Lead transformative Yoga Nidra sessions with confidence, authenticity, and heart-centered skill.

"A comprehensive-even definitive-guide...both wonderfully practical and deeply profound. It's joining Urlacher's Yin Yoga & Meditation as a textbook in my advanced studies yoga teacher training!"
-Sage Rountree, PhD, author of Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses

Even with a beautiful script in your hands, it can still feel like you're just reading words instead of leading an experience.

This complete resource offers everything you need to develop and lead transformative Yoga Nidra sessions, whether you are guiding others or deepening your personal practice. Rooted in timeless yogic wisdom and centered in the heart, this book provides the comprehensive framework to guide with a steady, authentic, and embodied presence you and your students can feel.

More than a manual, The Heart of Yoga Nidra invites you into an integrated understanding of the stage-by-stage architecture of the practice. Bridging traditional yoga philosophy with modern neuroscience, it offers clear insight into the why and how behind the method - giving you the sequencing principles, intentional prompts, and blueprint needed to skillfully guide profound sessions attuned to your students' needs. You'll find the guidance to customize scripts or create your own resonant offerings.

Reflective practices help you embody the teachings, so your sessions emerge from lived experience, empowering your unique voice. Grounded in trauma-informed and inclusive principles, this guide equips you to safely adapt the practice, meet your students exactly where they are, and confidently move beyond simply delivering a script.

Inside you'll find:
Practice Architecture: The blueprint to skillfully sequence, adapt, and guide sessions that resonate deeply.
The Science of Deep Rest: A science-backed framework to regulate the nervous system, build somatic resilience, and facilitate deep healing.
Trauma-Informed Foundations: Inclusive principles to safely meet diverse needs and honor the full spectrum of student experience - from restlessness to emotional release and integration.
Teaching Methodology: Clear guidance for leading stage-by-stage, with insightful prompts to personalize scripts or craft your own inspired offerings.
Yoga Philosophy: A deep dive into the koshas as a guiding map for the journey toward wholeness and the joy of being.
Theme Weaving: The art of integrating themes, Sankalpa, and imagery, with a rich library of symbols and energetic tones.
Adaptive Teaching: Practical tools to tailor the practice for any duration, experience level, or setting - from studios to online spaces and retreats.
Intentional Language: Responsive cues to guide with authentic presence and ease.
Teaching Toolkit: An expansive collection of 6 Yoga Nidra scripts, body scans, breathwork, chakra practices, and integrated planners.
Reflective Exercises: Mini-meditations to embody the teachings and bridge theory with practice.
Personal Practice Path: A dedicated pathway to nurture your growth and root your teaching in lived experience.

Accessible for all levels, this book is a trusted text for yoga teacher trainings and a steady companion to sit beside you as you practice, prepare, and teach. It invites you into a profound relationship with the practice - empowering you to lead with intention, wisdom, and skill.

Complete your yoga library with Sagel Urlacher's trusted guides: The Heart of Yoga Nidra, The Book of Yoga Nidra Meditation Scripts, and Yin Yoga & Meditation. Lead with confidence, wisdom, and heart.