Yoga Nidra – The blissful relaxation. Most people sleep without resolving their tensions. This is termed Nidra. Nidra means sleep, no matter what or why. But Yoga Nidra means sleep after throwing off the burdens. It is of a blissful, higher quality altogether. When awareness is separate and distinct from the vrittis; when waking, dream, and deep sleep pass like clouds and yet awareness of Atma remains – this is the experience of total relaxation.
Relaxation does not mean sleep. Relaxation means to be blissfully happy. It has no end. This is absolute relaxation. Sleep is a different matter. Sleep gives only mind and sense relaxation. Bliss relaxes the Atma, the inner self. That is why in Tantra, Yoga Nidra is the doorway to Samadhi.
We share with you here a 31 minute guided Yoga Nidra practice offered by Shweta Rajurkar. Find a quiet space where you will not be disturbed for this time, lie down and kindly do this practice.