Yoga Nidra in the Heart of New York City with Yogiraj Mona Anand

Rooted in decades of experience, Mona’s teachings offer a profound journey inward, whether you're seeking, deep rest, healing, physical alignment, inner transformation or spiritual insight. A master teacher based in New York City, Mona ‘s teachings blend the ancient wisdom of yoga in a way that is accessible, relevant and infused with lightness and joy.

Through the practice of yoga nidra, Mona helps you connect to your deeper purpose - to dream, and bring those dreams into manifestation. In the city that never sleeps, her yoga nidra practices guide you into a profound state of relaxation and stillness that reconnects you to yourself so that you can bring a lightness of being into your daily living.

Join the ISHTA community, where Mona is a co- owner and ISHTA master, to deepen your practice. Mona brings a playfulness to her teaching that is grounded in depth, knowledge and wisdom.

A Deep Dive into the Transformative Practice of Yoga Nidra

Mona’s yoga nidra trainings are way more than learning how to teach yoga nidra. They are a transformational experience where you release layers of inner tension and come out feeling lighter, with more wisdom and insight. This training is your opportunity to go beyond the surface and study directly with a master teacher whose work has reshaped how Yoga Nidra is taught and practiced.

This in-depth course is designed for yoga teachers, dedicated students, and wellness professionals who want to expand their understanding of Yoga Nidra and experience its full potential for healing and transformation. Yoga Nidra is a multi-layered practice that can be used to release subconscious and unconscious tensions, manage stress, anxiety, and insomnia, and access expanded states of awareness.

Yoga Nidra & The Lower Chakras Training:

3 Modules

So often we try to create change from the outside—pushing, striving, managing our circumstances. And yet something still feels off.

What if the shift begins within?

This training is a journey through the lower chakras, the energetic centers that govern our sense of safety, our relationship to the duality of life, and our ability to take action. When these centers are balanced, we feel grounded, open, and empowered. When they are not, we may feel anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or depleted.

Through a combination of direct experience and in-depth study, you will learn how to recognize these imbalances and how to work with them using the full spectrum of yogic tools and most importantly, Yoga Nidra.

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"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."

Tisha Ford
ISHTA Yoga Teacher, RYT-500

  • Robin Benitz

    Yoga Student

    "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."

  • Sarah Finger

    Yogiraj, Co-Owner ISHTA Yoga

    "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."

  • Michael Ryan

    Massage Therapist

    "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."

  • Shailly Agnihotri

    ISHTA Yoga Teacher, RYT-500

    "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. "

  • Mark Waterman

    Massage Therapist, Marama Trainer, Yoga 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."

  • Jenny Bloom

    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."