Yoga Nidra

Lower risk of heart attack/stroke, unwanted weight gain/belly fat, high blood sugar & cholesterol, water retention, immunodeficiencies, depression & anxiety, accelerated aging, memory impairment & brain function, GI disorders, bodily aches & pains, chronic fatigue,  in addition to many other diseases.

Releases excess tension, creates a powerful relaxation response, prevents stress-related disease at the root, disengages the mind body that produces stress laden thoughts, prevents stress from re-accumulating in the body, transforms the doing state into the being state where the body reaches optimal restoration and healing (such as in a medically induced coma).

The sympathetic nervous system is the body's stress response needed for survival = fight or flight.  We often are stuck in this state due to excessive stress stimuli and triggers that have been accumulating in our minds since birth.  The parasympathetic nervous system, the relaxation response, is there to counteract as well as coexist with the stress response.  Since we are often stuck in stress mode, we need help with deep relaxation and re-engagement of the feel good response.  Yoga Nidra acts to rebalance the autonomic nervous system as it engages both the right and left brain and plants seeds in the subconscious to exist in harmony.

Increases release of GABA (relaxaion), melotonin (restful sleep), serotonin (memory &  mood), oxytocin (induces and transmits pleasure), endorphines (pain relief & happiness), dopamine (reward & focus), DHEA (fights disease & depression), and HGH (healthy regeneration and repair), all of which reduce the negative effects of cortisol.

Reactivating and strengthening the parasympathetic nervous system, the stressors and afflictions on mental health are weakened, and adding the release of feel good hormones one can begin to feel good again.  New seeds are planted in the subconscious that override and diminish stress triggers from past experience.

There is no way to do it wrong.  It is nearly an effortless engagement.  The hardest part is to not to fall asleep, and even if you do, the benefits will still be received.  The goal is to arrive at that teetering point between deep sleep and awareness.  After the first few sessions, your body learns how to go there quickly and stay awhile to reap the benefits.