Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is a very old tradition of meditation in which — literally speaking — we meditate lightly while sleeping.

We learn to let go layer by layer and to sink into deep states of relaxation without any effort: into the space between sleep and wakefulness, where deep change and healing become possible.

I AM Yoga Nidra according to Kamini Desai guides us effortlessly from the body to the breath, to the energy body and deeper. The brainwaves pass through different states along the way:

• We arrive in the beta state: our brainwaves are fast, we are awake, our attention is directed outwards. Our brain is busy thinking, analysing and judging.
• Through various techniques we reach the alpha state: our brainwaves slow down. This is the state of daydreaming, deep absorption and flow.
• Deeper still, our brain swings into the theta wave, the state of deep meditation, deep sleep and dreaming. Here we can influence our subconscious. The body sleeps, yet a spark of our awareness remains a wakeful observer.
• In the state of delta waves — the slowest of all brainwaves — we are in dreamless deep sleep. This is where our cells regenerate best. The systems of our body (immune system, hormonal system, nervous system & co.) recover as if during several hours of sleep. Here we perceive turiya: the state of the interconnectedness of everything.

Layer by layer we find our way back and arrive in everyday life rested, refreshed and awake.

Yoga Nidra is a reset for the nervous system, balm for body, mind and soul. There is nothing we can do wrong, nothing to understand or to judge. Only deep relaxation, regeneration and transformation.