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Rest and Recoup with Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra, also known as Yogic Sleep, or “effortless relaxtion” is a powerful scientific method of complete relaxation physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
It is said that one hour of yoga Nidra can replace three to four hours of sleep. Studies have shown that yoga Nidra can help restore health, cure aliments of the body and mind and help with creativity and productivity.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation. It’s usually practiced lying down with a teacher guiding the session. The practice draws our attention inwards, and we learn to surf between the states of wakefulness and sleep, where our body finds its natural state of equilibrium (homeostasis) – the breath balances and becomes quiet, unconscious and conscious aspects of the mind reveal themselves, and we fall into an innate state of deep, blissful awareness.
During the practice, we are asked to make a sankalpa statement or resolve, a positive, short I statment of something we’d like to see manifested in our lives. It is a seed which you create and embed in the subconscious of your mind. Examples are “I am healthy and happy” , “I am successful in all that I undertake” or “I am a positive force for good.”
Other Benefits of Yoga Nidra may include:
- Anxiety and Stress Reduction
- Improves sleep by slowing triggering the relaxation response
- Reduced Symptoms of Depression
- Improved Mood, Confidence, and Self-Esteem
- Pain Reduction
- Increased alertness
- Improved athletic performance
- Lowered blood pressure
Many of my students report that it offers easy meditation for those who don’t like to meditate and have noticed being less anxious and reactionary to stressful situations.
How to Prepare for Relaxation
Ideally, be somewhere free of distractions.
Turn off your phone, turn off the lights.
You want to ensure that you are comfortable. You will be laying down either on the floor in a position known as savasana, so feel free to use bolsters, blankets and pillows to become fully relaxed. You can also do this practice in your bed, or on a comfy couch. Comfort is key.
Move to Meditate
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Register at Wasaga Beach Yoga
Cost: Class card or drop-in.
Join Natalie for a gentle yoga practice to help unwind and release tension from the day. After which we will sit quietly together in meditation focusing on our breath. Here, we give space to observe the many thoughts, feelings and emotions that naturally bubble up to the surface during this process. Like a good house guest, we give them space, invite them in, then let them go. In meditation we open our inner ears to deep listening for the messages from our soul and heart.
Then, we rest, guided by the sound of the Gong.
Do you wonder what’s the difference between singing bowls and gongs?
In a nutshell, a bowl is tuned to one frequency (ie musical note), affecting one chakra. If you want to move energy/cleanse/ address all the main chakras in the body, you need to play/be subjected to a whole set of bowls.
A non-tuned gong, such as a symphonic gong, contains ALL the sounds in the Universe. It creates vibrations that only a fraction are perceivable by the ear. You listen the gong with the body, not just the ears.
The gong creates and moves the energy (prana), balances the chakras, moves the lymphatic fluid, enhances blood circulation, vibrates the aqueous medium in which all the human cells are suspended. EVERYTHING gets moved!