Yoga Nidra: the benefits and how to practice sleep Yoga (VIDEO)

Yoga Nidra is also known as sleep Yoga or Yogic sleep. It is a very powerful and at the same time simple to practice relaxation technique. Yoga Nidra is suitable for everyone, promotes relaxation and helps to have a greater awareness not only of one's body but also of the goals we have in life.



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Lo Yoga Nidra It is also known as Sleep Yoga o Yogic sleep. It is a very powerful and at the same time simple to practice Yoga and relaxation technique. Yoga Nidra is suitable for everyone, promotes relaxation and helps to have a greater awareness not only of one's body but also of the goals we have in life.



During Yoga Nidra you remain comfortably lying on the mat in the Savasana position, possibly with a pillow under the head to be more comfortable and with a blanket so as not to feel cold during relaxation.

The practice of Yoga Nidra can represent the second part of an asana-based lesson or it can constitute an encounter in itself, for example with an evening dedicated only to sleep Yoga.

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How to practice Yoga Nidra

The complete practice of Yoga Nidra takes about 40-60 minutes. There are also shorter relaxation practices or mini Yoga Nidra lasting 20 minutes. Yoga Nidra is really very relaxing when we practice it under the guidance of a good teacher who with his voice and the necessary instructions leads us to relaxation.

We can also decide to practice Yoga Nidra at home to experience this practice. In this case we can search the web for videos or audios dedicated to Yoga Nidra, lie down comfortably and follow the guide voice.

Even though it's called sleep yoga, during Yoga Nidra one should not sleep, you should always try to stay awake, in any case relaxing as much as possible in this moment of pause that you allow yourself, always trying to follow the instructions of the guiding voice.

To try to practice Yoga Nidra at home you can follow these videos.

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The benefits of Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra has numerous benefits for the health of the body and mind. In particular it helps relaxation both physically and emotionally, allows the body to relax completely and the mind to free itself from the worries of everyday life thanks to guided and targeted exercises.



Anyone can practice Yoga Nidra

Intense asanas are not suitable for everyone but in Yoga Nidra this type of practice is not necessary since one remains lying comfortably in the supine position with the arms a little apart from the body and the legs slightly apart. Those who cannot maintain this type of position for a long time can to lay down keeping the knees bent.

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Yoga Nidra: the benefits and how to practice sleep Yoga (VIDEO)

The practice of Yoga Nidra is very simple

Practicing Yoga Nidra is simple because it is enough follow the voice guide a teacher or a recording. Some parts of Yoga Nidra may recall the practice of meditation but in reality this type of technique leads to experiences that are always different because it varies according to one's physical and emotional state.

Yoga Nidra helps reduce stress

Yoga Nidra is a very useful practice for reduce stress and to release tensions on a physical and emotional level. The phases of the practice in which one focuses on the breath and then on the different parts of the body are the most useful from the point of view of relaxation.

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Yoga Nidra: the benefits and how to practice sleep Yoga (VIDEO)

With Yoga Nidra we know ourselves better

Yoga Nidra is not a simple relaxation exercise but an inner journey that leads us to know ourselves better in the various phases of guided practice in which deeper levels of consciousness are reached, up to the subconscious.


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Yoga Nidra to improve in life

With the practice of Yoga Nidra, at the beginning and towards the end of relaxation, we mentally fix intentions, at the moment when the guiding voice requests it from us (Sankalpa in Sanskrit) and the goals we would like to achieve, especially on an inner level, to improve our life. It is as if we were giving a 'command' to our deepest consciousness during a moment of great relaxation. Consequently, our mind should then be ready to act in our favor during daily life. Have you ever tried to practice Yoga Nidra and what benefits have you noticed?

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