YOGA NIDRA & RESTORATIVE YOGA
Trauma Sensitive Facilitator Training

I have been working therapeutically since 2008 as yoga teacher, yoga therapist since 2020 and a counsellor on placement for the last year. I have worked at Mill View Mental Health Hospital on the psychiatric ward, in the community and privately. I work with everyone however, I have specific experience of working with people who’ve experienced trauma, PTS and addiction and people with a lived experience of neurodiversity, grief, learning and physical disability.

The trainings I have created bring together my years of experience with my years of ongoing training working in mental health and therapy. Being trauma sensitive to me shouldn’t be an add on, it should be a norm. If your training didn’t offer you specific awareness of working in a trauma sensitive way then the trainings below will help fill in the gaps or perhaps even deepen your existing knowledge.

ALL TRAININGS SHARE

• A trauma sensitive approach centred around safety and ethics.

• An opportunity to dive into your personal practice and nourish yourself.

• Guidance and support in a non-dogmatic environment that welcomes all traditions and perspectives.

• Encouragement to take this learning and to make it your own.

• Connection and support with other souls who want to do the same work and learn.

• The experience and knowledge needed to create and share Yoga Nidra in restorative poses.

Trainings are offered in person in Brighton but there is also an option to join online.

TRAININGS

In response to requests I have created trainings that allow participants to join for all or parts of the learning, to suit their individual need and interest.

I offer a four day training which includes everything below, or you can buy a weekend, day or 1/2 sections as detailed below.

TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA NIDRA FACILITATOR TRAINING

Next date: Sat & Sun November 15-16 2025

A weekend 10-5pm Sat and Sun. In person or online. £295

You will learn

Day 1

1. The power and purpose of Yoga Nidra.

2. The heritage of practice, different approaches, offerings and beliefs around practice.

3. Relationship between sleep, brain waves, yogic philosophy and Yoga Nidra.

4. Neuroscience and physiology of rest and stress.

Day 2

1. Guidance and support in creating and delivering your own Yoga Nidra.

2. Trauma principles for facilitating Yoga Nidra practice.

RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR NIDRA FACILITATOR TRAINING
Next date: Sat 24 2025

One day, 10-5pm. £145

You will learn

1. Power and purpose of restorative yoga, what it is and what it isn’t.

2. Guidance, experimentation and teaching practice of (four) the most beneficial and accessible restorative poses for receiving Yoga Nidra or relaxation.

3. Experimentation and discussion around accessibility and meeting individual need.

4. Sharing this work through a trauma sensitive lens.

TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA NIDRA: SCRIPTING & MANAGING RESPONSES TO PRACTICE
Next date: Sun 25

Full day, 10-5pm. £145

Or buy a 1/2 day. £75. Morning: 10-1pm. Afternoon 2-5pm

What you will learn

10am-1pm

• Trauma sensitive teaching principles for sharing yoga nidra e.g. considerations around language, space, sensory experience.

• Best practice in supporting people’s reactions to practice.

2-5pm

• Specific trauma sensitive guidance around scripting the elements of Yoga Nidra practice e.g. the importance of grounding, creating a psychological resource/ anchor, appropriate breath work, visualisations etc.

INVESTMENT

You are invited to buy what serves your needs most.

1. All four days, both weekends = all trainings on offer. £595

2. The first weekend as a whole. £295

3. The second weekend as a whole. £295

4. The second weekend as individual days. £145 per day

5. The 1/2 days on the Sunday of the second weekend. 3hrs at £75

Payment plans available.

Further discounts are available to people who need it. Please email me at helen@imaginerest.com for more information.

WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR INVESTMENT

• Your hours of training.

• A pdf manual chapters relating to your chosen area of study.

• A pdf certificate outlining your training hours and content.

TO BOOK

Email Helen@imaginerest.com

THE COURSE IS OPEN TO

• Total of 12 students online are accepted to maintain the conversational style of training.

• Yoga teacher/ mind-body therapist/ health professional with a strong understanding and practice of yoga who appreciates the training on offer makes you a Facilitator of Yoga Nidra, not a yoga teacher.

HOW WE LEARN TOGETHER

The learning shared is offered in the spirit of curiosity, inquiry and collaboration. It is not a top down learning. I offer my years of skill and experience and I hope you too will bring yours. I believe our learning will be enriched through sharing our experiences, questions, skills and insights as a group and through our experiential practice.

CERTIFICATION

I don’t buy into an accrediting organisation. On completion of your training hours you will receive a certification that shows the CPD hours and content you have completed.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Please make sure you read these. I’d hate for there to be an surprises should your circumstances change.

• Committing to the course is really important to make sure you get as much out of it as possible. Please make sure all meeting dates and times work for you before you book.

• All payments are non refundable. As a small business I am not in the position to refund monies once they have been taken, I simply don’t have the cash flow to offer that service. If your life circumstances change and you can’t make the course you are welcome to roll the booking to a future date, or sell it on privately to someone.

• I reserve the right to cancel the training if needed. If so, you will be refunded in full or you can roll your payment to a future course.

If you would like to discuss any of the above with me I’d love to hear from you. You can call me 07813712073, or email me.

“This method has been crafted by my experience as a yoga therapist and teacher facilitating practice for people with mental health vulnerabilities in 121 and groups.

The method was created with these groups in mind but can also be enjoyed by all.

I believe It offers a space in-between the more traditional approaches of combining the practices making it more accessible.” Helen