FIELD OF ORIGINS SCHOOL
200hr Yoga Teacher Training
Hatha Yoga & Yoga Nidra
21 Days | The Yoga Barn, Ubud, Bali | Yoga Alliance RYS 200
You have not been broken.
You have not been incomplete. You have simply been looking in the wrong direction - outward, when all of it was always already here.
THE INVITATION
Classical Tantra was never about the exotic. It was about this - the radical recognition that consciousness is not something you develop. It is what you are. Hatha Yoga, in its original and timeless form, is not a fitness practice. It is a complete science of the human being - using asana, pranayama, mudra, mantra, kriya and relaxation as instruments of alignment between the individual and the infinite.
And Yoga Nidra? Long before it became a technique, it was a state - described in the oldest texts as the divine resting awareness of Vishnu between the dissolution and re-creation of worlds. A state of being so total, so whole, that nothing was absent from it. We teach both: the state and the method that points you back there.
In 21 days at The Yoga Barn in the heart of Ubud - one of the most energetically alive places on this planet - we go there together. Not to become yogis. To remember we always were.
Ha and Tha - sun and moon, effort and surrender, the breath that goes out and the breath that returns.
Hatha is not a posture practice. It is the art of sacred union within yourself.
This training is rooted in the classical lineages - the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Gheranda Samhita, the Kashmir Shaivite non-dual view. Yoga Nidra as it was first known: a divine state of being, and later refined into a precise method so that ordinary people could taste the extraordinary - effortlessly, lying down, eyes closed, breath slowing, the whole system finally allowed to rest into what it always was.
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
200 Hours. Every One Counts.
Fully registered with Yoga Alliance. Upon completion you are eligible to register as an RYT-200 - internationally recognised, endlessly relevant.
| CATEGORY | CONTENT |
|---|---|
| Techniques, Training & Practice
100 hrs |
Asana, pranayama, mudra, mantra, kriya, relaxation techniques and Yoga Nidra practice. Nidra is woven into daily practice from day one. Every afternoon closes with a full Nidra. Students experience all seven stages progressively across the 21 days. |
| Teaching Methodology
25 hrs |
How to sequence, cue, hold space, adjust safely, read a room, use silence. Includes dedicated methodology for guiding Yoga Nidra - voice, pacing, stage transitions, working with different populations. Peer teaching with feedback from day one in both Hatha and Nidra formats. |
| Anatomy & Physiology
20 hrs |
Structural anatomy relevant to yoga. The nervous system, fascia, the breath body. The neuroscience of Yoga Nidra - the hypnagogic state, the vagus nerve, parasympathetic restoration, and why the body heals in stillness. How to teach safely for every body in the room. |
| Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics
30 hrs |
Classical Tantra, non-dual philosophy, the Yoga Sutras, Hatha texts. Yoga Nidra philosophy runs throughout - from its origins as a divine state in the Upanishads, to Turiya and the Koshas as a living map of the practice. The Yamas and Niyamas as lived transmission, not lecture. |
| Practicum
15 hrs |
Student-led classes observed and mentored, in both Hatha and Yoga Nidra. Students write and guide original Nidra scripts. Real teaching, real feedback. Dual-format practicum - Hatha sequencing and Nidra guiding. |
| Yoga Nidra - Script Lab & Applications
10 hrs |
Dedicated workshop hours for deconstructing and rebuilding full Nidra scripts. Applications for pain, emotional turbulence, fatigue, menstrual health, menopause, digestion and immunity. Craft, study and guided application. |
THE FIRST PILLAR
Timeless Hatha Yoga
The word Hatha has been borrowed and returned in many forms. Stretching classes. Hot rooms. Flow sequences with a playlist. All fine. But what we teach here is the original - the Hatha that was designed not to tone the body, but to awaken it. The science of working with the whole human instrument: structure, breath, energy, mind.
In this training you will learn all five of the classical limbs of Hatha practice as teaching tools. Not just asana. Not just pranayama. The complete toolkit - because a complete teacher needs the complete map.
Every session has a beginning and an end. How you open a practice matters as much as what lives in the middle. How you close it determines what your students take home in their nervous systems. We study both - the art of arrival and the art of departure. Relaxation is not a luxury at the end of class. It is where the whole practice lands.
The Five Limbs
Asana - The Posture Science
Classical and functional asana across all categories: standing, seated, supine, prone, inversions, backbends, twists, forward folds. Alignment as intelligent energy, not aesthetic correction. Safe sequencing, modifications, assists. How to begin a practice with intention and close it with care - opening relaxation techniques, savasana variations, restorative holds.
Pranayama - The Breath as Vehicle
The full classical pranayama curriculum: Nadi Shodhana, Kapalabhati, Bhramari, Ujjayi, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhastrika, Sama Vritti. The science of breath retention - Kumbhaka. How to introduce pranayama safely to beginners. The nervous system science beneath the ancient language. Beginning and ending sessions with breath.
Mudra - The Language of the Hands
Hasta mudras, Kaya mudras, Mana mudras and Bandha mudras. The classical gestures that seal and redirect prana. How to integrate mudra into asana, pranayama and meditation practice. Teaching mudra in a modern context - what to explain, what to let people discover.
Mantra - Sound as Structure
The physics of mantra: vibration, resonance, the nervous system. Bija mantras and their elemental correspondences. Sanskrit pronunciation. How to open and close a class with mantra in a way that lands rather than alienates. Japa practice: using mantra as a meditation anchor. Teaching mantra with confidence and humility.
Kriya - The Purification Practices
The classical Shatkarmas and their role in preparing the body for deeper practice. Trataka, Neti, Kapalabhati as kriya, Agnisar. How to introduce cleansing practices appropriately. The philosophy behind purification - not punishment, but preparation. Why a clean instrument sings more freely.
Relaxation Techniques - Opening & Closing the Space
Systematic relaxation methods for the beginning and end of every session. Body scan, progressive muscular relaxation, 61-points, breath awareness, sensing techniques. How to bring a group into their bodies at the start of class and how to allow the practice to fully absorb at the end. The closing is not optional - it is the integration.
THE SECOND PILLAR
Yoga Nidra - A State Before a Technique
In the oldest layers of the tradition, Yoga Nidra was not a practice you did. It was a state that was described - the divine, luminous wakefulness in which Vishnu rests between the dissolution and re-creation of all worlds. A consciousness so complete, so undivided, that nothing was missing from it. Turiya - the fourth. The witness that never sleeps.
The technique came later - and it came precisely because that state is possible for all of us. Not just the divine, not just the mystic. The method is a doorway back to what you already are. Lying down, eyes closed, aware and awake while the body rests, the practice creates the conditions for the nervous system to reorganise, the subconscious to release, and the deepest intelligence to speak.
Yoga Nidra is not sleep. It is the awareness that watches sleep. And it is - once you have tasted it - the most natural state you have ever been in.
This is one of the most potent healing modalities available to a teacher today. It addresses the full spectrum of human suffering - not by fighting it, but by dissolving the contraction beneath it. We learn to use Yoga Nidra with precision and with spaciousness. To guide ourselves first. To guide others with care.
What Yoga Nidra Addresses
Aches, Tension & Physical Pain
Yoga Nidra interrupts the pain-contraction loop by shifting awareness out of the fixed point of suffering. We learn specific rotation of consciousness sequences and body sensing practices designed for people in physical pain.
Emotional Turbulence & Reactivity
Anxiety, grief, anger, overwhelm. Yoga Nidra creates a witnessed distance from the emotional weather without suppressing it. The practice of pairs of opposites - a classical Nidra tool - is particularly powerful here. We study this in depth.
Mental Fog & Cognitive Fatigue
Brain fog, decision fatigue, overwhelm, inability to concentrate. Regular Nidra practice is documented to restore cognitive function. We explore the neuroscience alongside the classical understanding - why they point to the same truth.
Menstrual & Menopausal Support
Yoga Nidra as a specific support for dysmenorrhoea, PMS, perimenopause and menopause. The hormonal regulation effects of deep parasympathetic rest. How to adapt scripts and sessions specifically for these cycles - a profound and under-utilised application.
Digestive & Immune Health
The gut-brain axis, the vagus nerve, the link between chronic stress and immune suppression. Yoga Nidra is one of the most effective tools for activating the parasympathetic nervous system - the state in which the body heals, digests, and repairs itself.
Deep Fatigue & Sleep Disturbance
One hour of Yoga Nidra is said to equal four hours of ordinary sleep in terms of nervous system restoration. Whether it is insomnia, burnout or the accumulated exhaustion of modern life - this practice meets it. We teach Nidra specifically for fatigue and sleep initiation.
Anatomy of a Yoga Nidra - Deconstructed & Rebuilt
| STAGE | CONTENT |
|---|---|
| Stage 1
Preparation & Settling |
Physical setup, positioning, permission structures. How to open a Nidra in a way that the body immediately trusts. The voice, the pace, the silence. Why this stage determines everything that follows. |
| Stage 2
Sankalpa |
The classical intention planted at the threshold between waking and sleep. Not an affirmation - a seed. The psychology of the hypnagogic state and how to help students find and work with their own Sankalpa. |
| Stage 3
Rotation of Consciousness |
The systematic movement of awareness through the body. Classical sequences, why they work neurologically, and how to adapt them for different needs and conditions. |
| Stage 4
Breath & Energy Awareness |
Breath counting, natural breath witnessing, pranic sensing. Moving from the physical body into the energy body. How to hold students in depth without losing them to sleep. |
| Stage 5
Pairs of Opposites |
The classical technique of feeling and releasing: heaviness and lightness, warmth and cold, pain and pleasure, joy and sorrow. This stage works directly on the emotional and subconscious layers. |
| Stage 6
Visualisation & Chidakasha |
Inner sky. Hypnagogic imagery. Symbolic and narrative visualisation. How to work with the image-making mind - not to entertain it, but to move through it into stillness. | Stage 7
Sankalpa & Return |
The second planting of the seed at the deepest point of receptivity. Then the careful, unhurried return from the depths back to the surface. The closing that honours the practice. | Practicum | You will write original Nidra scripts. You will guide your peers. You will be guided. You will receive feedback and give it. By the end of this training, Yoga Nidra is not something you deliver - it is something you inhabit while you share it. |
21-DAY JOURNEY
The Arc of Three Weeks
Each week builds on the last - not in the way of accumulating more, but of releasing what was never you to begin with.
| DAYS | FOCUS |
|---|---|
| Days 1-3
ORIENTATION |
Arrival & Ground - Entering the Field Slowing down on purpose. Establishing the daily rhythm. The classical Hatha map - five limbs, one science. How to open and close a session with care. Introduction to relaxation techniques. Your first full Yoga Nidra experience: settling in, arriving, tasting the state before the method. Hatha Overview | Opening Relaxation Methods | First Yoga Nidra | Pranayama Intro |
| Days 4-7
WEEK ONE |
The Body as Temple - Asana, Mudra & Mantra
Deep anatomy of the classical asana families. Alignment as intelligent energetic flow - not aesthetic performance. Hasta mudras: the language of the hands and their pranic function. Mantra foundations: Bija mantras, Sanskrit pronunciation, how to open and close class with sound. Classical Tantra: the body is not the obstacle. It is the path. Teaching methodology begins. Asana Anatomy | Hasta Mudra | Mantra & Sanskrit | Non-Dual Philosophy | Peer Teaching Begins |
| Days 8-11
WEEK TWO |
The Breath & The Energy Body - Pranayama, Kriya & Nidra Deepens Full classical pranayama curriculum. Bandha mudras and Kaya mudras. The Shatkarmas - the purification kriyas and their role in preparing the system for deeper practice. The pranic body: nadis, chakras as a functional map. Yoga Nidra deepens - working with Sankalpa, Rotation of Consciousness, and Pairs of Opposites. How Nidra addresses pain, emotional turbulence and fatigue. Full Pranayama | Kriya & Shatkarmas | Bandha Mudra | Subtle Body | Nidra Stages 1-5 |
| Days 12-15
WEEK TWO CONT |
Mind as Sky - Meditation, Philosophy & Nidra's Deeper Layers
Classical meditation techniques: Trataka, Antar Mouna, Ajapa Japa, So Hum. Kashmir Shaivism and the recognition that awareness is never the problem - only the forgetting. Yoga Nidra visualisation and Chidakasha. Writing your first original Nidra script. Sequencing masterclass for Hatha. Observed peer teaching. Meditation Curriculum | Kashmir Shaivism | Nidra Stages 6-7 | Script Writing Workshop | Sequencing Masterclass |
| Days 16-18
WEEK THREE |
Integration - Teaching from the Inside Out
Teaching Yoga Nidra for women's health - menstrual, menopausal, digestive and immune applications. Hatha for specific populations - modifications for pain, fatigue, aging. Teaching ethics, holding space, the teacher-student relationship. Full peer-taught Hatha classes with group mentorship. Peer-guided Yoga Nidra sessions with feedback. Nidra for Women's Health | Nidra for Immune & Digestion | Teaching Ethics | Full Class Practicum |
| Days 19-21
COMPLETION |
The Return - Carrying the Field With You
Final teaching practicums. Ceremony. Integration circle. The question: not what have you learned, but who have you become? Graduation and Yoga Alliance registration guidance. This is not an ending. It is the first real beginning. Final Practicum | Graduation Ceremony | YA Registration | Integration |
DAILY RHYTHM
How We Move Through Each Day
| TIME | SESSION |
|---|---|
| 07:30 | Morning practice - meditation, mudra, asana, pranayama and mantra. Led by faculty. |
| 09:45 | Short break |
| 10:00 | Morning session - Philosophy, Anatomy, or Teaching Methodology |
| 11:00 | Short break |
| 11:15 | Practicum, mantra, kriya or continued study |
| 12:00 | Lunch - rest - personal integration time | 13:00 | Afternoon session - Pranayama, meditation, or Yoga Nidra workshop |
| 14:30 | Short break |
| 14:45 | Teaching methodology, peer teaching or script lab |
| 15:00 | Hatha practice - 1 hour. Sequencing, embodiment, teaching application. |
| 16:00 | Yoga Nidra - 1 hour. Full guided practice. The day dissolves. |
| 17:00 | Close. Evenings your own. |
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Everything You Need to Teach
01 RYT-200 Certification
Yoga Alliance recognised. Internationally valid. The credential that opens doors in every country and every studio.
02 Full Hatha Curriculum Manual
Your reference for life. Asana breakdowns, pranayama guides, mudra charts, mantra glossary, kriya instructions, relaxation technique scripts, sequencing frameworks, classical texts and philosophy teachings - all in one volume.
03 Yoga Nidra Script Library & Framework
Classical and original Yoga Nidra scripts across all seven stages. Specialised scripts for pain, fatigue, emotional turbulence, menstrual health, menopause, digestion and immunity. Plus the complete framework to write your own from the inside out.
04 Lifetime Alumni Access
The Field of Origins community doesn't close when you leave Ubud. Ongoing mentorship, retreats, continued education opportunities.
05 21 Days at The Yoga Barn
One of the world's most beloved yoga centres. The rice paddies, the silence, the sangha - this place does half the work before you even roll out your mat.
INVESTMENT
The Numbers. Then The Rest.
Early Bird pricing available. Payment plans welcome. Scholarship enquiries considered.
Accommodation at The Yoga Barn or partner guesthouses in Ubud is not included in tuition - we can point you to the best options for every budget.