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Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra Teacher Training | 2026


Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra Teacher Training

with Tracee Stanley and
Dr. Chanti Tacoronte–Perez


STARTS JANUARY 31, 2026
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

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Surrender yourself to the grace of Yoga Nidra and embody the teachings that allow you to powerfully and authentically transmit transformative and healing  experiences that lead to the state of Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is not about reading a script in a relaxed voice. It is the art of guiding yourself and another into the deepest state of consciousness where deep rest, spacious awareness and Presence is experienced. 

Are you ready to embody the teachings that allow you to share this deep state of awareness?

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Focus of Training

This virtual training is for teachers and seekers who want to explore Yoga Nidra beyond a technique — as a state of consciousness.

Our emphasis will be on:

  • Sacred Self Care, Creativity, Intuition, Healing, Ritual, Nature as Teacher and Sankalpa Shakti

  • Understanding the difference between Yoga Nidra and Deep Relaxation

  • Creating your Yoga Nidra Nest

  • Learn restorative poses to support the body for Yoga Nidra practice for pregnancy, trauma, exhaustion etc.

  • Auspicious Sankalpa and Sankalpa Shakti

  • How to lead yourself towards the state of Yoga Nidra

  • Ritual practices including mantra, yantra, likita japa and Sankalpa rituals

  • Creating a Sacred Abode of Practice

  • Cultivating Devotion in Practice

  • Tantric Wisdom and True Nature

  • Preparatory and Post Practices: Pranayama, Joints and Glands, Point to Point, Moon Bath

  • Creative exploration as a means to process the experience of yoga nidra practice

  • History and mythology

  • Brain Science and Sleep Hygiene

  • Embodying Yoga Nidra and Taking the Seat of the Teacher

  • Honoring Sacred Space

  • Voice, pacing and embodied guidance

  • Vichara

  • And more...

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2026 Training Schedule

Please note that you are required to be present live online for 90% of the training. All participants are required to be present for the entire Online Yoga Nidra Embodiment Retreat.

Training Dates:

Jan 31, Feb 1 (SAT, SUN)
Feb 25 (WED)
March 21, 22 (SAT, SUN)
April 29 (WED)

Online Yoga Nidra Embodiment Retreat:

May 30, 31

Training Times:

12pm-4pm PT
1pm-5pm MT
2pm-6pm CT
3pm-7pm ET

For international participants, please check the dates and times, daylight savings will shift the timing depending on your timezone.

Course Breakdown:

32 hours LIVE online teaching

10 hour Subtle Body Wisdom pre-requisite (if accepted into the training, you will receive this course to complete prior to the training, as part of your deposit)

38 hours home study/ mentorship/ online learning (approximately 2.5 hour a week across the 16 week course)

20 hours self-sadhana
108-hr Yoga Alliance CEUs


About the Prerequisite: Subtle Body Wisdom

If you are accepted into the training and place a deposit, you will receive access to Subtle Body Wisdom, a 10-hour self-paced, pre-recorded course that explores the subtle maps of the gunas, panchamaya koshas, chakras, and prana vayus, guided by Tracee Stanley and Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez.

This 10-hour course is included in the 100 hours of the training and is also included as part of your deposit.


What's included in the training

  • 2-Day Online Yoga Nidra Certification Retreat

  • Yoga Nidra Practice Recordings and Resources (video and mp3)

  • Online Classes via Zoom

  • Online Homework and Study Materials

  • 108-hour Yoga Alliance CEU

  • Certification upon completion of the full program and final exam


Applications Open Sept 1

Please note the submission, interview, and registration process:

1. If you are interested in this training, please submit the application.

2. Following a review of your application, we may reach out to you for an interview.

3. If you are approved to register following the interview, you will receive registration instructions.

Tuition:

  • Training registration is $2,595

  • Once you are approved to register, you may save your spot with a $300 deposit that will count toward the full tuition. (Deposits are non-refundable but are able to be applied to another training with Tracee and Chanti taken within a year.)

  • 5-month payment plans are available and must begin no later than December 31, 2025

  • Financial scholarship applications will be available for approved applicants.

Interested in learning more about the training?
Watch the replay of our previous live info session

CO-TEACHERS TRACEE STANLEY & DR. CHANTI TACORONTE-PEREZ

Collaboration is the ability to be fluid in a creative environment with each other. We choose to collaborate for a number of reasons. It allows us to grow with each other, and critically think about what we teach and how those teachings are expressed. In a world where hierarchy and being at “the top” is paramount, we want to be an example of how teaching can also be a practice in sacred relationship— with each individual in the room, our environment and that which we are exploring: Nidra Shakti. 

Tracee Stanley “I enjoy sharing the profound practices of Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Self-Inquiry informed by wisely sequenced asana, mantra and kriya practices to create a fertile environment and safe container for transformation and growth.”

Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez “ I believe that creativity is one of the most essential tools in guiding students towards living a joyous and purposeful life.”

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Later Event: May 15
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