum in a lived and deeply felt way. This personal grounding naturally informs how you hold space for others, bringing steadiness, sincerity, and presence to your sharing of the practice.
• Teach Transformative and Compassionate Yoga Nidra Sessions: Develop the skills and confidence required to lead deep rest experiences with authenticity, wisdom, and compassion. You will learn how to guide sessions that invite profound inner connection and meaningful reflection—supporting your students in meeting their full potential and sense of purpose. Through your thoughtful guidance, you will leave participants feeling deeply refreshed, clear, and gently renewed.

The Power and Potential of Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra, often called “the sleep of the yogi,” invites a state of deep, conscious rest—one that allows the body and mind to settle while awareness remains gently awake. Rooted in ancient yoga teachings and supported by modern understanding and neuroscience, this practice creates the conditions for intentional rest that is both nourishing and renewing.

From this receptive state, we reconnect with the truest self and the potential already present within us, emerging refreshed, grounded, and closely aligned with what matters most. With regular practice, Yoga Nidra supports the gentle release of long-held patterns and inner tensions—creating space for greater clarity, joy, and a way of living that feels more authentic and easeful.

Why Join This Training?

Whether you are a yoga teacher wishing to share the medicine of deep rest with your students, a wellness provider looking to integrate restorative modalities into your offerings, or a dedicated practitioner seeking to deepen your personal relationship with Yoga Nidra, this training offers a spacious and comprehensive exploration.

By the end of this 40-hour hybrid program, you will have the practical tools to enrich your own life and the preparation and understanding to teach and share the practice with with confidence, intention, and heart-centered skill.

More than a technique, Yoga Nidra is an invitation into deep rest, self-connection, and remembrance—one that can be beautifully carried forward into both your own life and the lives of those you guide.

Our Connection Continues
‍We are walking this path together, well beyond your program completion. Even after you finish your certification, please know that I am always a resource for you. You are welcome to reach out to me anytime with your teaching questions, script reflections, or personal practice insights at sagel(at)yinandmeditation.com. I am here to support your growth every step of the way!