YOGA NIDRA IS DEEP REST MEDICINE
Teaching Yoga Nidra Meditation
in Atlanta, Georgia
Join me on May 29th for a Yoga Nidra Workshop: A Journey Through the Chakras
May 29th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Full Circle Studio in Inman Park
This yoga nidra meditation workshop will include:
- An introduction to yoga nidra meditation.
- Setting a personal intention or "sankalpa" for your practice.
- Gentle movements and breath work to start
- A 40 minute guided yoga nidra meditation that will take you on your own personal journey through the main chakras or energy centers of your body.
- A LIVE SOUND BATH BY DANIELLE HALL WITH SOUNDEMBRACE to accompany the yoga nidra meditation. More information about Danielle can be found here
- You will also take home a crystal "touchstone," chakra chart, and a recording of the meditation.
Tickets are $35. Click here to purchase tickets
What is Yoga Nidra Meditation?
Yoga Nidra = a Yogic Nap
Yoga nidra (meaning "yogic sleep" in Sanskrit) is a sleep based meditation practice that takes you on a journey through the different layers or "koshas' of your body using techniques such as body scans, breath work, visualizations, and more. In yoga nidra we are harnessing the healing power of deep sleep while maintaining a trace of awareness.
During yoga nidra, you appear to be asleep but really you are in a state between wakefulness and sleep where the mind is very receptive and open. In this state, your brain wave patterns progressively slow down, just like when you fall asleep. Part of why yoga nidra is so easy to practice is because it is based on something you body already knows how to do so well- SLEEP.
Yoga Nidra is Accessible to Everyone-- No Yoga or Meditation Experience Required!
Yoga nidra is a practice of non-doing. In today's busy world of go, go, go, it is time to rediscover rest. You don't have to do anything in yoga nidra but lie down, relax, and listen to the teacher's voice. No yoga experience is required and anyone can do it, regardless of physical ability. There is no right or wrong way to practice yoga nidra. Yoga nidra takes you on a personal, inward journey so everyone's experience is different.
Yoga nidra meets you where you are depending on how you are feeling that particular day or your level of experience with the practice. All you have to do is lie down and listen.
Benefits of Yoga Nidra Meditation--NAP + MEDITATION
As my teacher Karen Brody says, "Yoga nidra is rest medicine." When you practice yoga nidra, you are getting all the benefits of a nap plus the benefits of a deep meditation practice. Relearn how to deeply rest and break the cycle of constant "doing" that can lead to exhaustion.
Among its many benefits, yoga nidra may help you:
* reduce physical stress
* finally feel rested
* resolve sleep issues
* heighten your creativity and focus
* manifest your intentions
* release emotional blockages
* balance your energy centers
* explore your inner world
* rediscover your true self
DEEP REST YOGA MAY 2019 CHARITY= WOUND WARRIORS PROJECT
All proceeds from Deep Rest Yoga Thursday classes in May 2019 will be donated to the Wounded Warriors Project. From the Wounded Warriors Project website:
More than 52,000 servicemen and women have been physically injured in recent military conflicts, 500,000 are living with invisible wounds (from depression to post-traumatic stress disorder), and 320,000 have experienced debilitating brain trauma. Advancements in technology and medicine save lives but the quality of those lives might be profoundly altered. The Wounded Warrior Project gives a voice to those needs and empowers warriors to begin the journey to recovery.
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