Yoga Magazine: The Mind-Body Benefits of Yoga Nidra

Yoga is a beautiful way to calm the mind, ease the body, and provide more peace to your entire existence. To put it more scientifically, some yoga practices target the Parasympathetic Nervous System, which is connected to our deep states of rest. We often exist in the Sympathetic Nervous System, which is connected to our energy, adrenaline, and fight or flight. This isn’t all bad, but if we don’t pursue practices that enable us to rest and balance it all out, we can end up depleted. Even if we get 8 hours of sleep, it doesn’t mean we are actually resting. Yoga Nidra is one of my favourite practices for bringing my body into a deep state of rest. Yoga Nidra is a form of meditation that…