Yog Nidra is for Life without Tension, Sleeplessness, High Blood Pressure, Heart disease, Depression, Mental Imbalance and Fatigue.
Every Body sleeps but there are few who sleep peacefully without any kind of dreams. If a person sleeps peacefully he will never fall sick
Before beginning the practice of yoganidra make a short resolve. It is an important stage in yoganidra. Sankalpa is a very powerful force not only to fulfil desires but to create strength in your mind & provide a direction for your whole life. For example, you may like to give up any of your habits or you want to practice something new to better yourself. Repeat your resolve three times to yourself thinking that God is witnessing you.
YOGANIDRA means sleep with awareness. It is an effective way of achieving relaxation physically, mentally & emotionally.. Modern medical science accepts that a calm mind can act as curative force for many conditions. These conditions include heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, digestive problems of all kinds, arthritis, acute cough & cold ailments and other chronic degenerative conditions.
Preparation
Gently lie down on your back in Shavasana posture, legs apart, arms a little away from the body, palms up. If you want to cover yourself with a cotton sheet, you may. Close the eyes gently while adjusting your body. There should be no movement during yoganidra. As you breathe in the abdomen is rising and as you breathe out, the abdomen is falling?Feel great comfort, ease & relaxation?Using the yoga mats when you do the yoga.
Rotation of consciousness
Face Be aware of the top of the head?the forehead?both sides of the forehead?the right eyebrow?the left eyebrow?the space between the eyebrows he right eyelid?the left eyelid?right eyeball?left eyeball?right ear?left ear?right cheek?left cheek he nose?upper lip?lower lip?& the chin?Right side visualize the right side of your body from your fingers, your palm, leg and feet etc. Repeat the same with your left side.
Back Your body is touching the floor?be aware of the points of contact between the body and the floor?Relax your heels?calf muscles?back of the knee?thighs?hips?lower back?upper back?right shoulder?left shoulder?shoulder blades?back of palms?back of the arms?the neck?and the back of the head?
Awareness of Sensations
Be aware of your body & of your sensations. Feel with each inhalation that cool air is entering your nose & the body is becoming more energetic. You are getting strength with yoga mats , power, courage, good health happiness. Feel as with each exhalation, warm air is coming out of your nose & you are releasing all the toxins, stress, ill health, all the weakness from your body. The body is becoming relaxed & feel as you are sinking into the floor.
Nature visualisation
Mentally select a place of natural beauty, which you have ever visited and liked, such as a park, a garden, a lawn or a riverside. Feel as if you are mentally present at that place. Take your mind to that place and feel as if you lying at that place and are breathing the air of that environment. Keeping the mind involved with the same environment, feel as you are experiencing & enjoying the same happiness again.
It is a state of conscious deep sleep. During the practice of yoga nidra, one appears to be sleep, but the consciousness is functioning at the deeper level of awareness. It is sleep with a trace of deep awareness. It is state of mind in between wakefulness and dream. Normally when we sleep, we loose track of our self and cannot utilize this capacity of mind. Yoga nidra enables the person to be conscious in this state and nurture the seed of great will power, inspire the higher self, and enjoy the vitality of life.
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