- Yoga nidra, is a technique of pratyahara, not only provides relaxation to the body and mind but also has lots of benefits. It means psychic sleep i.e. Sleep with full awareness. In present days , human life has become very fast, hectic, competative and very demanding. According to demands and the situations, a state of negative stress or distress develops in our personality,which gives rise to mental or psychological issues and most of us are in tension. Quite often your emotional & mental patterns will continue from the previous day. Yoga Nidra sessions clears your mind & the physical pain of your body,feel lighter. You experience deep relaxation & a blissful state. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, “It’s very important to include yoga nidra at the end of any asana sequence as the body and mind needs the time to assimilate the effects of the asanas.” Additionally,lying down in yoga nidra helps cool the body and restores it to normal temperature.
- An article in the New York Times, whenever the body undergoes heavy physical activity, calcium ions leak into the muscle cells, causing the muscles to contract and feel tired. A similar thing happens after an active round of yoga poses. It is then important to lie down in yoga nidra for some time as yoga nidra allows the body to flush out these chemical deposits via the bloodstream and thereby help relax the body more.
In the practice of yoga nidra the body sleeps but the mind remains awake listening to the instructions. In psychology, the state achieved in yoga nidra is termed the hypnogogic state, a state between sleep and wakefulness. Yoga nidra has its origin in the ancient tantric practice called nyasa. It was Swami Satyananda Saraswati (1998) who adapted and presented the practice of yoga nidra in a systematic and scientific way in the 1960s.
“Yoga Nidra” is a lot more relaxing than even sleep,helps in depression and anxiety , improves the quality of sleep.Mind becomes more sharper,it increases concentration & memory power,it also controls the basal metabolic ratio of your body ( RND done at AMP CLINIC). Diseases such as insomnia, hypertension, migraine, ulcers, digestive disorders, and even asthma can be managed by “Yoga Nidra” relieves pressure from the coronary system, awaken the psyche.
“Yoga Nidra” is the power that helps you in mastering your mind. Changes your entire personality. This is extremely beneficial for people who are looking to change their ways of thinking, looking at new approaches, or simply looking to achieve certain goals.