Given meditation's ancient Hindu roots in the practice of yoga, the modern technique of yoga nidra, also called yogic sleep, is a fitting connection point between the worlds of meditation and yoga.

When I first started practicing yoga nidra, my friends thought I had joined a cult. It wasn't an absurd leap. Yoga nidra requires lying on your mat with your eyes closed while an instructor recites a ...

Yoga nidra is a form of guided relaxation that can be highly restorative, which can feel "as much as a full night's sleep in a fraction of the time," said certified yoga instructor Rachel Cowan. It's ...

Given meditation's ancient Hindu roots in the practice of yoga, the modern technique of yoga nidra, also called yogic sleep, is a fitting connection point between the worlds of meditation and yoga.

NSDR was reportedly coined by Dr. Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, who has been studying--and practicing--it for more than a decade. In an interview with podcaster Tim Ferris, ...

Yoga has been an integral part of the Indian way of life and progressively became popular all over the globe because of the physical, mental, and spiritual advantages that it provides. In this respect ...

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In many ways, yoga nidra is more similar to meditation than to what most people think of as yoga. It doesn’t involve any stretches or poses. Yoga nidra instead focuses on relaxing and reaching deep ...