Practical Yoga Nidra: A 10-Step Method to Reduce Stress, Improve Sleep, and Restore Your Spirit Paperback – December 10, 2019
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Record the meditation. Then, pick a time to practice and a place where you can be undisturbed.
Choose a time to practice when you will be most alert. The state of being awake in relaxed awareness is optimal, but if you fall asleep, you’re still practicing Yoga Nidra.
For a successful practice, I suggest using a yoga mat on the floor with a few folded blankets placed lengthwise on top so that you have a foundation that is solid yet comfortable.
Sample 5-Minute Meditation: A Safe Haven
This practice establishes your Inner Sanctuary.
- Close your eyes and release tension with a few sighs. Sense your entire body lying on the floor. Feel the upper half of your body as sensation. Feel only your lower half. Now feel both simultaneously.
- Visualize your Inner Sanctuary—a place, real or imaginary, where you feel alive, happy, connected, and/or at peace.
- First, notice what you see—shapes, colors, and textures. Pause for a moment as you absorb into your being what you see.
- Now notice the smells in your sanctuary. Breathe in, and for a moment, simply allow this scent to fi ll up your entire being.
- What do you hear in your sanctuary? Pick out two or three different sounds. For a moment, allow the sounds of your sanctuary to open up your entire being.
- Now what do you taste in your sanctuary? Allow this taste to consume your entire being with peace, joy, and love.
- What emotion do you feel while in your sanctuary? Is it a feeling of happiness, love, sensuality, connectedness, peace, calm? Allow that emotion to fill your being. For a moment, rest in this emotion.
- Notice how your entire being feels while in your sanctuary. You can return to your sanctuary whenever you wish to be your best in life. Now return your Awareness to your body lying on the floor.
Awaken your true self to happiness with the "yoga of sleep"
In this moment of your busy day, you're invited to experience deep rest and relaxation. Yoga Nidra, or "yoga of sleep," bridges the conscious and unconscious, allowing you to reconnect to your true inner self. The 10-step course in Practical Yoga Nidra teaches everything you need to know to start experiencing the proven benefits of Yoga Nidra meditation: clearer focus, better sleep, decreased anxiety, and more.
This practical guide breaks the meditation down into simple steps, each with scripts that you can record and play back to lead yourself through the process. With this streamlined method, Yoga Nidra practice can be effective starting on day one.
In Practical Yoga Nidra, you'll find:
- 10 steps to wholeness―The ten-step process begins with setting intentions and ends by bringing all the steps together in an integrated practice.
- Guided meditations―Each chapter includes long and short versions of the meditations so you can find rejuvenation in the time you have available.
- Pause and reflect―Whether you use a journal or not, the included reflection questions help you notice your responses as you grow in your practice.
Your journey to insight, peacefulness, and renewed optimism begins now with Practical Yoga Nidra.
