This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores space in our bodies and helps plant seeds of manifestation with the new moon. (Starts at 1:40)

Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night).

Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self.

All you need to do is lay down and listen.

If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

It is Guillain-Barré Syndrome Awareness Month and in this episode of FreeBody, Marianna McClellan, performer and Body Intelligence Movement instructor, shares the journey of her GBS diagnosis while simultaneously discovering that her mother was suffering from late stage cancer.  We explore her embodied experience of growing up in the Lower East Side, how illness often challenges us to let go of past identities, and how pain can be an important teacher.

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores space in our bodies and helps plant seeds of manifestation with the new moon. (Starts at 5:15)

Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night).

Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self.

All you need to do is lay down and listen.

If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores opposites and naturally occurring polarities existing within us and nature.

Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night).

Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self.

All you need to do is lay down and listen.

If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores opposites and naturally occurring polarities existing within us and nature.

Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night).

Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self.

All you need to do is lay down and listen.

If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

Special thank you for the ambient space sound used in this nidra: Ambient Space Texture by Andrewkn -- https://freesound.org/s/474864/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores opposites and naturally occurring polarities existing within us and nature.

Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night).

Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self.

All you need to do is lay down and listen.

If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

If catharsis means "releasing", then it may be an act of healing too. And cathartic healing can be experienced through any somatic modality, from the arts to meditation to bodywork. In today's episode, Brooklyn-based indie singer/songwriter Elly Kace, an expert in the somatics of the voice and yoga, shares her insights about the intersectionality between all these practices and the science behind their healing effects on the body.

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