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November 20, 2009 by Leah  
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Yoga Nidra is popularly understood as a form of meditation, although in direct translation, it means “yogic sleep.” It is said that in Yoga Nidra, one has passed through the waking state, through the dream state, into a deep sleep, and yet remains completely awake. This deep sleep state is yoga nidra, rather than yoga nidra being the process of meditation, itself. One popular facilitator of yoga nidra meditation is Richard Miller, who has created his own nuanced form of nidra yoga called iRest, or Integrative Restoration. If you are looking for a yoga nidra CD, you may chose to try one of Richard Millers’ and experience yoga nidra for yourself.
The most recent Richard Miller yoga nidra CD is called Integrative Restoration: The Ancient Practice of Yoga Nidra for Easing Stress, Healing Trauma and Awakening to your Timeless Presence. His focus is accessing the deep sense of relaxation and ease of yoga nidra so that you can face any life circumstance with equanimity. In each person’s true being, he says, is an endless well of knowledge that can handle any situation. Yoga nidra, and now iRest, can help people unlock that deeper awareness.
Even from a short three-minute meditation with Richard Miller, you can expect to feel more relaxed and grounded. With a soothing voice, he suggests that you close your eyes and allow your attention to freely wander through your senses, rather than bridling it. He draws your attention to your body and its sensations. He importantly says, “let my words become your words,” creating a sense of union with his voice, and allowing some of his words to act in your meditative, nearly hypnotic state, as suggestions to which you are very receptive.  A good example of one of his affirmations is the following: “I am awake, I am aware, and I welcome every perception as a messenger that is guiding me home to my authentic ground of being.”
Yoga nidra is actually allowing yourself complete awareness within your subconscious mind. If a person understands there to be three levels of mind— 1) conscious, 2) unconscious and 3) subconscious—we see that the waking state exists in the conscious mind, the dream state exists in the unconscious mind, and yoga nidra is an awake deep sleep, in the subconscious. It is through awareness in the subconscious mind that you can let go of old pain, or samskara, that duplicates your negative patterns.

Yoga Nidra is popularly understood as a form of meditation, although in direct translation, it means “yogic sleep.” It is said that in Yoga Nidra, one has passed through the waking state, through the dream state, into a deep sleep, and yet remains completely awake. This deep sleep state is yoga nidra, rather than yoga nidra being the process of meditation, itself. One popular facilitator of yoga nidra meditation is Richard Miller, who has created his own nuanced form of nidra yoga called iRest, or Integrative Restoration. If you are looking for a yoga nidra CD, you may chose to try one of Richard Millers’ and experience yoga nidra for yourself.

The most recent Richard Miller yoga nidra CD is called Integrative Restoration: The Ancient Practice of Yoga Nidra for Easing Stress, Healing Trauma and Awakening to your Timeless Presence. His focus is accessing the deep sense of relaxation and ease of yoga nidra so that you can face any life circumstance with equanimity. In each person’s true being, he says, is an endless well of knowledge that can handle any situation. Yoga nidra, and now iRest, can help people unlock that deeper awareness.

Even from a short three-minute meditation with Richard Miller, you can expect to feel more relaxed and grounded. With a soothing voice, he suggests that you close your eyes and allow your attention to freely wander through your senses, rather than bridling it. He draws your attention to your body and its sensations. He importantly says, “let my words become your words,” creating a sense of union with his voice, and allowing some of his words to act in your meditative, nearly hypnotic state, as suggestions to which you are very receptive.  A good example of one of his affirmations is the following: “I am awake, I am aware, and I welcome every perception as a messenger that is guiding me home to my authentic ground of being.”

Yoga nidra is actually allowing yourself complete awareness within your subconscious mind. If a person understands there to be three levels of mind— 1) conscious, 2) unconscious and 3) subconscious—we see that the waking state exists in the conscious mind, the dream state exists in the unconscious mind, and yoga nidra is an awake deep sleep, in the subconscious. It is through awareness in the subconscious mind that you can let go of old pain, or samskara, that duplicates your negative patterns.ad here

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