Excerpts of a Yogi’s Diary – Truth about Nidra Yoga & Yogic Concepts

Yoga is about the consciousness of one’s inner strength, finding peace within, and experiencing joy of creation. Yoga has many forms, numerous techniques, and unlocks infinite way to connect with universal plane. One such form of Yogistic practices is known as Nidra yoga techniques.

What is Yoga Nidra?

Nidra is Sanskrit word related to state of sleep or sleeping or being resting. These yoga practice or technique is a conceptualization of auditory meditative medium, which is practiced by lying down in savasana. In this yogic medium your body undergo a state where it’s awake, but experiencing the feel of being in deep sleep.It’s also known as induced sleep / conscious deep sleep or being in state of hypnogogic.

Benefits of Nidra Yoga Practice or Learning:

1. This yogic technique makes your body go into a mystifying state of relaxation
2. You experienced conscious deep sleep
3. It can train your mind attain state of awareness with continuity of process
4. It is that method of yoga the ancient secrets of Hindus; where one can maintain integration with all three state of mind viz. “conscious, sub-conscious, and unconscious” simultaneously
5. Whether you’re sleeping or awake or dreaming doesn’t matter; your ability to retain awareness is heightened in all three state of your existence. It’s the yogic references to super-conscious or being a super human
6. It’s an induced state, which can be used for esoteric rest by practitioners
7. It’s also helpful or beneficial in releasing one’s memories; those part of existence in our brain or mind, which lies into depth of sub-conscious or unconscious. So, it’s excellent for overcoming depression, getting rid of horrific incidents, eliminating haunted past of abuse or criminal victim, and releasing any locked fear or pessimism or disposition
8. It can also help you release your hidden potential in form of memories or dreams or desires, and thus it creates an enhanced form of consciousness; required for discovery of inner self or soul

Now, as we have a basic knowledge about “Nidra Yoga” and its fundamental benefits; we can look forward to other aspects of the secrets from East.

Note:

A question that always makes people confused or perplex is even after knowing the benefits of many techniques of yoga is “will it benefit me or is it for me or sometimes is there any benefits for my well-being”?

Reasoning:

• Healthy or being in a state of sound health according to any health expert or medical expert is termed as a balanced fitness of “physical self, mental paradigms, and emotional psyche”. Free from disease doesn’t mean you’re healthy; it should correlate with your joyousness of mind, loving expressions, ease of inner self or soul, and maintaining of enthusiasm from one end of life to other. Only then you’re healthy. The curses of modernity has induced infinite stress to billions populace. The cure is no medical generic drugs or recreation in weekends. It has to go through the medium of holistic therapies, meditative techniques, breathing techniques, posture balancing, pranayama, and dynamic expressions of yogic practices.
• Such practices of yoga will lead to all round fitness or general well-being amidst “meliorating health, giving mental strength, enhancing physical power, preserving against injuries, and detoxifying entire physical system”.
• Yoga can be your personal fitness mantra, personal weight loss formula, mind soothing, a medium for improving communications, heightens your creative expressions, eradicates doubt from mind, and give a focused mind to plan.yoga can be used by every individual in the contemporary world.
• Living with greater happiness, the meaning of life, depth awareness, improved relationships, and vitality is all we need for well-being in general.

So, why do we think twice; it’s highly recommended to either learn or opt for yoga Nidra training.

Note:

The retreat is a significant aspect in yoga, and rejuvenation as well as soul searching gets a new meaning or direction when you escape into a world of nature’s beauty or balanced ecological sphere.

Example:

Yoga teacher training course in Goa is about retreat or escaping into a world of beach, palm grooves, whistling waves, sleepy fishing villages, adventure, and tranquility of nature.