Yoga Nidra (CD)

Description

Yoga Nidra can be listened to at home, at work, whilst travelling on public transport or anytime that you simply want

to absorb yourself in a deeply satisfying feeling of relaxation and rejuvenation. It is not recommended to be listened to whilst driving a motor vehicle, operating machinery or performing a task that requires concentration.

Yoga Nidra deep relaxation is an art as well as a science; it transforms life into an expression of wellbeing and calmness. The principles are based on sound evidence that have been tried and tested for thousands of years.

Science has also put relaxation under scrutiny and found it to be a fundamental necessity for modern man, especially for those living a hectic and stressful lifestyle.

Relaxation sounds so very easy: just close your eyes and relax. However, for most people relaxation is not so easy. The mind is tense, the breath erratic, and the body cannot get comfortable. It has become almost unnatural for us to be in a state of relaxation without the use of some kind of distraction such as television, food, or alcohol. Unfortunately, this form of relaxation is not real relaxation; rather it is a tactic to remove the mind from its previous activity and reduce the anxiety.

Because most people are unable to relax, they do not realise that their life can improve with this one change. It is such a simple thing yet it can bring such wonderful benefits.

Relaxation means to release tension in both the mind and body for a period of time in order to allow complete rest and rejuvenation. This is the whole reason for sleep, but because of the tension-filled lives most people live today, sleep no longer performs its functions properly.

Many people find that they do not relax properly even during sleep. The mind continues to worry and to try to solve their problems. This does not lead to the proper rest that the body and mind require. Subsequently many people wake up in the morning still exhausted and want to sleep in as long as possible.

It is a vicious circle, for they again go to sleep with the tensions of the day as well as the exhaustion that has accumulated from many nights of inadequate sleep. Some eventually suffer from insomnia or other sleep disorders. It is for this reason that modern man needs to know systematic techniques that specifically induce conscious relaxation on a deep level. Sleep is very necessary, but it needs to be supplemented with something that can quickly and efficiently remove anxiety and stress.

Yoga Nidra has the effect of putting the body into a deep sleep while keeping the mind alert. This is often called psychic sleep. It is achieved through a systematic relaxation technique that tracks the body parts in relation to their corresponding position in the motor cortex of the brain.

The most easily observable effect of the Yoga Nidra practice is the extremely deep relaxation of the nervous system and healing of the body by allowing it, the rest and recharge it usually lacks in our busy lifestyles. Yoga Nidra has been clinically shown to be one of the most powerful methods available to achieve this state of deep relaxation and sedation without the use of chemical agents.

People with anxiety or nervous tension should definitely consider this as a daily routine as the practice has been found to effectively reduce tension and improve the psychological well-being of those suffering with various psychosomatic diseases.

Researches also show that the practice of Yoga Nidra lowers the elevated blood pressure levels of hypertensive patients and can be used as a therapeutic technique for people suffering from asthma, coronary heart disease, cancer etc… and for this reason, Yoga Nidra is now prescribed by some doctors in many countries both as a preventive and a curative therapy in the first three stages of stress-related disease.

For this reason, we recommend the practice to everyone.
Ideally, you should try and practice Yoga Nidra regularly.