Yoga Nidra
A Sanctuary of Deep Rest for Body & Soul
Yoga Nidra: The Way of Rest
6 Mondays: Oct 26 - Nov 30, 7-8:30pm
Yoga Nidra is a meditative practice that not only produces a profound state of relaxation in the mind and body, but at a deeper level is a practice of slowly transforming the beliefs and feelings that keep us stuck in negative patterns of self-doubt, anxiety, and fear.
Try this free Yoga Nidra Practice:
Rest and Awaken Your Healing Energy
Yoga Nidra: The Way of Rest
Online 6 Week Journey
Mondays, 7-8:30pm, Oct 26 - Nov 30
I wish you rest today. I wish you a deep knowing that exhaustion is not a normal way of living.
Are you tired of feeling exhausted and fatigued?
Is having "too much to do" starting to affect your physical and emotional health?
What if the simple act of taking time to "rest", then taking a "restful" attitude into your daily life, is the antidote to your feelings of exhaustion, anxiety and hopelessness?
Take refuge in the practice of Deep Rest, and in an online community to support you as you:
- Learn the practice of "yoga nidra", a guided lying down meditation to help relax and heal body, mind, and spirit.
- Explore simple breathing and movement practices that help calm and regulate the nervous system to help deal with stress and anxiety.
- Discover daily strategies to push back against the "be more, do more" mentality, so you can reconnect to the soul of your well-rested self.
Through integrating a new attitude of "rest" into our daily life, we can connect to our forgotten embodied wisdom, and slowly live our way into healing ourselves, each other, and our planet.
Online Monday Evenings, Oct 26 - Nov 30
7:00-8:30pm, Alberta Time
$70: includes 6 online live classes, all recordings, and additional resources.
“When we allow ourselves to rest and relax, healing becomes possible. There is no true healing, without true rest.” ---Thich Nhat Hanh
Rest, Restore and Dream
Yoga Nidra at its essence is a practice of deep and conscious rest, where we are invited to slow down and turn inwards away from our constant need to do and achieve. We take time to lie down, to rest, and extend loving kindness to our bodies, allowing energy to naturally flow to areas of the body most in need of rejuvenation and healing, helping to shed layers of tension, fatigue, and pain.
Yoga Nidra means “yogic sleep.” It is “sleep with a trace of awareness.”
When we practice Yoga Nidra, we enter a state where the body is so relaxed it receives the benefits of deep sleep, yet the mind remains awake in a state of calm clear awareness between wakefulness and dreaming. In this relaxed state, we’re able to dip down beneath the surface of our thoughts, and listen to the glimmers of insight or “soul whispers” that arise.
Ultimately,
Yoga Nidra is a practice of remembering who we truly are, so we can live and act from this place of loving awareness.
Root Chakra (Muladhara)
The Root Chakra is associated with feelings of feeling grounded and solid.
Learn postures, and practices to feel rooted to Mother Earth for a sense of stability and belonging.
Element: Earth
Affirmation: I am here. I belong.
Sacral Chakra (Svadhistana)
The sacral chakra is connected to a sense of sensuality and creativity.
Explore breath and movement, connecting to a sense of flow and ease as you tune into your feelings and creative potential.
Element: Water
Affirmation: I am in touch with the creative flow.
Solar Chakra (Manipura)
The Solar Chakra is associated with our sense of inner power and ability to take action.
Explore postures and breathwork to connect to your inner power to turn your creative ideas into action.
Element: Fire
Affirmation: I take creative action in the world.
Heart Chakra (Anahata)
The heart chakra is associated with our capacity to both give and receive love.
Through gentle heart-opening postures and breathwork, cultivate loving kindness and compassion for yourself and others.
Element: Air
Affirmation: I am love.
Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
The Throat Chakra is associated with sound and speech.
Learn chants and practices to clear your throat chakra and focus your intention, giving voice to your thoughts and feelings, and speaking your truth clearly.
Element: Ether
Affirmation: I speak my truth.
Third Eye Chakra (Ajna)
The Third Eye Chakra (eyebrow centre) is associated with the capacity to seeing with all our senses and intuition.
Learn practices of visualization, seeing from a place of inner wisdom and wholeness, to see the big picture, rather than just the parts.
Element: Light
Affirmation: I see from Oneness
Crown Chakra (Sahasrara)
The Crown Chakra is associated with enlightenment, and unity consciousness.
When all of the chakras are balanced, the energy can move upwards, guiding us to a place of wisdom, bliss and oneness with all.
Affirmation: I am...
