3. Yoga nidra meditation - your 'go to' meditation when you're feeling tired

When I was studying to become a yoga teacher, one of my teachers explained that doing 45 mins of yoga nidra equates to 2 - 3 hours of REM sleep. She then guided us through a 45 mins yoga nidra journey and I awoke feeling astounded at how I easily slipped into a relaxed, meditative state for an extended period of time, especially knowing that at that time I struggled to meditate for even just 10 mins. I was equally amazed at how revitalised I felt after a session like this. I knew then that yoga nidra is a powerful meditation technique that must definitely be shared widely and has become one of the core techniques I use to guide my students into each of my sound healing meditations.

In short, yoga nidra is a practice of yogic sleep that will guide you to a state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleeping, where you are awake listening to the sound of my voice, yet completely relaxed and drifting away.

To amplify the effects of this meditation, before you start, I recommend you lay down, make yourself extremely comfortable and before you hit play, take 5 deep belly breaths (inhale for a count of 5, exhale for a count of 5). As you are breathing, connect with how the breath feels in your body and then perform a quick body scan by moving your awareness from the tips of your toes through to the crown (top) of your head.

Doing this short exercise prior to the meditation will help guide you into a deeper meditative state as it proactively signals to the body that you wish to engage your parasympathetic system, which will promote the release of your relaxation hormones and slow the body down. The body scan then prepares you for this meditation during which I will guide your awareness to specific body parts as you drift deeper into your yogic sleep.

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