Yoga Nidra: A Guided Relaxation Technique To Induce Yogic Sleep Without Losing Inner Awareness

<p>Yoga Nidra means &lsquo;yogic sleep&rsquo; &lsquo;psychic sleep&rsquo; or &lsquo;sleeping consciously&rsquo;. It is a profound ancient Indian relaxation technique. Yoga-Nidra practice combines the guided audio instructions and the mental imagery while lying in a specific yoga posture called &lsquo;Shavasana&rsquo; or the &lsquo;corpse pose&rsquo; with palms up and eyes closed. In the Yoga Nidra-state &nbsp;while the body is completely at rest yet there is a complete awareness of the mind. &nbsp;Though the Yoga Nidra technique is an ancient technique and documented in Hindu texts the modern form of Yoga Nidra was made widely known to the world &nbsp;by Swami Satyananda Saraswati of Bihar School of Yoga. Yoga Nidra offers a lot of benefits including stress and anxiety reduction treat insomnia with improved &nbsp;quality of sleep enhanced mental clarity and focus improvement in &nbsp;memory improved cognitive performance &nbsp;better emotional balance and support for physical healing. Yoga Nidra can lower cortisol reduce blood pressure control diabetes help in anger management treat dementia regulate menstrual cycles. promote cellular repair etc. Yoga Nidra is a pathway leading to samadhi.&nbsp;</p>