04/09/2026
Yoga Nidra is a practice which brings the deeper layers of the psyche into conscious experience. In every area of the brain, there are millions and millions of impressions stored in the form of archetypes. These archetypes are all the experiences of life. Like a camera. Registered consciously or unconsciously it is stored by the subconscious mind.
In the yogic system, Yoga Nidra is considered as a form of raja yoga. That classic exposition of raja yoga is found in the yoga sutras, a masterful collection of 196 sutras or aphorisms, written by Sage Patanjali several centuries before the birth of Christ. Patanjali divided the path of raja yoga into eight stages, starting with the basic rules of attitude and behavior that are conducive to mental peace and ending with samadhi, or self-realization, in which the contents and activity of the mind are completely transcended.
When we practice Yoga Nidra we are trying to transcend the behavior of the external mind. Various centers in the brain are stimulated systematically, so the experiences we undergo are natural. When the mind becomes subtle during the practice, its experiences are almost on the same level as we have in dreams. Though more vivid and clear then those that occur in the dreaming state.
During the practice your consciousness travels though one layer of consciousness to another, according to its possibility and capacity. Sometimes it goes very deep , then you have more fantastic and exploding experiences, such as levitating, while the conscious is traversing though the subconscious mind. When awareness penetrates into the subconscious realm, it is temporarily dethatched from the body idea. When this dissociation takes place between the mind and body, you have a lot of wonderful experiences.
Yoga Nidra
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Float away into your weekend with a Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) with us every Friday at 5.30pm.
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