By Lindsay Kellner — 2017
The ancient practice of yoga nidra has tons of benefits for our bodies and minds—and people are finally catching on.
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A proven antidote to anxiety, yoga nidra has been adopted by veterans, recovering addicts, and average stressed-out people.
Could this special type of yoga help you feel happier and less stressed and even sleep better? We’re in.
Essentially, Yoga Nidra trains you to be less reactive and more observant of everything about yourself and your environment. That and get outrageously relaxed.
Meditation may help with PTSD, but some yogis are dismayed that their peace-loving practice is now turned to combat training.
It is likely that you have neither heard of nor experienced yoga nidra, which might just be the answer to your sleepless nights.
Not only does yoga nidra meditation help you get a good night’s sleep, it also rids the body of harmful stress-inducing cortisol, boosts the production of “pleasure hormones,” and shifts brain waves into a beneficial state of regeneration and repair.
Need a nap? Yoga nidra may be the key to feeling well-rested. Here’s how “yogic sleep” can be even more effective than conventional sleep.
Yoga nidra, or yogic sleep as it is commonly known, is an immensely powerful meditation technique, and one of the easiest yoga practices to develop and maintain.
All you need to do is focus your mind, connect to your most heartfelt desires, and channel the divine energy within.
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