100-Hour Online
Nervous System Sovereignty Yoga Training
A Somāntra Approach To
Restorative Yoga • Yoga Nidra • Meditation Training
Course begins: 27 February 2027
4 live Zoom sessions: 24 and 31 July | 7 and 14 August 2027
Final pathway deadline: 31 October 2027
Study entirely online with The Yoga Nerds. Develop your personal practice and the skills to guide rest, attention and stillness with knowledge, sensitivity and care.
50 hours Online Restorative Yoga • 25 hours Online Yoga Nidra • 25 hours Online Meditation
A fully online route through Nervous System Sovereignty
Nervous System Sovereignty is a 100-hour Somāntra training that brings together Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Meditation. It is designed for people who want to understand these practices in depth, experience them personally and learn how to guide others responsibly.
You can study from wherever you live. The programme combines structured online lessons, guided practices, written resources, reflection, assignments and four live Zoom sessions within the Restorative Yoga component. There are no in-person attendance dates for this route.
Rather than treating rest as something to achieve, we examine the conditions that make it possible: physical support, breath, attention, appropriate choices, clear teaching language and respect for each person’s experience. The Somāntra Approach brings these elements together with yoga’s wider teachings and a careful reading of contemporary ideas about stress and the nervous system.
This training may be taken as a standalone 100-hour programme or as part of the wider Somāntra yoga education pathway.
What is the Somāntra Approach?
The Somāntra Approach asks you to consider the body as an interconnected physical and experiential landscape. A posture is more than its visible shape; a meditation is more than a technique; a period of rest is more than a pause between activities.
Throughout the training, you will consider structure, breath, attention, perception and lived experience together. You will study what a practice asks of a person, how they might respond, and how to adapt your teaching without assuming that one method suits everybody.
We draw on traditional yogic enquiry and relevant contemporary knowledge while distinguishing teaching practice from medical treatment. The aim is to make thoughtful decisions and hold space with care, rather than promise a particular physical or emotional outcome.
What This Training Is Really About?
Module II establishes the foundation of embodied teaching through nervous system literacy, regulated presence, and conscious facilitation.
Rather than approaching yoga as effort or achievement, this training explores:
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How the nervous system responds to stress and safety
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Why rest is essential for cognitive clarity and emotional balance
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How stillness supports physical recovery and long-term resilience
Students learn to recognise patterns of dysregulation within themselves and within group environments, developing the ability to guide practices that support recovery from burnout, fatigue, and chronic overstimulation.
This is not about doing more.
It is about learning when to pause, how to listen, and how to hold space without force.
Why This Training Is Essential Today
We are living in a world that moves like a constant current - fast, forceful, and rarely still.
There is always something to respond to, something to fix, something to keep up with.
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Rest begins to feel uncomfortable, almost unfamiliar
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Productivity is mistaken for purpose
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A dysregulated nervous system starts to feel like the baseline
It is like watching water that has never been allowed to settle.
When the surface is constantly disturbed, you cannot see clearly beneath it.
This training invites a different relationship.
Not one of stopping the current, but of understanding it.
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What You Will Explore
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Nervous System Literacy - Understand how stress, trauma, and overstimulation impact the body and mind.
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The Physiology of Safety - Learn how the body experiences safety and why it is the foundation of all healing.
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Restorative Yoga (Beyond Props) - Move beyond shapes into truly restorative, nervous-system-led practices.
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Yoga Nidra as Deep Regulation - Understand Nidra not as relaxation, but as a powerful state of conscious restoration.
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Regulation-Based Meditation - Learn meditation that supports the nervous system rather than overwhelms it.
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Non-Performative Teaching - Shift from “teaching to impress” to holding space for genuine experience.
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Understand Dysregulation in Students - Develop the ability to understand subtle cues of stress and overwhelm in group settings.
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Holding Safe & Grounded Spaces - Learn how to create environments where students feel supported, not pushed.
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Self-Regulation Before Facilitation - Build your own internal stability before guiding others.
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Application in Modern Contexts - Work with clients experiencing burnout, anxiety, fatigue, and emotional overload.
What You Will Be Able to Teach?
Upon completion, you will be qualified to offer:
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Restorative Yoga classes
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Yoga Nidra sessions
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Regulation-based meditation practices
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Nervous system-informed group sessions
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Foundational space holding rooted in safety and awareness
Who This Training Is For?
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Yoga teachers seeking depth beyond asana
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Meditation practitioners wanting structure and understanding
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Space holders, therapists, and facilitators
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Anyone experiencing burnout, fatigue, or overwhelm
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Individuals seeking to understand their own nervous system
Your Three Training Components
The 100 hours unfold across 3 connected trainings.
Online Restorative Yoga content becomes available from 27 February 2027, the online Yoga Nidra course begins on 1 May, and the online Meditation course begins on 1 July.
4 Zoom Live Calls - 24th & 31st July | 7th & 14th August 2027 at 4:00 - 6:30pm London Time (BST)
Follow the links below to see what each component covers.
The 100-hour programme brings them together as one learning pathway.
Schedule & Investment
Course dates at a glance:
27 February 2027 - Online Restorative Yoga study begins
1 May 2027 - Online Yoga Nidra study begins
1 July 2027 - Online Meditation study begins
24 and 31 July | 7 and 14 August 2027 - Required Restorative Yoga Zoom sessions, 4:00 - 6:30 pm UK time (BST)
1st September 2027 - Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra assignment
1st October 2027 - Meditation assignment
31st October 2027 - Overall pathway concludes
Early Commitment
£1,095 until 31st October 2026
Full Investment
£1,295
To Book
You are required to pay £400 (part of the total fee) before 31st October 2026.
If you choose an agreed payment plan, the payment dates and remaining balance will be confirmed in writing before enrolment. Certification is issued only after successful completion of the course requirements and payment in full. Read Terms of Training Here.
To discuss an instalment arrangement, email connect@theyoganerds.com.
Optional Pathway
Students may choose to continue into the full 350-hour training pathway, designed for those who wish to deepen their work as facilitators, educators, and space holders.
Book Your Spot!
Sat 27 FebStudy Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Meditation through the 100-hour Somāntra pathway - fully online, with four live Restorative Yoga Zoom sessions.
What Will You Receive?
Upon completion of this 100-hour training, students will receive separate Continuing Education Programme (CEP) certifications, including:-
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50-hour Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
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25-hour Meditation Teacher Training
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25-hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
These certifications enable graduates to:-
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Teach these disciplines independently
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Offer classes, workshops, and retreats
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Use these hours towards continuing education requirements
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Register and maintain credentials with organisations such as Yoga Alliance (as CEP hours)
Important Note:-
Completion of this 100-hour training alone does not qualify as a standalone advanced certification equivalent to a 300-hour programme.
These hours cannot be combined with a 200-hour certification from another school to register directly as a 300-hour certification under Yoga Alliance.
Frequently asked questions
About Madhura
Director of The Yoga Nerds & Move with Madhura
E-RYT 500, YACEP | Yoga Therapist | Ayurveda Consultant
Madhura Bhagwat is a yoga educator, teacher trainer, and founder of The Yoga Nerds, known for her nuanced and uncompromising approach to teaching yoga beyond the physical. With nearly two decades of experience and roots in a traditional yogic lineage, her work bridges classical philosophy with modern understanding of movement, anatomy, and the nervous system, alongside an academic background in politics, law, and business studies.
Her teaching is not about performance or aesthetics, but about awareness, integrity, and depth. Drawing from yoga philosophy, embodied wisdom arts, and subtle teachings rooted in traditions such as the Dasha Mahāvidyā, alongside fascia-informed movement, breathwork, and restorative practices, she guides students and teachers towards a more intelligent, embodied, and sustainable way of practising and teaching.
Madhura teaches internationally and is committed to preserving the essence of yoga while making it relevant to the realities of modern life, allowing space for both linear learning and non-linear, lived experience to unfold.
