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