The Benefits of Yoga Nidra:
1. Helps to relieve fatigue and physical tension. Induces deep muscular relaxation and allows the body to rest deeply.
2. Can help to reduce stress and anxiety. Calms the mind and promotes a sense of relief.
3. May help to balance the nervous system. Activates the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting healing and rest.
4. Can help to lower blood pressure through deep relaxation and stress reduction.
5. May boost immune function through stress relief.
6. May calm pain responses by changing the relationship to pain perception.
7. Enhances emotional regulation, and cultivates self-awareness and inner stability.
8. May decrease symptoms of depression and PTSD
9. Increases clarity and concentration as well as clears mental fog and sharpens focus.
10. Promotes a sense of peace and contentment
11.Deepens meditation practice
12. Encourages the witnessing state of consciousness:
- Supports Sankalpa and plants the seeds of positive transformation at a subconscious level.
- May facilitate a sense of oneness, by offering glimpses into non-dual awareness or pure being.
15. May help to heal from past trauma and emotional distress.