WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF YOGA NIDRA?
RESTORE. DISENGAGE. REWRITE
40 minutes of YN is equivalent to 3 hrs of sleep.
From creating a clear state of mind where problems can be solved, decreasing anxiety, helping with memory loss to helping with more physical issues (addiction, diabetes, insomnia, reducing cortisol, reducing body weight ….and the list goes on.)
Yoga Nidra provides you with an effective tool where you can rewrite your personal pre-programing (Samskaras) changing the way you see what is on your consciousness.
It helps you reach a state of PEACEFUL PRESENCE for yourself and people around you. In Yoga Nidra we enter SAMADHI (=Ultimate Liberation), a state of oneness and Unity.
HOW DOES YOGA NIDRA WORK?
This technique comes from the Hindu texts of Vedanta (the Vedas) in the Upanishads (=teachings on the universe and self realization). The science behind this method is more than 6,000 years old.
Yoga Nidra works on 3 levels: Spiritual, Psychological/ behavioral and Physical. it uses a biological process of sleep to help you naturally disengage from your thoughts.
There are 5 tools of Yoga Nidra;
REALIZATION (Spiritual) that allows you to experience the self beyond the body, realizing who we truly are. You connect to pure consciousness, a silent non-doing presence. STILLNESS
INTEGRATION: (Psychological/ Behavioral) this stages allows you to release blocked energy at all levels, the body and the mind are integrating balance at both an emotional and a physical level.
DISIDENTIFICATION (Psychological/ Behavioral/ Spiritual) This is the stage when you become the witness of all thoughts and behavior, this distance allows you to move from a preprogramed unconscious reaction to a conscious action. Making it easier for you to control your emotions in life. You will act to situations as oppose to react.
INTENTION (Psychological/ Behavioral/ Spiritual) Unique to Yoga Nidra, you will use an intention to shift your life in the direction you want to go. You are in control.
RESTORATION (Physiological) In Yoga Nidra you go from beta (waking state) to alpha and theta brainwave states allowing the body to heal itself and restore itself naturally. With Yoga Nidra you enter brainwaves like in deep meditation, it is beneficial for healing and enhances learning.
Yoga Nidra is usually done lying down on your mat and Sarah is the facilitator. You just need to listen with your Prana (energy) body and the rest will be done.