Join Celia Roberts, Sue Jackson, & Swami Mukti this February 2019
20hr Higher-Level Learning Certificate in BioMedical Yoga Therapy for Sleep Health
Saturday 16 February & Sunday 16 February
Extended Early Bird $450
This fundamental recuperative health weekend is aimed at anyone who struggles with or is interested in any aspect of restorative sleep. There are perceptions in today’s society that we are invincible; that at the apex of this technological epoch availability is 24/7, service is on demand, and sleep is a negotiable entity, rather than a necessity. More detrimental to our health is that even when we are resting, we are not. Our minds are swirling around in anxious circles unable to switch off. This pattern of fear-based exhaustion causes our bodies, our holistic wellbeing to circle in suffering, rather than toward enlightenment.
Join Celia Roberts and Special Guests Dr Sue Jackson & Swami Muktibhodhananda over two days to explore Clinical Yoga Therapy, Yoga Nidra and iRest, all which open up avenues towards addressing sleep debt, heightened state of consciousness and yogic sleep philosophy.
Saturday 16 February 2019 9:30am – 1:00pm
Hosted by Celia Roberts BSc, Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist
BioMedical Yoga Therapy for Healthy Sleep
This is an immersive experience delving into understanding the biomedical and traditional foundations of sleep health, how they comparatively support each other and how each perspective can offer those who suffer from sleep dept to find a good night sleep. This session is aimed at introducing the most vital aspects of yogic wisdom and insight and imbedding new knowledge by understanding sleep from a neurophysiological perspective.
We will be exploring:
- The importance of sleep, and a definition of sleep health
- The definition and the impact of sleep dept
- How a lack of sleep effects memory and cognitive function
- How and why yoga and mindfulness meditation are proven to help
- How and why traditional yoga aligns with a biomedical and neuroscientific perspective
- How and why some dietary changes can often show greater improvement than pharmacological treatment
- Practical application of technique for cultivating restorative and rejuvenating sleep health
- Overall assessment, selection, sequencing, and application, of yoga therapy tools
Saturday 16 February 2019 1:45pm – 4:45pm
Hosted by Celia Roberts BSc, Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist
Meditations for Lucid Dreaming
This is an immersive experience of guided meditations specifically refined for opening avenues to lucid dreaming, which is proven to be an effective way to manage night time sleep insufficiencies. This session is aimed at moving towards awakening in all aspects of holistic well-being and literally become inherently mindful and meditative in the dream states.
We will be exploring:
- What lucid dreaming is.
- How and why lucid dreaming can be a restorative practice.
- How to move towards awakening within the dream state.
- An emergent experience of specific meditations designed to facilitate experiential understanding of therapeutic technique.
Sunday 17 February 2019 9:30am – 1:00pm
Hosted by Dr. Sue Jackson
iRest Yoga Nidra
This is an immersive experience of the ancient teachings of meditation formed into the modern practice of iRest. With foundations based in thirty years of observation, research and hands-on development by Dr Richard Miller and associates, iRest is an evidence-based transformative practice that can enhance psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. This session is aimed at healing any unresolved issues and traumas that are present, enabling a recognition of innate peace of mind, as well as the ability to adapt to the flux of circumstances present in life.
We will be exploring:
- The foundations of iRest
- Why iRest is different to other yogic processes and tools
- The neurological foundations of iRest
- How to change mental habits and achieve greatest potential
- How and why this process is an effective therapeutic tool
- An immersive practice-based experience of understanding
Sunday17 February 2019 1:45pm – 4:45pm
Hosted by Swami Mukti
Yoga Nidra for Mental Health
This is an immersive experience of the physical and mental relaxation technique of Yoga Nidra. Literally meaning Yogic Sleep, this technique brings about a conscious, deep, and dynamic state that takes place between various levels of consciousness. This session is aimed at understanding how Yoga Nidra can assist in cultivating a greater ability to relax and more holistically balanced traits of mental health.
We will be exploring:
- How to teach students to consciously explore the waking state, the dreaming state, the sleeping state, and how to experience all three collectively.
- Understanding and teaching brain wave patterning and common states of mind related to such patterns
- How to impart evidenced based research into Yoga Nidra
- Understand and teach how Yoga Nidra can assist in mental health disorders
- How to deliver a basic practice of Yoga Nidra
- How to achieve better concentration through Yoga Nidra
- Learn how to restructure experiences and revaluate situations with students
- Exploring the effective use of intentions, or sankalpas
- Understand Yoga philosophy and the mind in relation to current mental health framework
- How to apply yoga therapy and meditation tools for delivering yoga teachings and philosophy to groups and individual in both clinical and private settings
We welcome you to join three conversant yogic teachers and therapists as they share their adept practice wisdom with you and bring you a weekend dedicated to improving your holistic well-being through healthy sleep habits.
At the end of this 13-hour face-to-face weekend you will be provided with materials for reading as well as a BIYOME certificate of completion. This course is intended to provide you will a substantial knowledge base in yoga therapy – this however does not qualify you as a yoga therapist. We use the term “therapy” as a reference to varied methodologies that enable well-being.
Disclaimer and Waiver:
This weekend is a registered 20hr Yoga Australia training weekend and attracts CPD points for yoga teachers, therapists, allied health professionals. Interested members of the public who are engaged in the practices of yoga and meditation may attend for interest, education and higher-level learning.
These short courses do not qualify you to become a yoga teacher or therapist. By registering and attending this course you agree to our terms and conditions and our waiver as located here. For more information on how to become fully qualified, please check our teacher training and yoga therapy training for more details.
