Yoga Nidra Meditation
On the Humaya app, you’ll hear us talk a lot about a practice called Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is not a physical yoga practice, it is a meditation practice that actually means “yogic sleep.” It is a guided experience where you are effortlessly led into deep states of consciousness. This state of meditation is usually reached by only experienced meditators, and yet Yoga Nidra makes it accessible to even beginners. All you have to do is lie down and listen.
Thirty minutes of Yoga Nidra is said to be the equivalent of two hours of sleep. This is because, by traveling down through slower brain wave states, the body is able to experience a level of deep healing and relaxation that can’t be reached from a wakeful state. From this space, we can access the subconscious mind — the source of our emotional programming — and mold it to create new beliefs, new thought patterns, and new ways of being.
This powerful practice has been used by the U.S. Dept. of Defense to help veterans with PTSD, and it has been shown to improve things like depression, anxiety, low self-worth, chronic pain, and emotional reactivity. It has helped the founding women of Huma overcome things like depression, eating disorders, self-doubt, and so much more.
Download a FREE Yoga Nidra meditation by filling out the form below. If you enjoy the practice, check out the Humaya app for hundreds of Yoga Nidra meditations and other transformative practices.