Episode description
Dealing with stress and anxiety? Have you tried Yoga Nidra?! If not, this is the practice you have been waiting for. It is as simple as taking a moment out of your day for complete rest and stillness. Balance all of your 'doing' by BEING at rest. By resting with full awareness, you can rewrite the programming that has held you back from really embracing life in the moment. You are your own healer!To begin, make yourself comfortable with all the support you need, laying on your couch, recliner or yoga mat (-OR- your bed, if for the purpose of sleep). Grab a blanket and some pillows creating a sacred space for your practice. It is said that only 45 minutes of Yoga Nidra is equivalent to 3-4 hours of sleep, making Nidra a physiological sigh of relief for your whole self.
This guided sleep meditation takes you through a restorative body scan connecting with your breath, your emotions, your creative ability, and ultimately your whole self. Yogic sleep invites you to move from the activated state of stress and anxiety to a state of rest, digest and restoration; a calming of the parasympathetic nervous system. So let's begin.
The practice of Yoga Nidra begins now...
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