Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati "Swami J"
Yoga Nidra Meditation CD: Extreme Relaxation of Conscious Deep Sleep
© 2003 Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati
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Yoga Nidra or Yogic Sleep is one of the deepest of all meditations, leading awareness through many levels of mental process to a state of supreme stillness and insight, while also releasing stress, improving sleep, and promoting health and healing.
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Yoga Nidra literally means "Yogic Sleep." In this deep meditation you train your attention to leave the chatter of the Waking state of mind, go past the fantasy of the Dreaming state, and consciously, intentionally enter the stillness of the Deep Sleep state, yet paradoxically remain awake and in deep meditation. For thousands of years the Yogis have used Yoga Nidra to master the art of sleep, to balance the subtle energies, and to experience greater depths of meditation.
The state of conscious Deep Sleep or Yoga Nidra is underneath, behind, or subtler than meditations at either the Waking or Dreaming levels. This subtle state is called "Prajna," which means "supreme knowing." "Pra" means "supreme," and "jna" means "knowing." The conscious experience of this state is a doorway to higher, formless knowing that has been called the infinite library of wisdom and the teacher within.
The depth of authentic Yoga Nidra comes from inner awareness of the levels of your own self, including your body, breath, and the subtler mind, rather than diverting attention through music or inner fantasies (as pleasant as these may be). This inner exploring through self-awareness is a more refined form of meditation that leads you deeper into the stillness and silence of your own being, while remaining fully awake and aware. The Yoga Nidra methods bring you to a place of awareness where you are able to completely let go of any words, thoughts, images, impressions, or pictures in the mind. You are guided to allow your mind to "empty, empty, empty" though you remain fully awake and clear of mind.
The practices on this CD will gently train your ability to direct your own attention, which is the primary skill in the art of meditation. You will find that you are gradually able to use these methods on your own, without the CD, and the benefits will be with you not only during your practice time, but also during the activities of daily life.
The voice will systematically guide you to explore your physical body, then move through 61 specific points within the body, and then practice ascending breath awareness along the body and spine. Your attention will be brought to the space between the eyebrows, then to the throat, and finally to the heart center, where you will go deep into stillness and silence, beyond the activities of the mind.
The Yoga Nidra CD has five tracks. The first track is an introduction (8:02 minutes), describing the state of Yoga Nidra and the practices on the CD. The next four tracks move through four sequential practices that are listened to together, so as to form a complete practice of 57:24 minutes (CD is 65:36 minutes in total). These four tracks can also be listened to individually, as complete practices unto themselves, which allows you to have the benefits of practice when less time is available.
After some time of practicing Yoga Nidra, you will naturally find it to be a most enjoyable and spiritually inspiring part of your life.
Bio:
Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati ("Swami J") is an American-born student and teacher of the ancient tradition of the Himalayan sages and is a monk of the Shankaracharya lineage, initiated as a dandi (staff-bearing) swami, a most honorific initiation of the monastic order.
In your meditation today....
May your body be still and comfortable....
May your head, neck and trunk be aligned....
May your breath be smooth, slow, serene, and with no pauses....
May the flow of thoughts in your mind not disturb you....
May your meditation today bring you peace, happiness, and bliss....
Swami J
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awesome, relaxes and energizes body, can go one step ahead in meditation
author: SatyRespected SwamiJ provided one jewel in Yoga. This is really a great CD I did ever purchased so far. This CD helps in going further in meditation process. I hope SwamiJ will make more CDs or videos like Going to Samadhi stage to Turiya too. I would like to see more stuff from SwamiJ.
Awesome!!!!!!
author: SaraI tried yoga nidra for the first time today. I have TMJ and was in a lot of pain in the joint and headaches from being unable to relax those muscles. After yoga nidra, I felt wonderful!!! My jaw was completely relaxed and I felt comfortable!!! I am going to try doing it daily.
delicious way to relax every cell of the body deeply.
author: alicia acevedothe experience of awareness of deep relaxation continues to amaze me and delight all of my students from my 12 year olds to my 87 year olds.the removal of painful memories and experiences is wonderful. be free from pain and suffering. shanti.