Research shows these practices can reduce fear, anxiety, and chronic pain and positively impact your immune system. The more you practice, the more you gain/regain an intrinsic sense of value, meaning and purpose in life, and can set intentions that align with your truth.īody sensing (body scans) and breath sensing are introduced at the beginning of each iRest Yoga Nidra practice to focus attention, soothe and balance the nervous system, calm your thinking mind, and tap into your inner resource of peace and ease. From this place, you can more easily cultivate the ability to respond to situations and circumstances in your life rather than treading down the path of habitual knee-jerk reactions. The deep meditative state of Yoga Nidra allows you the time and space to connect with your essential nature of wholeness, peace, and ease. In today’s fast-paced, technology-infused world, it is easy to lose this connection as we look outside of ourselves for meaning, purpose, and value in our lives. This is self with a big S as in your true Self. This secular, evidence-based, trauma-sensitive, guided meditation practice cultivates resilience in the following three ways: It weaves together eastern philosophy with modern-day psychology and neuroscience to bring a sense of steadiness and ease to body and mind. iRest, short for Integrative Restoration, is a modern-day adaptation of the ancient practice. The sanskrit term Yoga Nidra essentially means union of sleep and consciousness. What is iRest Yoga Nidra and how does it build resilience? Read on to learn more or experience a 20 min practice now.
And it is often done lying down (with pillows, blankets – even pets). It focuses on what’s right with you, not what’s wrong. And what makes this really good news is that it requires no experience.
IRest® Yoga Nidra is one of those tools and practices. At this time, practices and tools that amp-up our resilience are needed more than ever. Whether you bumped your head or not, 2020 is a whopper of a challenge. Resilience: the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress. By Turi Turi Hetherington, RYT500, iRest® Level II Teacher
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