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.

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.

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 ...

While I find Yoga nidras beneficial for sleep, they are also recommended for relaxation and spiritual growth. By guiding you into a state of deep relaxation, a nidra activates the parasympathetic ...

Practicing yoga nidra—a kind of mindfulness training— might improve sleep, cognition, learning, and memory, even in novices, according to a pilot study publishing in the open-access ...

Yoga nidra is different. It's commonly used to achieve a state called non-sleep deep rest, or NSDR, according to Stanford neuroscience professor Dr. Andrew Huberman, who coined the acronym.