ramses13th
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For some reason, in the Yoga Nidra Course that I am following, the Instructor keeps highlighting the fact that one should not enter deeper than an Alpha state of the brain?
Meanwhile here we know that what comes next, which is Theta, is highly more efficient for the subconscious?
Yoga Nidra promotes relaxation and a restorative process and it's supposed to be a State of Counsciousness itself.
"Yoga Nidra takes you beyond the relaxed state of mind" - Samarthya Bhatnagar
Promoted as giving the benefits of sleep with full awareness, which is why it's also known as Yogic Sleep \ Psychic Sleep \ Sleep of the Buddhas.
But while the translation is :
Yoga = Union
Nidra = Sleep
You don't ever reach the sleep state within the session while having an instructor, as far as I've observed from guided session.
There are 8 steps as far as I've studied :
1. Internalisation ( Take awareness inside, and outside )
2. Sankalpa ( Intention/Affirmation )
3. Rotation of Consciousness ( Body Scanning, conduct the consciousness through the body, just be aware, don't concentrate ) ( this highly reminds me of the Guided Trance MP3 of HPS Maxine )
4. Breath Awareness ( Breath Awareness is maintained at all times, breath should have the freedom to flow within you )
5. Feeling of the Opposites ( release thoughts/impressions, opposites of feeling, heaviness-lightness, hot-cold, pain-pleasure )
6. Visualization ( I think this is a great time to also practice your astral senses )
7. Sankalpa ( Intention/Affirmation )
8. Externalization ( Awareness of the body, of the outside, activate your senses again )
My concern is that this practice is not perfect, neither the JoS Trance was, by default. Especially for people uninitiated in the practice of relaxation.
There are great Posts by the Clergy that define the technique and completes it, and I thank them a lot.
But I just wanted to add my insight, as I find these quite useful for one that has less experience in these techniques and is less intuitive regarding them, meaning I need to break it down in even smaller parts.
Meanwhile here we know that what comes next, which is Theta, is highly more efficient for the subconscious?
Yoga Nidra promotes relaxation and a restorative process and it's supposed to be a State of Counsciousness itself.
"Yoga Nidra takes you beyond the relaxed state of mind" - Samarthya Bhatnagar
Promoted as giving the benefits of sleep with full awareness, which is why it's also known as Yogic Sleep \ Psychic Sleep \ Sleep of the Buddhas.
But while the translation is :
Yoga = Union
Nidra = Sleep
You don't ever reach the sleep state within the session while having an instructor, as far as I've observed from guided session.
There are 8 steps as far as I've studied :
1. Internalisation ( Take awareness inside, and outside )
2. Sankalpa ( Intention/Affirmation )
3. Rotation of Consciousness ( Body Scanning, conduct the consciousness through the body, just be aware, don't concentrate ) ( this highly reminds me of the Guided Trance MP3 of HPS Maxine )
4. Breath Awareness ( Breath Awareness is maintained at all times, breath should have the freedom to flow within you )
5. Feeling of the Opposites ( release thoughts/impressions, opposites of feeling, heaviness-lightness, hot-cold, pain-pleasure )
6. Visualization ( I think this is a great time to also practice your astral senses )
7. Sankalpa ( Intention/Affirmation )
8. Externalization ( Awareness of the body, of the outside, activate your senses again )
My concern is that this practice is not perfect, neither the JoS Trance was, by default. Especially for people uninitiated in the practice of relaxation.
There are great Posts by the Clergy that define the technique and completes it, and I thank them a lot.
But I just wanted to add my insight, as I find these quite useful for one that has less experience in these techniques and is less intuitive regarding them, meaning I need to break it down in even smaller parts.
