Cover of Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra

Satyananda Yoga Nidra is a simple yet profound technique adapted by Swami Satyananda Saraswati from the traditional tantric practice of nyasa. This text explains the theory of yoga nidra in both yogic and scientific terms and includes class transcriptions of the practice. It also presents the various applications of this versatile technique, which has been used for deep relaxation, in stress management and therapy, to enhance the learning process in education, to harmonize the deeper unconscious and awaken inner potential, and as a meditative tecnique. A research section is also included.

Read more

This systematic method of inducing complete mental, emotional and physical relaxation is suitable for all practitioners.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 261 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Yoga Nidra? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Yoga Nidra. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of Krishnamacharya Shares yoga, spirituality, nonfiction
  2. Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times Shares yoga, nonfiction, health
  3. Insight Yoga Shares yoga, nonfiction, meditation
  4. Hatha Yoga Pradipika Shares yoga, health, nonfiction

“People who read Yoga Nidra tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha
  2. Light on Prãnãyãma: The Yogic Art of Breathing
  3. Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice
  4. Yoga Tradition

“If you want more of the same (health about spirituality), start with these.”

  1. How Yoga Works
  2. Hatha Yoga: The Hidden Language, Symbols, Secrets & Metaphors
  3. Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization
  4. Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life

“If it was the yoga that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Yoga of the Subtle Body: A Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Yoga
  2. Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul
  3. 21 Things to Know Before Starting an Ashtanga Yoga Practice
  4. Cool Yoga Tricks

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
  2. Yoga Skills for Therapists - Effective Practices for Mood Management
  3. Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Chronic Pain
  4. The Pure Heart of Yoga: Ten Essential Steps for Personal Transformation