ONLINE Total Yoga Nidra
Teacher & Facilitator Training 2026
with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD and Yoli Maya Yeh MA
Live, online 07 January - 25 March 2026
The Total Yoga Nidra Teacher and Facilitator Training trains yoga teachers and others to teach and facilitate yoga nidra with confidence in class settings, one-to-ones, and for a range of therapeutic applications. Uniquely amongst yoga nidra trainings, it offers Total Yoga Nidra, a comprehensive, inclusive and non-dogmatic approach to yoga nidra that respects and explores not only a range of practice methods, but also acknowledges a variety of different levels of experience during yoga nidra.
- Encounter yoga nidra in its totality
- Explore the multiple forms and levels of this remarkable yoga practice
- Become empowered to deepen your own intuitive practice of meditative yoga nidra beyond the limits of standard trademarked and traditional forms
- Understand the full living range of different methods, lineages and levels of total yoga nidra
- Experience total yoga nidra as a living intelligence of the heart, an adaptogenic practice of deep healing and self-discovery
- Grow in confidence to share responsive and appropriate total yoga nidra practice with students and clients
This training is designed by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli, who together have over forty years experience of practice, teaching and working therapeutically with all forms and levels of yoga nidra, is a uniquely comparative and creative, experiential course. It offers both practical training and personal and professional development.
You must have completed the pre-requisite Total Yoga Nidra Online Immersion course before beginning this course.
What to expect
This course is once a week for 12 weeks - delivered live, online in weekly 3 hour sessions. In addition to these 12 live weekly sessions you will attend 2 personal tutorials and 3 Total Yoga Nidra Open Circles.
You will get:
- 12 weekly 3 hr sessions.
- Two personal tutorials.
- Three Total Yoga Nidra Open Circles, attendance is mandatory.
- A structured system of self-study and practice -16 hours.
- A total of 60 hours of study, practice, training and support to nourish your growth into a confident and committed teacher and facilitator of Total Yoga Nidra.
- Supportive online gatherings for practice and learning via Zoom groups and breakout-groups.
- Comprehensive training manual
- Access to our friendly and accessible online learning sanctuary
- Opportunities for questions and discussions with course leaders
- Development of a daily Yoga Nidra practice
- Facilitating practice with community and tutor feedback
- Small mentoring groups held by an experienced tutor
- Direct feedback and refinement of teaching skills
- Practical guidance
- Structured learning
- Lots of downloadable yoga nidras
- Access to recordings of all live sessions for the duration of the course
After the course, you will get:
- Certificate of Graduation
- Access to our Graduate Circle
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Listing on our Teacher's Directory
Course Dates and Times
This online training consists of 12 weekly meetings, and 3 monthly Total Yoga Nidra Open Circles:
Weekly meetings
Weekly on Wednesdays from 6-9pm for 12 weeks:
07, 14, 21, 28 January 2026
04, 11, 18, 25 February 2026
04, 11, 18, 25 March 2026
Monthly Total Yoga Nidra Open Circles
10 January 2026 | 2 - 3.30pm
15 February 2026 | 7 - 8.30pm
14 March 2026 | 2 - 3.30pm
All times are UK time. Find your timezone here.
Attendance at all of the above sessions is a course requirement.
What will I learn?
This course aims to:
- provide a structured programme to support regular personal practice of Total Yoga Nidra, as the foundation for comparative analysis of the effects and potential applications of the practice.
- provide an holistic, comparative, creative, investigative and sustained examination of the practical application of Total Yoga Nidra for personal use, in yoga classes and in one-to-one sessions.
- enable you to use yoga nidra safely, creatively and appropriately in classes and for one-to-ones, both online and in person.
- encourage a critical awareness of a range of different approaches to yoga nidra in order to empower students to evaluate others' perspectives and develop a clear rationale for your own approach to the uses of Total Yoga Nidra.
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develop a creative response to the needs of clients and students, enabling you to create and tailor Total Yoga Nidra scripts appropriate to specific circumstances and requirements.
During the course, you will:
- learn to devise and deliver Total Yoga Nidra practices appropriate to your needs and those of your students and clients.
- gain a clear practical understanding of the structure and function of Total Yoga Nidra, including models of best practice, and techniques to be avoided.
- gain a practical understanding of the key principles of yogic psychology and philosophy relevant to the practice of Total Yoga Nidra.
- gain a contextual understanding of the development and history of Total Yoga Nidra across different lineages.
- learn to share Total Yoga Nidra with an informed sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual experiences of those receiving the practice.
- learn to teach a range of restorative yoga asanas suitable for use during yoga nidra practice.
- learn to teach within the appropriate safety guidelines for this type of yoga practice.
Is this course right for me?
This course is open to anyone with an interest in facilitating yoga nidra. You do not need to have a 200 hour yoga teacher training to join.
You must have completed the pre-requisite Total Yoga Nidra Online Immersion course before beginning this course.
How will I be assessed?
Assessment for this training is in two parts:
Yoga Nidra Practice
In week 11 or 12 of the course, you will deliver a 15 minute yoga nidra to your tutor and peers and receive direct feedback.
Case Study
You will complete a case study outlining the delivery of a series of 4 yoga nidras designed to support a person or group of people. The deadline for submission of the case study is three months after the end of the course.
Meet the Facilitators
The lead tutors are Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Yoli Maya Yeh. They may be joined by experienced mentor groups facilitators.
Bursaries
We are pleased to offer a limited number of 50% bursary places on this course. To find out more and to complete an application, please see here.
Course hours: 60
Accreditation:
The International Association of Yoga Therapists
This course is a sixty-hour professional training course which can be can be used as IAYT Approved Professional Development and
BACP Continuing Professional Development hours.
A certificate will be issued on completion of the course for logging your CPD hours with your professional body.
On successfully completing all course requirements, you will receive a Yoga Nidra Network certificate of completion.
