Graduates of the Yoga Nidra Professional Training & Certificate Program – Level I
2017 to 2023
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.
September 2017 – Yoga Nidra Level I
| Ilona Pisarek is a hatha yoga teacher, RYT 200 trained in the Sivananda style. She also completed 100 hours of training in Yoga of Recovery to help those overcoming addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Her passion for helping others led her to discover Yoga Nidra as a powerful tool for a stress relief and finding peace. She completed the training of Yoga Nidra Level 1. Ilona also holds academic degrees in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She offers private and small groups classes in English and Polish. Ilona lives in Lawrenceville, NJ. Contact her by email |
| Kathryn Weirick – Coming soon. |
| Nancy McMahon BA, MPA loves sharing her love of yoga with others. Nancy earned Yoga Alliance’s RYT 200 certification after completing studies with Denise Moore’s Open Dimension Yoga Teachers Training Program, an Integral Yoga based program. Further studies with Julie Lusk/Wholesome Resources garnered her Yoga Nidra Professional Training certification: Level I. Nancy is also certified by the American Heart Association in Heartsaver CPR/AED. Nancy teaches in the Middleburg, Delaplane and The Plains areas in Virginia. Learn more at yogaworkz.com. Like her Facebook page |
| Natalie Kahn, MA, RYT, loves her life on Hatteras Island, NC, working with others in-person & online, as a guide to empower oneself through the tools of yoga. She combines her training in the Himalayan tradition and yoga nidra with her degrees and experience in education to offer 1-on-1 sessions, personalized sadhana (daily practice), group classes and Unplug & Empower Yoga Retreats. Visit yogardenshine.com for more and follow her at Yogardenshine on Instagram and Facebook. |
| Neli Ramirez is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher. She has a BS in Nursing and is a Certified Diabetes Educator. Neli is enrolled in the University of Texas online course, Science & Practice of Yoga and intends to complete the Integral Yoga Teacher Training course to have the tools needed to guide herself and others to a space to help create a healthier world. She is enrolled in the tension/trauma release exercise program (TRE) and a CMT massage therapy program (CMT). She says, “During my Yoga Nidra training, I reached a space of peaceful realization that opened a door for me. Behind that door I could see myself (really SEE myself) and accept all good and petty things that make me human. I could also SEE the people around me in just the same way. I accepted all of it: the good and the bad, the past, present, and future.” Neli lives and works in Charlottesville, VA. Email Neli |
| Polly Behringer a lifelong practitioner of different modalities of healing through yoga. She is a studio owner, The WhereHouse Okc in Oklahoma, a RYT-200 Yoga Teacher certified by Becca Hewes, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, owner of YogaLife. She is certified in Yoga Nidra – Level I by Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT. Polly has studied Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) with the founder & creator of TRE, David Berceli, PhD & Paul Darby, LPC, CACIII and Board of Directors TRE for all of U.S. Future plans include attending the Integral Yoga Teachers Training 200 hour program, a month long immersion / onsite program of Satchidanada Ashram – Yogaville.” |
| Tosh Patterson is known as the simplicity expert who helps busy professional women break up with burnout and overwhelm. Her expertise has been featured on the Dr Oz Show, U.S. News & World Report and various media outlets. Tosh has earned certifications in Yoga Nidra, Bikram Yoga, Meditation and uses these modalities to teach women how to simplify life. Women rave about Tosh’s annual event, RECHARGE Retreat. Visit toshpatterson.com to learn more about retreats, classes, and programs. |
| Viviana Collazo – coming soon |
November 2018 – Yoga Nidra Level I
| Cynthia (Cinmayi) Moore fell in love with the yoga nidra part of Integral Yoga so chose that path for teacher training. Meditation, and cultivating peace are lifelong pursuits. Cynthia is a healthcare provider (registered dietitian, diabetes educator and integrative coach) and believes in the power of Yoga Nidra to heal. Contact her by email. |
| Elizabeth Norqual M.A., R.N., N.E.T.A.-C.G.E.I., Certified Yoga Nidra instructor and Holistic Practitioner. With more than 35 years experience as a Registered Nurse and Psychotherapist, Elizabeth (Betty) is passionate about preventing stress related illness by teaching clients how to live a healthy mind, body, spirit life style including yoga practice and yoga nidra (yogic sleep, deep relaxation). She is the founder of Beautiful as You Are, B.A.Y.A., she leads a weekly support group based on the six principles of Simple Abundance. As an educator, she present workshops on stress management and other Holistic topics for personal and professional growth. She is available to teach Yoga Nidra, Stress Relief, and Deep Relaxation privately 1:1 or in a group setting. To arrange a session or to inquire on workshop topics contact her here. |
| Anna Vasudevan |
| Cathrine Nelson |
| Christina Maniccia |
| DeAnn Stanley |
| Florence Ambika Cristelli |
| Gigi Jones |
| Irma Rosario |
| Jori Andler |
| LeeAnne Gfroerer |
| Lisa Caunitis |
| Marilyn Perry |
| Mary Jane Palmigiano |
| Pauline Gianoplus |
| Raama Das |
| Rachel Martinez |
| Ricardo Chiaradia |
| Sheila Lapeyrouse |
| Sherry Hanover |
| Victoria Jaya Eubanks |
| Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here. |
| September 2019 – Yoga Nidra Level I |
| Barbara Germershausen |
| Brian Fouche teaches Yoga Nidra and Meditation classes. He has completed 100 hours of teacher training in advanced Yoga sequencing and Yin Yoga through Bhakti Yoga DC. Brian seeks to guide his students by serving as a voice which they can make their own and incorporate into their everyday life as they come back into contact with their true inner self. Brian lives in Washington, D.C. Contact him by email. |
| Chuck Rounds |
| Colleen Dwyer |
| Diana Kelly |
| Ivanna Kokriatskaia |
| Joe Duquette |
| Linda Murray |
| Lori Burckart |
| LuAnn Oliver |
| Nelda Eserin |
| Patty Strawderman |
| Irmina Ulysse |
| Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here. |
February 2022 – Yoga Nidra Level I
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| Annalisa Derryberry is a licensed massage therapist (FL MA43061), certified hand & foot reflexologist, and certified yoga teacher. For more than 17 years, she has assisted people in experiencing deep relaxation, pain relief, and an improved sense of well-being. She also offers weekly Yoga Nidra sessions online as another way to help people to be kind to their bodies and minds. Learn more at DerryberryMassage.com or email her here. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia F. LaCroix, Level I Yoga Nidra Certified Teacher, Empowerment Coach, combines Yoga Nidra, integrative healing skills, and coaching to offer her clients and students avenues through which they can come into awareness of their Wholeness, become empowered, and move forward to experience practical, full, productive, creative and joy-filled lives. Georgia teaches and facilitates Reiki, Yoga Nidra, and workshops designed to help individuals break through their blocks and move forward! A Board Certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Hypnotherapist, and practitioner in several other modalities, Georgia has 25 years of extensive study and experience in the fields of bodywork, energy healing and coaching. GeorgiaLaCroix.com // Contact her by email here. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gina Alderman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey Dharma Hollar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Joan Pleasants | |||||||||||||||||||||
| JoAnn Bonifacio | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Julie M. Haines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisa Ann Sheehy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Ralph | |||||||||||||||||||||
| June Zimmerman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nana Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nikki Wesen has combined her love of yoga, sound meditation, and Reiki to help with the healing of herself and others. She believes we are all capable of healing ourselves, and sometimes we need the help of others to do it. Through her dedication to herself and to those she is fortunate enough to help, she would like to serve as a steppingstone to cross the bridge into a healing mindset. Nikki is RYT-200 Yoga Instructor certified from Honor Yoga, NJ. She is an Atma Buti certified sound healing practitioner under Suren Shrethra as well as being certified in yin yoga with Corina Benner. She is certified in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Meditation, IY Stress Management TT, and Yoga Nidra Level 1 with Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT. Most of all, she believes that these healing modalities, should be accessible to everyone. KumamaEnergyHealing.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pamela Adami | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rasamayi Victori, RCRT, RRPr, CAP is a lifelong student, practitioner and educator of the healing arts. She has always felt a deep connection with all living things. A near death experience at a young age gave her a deeper understanding of this connection. Her passion for natural healing and helping others led her on a wonderful journey of learning and sharing that continues today. Rasamayi has been teaching Yoga, Meditation and Deep Relaxation for over 25 years in the US and Canada. She is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher, Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Yoga Stress Management Teacher, Certified Yoga Teacher, iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher Level 1. Learn more at victorinaturalhealth.com. Contact her by email here. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanjana Patel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvia Villarreal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tami Musumeci-Szabo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tinuola Bello | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vimukti Aslan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vyasa Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
| January 2023 – Yoga Nidra Level I
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.
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