Guided Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra: Total Relaxation Practices for Adults and Teens is a 5 star rated widely used guided therapeutic practice that induces a state of profound relaxation in which one's body is deeply stilled and the mind is settled into a quiet, refreshed state. The tracks in this recording nourish you on many levels and only require that you to lie down, press play and be guided. I have created and uploaded several guided meditation, relaxation and guided yoga nidra practices to my podcast in the "The Toolkit Series."
The first thing I want you to know is that I have been using Yoga Nidra both personally and professionally since the late 1990s.
In a proper Yoga Nidra practice you are guided into a very still and settled somatic state; the gross body, muscles, organs, bones are all ushered into a level of settled relaxation. In doing this, the experience quiets our over-active, ruminative minds. Yoga Nidra always penetrates into what yogis refer to as the subtle body. This practice can't be led in a haphazard way, it works best if done in a systematic way that speaks directly to embodied experience and not to the conceptual mind. The remarkable effectiveness of Yoga Nidra is being studied in universities and labs ; in fact the world renown science communicator, Dr. Andrew Huberman, of Stanford University Medical School and the Huberman Lab Podcast has identified Guided Yoga Nidra as a potent treatment. He personally uses the practices and recommends it to everyone.
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YOGA NIDRA helps:
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Reduce cortisol levels
Regulate the nervous system by activating the parasympathetic ("rest and digest" branch
Settle and quiet a restless and ruminative mind
Sooth and regulate your autonomic nervous system
Reduce chronic and acute anxiety
Lower blood pressure
Enhance concentration
Promote sleep when used before bedtime
"Therapeutic, no kidding! I am an ER nurse and suggesting your recording to my co-workers because we all take a lot of stress home with us. I use this in the evening before I get ready to sleep. Thank you!"
"I've added this to my most highly recommended resources list for my patients; and I use it myself. Often!"
“I practice yoga a little in between chemo treatments, and I always enjoyed the few minutes at the end in which the class simply relaxes to the instructor’s voice. The Yoga Nidra is (to me) an expanded version of this.”