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,...
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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...
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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...
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