Yoga Nidra For Deep Sleep

You can also call yoga nidra spiritual sleep. Yoga Nidra is such a state between sleep and wakefulness in which you conserve new energy while relaxing your body. In the initial phase of its practice, you can even sleep for some time, but gradually you will come to the right way of doing it. While doing this, lie down comfortably on the ground and try to look into your inner self, paying attention to your breath. After some time you will start feeling peace. This state is called Yoga Nidra.

Swami Satyananda says that a short period of yoga nidra is equivalent to the rest you get from hours of sleep. By continuously doing Yoga Nidra, your brain becomes more active than before. When you do yoga nidra after other yoga asanas, your body becomes fatigued free and your energy level comes under control.

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In today's urban environment, every other person faces the problem of stress and depression. The biggest reason for this is lack of time. Due to stress and depression, people also fall into the grip of other diseases. Yoga Nidra is considered an effective way to avoid such problems. Many types of diseases can be avoided by Yoga Nidra. Some of its benefits are mentioned below -

• With the help of yoga nidra, you can relax your mind.
• With the help of yoga nidra, the body temperature can be brought down to a normal level after doing other yoga postures.
• With its help, the functioning of the nervous system can be smoothened by controlling the energy obtained from various Yogasanas.
• Yoga Nidra increases concentration. You can concentrate on doing any work.
• Yoga Nidra removes the fatigue of your brain. As a result of which you are stress-free.
• Due to the smooth functioning of your nervous system, the efficiency of other parts of the body increases.

A study was done on women and men who regularly practiced Yoga Nidra. In this study, his brain was scanned. In this study, the researchers found that during yoga nidra, the brain of all of them had reached a state of rest similar to the state of sleep, whereas those people did not sleep. This showed that with yoga nidra you can control your mind and increase your efficiency. This is a very simple way to meditate. Along with this, due to the effect of yoga nidra, you gradually start getting away from bad habits.

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To learn and do yoga nidra, the help of a yoga expert should be taken. Under the guidance of a yoga expert, you get more benefits of yoga nidra. Although you can do it yourself, it may take you a long time to reach the right level. Let us know how Yoga Nidra is done -

• Choose an open place for the practice of Yoga Nidra. It should be such a place where no one disturbs you and you can easily practice Yoga Nidra.
• Choose loose clothing for yoga nidra. Before doing this, a blanket or any other cloth is also required to lay on the ground.
• Spread the blanket on the ground and lie down in Shavasana (lying on the back). Close your eyes. Initially, while taking deep breaths, slowly come back to the normal position.
• After this, you have to calm your mind and brain and forget all the thoughts running through your mind.
• After this, take your attention towards the right foot and paw. Focus your attention on this place for a few seconds. After this, while coming upwards, take attention towards the knees and thighs. During this, meditate on the right foot in a fully conscious state.
• Follow the meditation procedure adopted for the right leg and also for the left leg.
• After this, you should move your attention toward the middle parts of your body like the genitals, stomach, navel, and chest.
• After completing the middle part of the body, you will have to take your attention one by one through the fingers, palms, elbows, and shoulders of both hands to the neck, face, and brain.
• After taking care of all the organs, take a deep breath and feel the healthy waves coming through the body.
• After this, slowly move your attention toward the external environment.
• After a while, you lie down on your right side. Exhale through the left nostril. This will bring your body temperature back to normal.
• After some time, get up slowly and sit down and open your eyes.

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You may be aware of many of the asanas in 'regular' yoga. Let us tell you that Yoga Nidra can be said to be similar to Shavasan to a great extent. While other yoga asanas are done for a few minutes, you can do yoga nidra for a long time. While doing this, when you lie on the ground on your back, you have to pay attention to the fact that your palms should be facing upwards.

Alternatively, you can spread a blanket or a piece of comfortable clothing underneath before lying on the ground. In the depth of yoga nidra, your body temperature decreases. During this time, the coldness of the ground does not disturb the body and the body temperature remains normal, therefore it is necessary to spread a cloth or blanket below before lying down.

With the help of an expert, during this time you can understand the right way of taking breath and meditation on different parts of the body and take full advantage of this sleep.

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Yoga posture has been considered to be of great importance for good and deep sleep. By doing this the brain completely relaxes. Along with this, the nervous system of the body also starts working in a better way. Stress can also be relieved by practicing yoga postures. Scientific studies have also confirmed that sleep-related disorders can be treated by performing yoga postures.

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