In many ways, yoga nidra is closer to meditation than to what most people think of as yoga. It's one of many forms of guided meditation, but also uses the movement and relaxation common to yoga.

Two weeks of 20-minute yoga nidra sessions led to a higher percentage of delta-waves in deep sleep and better memory, decision-making, and abstraction Practicing yoga nidra—a kind of mindfulness ...

A new study finds that practicing a guided meditation known as yoga nidra can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. The research, published in the journal Stress and Health, also shows that even ...

I rediscovered yoga and yoga nidra as a new struggling schoolteacher, and I’ve been practicing ever since. After nearly two decades of seeing the effects of pressure for high achievement on fellow ...

Practising yoga nidra can improve sleep, learning and memory 1. A two-week yoga nidra course involving healthy young men enhanced the quality and duration of their deep sleep.