OM Shanti Shanti Shanti

YOGA NIDRA

The ancient yogis developed Yoga Nidra as a method of achieving deep and complete relaxation while maintaining consciousness. During this session, all you'll need to do is wear comfortable clothing, lie down, be at ease and listen as you are guided through systematic relaxation and visualization techniques.

Our bodies and minds can barely keep up with the demands of modern life and its rapid pace. Physical tension leads to tight muscles, decreased immunity, insomnia, high blood pressure and other health conditions prevalent today. Mental tension makes us feel restless, worried, anxious and unable to realize our creative potential. Sleep is not the same thing as relaxation and other activities we think of as "relaxation" are simply diversions of our attention.

Yoga Nidra breaks through stress and tension in order to motivate healing and change. You'll leave feeling rested, rejuvenated and calm, a rarity in today's hectic world.

Today's Ponder ...

Authenticity is an attitude of awareness in which we are willing to experience our thoughts and feelings as they are.

—Dr Joan Borysenko

ASANA

Āsana is derived from the sanskrit verbal root ās, which in this instance refers "to sit". The -ana ending turns the verb into an action noun, making āsana which for our purposes translates to sitting or posture. When you hear the sanskrit names for poses you'll almost always hear āsana at the end (think trikoṇāsana (triangle pose) or chaturaṅga daṇḍāsana).