. . We are many in our changes
We are power in our turns. . .
We are all these things together when we step out of the cage
Of attempting to control the flow,
To fix rigidity
Upon the changing faces of our mutability.
Let us see the many faces.
Let us not believe the lie
That rigidity is power
And fixity is strength,
For the thirty Nityas dancing in the skies
Are in ourselves,
And the faces of the feminine are moving through our days
Of change and gracious shifting,
So we do not break,
We bend.
( Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, with thanks to Nya Patrinos:
full poem on Uma's Patreon Page)
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JAI Nidra Shakti Mā!
Dearest Nidristas,
I send you all new moon greetings for your well being and encourage you to take heart! We are part of a powerful network to embody change, and to encourage the wisdom that well-rested humans can access.
I wrote the words of this small moon song over a year ago at the time of a powerful moon and they are echoing in my heart today as I come to write this Newsletter just after having shared co-creative yoga nidra with our community live on our Yoga Nidra Network Facebook Page. . . we invite you to join us there Monday to Friday 4pm GMT and on Instagram Live on Tuesdays and Thursdays (@umadinsmoretuli). Whilst we are unable to gather together in person, let us continue to support each other in our online circles with love and compassion, learning and sharing together. For indeed times are ripe for a fresh start - and together, well rested and well nourished by our practice of yoga nidra we can be ready to meet with good grace whatever arises - after all, this indeed is our practice!
LIVE ONLINE WITH LOVE
We have shifted our work on the digital platforms, and we have found to our surprise the benefits of community connection and support are a very real experience for all in our virtual circles of belonging. Our Total Yoga Nidra Teacher and Facilitator Training is thriving online and supporting many inspiring new teachers and trainees through a careful and well supported programme of learning with plenty of tutorials, group gatherings and time for practice and integrations. - our next offering is available in April.
Nidra has been a long time essential part of our Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training which has for the first time shifted onto an online version starting this Saturday (booking closes at midnight tonight), and so too is nidra at the heart of our Yoni Shakti Well Woman Yoga Therapy Teacher Training which is growing in depth and power as it extends over nine months with steady community support online and regular yoga nidra practices to support learning and sharing.
Vibrant ethical discussions about the practicalities of facilitating Yoga Nidra live and online have brought together many of our students and teachers at our monthly Open Circles to which all yoga nidra teachers and trainees are warmly invited - guaranteed a friendly welcome, a lovely nidra and some truly inspired discussion and sharing from all present, and from Nirlipta Tuli, our colleague Yoli Maya Yeh and myself.
WEAVING OUR WEB: SHARING OUR PLATFORM
We are delighted that so many long time colleagues and friends have found ways to share their yoga nidra practices with their communities online. We are delighted to shout from the rooftops in praise of Lisa White and her online yoga nidra sessions, based in South Wales and broadcasting to the world and we also encourage you to tune into Daniel Groom's podcast with Dawn Lister from Anahata Studio on 27th January where we discuss yoga nidra for community support, social justice and planetary healing it's a great listen and designed to inspire!
We've also been very proud to be able to weave a web of great teachers and raise awareness of their work through social media channels, and we invite you to visit us on Instagram @umadinsmoretuli where over ten thousand followers are now enjoying a SHARED PLATFORM featuring the very best of inspirational work and posts and interviews with many inspiring teachers around the world. This week you can check out the work of yoga nidra teacher trainer and yoga therapist Nya Patrinos from LA who integrates moon wisdom and lunation phases in her yoga nidras inspired by the Nityas (lunation goddesses), Nya's fabulous moon cards are a great support for this practice and are available in our shop for European purchases and in Nya's shop for US and North American purchases.
Upcoming INSTA TAKEOVERS include an LGBTQIA Takeover, headed up in February by dear colleague and Queer Nidra pioneer of Cleveland and the World Olga Chwa, whose innovative and uplifting "Queer Nidra to transcend polarities" is uploaded to our network for you to hear. Olga is joined in the takeover by Daniel Groom and Stanford Wong and others ...
NIRLIPTA'S OFFERINGS
Nirlipta continues to offer specialist yoga nidra for pregnancy to support pregnant women to prepare for birthing and to enjoy their pregnancies in a relaxed manner. Nirlipta is also sharing his unique perspectives on as well as new explorations in the Ten Directions of the Wisdom Goddesses that includes many practices of yoga nidra. His popular explorations of Hypnotic Language for Yoga Nidra are also available in partnership with Global Flow retreats here in an upcoming workshop.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Finally, a word of deep appreciation to all of you who have already signed support for the Ethical Call for Sharing Yoga Nidra with integrity - our hearts are warmed by all the teachers, facilitators, trainees and practitioners who have signed support for this campaign.
If you haven't yet signed your support, we'd be glad for you to do this - so that together we can move forward with a sound foundation to nourish and nurture those with whom we share this powerful and healing practice. THANK YOU - our practice supports and connects us, so let us join together to promote and uphold the highest standards we can wherever we share yoga Nidra!
Step with courage into the New Moon and may your hearts shine, well rested and nourished by the practice of yoga nidra!
In the service of Nidra Shakti
and with great respect and love and warm wishes for your well being
जै मा
Jai Mā
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Train to Facilitate Total Yoga Nidra
with Yoga Nidra Network
Upcoming course start dates: 30 April 2021
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Upcoming Total Yoga Nidra Courses
LIVE Online
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Self-led Online Learning
Total Yoga Nidra Online Immersion Experience
This course covers a combination of theory and practice to give you a sound foundation (or to deepen your existing foundation) of understanding about what yoga nidra is in the broadest sense, and how it works. To get a feel for the course, how about trying a one-hour taster session?
The Total Yoga Nidra Online Immersion Experience is also available
in FRENCH and coming soon in Spanish and Polish
Sleep Well with Total Yoga Nidra
This course provides those suffering from insomnia with an understanding of how sleep works and of how to sleep well, as well as the basics they need to apply the practice of yoga nidra therapeutically to their condition. To get a feel for the course, you can try a one-hour taster session.
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