Speaker 1: I don't usually lead with this, but when I first
started getting into Yoga Nidra, when I really started to
deepen my practice, I felt this calling. I felt this
calling that I wanted to learn more. But surprisingly it
wasn't because I wanted to become a teacher or a guide.
It was because I was preparing for death. After being
diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. I had to
face the reality that I might not be here for
much longer, and it was because of that I wanted
to have all the tools that I needed to prepare
myself for that final resting pose. That experience changed everything
for me, and what happened during that was something that
my soul, my heart calls to share with all of you,
which is why the training I offer now exists for
anyone who feels called to either embody yoga Nindra or
maybe you are desiring to share it with the world.
This practice is not just something that you do, it's
something that you feel. And if you feel like there's
something that you can't quite explain from this practice, I
want you to stay with me here.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: Most of us that find Yoga Nidra are arriving in
the same way something in your life might not be working, sleep, relationship,
a health crisis, grief, or a reality you feel like
you didn't choose. And then there may be this time
where you start to feel like maybe you didn't find
this practice, maybe this practice found you, and you want
to know more, not just more about yoga nindra, but
a more depth within yourself, like what is this thing?
Speaker 2: Why is it working? And then a sense of peace.
Speaker 1: And then alongside that sometimes there's an experience that comes
in quietly or loudly which is calling you to carry
it forward. But this is where it gets a little
bit tricky because most people are starting to look for
a yoga ninja teacher training at this point, and what
you start to notice there's a curriculum, there's a history,
a technique, anatomy of this practice, and all of that
is important, But the thing that you start to recognize
as you go through these trainings is that that's not
really the point. The point is coming back to you
understanding you. You start to realize it's not how much
you know, but are you really living. So in order
to give you a full picture, I need to take
you back when I was diagnosed, I had already been
in the wellness world for quite some time. I knew
the things, had the tools, I had the practices, and honestly,
I thought that I was pretty good at rest, but
I didn't understand what rest meant on a deep soul level.
What I understood was how to do all the things
so that it appeared that you were well.
Speaker 2: And then cancer came.
Speaker 1: None of that mattered, because cancer doesn't really care about
your morning routine. I remember a specific moment in my
treatment where I realized I might not make it through this.
I knew I needed something that wasn't going to just
talk me out of the fear with positive thinking or
another technique. I needed to be able to sit with
everything that was coming up, the anger, the fear, the
resentment in some cases, the ability to feel like I
couldn't forgive certain aspects of my life, certain parts of
my history, but also being able to sit with the joy,
being able to sit with the peace, being able to
sit with all of it.
Speaker 2: And showed me I could do that.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't because it made it easier, but it
allowed me to contain all of these aspects of myself
that maybe I suppressed, maybe that I push it down,
and instead of doing the work, I could be with myself,
no more distractions, no more scrolling, just truly being from
that space.
Speaker 2: I started to really meet the shadows.
Speaker 1: And in Young's work we talk about the shadows as
these parts of ourselves that we reject, these parts of
ourselves that we alienate or push away because we don't.
Speaker 2: Feel comfortable meeting them.
Speaker 1: And it's often because it feels dangerous or shameful. And
in most spiritual practices they're like, go.
Speaker 2: To the light, everything be light.
Speaker 1: But as you've heard me say before, the darkness in
me honors and sees the darkness within you. Because without
that darkness we could not know our light, we could
not shine our light. And so I went into that
cave and Yoganidra was what guided me through. The beautiful
part was that it actually felt safe for once to
look at it. And there's something about that Yoganidra state,
that space in between the waking and the dreaming, that
was a pure reflection of the grief of the loss
of the unknown. And I call that part of what
I offered the dark night. It's the part of you
that wants to stick up for you, one that's ready
to ride at dawn. And it's in that space of
the conscious and unconscious, that liminal dreamy state, that you
can resolve some of what feels heavy. So to me,
my cancer became a gift. This practice became a gift,
and I feel like it saved my life, and I'm
not saying that it's going to save everyone's life. It
saved the way that I thought about life, It saved
the way that I feel about life. I did survive cancer,
but more importantly, I came back as myself. I was
able to feel the wholeness of life, what really matters,
what's really important, And it turns out that's what I
needed to go through in order to be fully present
with people and fully present with myself. So yeah, no,
I didn't actually want to necessarily become a teacher. And
so much of what I teach has grown from that experience,
that is ripened from that experience, and that's why I
feel so called to guide others. So when I built
the Yoganager teacher training, I actually built it backwards. Most
people will try and teach you things from learning and
understanding through information.
Speaker 2: What I like to share is.
Speaker 1: The lived experience of the teachings to integrate it into
your waking life. I can't tell you how many times
I've had people come through this training and realize this
is what they really needed, was to get back into
their bodies, to get back into living, to see the
poetry of life unfolding in front of them.
Speaker 2: And this isn't a detour, you know.
Speaker 1: Taking this training is taking you first into living and
then into leading.
Speaker 2: This is why I built it in two parts.
Speaker 1: One is so that you can truly meet yourself, and
then the embodiment comes, and from that embodiment there lies
your teaching. In this you start to navigate your life
through your own relationship with self, and that begins to
expand into your relationship with everything around you. We start
to regulate the nervous system, We start to restory our
relationship with ourselves, and we can start to see this
unfolding not just with our relationship with self, but how
that works in relation to other We're orienting into the body,
we're regulating our nervous system, and we integrate it in
a way that brings us into our life fully. And
then there's of course the optional module, which is the
Dark Knight.
Speaker 2: This is where we explore the shadow.
Speaker 1: This is available as a bonus because it's through that
lived experience that I pass this teaching on to you.
But it's not required, so if you feel like you're
not ready for it, you don't have to dive into it,
but it's there if you need it. Only after we've
lived through the practice do we move into the leading
of the practice. And this is where we expand our understanding.
Speaker 2: In written word. We write the script, we rewrite the script, and.
Speaker 1: We learn how to hold space for others in a
regulated state. And when we transition from living to leading,
we have that right of passage. We have that initiation
of recognizing ourselves in the tension of opposites and move
forward through the middle path. But we don't just do
this through our words. We do this through our voice.
And I'm going to be holding this container. It takes
approximately three months to complete it, and for those joining
that already are on the Yogic path, you will also
receive one hundred Yoga Alliance credits. And I'm gonna be
real with you for a second, because it's not just
about the certificate or the piece of paper on the wall.
This is coming into a training that is about your life,
because how you receive and hold space for yourself is
what really matters. It's what this training is really about.
And I'm sure that some of you are like, WHOA,
I'm gonna have to feel I'm gonna have to be still,
I'm gonna have to hold space for myself and that
might bring up a lot for you. So I just
want to spend the next little while here talking about that,
about supporting you in that some of you were maybe
even thinking, you know, I'm not sure I want to teach,
and same I didn't know either when I first started
going into this work. But what I can share with
you is that once you've completed the living module of
this program, the teaching part it's.
Speaker 2: Not going to matter so much.
Speaker 1: It's more about meeting yourself in a deeper way and
you'll know what you're here to do. And if teaching
is a part of it, amazing, But if anything, you'll
have the foundations of this practice to live your life
more fully and you don't have to have everything worked
out before you get into this container. That's what it's
all about, is meeting ourselves where we are at. And
if you're also wondering, well, maybe I don't have time.
Speaker 2: You have a year, and.
Speaker 1: If it's a genuine calling, the time usually has a
tendency to appear. We make time for things that we need.
So if you're not totally sure yet, if you're ready,
that's okay. But for those of you that are feeling
this calling, that you're starting to notice the synchronicities and
this video might have landed exactly when you needed to
hear it, then I encourage you to apply. And if
you're feeling a slight hesitation, then please join the Novenager community.
Every week we're connecting with the conscious community of people
who truly value rest, so you can start there and
see what begins to unfold for you. And if after that,
something in you knows that you're ready to take that
next step forward, then apply for the novinidjer teacher training
in the description blocks below. The application process is short.
You'll take a couple of days for you to hear
back from me, and if it seems like you're a
genuine fit, you'll be accepted. You'll receive your enrollment, and
we'll find a place for you in the program. These
trainings are kept small, and that's intentional because the container
of this work is intimate, and I want to say
one more thing before I go. I never plan to
be here, I never plan to be guiding others. I
plan to rest, to heal, and I planned it my
lowest to die. But what actually happened is that this practice,
it brought me back to life and now it's offering
something for me to give, to pass on, to share
with you. So whether or not you stand in front
of a room or you just do this for you,
know that everything grows from here. Thank you for listening,
Thank you for being here. Make sure to subscribe if
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more about the practice. As ram Das says, we're all
just walking each other home. Thank you for listening. I
hope you like this video and I wish to see
you in the teacher training No miss car