Yoga Nidra

Monday 9:30 a.m.
Last night I had a lousy sleep. This is normal on a Sunday night, the night before going back to the jobbie. Not sleeping well used to be awful. You're awake at three in the morning, tossing and turning and wanting to be unconscious. Not a good state of mind this.

This is where being able to do Yoga Nidra is a great benefit. This is really just an extended version of the corpse pose, savasana.

Last night I seemed to hit new levels of relaxation. You're lying there with your eyes closed and being like a blissed out white log. Not many thoughts arising for ages at all. This is very nice indeed. Being able to induce the bliss when you're lying flat out has been a great benefit to me.

I believe some yogis don't sleep at all. Some don't even lie down. But if you have to lie down and you can do yoga nidra ... that really can be something very good indeed!