I AM Yoga Nidra™ Certification at Desert Song, AZ
With Kamini Desai, Ph.D and Laura McKinzie
October 12 - November 24, 2019
I AM Yoga™ Nidra Training in 4 Weekends
Oct 12-13 & Oct 19-20 with Kamini Desai
Nov 15-17 & Nov 22-24 with Laura McKinzie
Yoga Nidra Certification Training
This training, facilitated by Kamini Desai, PhD and Laura McKinzie, is an excellent addition for psychologists, mindfulness practitioners, bodyworkers, yoga teachers, helping professionals, hypnotherapists and energy healers looking for complementary methods to serve their clients’ needs. Yoga Nidra is an ancient sleep-based guided meditation that has the power to take you to the innermost, deepest levels of relaxation where your whole being is restored to its natural state of peace, health and vitality.
Training is four weekends in 2019:
Kamini Desai
Friday, Oct 11, 6:00-9:00pm
Sat. & Sun. Oct 12-13, 10:30am -12:30pm & 2:30-5:30pm
Sat. & Sun. Oct 19-20, 10:30am -12:30pm & 2:30-5:30pm
Laura McKinzie
Sat. & Sun. Nov 16-17, 10:30am -12:30pm & 2:30-5:30pm
Sat. & Sun. Nov 23-24, 10:30am -12:30pm & 2:30-5:30pm
All Sessions, Manual & Yoga Nidra Cards = $1440 – Early Bird Special
Early bird special ends August 1, 2019 if paid-in-full. After that $1,525.
Deposit of $200 to secure placement.
Yoga Alliance: 65 CE hours – Body Workers (NCBTMB): 25 CE hours
Up to 65 CE hours may be accepted by your healthcare or counseling governing board.
The first two weekends of the training are more philosophy and experience based. The second two weekends apply the science of Yoga Nidra with evidence-based research and applications. This advanced study course will not only deepen and enhance your own practice, but will give you the skills and tools to share it with others. Learn to tailor Yoga Nidra experiences for:
Health & Stress
Trauma and PTSD
Habits and Additctions
Depression, Anxiety and Insomnia
Lead Teachers
Yogeshwari Kamini Desai, PhD is the author of Yoga Nidra: The Art of Transformational Sleep, has created an exciting and unique body of teachings incorporating western psychology, eastern philosophy and science. Considered an expert in Yoga Nidra Meditation, relaxation, yoga therapy and artful living, her practical and accessible teaching style is welcomed worldwide. In 2012 she was awarded the title Yogeshwari (woman of yogic mastery) for her keen ability to bring ancient illumination to the genuine challenges of the human experience. Her teachings have benefited employees at Sony, Kelloggs, KPN Telecom, Mars Confectionery, the Department of Corrections and Departments of the Netherlands Government. Learn more about Kamini Desai, Ph.D
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Laura’s passion and dedication to the practice of yoga was the catalyst to her becoming a Yoga Teacher 15 years ago. She is an experienced teacher at the 500hr level (E-RYT 500) as well as the founder of It’s a Succulent Life, which inspires people to live their best life now through the practice of Yoga and Yoga Nidra. She is also the Director of Yoga Teacher Training at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA) in Tempe, Arizona. Since 2012, Laura has led the 200hr “Unity” Yoga Teacher Training Program at SWIHA, teaching hundreds of students the ancient science of yoga. She is also a Yoga Nidra Facilitator having completed the Advanced Amrit Yoga Nidra Training Program and is a part of the Amrit Yoga Nidra Teaching Faculty at SWIHA. As a student of yoga for close to two decades, she feels the true gift of yoga is carrying the peace and…
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