Introducing the ParaYoga Nidra Certification Program.
Led by Yogarupa, Co-Facilitated by Tracee Stanley and Chanti Tacoronte-Perez
Registration is open!
Enrollment is limited to 50 students.
The ParaYoga Nidra: Enlighened Sleep Certification training is a nine-day educational and experiential immersion, created to prepare you to guide others into the full scope of ParaYoga Nidra. The course has been methodically designed as a rich and multi-faceted curriculum to ensure you possess the knowledge, skill and depth of experience required to lead any and all of the five distinct approaches to ParaYoga Nidra:
- Healing
- Cognition
- Transformation
- Resolution
- Spiritual unfoldment
Once you’ve received your ParaYoga Nidra: Enlightened Sleep certification, you will be able to utilize the designation Certified ParaYoga Nidra Teacher.
Over the course of the nine days, participants will be guided through a progression of various learning opportunities. These include lecture as well as guided practices by Yogarupa, question-and-answer sessions, self-led practices, practice teaching and feedback (from course leader and co-leaders), self-study, journaling, writing assignments as well as meditation and contemplative practices.
Our intention is to ensure that you complete the training with the facility to guide the practices as well as those you will lead in the practices. The course will be transformative as well as informative, empowering you to complete the program with:
- a greater understanding of yourself
- comprehension of the principles behind the practice from both perspectives––ancient/metaphysical and the cutting edge of the latest scientific research
- a clear understanding of why and how the practice(s) so profoundly affects the lives of those who experience it
- a sense of confidence that you are prepared to lead the practices with authority and skill
As a participant, you will provided with a manual which will include as many as 10 copyrighted ParaYoga Nidra scripts for addressing each of the five outcomes.
Each day we will draw upon, and weave together, four distinct areas of exploration: scholarship, experience, facilitation and self-study. The following is a partial list of subjects that will be covered in each of these areas:
Scholarship
- Origins and History of the Practice
- Lineage of ParaYoga Nidra
- Benefits of REM and NREM Sleep And Their Correlates To PYN
- Klesha (The Causes Of Affliction)
- Kosha (The Layers Of Consciousness)
- Turiya: States Waking, Dream, Deep Sleep And Beyond
- Understanding Mind
- Karma Chakra (Experience; Memory; Action)
- Hypnosis vs. Yoga Nidra
- The Science of Sankalpa (Resolution)
Experience
- 3-4 ParaYoga Nidra practices daily (as taught by Yogarupa or co-facilitators)
- Daily ParaYoga Nidra practices (taught by fellow participants )
- Daily Meditations
- Question and Answer Sessions
- Group Discussion and Assignments
Facilitation
- Preparation: Joints and Glands Exercise or Movement w/o exercise
- Preparing the “Seat” for Parayoga Nidra: Props, Modifications, etc.
- Addressing Students’ Safety, Anxiety, etc.
- ParaYoga Nidra Copyrighted scripts
- Pacing
- Crafting Sankalpa
- Setting up your students, adaptations for Savasana (use of props)
- What To Do With Silence
- Creating Original Scripts
- Sleep Vs Yoga Nidra; Staying Awake During The Practice
- Self-led practices
- Leading Individuals And Small Groups
- Feedback Opportunities
Self-Study
- Finding your Voice
- Establishing Your Own Healing Images
- Mind Mapping
- Reflections and Journaling Exercises
- Understanding Your Unique Life Journey
Certification is not awarded solely on the basis of attendance. Upon successful completion of all the prerequisite courses, book reports and post-course assignments (see below for details), students will be eligible for ParaYoga Nidra teacher certification.
Course Requirements:
Prerequisite to attending this 9-day training:
- The 5-day ParaYoga Nidra ParaYoga Master Training must be taken before this training, no exceptions.
Prerequisite to Certification:
These ParaYoga Master Trainings may be taken before or after this 9-day training:
- The Four Desires: The Yoga of Fulfillment
- Secrets of the Sutras: Light on Self Mastery (available online through YogaGlo)
- Koshas: Unleashing the Science of Soul: Coming in 2019, Date TBD
Post ParaYoga Nidra Certification Training Requirements––to be completed within 1 year of the certification course:
- A 40 day consecutive practice of ParaYoga Nidra with one of the 8 PYN Practices
- Reflection paper on the effect of the 40 day practice of ParaYoga Nidra—what transformed and transpired with your ParaYoga Nidra work
- ParaYoga Nidra Journal (to be submitted to the ParaYoga office)
- A recording of applicant leading a ParaYoga Nidra practice
- Case study submission––after teaching ParaYoga Nidra three times to one individual (observation, ParaYoga Nidra prescribed and why); form will be available online
Please note: in order to participate in the ParaYoga Nidra: Enlightened Sleep Certification training, you must first complete five-day ParaYoga Nidra PYMT. It is also recommended that you complete as many of the prerequisite courses as possible prior to attending the 9-day training, but it is not mandatory. In other words: The Four Desires, Secrets of the Sutras and Koshas PYMTs can all be completed after the 9-day training.
A Little About Co-Facilitators Chanti and Tracee:
(Yogarupa will be teaching no less than 6 hours and will be in the room all day, supporting you as well as Tracee and Chanti.)
Chanti’s passion is to inspire students to rediscover their creative self through personal inquiry, effortlessness, ritual, sangha and sadhana. She has been studying and teaching yoga in the Sri Vidya linage since 2005; initiated by her teacher Yogarupa Rod Stryker. Chanti has studied Restorative Yoga & the practical applications of yoga therapy with Judith Lasater. In 2015, Chanti completed her Masters degree at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Humanities with an emphasis on Depth Psychology, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies. Chanti believes that creativity is one of the most essential tools in guiding students towards living a joyous and purposeful life. She is masterful at ritualizing traditional teachings with creativity in order to explore the Self.
Level I ParaYoga Certified Teacher
Four Desires Certified Trainer
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