Research has shown that Yoga Nidra has therapeutic benefits for people, this includes:
· Reduction in anxiety levels
· Successful treatment of insomnia
· Shown to be preventative and alleviate heart disease
· Effective in children with behaviour problems
· Effective for post trauma stress disorder
· Successful for women with hormonal imbalances
DEEP RELAXATION AND INNER AWARENESS
Yoga Nidra is accessible to all people irrespective of age and health. All that is needed is stillness and maintained awareness and
the secret of Yoga Nidra is the receptiveness of the mind. You can do this practice either lying down or sitting up.
When you are completely relaxed your mind is receptive to the positive impressions that are sown within it. Yoga Nidra is a systematic method of inducing complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation.
A single hour of Yoga Nidra is as restful as about four hours of sleep—rejuvenating the whole body.
DEEP RELAXATION
There are three basic types of tension. Muscular tension is related to the body, the nervous system and endocrinal imbalances. Emotional tension which is repressed because we are unable to express our emotions—love/hate, success/failure, happiness/unhappiness. Mental tension which is the mind being like a whirlpool of fantasies, confusion and oscillations.
Through Yoga Nidra theses threefold tensions can be progressively released. and a deep state of relaxation is induced by addressing the tensions of the body, mind and emotions.
SOWING THE SEED FOR CHANGE
Yoga Nidra can help to reshape your personality and direction in life. This is an important stage of Yoga Nidra where you create a sankalpa which is a Sanskrit word which translates to resolve or resolution. A sankalpa can be the creator of your destiny.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I PRACTICE?
The more you practice the better.
30 minutes a day is great.