tantra Yoga Alchemy 2024-2025

Yoga Nidra

Enlightened Sleep with Lisa Bertke

May 4–June 1, 2025

3 Wednesdays | May 7, 14, 21 | 6-9pm and
3 Sundays | May 4, 18, & June 1 | 10:30-5:30pm

Yoga Nidra: Enlightened Sleep

Yoga Nidra unfolds the sublime science of enlightened sleep, deeply rooted in a vast body of knowledge and ancient tradition. With its five distinct aims or outcomes, Yoga Nidra offers a comprehensive template that adapts to the practitioner's desired goals. At its fundamental level, Yoga Nidra serves as a method for maximizing health and well-being. On a profound spiritual level, it becomes a transformative practice. In between, it stands as one of the most profound and accessible means to reshape the unconscious positively.

Key Focus Areas

Healing
Utilize ParaYoga Nidra as a potent modality for healing, addressing physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Transformation
Experience transformative effects on various levels of your being through the practice of Yoga Nidra.
Sankalpa
Cultivate and manifest your heartfelt intentions through the focused use of Sankalpa (resolve) during the practice.
Transcendence
Access states of transcendence, going beyond the limitations of the ordinary mind.
Timeless Wisdom
Tap into the timeless wisdom of the sages through the subtle application of Yoga Nidra.

Required Reading

Enlightenment Without God: Mandukya Upanishad by Swami Rama

This text serves as a guide, enriching the practitioner's understanding of the spiritual dimensions inherent in Yoga Nidra. As you explore the profound states of consciousness through this practice, the wisdom from the Upanishads will deepen your journey into the realms of enlightened sleep.

Program Delivery

The module is designed as a hybrid learning experience, combining in-person sessions on Sundays from 10 am-5:30 pm and virtual sessions on Wednesdays from 6-9 pm.

It is part of the 300-hour certification course but can be taken separately without certification.

CE Hours for RYTs: 36