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Yoga Nidra for Nervous System Regulation, Self-Awareness, and Emotional Clarity
This continuing education workshop is accessible to all clinicians, regardless of their yoga experience (or lack thereof). No previous yoga experience, training, or certification required.
Presented by: Kylani St. Clair, LMHC, CCTP, RYT
When: Friday, June 26th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the link the week of the workshop)
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs (meets Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence requirements) | Cost: $99.00
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Not all clients can “talk their way” into emotional regulation and awareness—so what do you do when words aren’t enough? When a client feels overwhelmed, scattered, and/or disconnected, often the most effective intervention isn’t more verbal processing—it’s helping the nervous system slow down, settle, reset, and recover. This is particularly true for many neurodivergent clients and clients with sensory challenges.
This engaging and experiential continuing education workshop, developed and presented by Kylani St. Clair, introduces a powerful, accessible clinical tool for nervous system regulation, healing, and self-discovery: yoga nidra!
Yoga nidra is a form of guided deep meditation, practiced lying down or seated, that invites clients into a state of profound relaxation—without requiring movement or prior meditation experience. Often described as a state between wakefulness and sleep, this practice creates space for both deep rest and meaningful insight to emerge simultaneously.
Through her decades of yoga practice as a student and eventually a seasoned yoga teacher, Kylani discovered that several types of yoga – such as yoga nidra – complement her mental health practice and therapeutic techniques in powerful ways. She regularly weaves various forms of ygoa into counseling sessions with clients to support nervous system and emotional regulation, movement medicine, spiritual exploration, and overall mind-body-spirit wellness, thereby drastically improving client outcomes. Now she has developed this workshop to help you do the same!
Rooted in an ancient tradition, this workshop will also acknowledge the cultural origins of yoga nidra and explore ways to integrate the practice into clinical work with cultural humility and respect. Through yoga nidra, clients can gently access physical, emotional, cognitive, and even spiritual awareness, gaining clarity around their present experience, values, needs, and boundaries while the nervous system actively settles and recovers. What often feels out of reach in a fully alert state can become more accessible through guided rest.
Participants in this workshop will not only learn about yoga nidra—they will practice it and experience its powerful effects firsthand! This training includes a guided practice incorporating progressive muscle relaxation, breathwork, imagery, and intention-setting. Emphasis will be placed on the clinician’s role in facilitation, including the intentional use of tone, pacing, and therapeutic presence to support co-regulation, safety, and engagement. Ethical considerations will be integrated throughout, including informed consent, scope of practice, and supporting client autonomy and choice within the practice.
Beyond the experience gained, participants will develop practical, immediately applicable skills for integrating yoga nidra into everyday clinical sessions. This includes learning how to assess when yoga nidra may be appropriate, adapt the practice for different client needs, and facilitate post-practice processing to deepen insight and therapeutic impact.
Participants will also learn how to create their own yoga nidra scripts tailored to their clients’ unique needs, with attention to accessibility, inclusivity, and client-centered care.
By the end of this powerful and practical workshop, clinicians will leave with a deeper understanding of how to use deep rest as a therapeutic intervention—and the confidence to begin using these tools with clients right away.
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
Workshop attendees will:
- Learn the principles of yoga nidra and its role in nervous system regulation
- Participate first-hand in a yoga nidra practice, relaxing your system during training
- Practice guiding clients in yoga nidra with tone, pacing, and more
- Develop your own unique scripts for your clients’ needs
- Learn to facilitate post-practice processing with clients
- Identify the ethics of introducing yoga nidra into the therapeutic session, including the scope of practice, competence with a new technique, ensuring there is informed consent, and understanding possible contraindications to including yoga in therapy sessions.
- Consider the cultural and spiritual implications for each client.
- Learn how to understand and build in the client’s unique belief systems into the therapeutic session.
This continuing education workshop is accessible to all clinicians, regardless of their yoga experience (or lack thereof). No previous yoga experience, training, or certification required.