Ailsa Burns

By Ailsa Burns

Yoga Nidra to help you relax, rest and sleep. My name is Ailsa, and I am a Scottish yoga teacher based in Bristol, United Kingdom. I have been practising yoga since 2008 and teaching since 2017.

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November 10, 2024 Yoga Nidra • 10 minutes 😮‍💨
10 minute NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) Yoga Nidra exploring Alternate Nostril Breath. This Yoga Nidra meditation offers you the invitation to explore and harness the potential of the breath to help to anchor you to presence. This short form of guided meditation taken lying down is designed to calm and soothe the nervous system. Throughout the practice, you are invited to utilise breath awareness techniques to help untangle stress from the body and reduce anxiety.
Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga Nidra is designed to reset and reboot your whole nervous system. Lie down, relax and rest, while practising meditation. This Yoga Nidra aims to offer you anxiety relief, to induce a deep sense of inner peace and to calm stress. Allow Ailsa's soothing female voice to guide you through a deeply relaxing, restful and rejuvenating Yoga Nidra.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. The practice of Yoga Nidra guides you through the layers of consciousness, or Koshas, as referred to in yoga philosophy. This short, 15 minute Yoga Nidra allows time to explore the physical and energetic layers of consciousness (or Koshas), with plenty of time at the start to settle into this guided relaxation. Yoga Nidra can be beneficial for conditions including chronic pain, adrenal fatigue, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. Even when practised during the day, Yoga Nidra can help to improve the quality of your sleep at night. Each Yoga Nidra on this channel is lovingly created by Ailsa and designed to be your haven of peace and tranquillity.

#yoganidra

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10min
November 04, 2024 Full Body Relaxation Yoga Nidra for Sleep • 10 minutes
10 minute Yoga Nidra for Sleep. This short form of guided meditation guides you through a full body relaxation to help you prepare for and get to sleep. This deeply relaxing Yoga Nidra will help you relax and release tension in the body creating a profound sense of peace, calm and tranquility so that you can enter a restful sleep. There is a dark screen so that the light of your device does not disturb you while you fall asleep.
This Yoga Nidra is also tailored to foster tranquillity and helps you to reset your entire nervous system. Let this soothing and relaxing form of guided meditation take you to a place of total peace and relaxation as you wind down into effortless sleep. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help reduce the stress caused by being awake and unable to sleep at night, to help reduce anxiety about insomnia and to calm the nerves so that you can get the rest you need.
Yoga Nidra can be used in a therapeutic way like a guided meditation for sleep problems and insomnia. The practice can help to calm a mind that is wide awake at night and help you to sleep in peace. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and follow along with the instructions. Even if sleep does not come, Yoga Nidra will give you much more rest than a night of tossing and turning in bed. Did you know that one hour of Yoga Nidra can equal up to four hours of sleep?
This video includes a dark screen, ensuring that the video complements your bedtime routine and does not cause any disturbances. Unlike other Yoga Nidra sessions, there is no guidance to lead you out of the Yoga Nidra meditation and this means that you can seamlessly transition into a profound and undisturbed slumber. This Yoga Nidra is guided by Ailsa’s female voice with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and helps to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.
#forsleep

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11min
October 27, 2024 Yoga Nidra • 15 minutes 🌱
Join Ailsa for a 15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra, or NSDR. This Earth Element themed Yoga Nidra is designed to be practised during the day, perhaps first thing in the morning or mid-afternoon. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent and Ailsa guides you through a nature visualisation, a grounding breath visualisation and body sensing techniques.
Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga Nidra is designed to reset and reboot your whole nervous system. Lie down, relax and rest, while practising meditation. This Yoga Nidra aims to offer you anxiety relief, to induce a deep sense of inner peace and to calm stress. Allow Ailsa's soothing female voice to guide you through a deeply relaxing, restful and rejuvenating Yoga Nidra.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. The practice of Yoga Nidra guides you through the layers of consciousness, or Koshas, as referred to in yoga philosophy. This short, 15 minute Yoga Nidra allows time to explore the physical and energetic layers of consciousness (or Koshas), with plenty of time at the start to settle into this guided relaxation. Yoga Nidra can be beneficial for conditions including chronic pain, adrenal fatigue, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. Even when practised during the day, Yoga Nidra can help to improve the quality of your sleep at night.

#yoganidra

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14min
October 20, 2024 Yoga Nidra for Sleep
Welcome to this soothing and restorative Yoga Nidra guided meditation for deep sleep. In this calming session, you will take the journey towards profound relaxation and rejuvenation, making it easier for you to achieve a restful night's sleep. Your guide for today's Yoga Nidra practice is Ailsa and she will guide you through a 20 minute Yoga Nidra to help you relax, rest and sleep. Ailsa is from near Aberdeen in Scotland and has a soft Scottish accent. Allow her gentle and flowing cadence and her soft Scottish accent to lull you into a deep state of rest and relaxation.
Yoga Nidra, often referred to as "yogic sleep," is a practice that helps you release stress, tension, and anxiety while promoting a state of deep relaxation. Whether you struggle with sleep disturbances, anxiety, or simply need a moment of tranquillity, this meditation is designed to assist you in finding the peace you seek.
In this guided meditation, you will be led through gentle breath awareness and mindful breath body scan. These techniques are intended to quiet the mind, calm the nervous system, and prepare your body for a rejuvenating sleep experience.
The key benefits of Yoga Nidra are:
~ improved sleep quality
~ reduced stress and anxiety
~ deep relaxation
~ enhanced mindfulness
~ inner peace and serenity

#forsleep

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20min
October 13, 2024 Yoga Nidra • 10 minutes 💚
Join Ailsa for a 10 minute Yoga Nidra to cultivate compassion. This Yoga Nidra incorporates elements of the Metta Bhavana loving-kindness meditation. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day to cultivate a more compassionate approach to living your life. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day. This Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra is voice only, allowing you to fully immerse yourself into your Yoga Nidra practice. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent. Allow Ailsa to guide you through a Metta-Bhavana Loving-Kindness meditation that encourages you to fully embody this compassion practice.
This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Relax back into this 10 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used in Yoga Nidra to bring you into the parasympathetic division of the nervous system known as 'rest and digest'. Yoga Nidra is a technique of guided meditation that is completely effortless and accessible to all. Simply find a comfortable place to rest, relax back and just listen. The techniques used here will bring you into a deep light altered state of consciousness where you land somewhere between wakefulness and sleeping. It is here where one can disconnect from the thinking mind and rest back into a sense of your true nature. As the body undergoes healing and returns to homeostasis, emerge feeling grounded, rested, and more balanced.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and can also be used to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.

#yoganidra

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13min
October 06, 2024 Yoga Nidra to Fall into Deep Sleep 🛌
Join Ailsa for a rejuvenating Yoga Nidra session lasting 25 minutes. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation is thoughtfully crafted to guide you towards relaxation and to help you fall asleep and is designed to help you relax and prepare for sleep. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation aims to help cultivate ease and reset your whole nervous system, helping you to get to sleep and improve the quality of your sleep. This Yoga Nidra for Sleep includes visualisation, pranayama (breath awareness) and body sensing techniques to untangle stress from the body and mind, to ease both physical and mental tensions and to alleviate anxious thoughts and feelings.
This Yoga Nidra is also tailored to foster tranquillity and helps you to reset your entire nervous system. Let this soothing and relaxing form of guided meditation take you to a place of total peace and relaxation as you wind down into effortless sleep. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help reduce the stress caused by being awake and unable to sleep at night, to help reduce anxiety about insomnia and to calm the nerves so that you can get the rest you need.
Yoga Nidra can be used in a therapeutic way like a guided meditation for sleep problems and insomnia. The practice can help to calm a mind that is wide awake at night and help you to sleep in peace. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and follow along with the instructions. Even if sleep does not come, Yoga Nidra will give you much more rest than a night of tossing and turning in bed. Did you know that one hour of Yoga Nidra can equal up to four hours of sleep?
This video includes a dark screen, ensuring that the video complements your bedtime routine and does not cause any disturbances. Unlike other Yoga Nidra sessions, there is no guidance to lead you out of the Yoga Nidra meditation and this means that you can seamlessly transition into a profound and undisturbed slumber. This Yoga Nidra is guided by Ailsa’s female voice with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and helps to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.
Day 22 of the Yoga Nidra for Sleep Playlist 👉 https://bit.ly/3uA1klo
#forsleep

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26min
September 29, 2024 Yoga Nidra • 10 minutes 🔥
Join Ailsa for 10 minutes of Non Sleep Deep Rest (or NSDR) Yoga Nidra. During this Yoga Nidra practice, you are invited to work with an intention, or Sankalpa, that is personal to you. You can work with an existing intention or one of the intentions I offer during the Yoga Nidra practice or, if you have more time, you can create your own using the information presented in one of my videos 👉 https://youtu.be/6XVnvvy7AYc.
As well as exploring your Sankalpa, this Yoga Nidra will invite you to use breath awareness and body sensing techniques to help you rest, relax, untangle stress and enrich your life with the profound practice of meditation.
This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Relax back into this 10 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used in Yoga Nidra to bring you into the parasympathetic division of the nervous system known as 'rest and digest'. Yoga Nidra is a technique of guided meditation that is completely effortless and accessible to all. Simply find a comfortable place to rest, relax back and just listen. The techniques used here will bring you into a deep light altered state of consciousness where you land somewhere between wakefulness and sleeping. It is here where one can disconnect from the thinking mind and rest back into a sense of your true nature. As the body undergoes healing and returns to homeostasis, emerge feeling grounded, rested, and more balanced.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and can also be used to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.
#yoganidra
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12min
September 22, 2024 Yoga Nidra Meditation for Insomnia & Sleep 💤
Join Ailsa for a rejuvenating Yoga Nidra session lasting 30 minutes. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation is thoughtfully crafted to guide you towards relaxation and to help you fall asleep and is designed to help you relax and prepare for sleep. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation aims to help cultivate ease and reset your whole nervous system, helping you to get to sleep and improve the quality of your sleep. This Yoga Nidra for Sleep includes visualisation, pranayama (breath awareness) and body sensing techniques to untangle stress from the body and mind, to ease both physical and mental tensions and to alleviate anxious thoughts and feelings.
This Yoga Nidra is also tailored to foster tranquillity and helps you to reset your entire nervous system. Let this soothing and relaxing form of guided meditation take you to a place of total peace and relaxation as you wind down into effortless sleep. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help reduce the stress caused by being awake and unable to sleep at night, to help reduce anxiety about insomnia and to calm the nerves so that you can get the rest you need.
Yoga Nidra can be used in a therapeutic way like a guided meditation for sleep problems and insomnia. The practice can help to calm a mind that is wide awake at night and help you to sleep in peace. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and follow along with the instructions. Even if sleep does not come, Yoga Nidra will give you much more rest than a night of tossing and turning in bed. Did you know that one hour of Yoga Nidra can equal up to four hours of sleep?
This video includes a dark screen, ensuring that the video complements your bedtime routine and does not cause any disturbances. Unlike other Yoga Nidra sessions, there is no guidance to lead you out of the Yoga Nidra meditation and this means that you can seamlessly transition into a profound and undisturbed slumber. This Yoga Nidra is guided by Ailsa’s female voice with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and helps to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.
Day 18 of the Yoga Nidra for Sleep Playlist 👉 https://bit.ly/3uA1klo
#forsleep
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29min
September 15, 2024 Yoga Nidra • 15 minutes 🍃
Join Ailsa for 15 minutes of grounding Yoga Nidra. This Yoga Nidra is designed for when you are feeling lost in thought and stuck in your head; let this passive form of meditation help you move out of your head and anchor to your body and your breath. Ailsa guides you through Sankalpa (or intention-setting), a body sensing technique, pranayama (or breathing technique) and a nature visualisation.
This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Relax back into this 15 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used in Yoga Nidra to bring you into the parasympathetic division of the nervous system known as 'rest and digest'. Yoga Nidra is a technique of guided meditation that is completely effortless and accessible to all. Simply find a comfortable place to rest, relax back and just listen. The techniques used here will bring you into a deep light altered state of consciousness where you land somewhere between wakefulness and sleeping. It is here where one can disconnect from the thinking mind and rest back into a sense of your true nature. As the body undergoes healing and returns to homeostasis, emerge feeling grounded, rested, and more balanced.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and can also be used to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.
#yoganidra
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14min
September 08, 2024 Yoga Nidra for Sleep & Insomnia 🌙
Join Ailsa for a rejuvenating Yoga Nidra session lasting 25 minutes. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation is thoughtfully crafted to guide you towards relaxation and to help you fall asleep and is designed to help you relax and prepare for sleep. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation aims to help cultivate ease and reset your whole nervous system, helping you to get to sleep and improve the quality of your sleep. This Yoga Nidra for Sleep includes visualisation, pranayama (breath awareness) and body sensing techniques to untangle stress from the body and mind, to ease both physical and mental tensions and to alleviate anxious thoughts and feelings.
This Yoga Nidra is also tailored to foster tranquillity and helps you to reset your entire nervous system. Let this soothing and relaxing form of guided meditation take you to a place of total peace and relaxation as you wind down into effortless sleep. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help reduce the stress caused by being awake and unable to sleep at night, to help reduce anxiety about insomnia and to calm the nerves so that you can get the rest you need.
Yoga Nidra can be used in a therapeutic way like a guided meditation for sleep problems and insomnia. The practice can help to calm a mind that is wide awake at night and help you to sleep in peace. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and follow along with the instructions. Even if sleep does not come, Yoga Nidra will give you much more rest than a night of tossing and turning in bed. Did you know that one hour of Yoga Nidra can equal up to four hours of sleep?
This video includes a dark screen, ensuring that the video complements your bedtime routine and does not cause any disturbances. Unlike other Yoga Nidra sessions, there is no guidance to lead you out of the Yoga Nidra meditation and this means that you can seamlessly transition into a profound and undisturbed slumber. This Yoga Nidra is guided by Ailsa’s female voice with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and helps to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired.
Day 14 of the Yoga Nidra for Sleep Playlist 👉 https://bit.ly/3uA1klo
#forsleep
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25min

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