Yoga Nidra - an ancient gem!
Following are a few interesting pointers about Yoga Nidra - the ancient Yogic form of very deep relaxation.
- “School teachers in several countries are using Yoga nidra to augment the capacities of receptivity and attention, and to awaken the joy of learning in their young students. They report the techniques in Yoga Nidra such as rotation of body consciousness and visualisation heighten the capacity for relaxation and interest among school children. Fatigue and boredom evaporate in the new, relaxed atmosphere, which encourages the development within each child of a solid internal focus for self-discipline and inner discovery.”
- “Yoga nidra is an effective way to release stress and induce deep physiological rest and relaxation.”
- “Yoga Nidra is a means of contacting the source of self-knowledge, an inspiration lying within each person.”
- “Yoga nidra is a technique of ‘self-induced dreaming' in which the treasure house of our own consciousness can be systematically illuminated, explored and then utilised to enrich our daily life.”
- “A study at the Stanford University School of Medicine (USA) demonstrated that the drop in blood pressure induced by daily yoga nidra practice has a far reaching effect, extending throughout the day, and is not merely a transient effect coincident with the practice session.”
- Yoga Nidra is now prescribed in many countries by doctors both as a preventative and curative therapy in the first three stages of stress-related disease.
- “The practice of yoga nidra throughout pregnancy helps to create the most favourable conditions for intra-uterine growth and development. It is now well recognised that stress liberates hormones into the mother's blood which alter the wellbeing of the infant. Stress hormones such as adrenaline and noradrenaline cross the placental barrier and enter the foetal circulation.
Yoga Nidra CD's and tapes are available at Ashram Yoga
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