iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation

iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Life can be hard, but iRest helps. We offer free meditations that meet you in this moment.

Research has shown that iRest Yoga Nidra effectively reduces:

* PTSD
* Depression
* Anxiety
* Insomnia
* Chronic pain
* Chemical dependency

iRest Yoga Nidra is an evidence-based transformative practice of deep relaxation and meditative inquiry that:

* releases negative emotions and thought patterns
* calms the nervous system
* develops a deep capacity to meet any and all circumstances you may encounter in life

06/23/2026

In welcoming everything just as it is, love, compassion, and joy blossom with wonder, astonishment, and delight. — Richard Miller

Sometimes the deepest transformation begins by simply stepping away.Entering retreat creates space to slow down, soften ...
06/11/2026

Sometimes the deepest transformation begins by simply stepping away.

Entering retreat creates space to slow down, soften familiar patterns, and remember the love, truth, and wholeness that have always been here.

This August, Stephpanie Lopez will guide the Heart of Awakening: A Nondual Meditation Retreat at Kripalu, nestled among the forests, mountains, and quiet waters of the Berkshires. You'll explore iRest Yoga Nidra, meditation, movement, breath, and self-inquiry in a supportive community.

If your heart is longing for rest, clarity, and a deeper connection with your Essential Nature, please join us.

August 16–21 💛

https://kripalu.org/experiences/heart-awakening-irest-and-nondual-meditation-retreat

In this morning iRest meditation practice with Senior iRest Trainer James Reeves, you are invited to bring together two ...
06/01/2026

In this morning iRest meditation practice with Senior iRest Trainer James Reeves, you are invited to bring together two essential elements of meditation: paying attention and observing stillness. This is a simple yet profound 10-minute practice, supporting you to start your day the right way.

https://vimeo.com/836612143?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

Stephanie Lopez was a keynote presenter at the 4th Annual New Jersey Integrated Mental Health Conference this week, an e...
05/28/2026

Stephanie Lopez was a keynote presenter at the 4th Annual New Jersey Integrated Mental Health Conference this week, an event that brought together mental health professionals, practitioners, and community leaders to explore integrated approaches to healing and wellbeing.

When she wasn't presenting she made time to enjoy the beach, the water, the fresh air, and a moment to rest in Presence.

Love to Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Thank you to Emily Smith @ Yogaversity for the beautiful photo.

Welcoming is one of the foundational principles of iRest Yoga Nidra.At first, Welcoming can seem like a practice of acce...
05/24/2026

Welcoming is one of the foundational principles of iRest Yoga Nidra.

At first, Welcoming can seem like a practice of accepting people, situations, thoughts, emotions, and sensations exactly as they are.

But over time, something shifts.

Our attention moves from what is being Welcomed to Welcoming itself.

We discover that Welcoming is not something we do. It is our essential nature. And as we begin to live in Welcoming for its own sake, we experience the freedom, ease, and joy that arise when we stop arguing with life.

As Richard Miller writes:

"Suffering is our refusal to be with life as it is."

Through the eyes of Welcoming, we begin to see that there is no separate self and no separate other. Separation exists only as a projection of the divided mind.

What in your experience is asking to be Welcomed today?

Explore Welcoming in our next Level 1 iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher Training.

https://shop.irest.org/collections/level-1-training

05/14/2026

This is a sweet exchange between Fuyuko Toyota and Jennifer Cabanero about their upcoming retreat, Opening the Wisdom of the Heart. They explore how the heart carries its own wisdom and how we can learn to trust the inner guidance that is always present and leading us.

Join them online May 28–31 (Australian Eastern Standard Time).

https://premayoga.com.au/events/2026-05-28-online-retreat/ #

Love, truth, authenticity, and freedom awaken when we realize our essential nature, which is always patiently waiting to...
05/07/2026

Love, truth, authenticity, and freedom awaken when we realize our essential nature, which is always patiently waiting to be recognized. Retreat is the time when we open and nourish coming home to our deepest essence that is indestructible, grounded, and full of aliveness. When we embody this homecoming, we open a door to the unexpected—clarity, wonder, and joy.

Join Stephanie Lopez as we explore the dimensions of the heart of awakening. Using guided iRest yoga nidra, silent meditation, interactive dialogue, and gentle movement and breathing practices that impart deep relaxation, we will explore the nondual heart of meditation—a flowering of freedom that invites you to remember your essential nature, an unshakable wholeness that underlies all of existence.

https://kripalu.org/experiences/heart-awakening-irest-and-nondual-meditation-retreat

Join iRest President, Stephanie Lopez, for a meditation designed to explore what is most essential about you. We each ha...
05/04/2026

Join iRest President, Stephanie Lopez, for a meditation designed to explore what is most essential about you. We each have a natural or awake awareness that is present moment-to-moment. However, as we live our daily life we generally focus on the objects in our environment or in our minds such as sensations, emotions, and thoughts. This 35-minute meditation will support you to shift attention from changing objects and let attention land within unchanging awareness itself where your innate sense of ease and stillness may shine through.

https://vimeo.com/797425848?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

During retreat, many moments are simple and shared.You sit down for a meal in an open space surrounded by jungle. Food i...
04/28/2026

During retreat, many moments are simple and shared.

You sit down for a meal in an open space surrounded by jungle. Food is placed before you. Conversation moves easily between silence and connection.

There’s nothing you need to do, nowhere else to be.

For many, this sense of ease in community becomes just as meaningful as the meditation itself.

Our upcoming retreat in Costa Rica (July 1–8) with Richard Miller is taking shape.

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-july-irest-retreat-with-richard-miller-in-person

04/24/2026

Meditation is not addition. It's subtraction. Take away all that you believe yourself to be, and you rest in the unconditioned fullness of love.
-Richard Miller


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