Rewiring the Nervous System with Yoga Nidra and Somatics

This free online healing workshop, "Rewiring the Nervous System with Yoga Nidra and Somatics," is a live masterclass led by Elena Mironov. It is for people who feel stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, for anyone curious about how yoga nidra and somatic practice can support deep healing, and for practitioners who want to bring both approaches to their clients. It takes place online and is taught in English.

The starting point is simple: to drop into yoga nidra, the body has to feel safe first. The masterclass shows how gentle somatic exercises can help shift the body out of survival mode, so that the deep rest of yoga nidra can do its work of healing and regeneration.

What to Expect

Elena Mironov begins with how trauma disrupts the regulation of the nervous system, so the practices that follow make sense in the body as well as in the mind. From there she turns to the research behind yoga nidra and its effects on the brain and body.

The practical part of the session is a set of gentle somatic exercises. They are meant as a way to begin shifting out of survival mode, and you can start using them right away. For practitioners, the masterclass also offers guidance on supporting clients through somatics and yoga nidra.

The session is a live online masterclass, so you can ask questions and learn alongside others rather than working through a recording. Spaces are limited.

About Elena Mironov

Elena Mironov is a Zurich-based, English-speaking therapist and meditation teacher. Her primary training is in psychology, and her therapy work combines Somatic Experiencing trauma therapy with hypnotherapy. She sees clients in person in the Römerhof area of Zürich and online.

Alongside her therapy practice, she is an experienced international yoga and meditation teacher who specialises in yoga nidra. She describes it as a technique of conscious relaxation and the deepest form of rest, one that helps release stress and recharge the nervous system. After more than a decade of teaching yoga nidra, she created a teacher training for yoga teachers that draws on both yogic philosophy and scientific research. She also offers online programmes on daily meditation, yoga nidra and self-myofascial release, and leads yoga retreats in places such as the Swiss Alps and the Norway fjords.

Before You Go

The masterclass is taught in English and held online, so you can join from wherever you feel most comfortable. No prior experience with yoga nidra or somatic practice is stated as a requirement, and the content is pitched at both people seeking relief from fight, flight, or freeze responses and practitioners who work with others.

Included in the session:

- The live online masterclass with Elena Mironov
- Instruction in gentle somatic exercises
- An overview of the science behind yoga nidra