Welcome to Nova Nidra Teacher Training enrollment!
Thank you for being here.
​​If you’re arriving with a desire to understand yourself more deeply, strengthen your inner steadiness, and learn how to guide others into rest with clarity and care, you’re in the right place. The Nova Nidra Teacher Training is built on a simple truth:
Before we guide others, we learn to find home in ourselves.
This journey begins with a foundational path that restores the nervous system, softens old survival patterns, and reintroduces you to the quiet wisdom beneath the surface. From there, you step into leading, where your presence becomes the root of your teaching.
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Throughout this training, you’ll explore Yoga Nidra/NSDR from every angle...
The history. The philosophy.
The neuroscience. The koshas.
The energetics. The art of scripting.
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And most importantly, the embodied awareness that allows you to guide from an embodied leadership perspective.
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You’ll learn how to weave Nidra into your daily practice and into the lives of those you support. Our time together includes experiential practices, restorative learning, community dialogue, and self-reflective work that encourage growth without pressure.
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This is not about becoming someone new.
It’s about remembering the ever-present courage and clarity already within you
and learning to share that presence with others.
If you feel the calling to lead from your heart, speak with the clarity to offer rest in a world that needs it, or to deepen your relationship with yourself, this space will meet you exactly where you are.
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Your journey with Nova Nidra begins here...
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As a Heart-led Leader...
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RegulatE your Nervous System
Whether you’re moving through stress, anxiety, or burnout, or you feel called to support others through theirs, this training begins with Your foundation. You will learn to steady your system, soften survival patterns, and shift from constant doing into embodied being. This restores the presence required to guide Yoga Nidra with clarity, compassion, and emotional safety.
Your nervous system becomes your first teacher,
and your most powerful gift.
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Connect with Intention
Throughout this journey, you’ll explore how to meet your Sankalpa with your inner resources and build a relationship with intention that feels grounded and honest. You’ll also learn how to guide others through this process in a way that honours their agency, their story, and their pace.
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A Sankalpa is a heart-led intention and inner truth.
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DISCOVER YOUR AUTHENTIC voice
In this training, you’ll learn how to guide from presence instead of performance. You’ll practice pacing, language, script adaptation, and the subtle art of speaking from an embodied place. You will gain the confidence to guide Yoga Nidra in your own tone, not a borrowed one, while honoring trauma-informed principles and your own lived experience.
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Before you speak, your presence sets the tone.
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Grow Within a Supportive Community
Learn inside a thoughtful and restorative group space that encourages reflection, steadiness, and mutual support. You will have one full year to complete your training, revisit the lessons, deepen your practice, and integrate the teachings at a sustainable pace. The community is here to walk with you, share insights, and grow alongside you with no pressure and no urgency.
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This is a space where you can move at your own pace,
fully supported.
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How the Training Works
This 3-Month Teacher Training beginning blends self-study, live sessions, and recorded teachings, so you can participate in a way that fits your life.
You may attend live sessions when you’re able, and you can also complete the full training by watching replays. Live attendance is encouraged for connection and support, but it is not required.
Your training includes:
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Exclusive recorded teachings to support integration and reflection
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Experiential learning and guided reflection, not just theory
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Weekly live sessions with Ayla Nova that are interactive, restorative, and spacious
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Community dialogue to share insights and integrate the practice together
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One full year to complete the training, allowing you to move at a steady, personal pace​​
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This training is intentionally paced to support depth, embodiment, and integration, without pressure or overwhelm.
important dates
March 11 | Opening Ceremony
Part One
The formal opening of the live teacher training container.
We gather as a collective, set intention, and begin the journey together.
May 5 | Rite of Passage Ceremony
Part Two
A ceremonial threshold marking the transition from Living the practice to Leading the practice. This moment signifies readiness to embody and create Yoga Nidra offerings.
June 10 | Closing Ceremony
The completion and celebration of the live teacher training container. We honour integration, reflection, and the collective journey shared.
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12 Self-Paced Modules:
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12 Modules Including Live + Recorded Sessions 40 Hours
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Self-Study (Including script writing) 30 hours
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Yoga Nidra/NSDR Practices 30 hours​
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One year to complete​
Total of 100 Hours YA CEU
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LIVE TEACHING
3-Month Container Course material delivered live by Ayla Nova
Must attend or watch the replay.​
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ONGOING Support
One year of ongoing live support available through the online community portal and live calls to support all time zones.
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final assessment
After the final live class on June 10, you will submit a final Yoga Nidra recording. Your recording is due within one year of beginning the program.
If you need more time, you may request an extension. Extension requests are reviewed with care and are intended to support genuine life circumstances and embodied readiness. Details will be shared inside the training portal.
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Please note the application, review, and registration process:
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Submit an application
If you feel called to this training, begin by completing the application. -
Application review and conversation
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Selected applicants will be invited to a one-on-one conversation to ensure alignment and readiness for the training. -
Registration and enrollment
If accepted, you will receive registration instructions to secure your place in the training
​​Tuition reflects the depth of training, mentorship, and certification offered within the Nova Nidra Teacher Training.​​
Early-Bird Tuition: $2,222 USD
Available through March 1 for approved applicants.
Standard Tuition: $2,497 USD
Available after March 1, pending availability.
Payment plans are available ​
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meet your guide
Ayla Nova is the founder of Nova Nidra and a Yoga Nidra educator devoted to the transmission of deep rest as a lived practice. Her teachings have reached over 100,000 people through YouTube and podcast platforms, alongside workshops and trainings shared with a global audience.
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Shaped by years of devoted study and lived experience, including surviving a rare form of leukemia and a traumatic brain injury, Ayla teaches Yoga Nidra as a state to embody and share with presence and care.
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Alongside her public work, Ayla supports individuals privately and in person. The Nova Nidra Teacher Training reflects this same depth, preparing students to guide from embodied understanding rather than a script alone.
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learn more aylanova.com
Jason b, uk
It has helped me to feel more grounded and the community has given me a real sense of connection.
Frank M, germany
no better way to find yourself, even if you have not lost your way.
Kelly s, usa
Life changing.
A true upgrade of consciousness led by someone who truly understands what it means to live and be alive
Alison w, Aus
I begin to sense peace in my body and accept myself. I am able to consider traits my
heart and soul want to explore.