A Yoga Nidra designed to help you to make up for lost sleep. 

Yoga Nidra is a sleep-based meditation technique, which means that it harnesses the body’s falling asleep mechanism to access a deep state of meditation. In practice, you are  guided from the waking state to a deep sleep state and back to the waking state. It is a consciously-experienced, complete sleep cycle. Because of this, it is the ultimate power nap as 45 minutes of Yoga Nidra is equivalent to 2-3 hours of sleep. Ideally the practice is done lying down somewhere where you won’t be disturbed, the conditions in which you would normally go to sleep.

A Yoga Nidra designed to help you to fall asleep as quickly and efficiently as possible.

This particular Yoga Nidra is designed to help you to fall asleep at night and to help you get back to sleep when you wake up in the night or very early in the morning.

Yoga Nidra is a sleep-based meditation technique, which means that it harnesses the body’s falling asleep mechanism to access a deep state of meditation. In a typical Yoga Nidra, the practitioner guides you from the waking state to a deep sleep state and back to the waking state, allowing you to have a conscious experience of a full sleep cycle.

This particular Yoga Nidra does not guide you back to the waking state. As the intention of this meditation is to support you in falling asleep, you will be guided to the deepest point in your sleep cycle and the meditation will end there, hopefully in a deep sleep state.

Class recorded on 9 February 2021. A Yoga Nidra dedicated to maintaining an active lifestyle with the following intention: I exercise regularly and I am strong, fit and healthy, and the following affirmations: 1) I am positive and resilient, both physically and emotionally, 2) I am kind to myself and accept my best is good enough and 3) I love to move my body.

A Yoga Nidra dedicated to eliminating any unconscious biases or beliefs we hold that make us feel inferior or superior to others.  

The intention for the practice is "All men and women are born equal and are equally deserving of love, respect and opportunity."

A Yoga Nidra dedicated to healthy eating with the following intention: I eat healthy foods that nourish my body, and the following affirmations: 1) I see food for what it is, a source of nutrients for my body. 2) I eat when I am hungry and I eat in moderation. 3) I eat slowly and consciously and to the point where I have satisfied my hunger.

A Yoga Nidra dedicated to achieving your full potential in life. The intention for the practice is “I am released from my self-image to explore, expand and experience the infinite potential unfolding from within me.” In other words, I let go of my conditioning, what I’ve been told or I tell myself about what I can and cannot do, and open myself up to exploring my full potential.

## In this Yoga Nidra you use a technique known as "tension and relaxation".  I will invite you to inhale and to hold your breath as you tense various parts of your body, and then to exhale and relax when your body prompts you to do so.  Only hold to your comfort level to stay in the experience.  If you cannot have undue pressure in your head for medical or other reasons, please breathe normally throughout the exercise.  ##

This is a long Yoga Nidra and the pace is slow so it is recommended for those with some prior experience of the practice or of other relaxation techniques.