Yoga Nidra : Conclusion

Conclusion

There are many ways that we can practice Yoga Nidra. It can be done quickly in a few minutes, or we

may proceed slowly, spending an hour to two hours thoroughly exploring each of the sheaths or

domains of existence. It is generally recommended that once the practitioner has stabilised his or her
practice of Yoga Nidra over a period of time, he or she should then try to stop using the guided

versions on tapes or CDs. Instead, the practitioner can begin to experiment with giving themselves the

instructions mentally. When the time is right, even the instructions may be dropped for ultimately, the

methods used for Yoga Nidra are for training the mind to focus and become aware, subtler and subtler,

until finally, the attention dives into stillness and objectless-ness. The eventual goal is that the practice

of Yoga Nidra takes us beyond the practice of Yoga Nidra itself into everyday life, so that in every

moment we are feeling, sensing, intuiting and knowing our true nature as Undivided Presence. As

Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati puts it, “Yoga Nidra is a state of consciousness, not the methods that lead

you to that state.”

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