Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

September 27-29

This is an amazing training with Mona Anand, she has been revolutionary in the field of Yoga Nidra. I hope you have had a chance to take her class or a workshop she has offered. *This course is a pre-requisite for Yoga Nidra and the Chakras.

This training, designed for teachers and students, delves deeper into yoga nidra. Yoga nidra can be used for many purposes, which include deep relaxation, to release what lies in the sub conscious and unconscious and to experience an expanded state of consciousness.

In this training we will:

Study the science behind yoga nidra and look more deeply into the nine steps of yoga nidra developed by Mona and Alan. Participants will experience, design, discuss and practice teaching each of the nine steps.
Learn how to integrate yoga nidra into asana and restorative classes.
Design short and long yoga nidra practices for stress management, depression, anxiety and insomnia.
Delve deeper into how yoga nidra can be used for pain management and healing.

Dates: Sept 27-29th, 2021.

Times (est):
9:30 – 4:30 pm Monday
8:30 – 4:30 pm Tuesday
9:30 – 5 pm Wednesday

Rates: Early Bird Rate: $375 through Sept 22 | Regular Rate: $475 | ISHTA Members 50% off Regular Rate | ISHTA Acharya: $325

A certificate of completion for this program will be issued to those who have successfully completed the written assignment and attended all of the 25 hours of the course.

The yoga therapy components of our training are based on our yoga nidra expertise, not derived from our status as a RYS with Yoga Alliance Registry.

For more information, or to sign up with Acharya or ISHTA Member pricing, please email rumika@ishtayoga.com

Register Here

Read Mona Anand's blog 'Mona Anand on the Power of Yoga Nidra' . Learn about how Yoga Nidra came into Mona's life, and it's transformational power.

Yoga Nidra and the Chakras – The Lower Chakras Teacher Training

Fall 2021

Modeled on Mona Anand’s signature Restorative / Yoga Nidra Chakra Balancing Series, this training will teach students how to recognize chakra imbalances and develop yoga nidra practices to find balance.

Muladhara. “Mula” means root. The Muladhara Chakra is where our primordial instincts reside and it is the energy center that roots us into this plane of consciousness.

Svadhisthana. Sva means the place of self. It is where our past experiences and memories that lie in our unconscious are stored.

Manipura. The practice will focus on balancing the Manipura Chakra which is our power center and where our ego resides. This chakra governs our energy level, will power and our sense of self.

Anahata. Anahata (heart) Chakra is the energy center that governs relationship in our lives. When balanced our lives are balanced and we are both compassionate and self-loving.

The training will delve deeply into the issues associated with each chakra and how to use all of the tools of yoga including asana, restorative poses, pranayama, mantra, visualization and yoga nidra to find balance. Each day will start with a two-hour practice, followed by a discussion on the practice and lectures on being able to recognize imbalances on that specific chakra.

Each day will focus on a specific chakra (Muladhara, Svadhisthana, Manipura and Anahata) and will include:

A practice taught by Mona with asana, restorative postures and all nine steps of yoga nidra designed for a specific chakra
Opportunity to design and practice teaching yoga nidra and receive feedback on sequences
Develop short, mid-length and long yoga nidra practices for a specific chakra
Lecture and discussion group on how to recognize imbalances in a specific chakra
Discussion on how to sequence asana and restorative postures for specific chakra imbalances
How to integrate pranayama, mantra and visualization for specific chakra imbalances

To read more about Yoga Nidra check out Mona’s post on the ISHTA Blog:
Mona Anand on the Power of Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra and Ayurveda: Pitta Condition Training with Mona Anand – Live Stream

TBD

This training is one part in a three part series. In this Mini- Training / Immersion, learn how to adapt the nine steps of Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra for a Pitta condition. In Ayurveda, physical and mental diseases are believed to be caused by imbalances in the five elements that make up who we are: earth, water, fire and space.

This training will focus on how to use each of the steps of Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra for a Pitta Condition
Training will include a discussion on how to develop short, mid-length, and long Yoga Nidra Practices for a Pitta Condition
Trainees will get the opportunity to design and practice teaching different length Yoga Nidras.
Trainees will learn how to use pranayama, asana, and visualizations for a Pitta Condition

This training is designed for students, teachers, health care workers, and anyone interested in Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga and the science of wellness. Learn how to recognize your own imbalances and use the tools of asana, restorative, visualization, pranayama, and yoga nidra to find balance.

Rate: $100 / ISHTA Member pricing $50, Acharya Pricing $70 email Rumika@ishtayoga.com

Yoga Nidra and Ayurveda Mini-Training

Date: TBD

In this Mini- Training / Immersion, learn how to adapt the nine steps of Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra for Pitta / Vata / and Kapha conditions. In Ayurveda, physical and mental diseases are believed to be caused by imbalances in the five elements that make up who we are: earth, water, fire and space.

The training will focus on how to use each of the steps of Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra for specific dosha imbalances.

The training will also include a discussion on how to develop short, mid-length, and long Yoga Nidra Practices for different imbalances.

Trainees will get the opportunity to design and practice teaching different length Yoga Nidras.

Trainees will learn how to use pranayama, asana, and visualizations for different dosha imbalances.

This training is designed for students, teachers, health care workers, and anyone interested in Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga and the science of wellness.

Learn how to recognize your own imbalances and use the tools of asana, restorative, visualization, pranayama, and yoga nidra to find balance.

Yoga Nidra and the Upper Chakras:
Vishuddha, Ajna, and Sahasrara

TBD

Modeled on Mona Anand’s signature Restorative / Yoga Nidra Chakra Balancing Series, this training will teach students how to recognize chakra imbalances and develop Yoga Nidra practices to find balance.

The training will delve deeply into the issues associated with each chakra and how to use all of the tools of yoga including asana, restorative poses, pranayama, mantra, visualization and yoga nidra to find balance. Each day will focus on a specific chakra and will include:

A practice taught by Mona with asana, restorative postures and all nine steps of yoga nidra designed for a specific chakra
Opportunity to design and practice teaching yoga nidra and receive feedback on sequences
Develop short, mid length and long Yoga Nidra practices for a specific chakra
Lecture and discussion group on how to recognize imbalances in a specific chakra
Discussion on how to sequence asana and restorative postures for specific chakra imbalances
How to integrate pranayama, mantra and visualization for specific chakra imbalances

Prerequisites
Students must have completed Mona’s Yoga Nidra Teacher Training or Mona’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra Workshop.

*No further discounts are available. All specialty training program tuition is non-transferable and non-refundable. Minimum 8 people required to run this training.

Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra Mini Training / Workshop

TBD

Haven’t done Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra Training and want to enroll in the Yoga Nidra and Chakras Training? Join us for this workshop with Mona!*

Gain a basic understanding of the nine steps of Yoga Nidra developed by Mona Anand and Alan Finger. This is an opportunity for students and teachers that have not been part of ISHTA’s Advanced Teacher Trainings to develop an understanding of Yoga Nidra and the science behind it. Mona will go over the three different rotations of awareness that she uses in her classes and on her recordings. These different rotations can be selectively used to help you to find balance, to calm your energy when you are agitated, or to lift your spirits when you are feeling down. This workshop will include a Yoga Nidra practice, followed by a lecture, and an opportunity to learn how to teach a basic Yoga Nidra practice. It’s a perfect way to refresh before the training or to deepen your understanding of Yoga Nidra.

Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Testimonials

"I highly recommend Mona Anand's ISHTA Yoga Nidra training to anyone who wants to learn more about this powerful practice. Mona's knowledge of the science, energetics, and healing qualities of Yoga Nidra is incomparable to anyone else's in the field. Her love & passion for yoga is only surpassed by her generosity of spirit. Learning from Mona is an absolute delight."

~ Sarah Finger, Yogiraj, Managing Director ISHTA Yoga

"As a student, I regularly attend Mona’s classes and workshops and have benefitted from Mona’s Yoga Nidra Trainings enormously. It is a simple and profound tool to help my nervous system, body and mind relax deeply. I use yoga nidra to re-charge, to relax before sleep and after I wake up if I have had a restless sleep. Yoga nidra has helped me with my regular yoga practice, with connecting to meditation and is one of the reasons I can live in an intense city like NYC with grace. For those wanting to deepen their practice, as a sweet alternative to meditation, and for an effective, simple relaxation tool, this is it. The trainings are essentially a retreat for 3 days with life changing benefit."

~ Robin Benitz, Yoga Student

" Words cannot express the gratitude I have for your training this week. You encompass such great wisdom, and you are a true yogi. You opened my eyes to the magical wonders of Nidra. "

~ Michael Ryan, Massage Therapist

"Thank you. The scope of the series is so comprehensive, expansive and seamless and the depth of knowledge and wisdom informing the artful teaching so integrated that I am in awe.
I thank you.
Even the 3 hour class yesterday with the expanded yoga nidra after the asana flow (with restorative!) was a master class in the art of teaching various modules from such a depth of understanding that their connection itself was manifest.
In gratitude. "
~ Shailly Agnihotri , ISHTA 500-hour Teacher

" What a great training! Packed with well rounded information about Yoga Nidra. Fun, inspiring, and easy to incorporate into my teaching and my own practice. And FUN, did I mention fun?! Mona is a fantastic teacher. "

~ Mark Waterman, Massage Therapist, Marama Trainer, Yoga Teacher

"I am so grateful for having taken Mona’s Yoga Nidra training at ISHTA! I have a regular practice of yoga nidra, both when I take her classes and in my own practice. So, being able to delve more deeply into the practice was a gift for me. Mona’s training is immensely beneficial to yoga teachers, who want to incorporate yoga nidra in to our classes, as well as students who simply want to incorporate yoga nidra in to their own lives. In the training, we were given a lot of really helpful information on the individual steps that make up yoga nidra, as well as scientific reasons behind why and how it works. All fascinating! Also, Mona offers a lot of sequencing options as well as suggestions for shorter and longer practices. I was so happy to learn more about how to use yoga nidra in the context of energetic imbalances as well as therapeutic applications like PTSD, chronic pain, and emotional and sleep issues. We had lots of opportunities to practice on each other, which was so helpful. We also had daily yoga nidra practices, which allowed us to experience all we were learning first hand… Plus they were led by Mona, which is a treat unto itself. Mona manages to. weave all of this wonderful information together in a fun, practical, and very creative manner. Her brilliance in her knowledge of all these areas is so profoundly inspiring and her enthusiasm and presence are always a sheer delight. Thank you, Mona"

~ Dionyssia Fillios, ISHTA Yoga Teacher, RYT-500

"The Yoga Nidra Teacher Training is the most valuable speciality teacher training I have taken. As a yoga teacher, the tools offered by Mona Anand in this training have been very important in many parts of how I structure my classes, from how I bring my students into a state of focus and good feeling, to the final relaxation. My Yoga Nidra practice has transformed my life, I am able to calm down and sleep better, as well as be more present in daily life. I am so grateful that this training is offered."

~ Jenny Bloom, ISHTA Yoga Teacher, RYT-500

"When the yoga nidra training was announced, I couldn't sign up quickly enough. After having completed the 300hr ISHTA training with Mona as my mentor and having a taste of "Mona Anand's ISHTA Yoga Nidra" technique as part of that training, I was eager to spend more time with both. The transmission of this work from Mona to her students is nothing short of magical. Her tremendous knowledge and insights of yoga coupled with her well-known humor is a potent combination. However, when the transmission is yoga nidra there is something almost other- wordly that occurs. Her passion for this work is in every word she speaks, whether one is being guided through a yoga nidra by her or is in the midst of learning this powerful technique from her. The class content was interesting and thorough and Mona creates a warm and engaging environment that allows for an even more satisfying learning experience."