#yoganidra

Mar 10, 2020
5 min

A society of wakists

As a society of ‘wakists’ we don’t generally give equal value to sleep, rest or other restful states on the consciousness spectrum. We are t

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Carly Slade

Nov 18, 2019
6 min

Part 9 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Existential Explorations, Kośas and Bringing It Into Our Everyday

This is the stage that seems to keep people coming back for more week after week. At the beginning of class I often have a check in and open

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Carly Slade

Oct 14, 2019
4 min

Part 8 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Joy, bliss and pure awareness

Our human brains are primed to problem solve for our survival but for many of us our survival needs are no longer about life or death and th

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Carly Slade

Oct 8, 2019
3 min

Part 7 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 7 Visualisation

This week we explore the visualisation stage of Yoga Nidra. This stage is perhaps one of the most varied in terms of its delivery, whether or not it is included and if it is where and how. Visualisation Stage in the Different Traditions In the iRest form of Yoga Nidra there is no explicit visualisation stage but visualisation is used in other stages such as the Inner Resource stage, where you may be invited to recall memories for the purpose of building a resource of wellbein

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Carly Slade

Oct 1, 2019
5 min

Part 6 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 6 Breath Awareness

This week we explore the breath awareness stage, which also sometimes includes body/floor awareness for grounding. To Breathe Well is to Live Well Breath awareness and breathwork for me are some of the most transformational aspects of both yoga and Yoga Nidra. Learning to breathe well helped me to survive the intense pressure and stress of being a 24/7 PA in the London music industry and has also helped me to overcome anxiety and panic attacks. Most days I would arrive at the

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Carly Slade

Sep 24, 2019
6 min

Part 5 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 5 Opposites

During the preceding stage of rotation of consciousness we induce relaxation of the sensorimotor surface of the brain and then during the op

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Carly Slade

Sep 16, 2019
8 min

Part 4 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 4 Rotation of Consciousness

The body scan can be used to promote relaxation and body awareness, to invoke or deepen a trance state, to promote healing by reconnecting t

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Carly Slade

Sep 10, 2019
6 min

Part 3 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 3 Sankalpa

Sankalpa loosely translated from Sanskrit to English means a vow to your highest self or highest truth. Some schools of Yoga Nidra believe t

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Carly Slade

Sep 3, 2019
7 min

Part 2 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 1-2 Preparation and Settling

This week we explore the first two stages of yoga together – preparation and settling. These are quite practical stages but are crucially im

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Carly Slade

Aug 27, 2019
7 min

The magic that is yoga nidra....

I bloody love yoga nidra. It's without doubt one of my favourite things to 'do', talk about and teach but it's still a relatively little known compared to the more mainstream practices of yoga and meditation. When I first started teaching Yoga Nidra back in 2016 almost no-one had heard of it and it was hard to get people to come out to classes. These days the classes almost sell themselves as people are coming to recognise the benefits of practices for the nervous system and

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