With a few days left, I want to introduce myself properly to anyone newer here. I'm a trauma-informed yoga nidra teacher trainer and somatic coach, and I built Nova Nidra because I needed this work myself before I ever taught it. My own nervous system forced the issue long before I had language for what was happening. I've lived in the Flamekeeper state longer than I'd like to admit, spent real years as a Dream Weaver trying to close the gap between what I could see and what I was actually living, and I'm still, honestly, in the process of steadying into the Radiant state myself. What started as my personal practice became the Peace in Rest Program, and eventually this teacher training... because the people going through it kept asking the same question: How do I share this with someone else, safely and well? That's a part of the gifts I share from what I have learned from the "& Beyond," and that's why these trainings exist. I'd love to know a bit of your story too.

I can relate to a Boojum. Sometimes I feel my growth is slow, erratic yet purposeful, in a harsh and (spiritually) arid environment. A Boojum tree thrives in the arid Sonoran desert, growing in all kinds of funky positions very slowly as it reaches up. And blooming every season.

You can consciously want change and still feel like something inside you hasn’t caught up yet. That’s where Sankalpa can become such a powerful part of Yoga Nidra. A Sankalpa is often translated as an intention or resolve, but it goes deeper than a typical affirmation. It is a heart-led declaration that reflects something you already know, or are beginning to recognize, as true at your core. It can sound like: ‘I am safe.’ ‘I am enough.’ ‘I trust.’ ‘I choose peace.’ ‘I allow support.’ ‘I return to myself.’ During Yoga Nidra, the mind becomes deeply receptive. Repeating your Sankalpa in this state can help reinforce new beliefs and patterns beneath the surface, especially when your conscious mind knows you want change but older subconscious conditioning is still running the show. You do not have to use an 'I am' statement. Your Sankalpa can begin with 'I am,' 'I choose,' 'I trust,' 'I allow,' 'I welcome,' or simply 'I.' The words matter less than the truth beneath them. Choose something simple. Something you can return to. Something that feels like a deeper remembering rather than a performance. @Rawl O'Neal

Today the Nova Nidra Teacher Training officially begins... under a new moon, during a total solar eclipse in Leo. I couldn't have planned better timing if I'd tried... And I will admit I was not consciously aware of how magical this alignment was when I first picked these dates. This feels like another confirmation of... things will work out as they are meant to. Every person in this cohort arrived here through their own story... some quick decisions, some long-circled ones, most somewhere in between. Many of you walked through Flamekeeper and Dream Weaver seasons to get here. This training is, in many ways, the Radiant state made teachable... grounding what you've touched so you can hold it for someone else. What they share now is a single starting line. I'm honoured to be the one walking it with them. To this cohort: welcome. To everyone else: there will be another door. For now, rest well, and watch this space.

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