Yoga Nidra

NEED TO LET GO OF STRESS? 

A fundamental foundation for healing and wholeness is deep physical and emotional relaxation. In Yoga and Ayurveda, one of the most effective methods for achieving this state of profound tranquility is called Yoga Nidra. Nidra is Sanskrit for sleep, hence this is Yogic Sleep. Only you remain conscious throughout a Yoga Nidra guided visualization. It is physical and mental tension that melts away – that “goes to sleep” as you achieve deeper and deeper levels of letting go. 

During Yoga Nidra, you move from externalized awareness and the active state associated with the sympathetic nervous system, and slip into inner awareness which is associated with the parasympathetic nervous system. Body and mind recalibrate, harmonize, and integrate as you experience into a true state of peace. This ancient practice has been shown in modern medicine to have lasting positive effects. The first several times you practice Yoga Nidra you may find yourself falling asleep before the visualization has concluded. Enjoy that process, for it means you are more exhausted in mind and body than you may know… “running on fumes” if you will. I invite you to practice Yoga Nidra as an ongoing aspect of your personal care, and reap untold benefits as you do.