facilitator: Irene
See my website for up-to-date workshops & lessons.
About Yoga Nidra
It is a deeply healing meditative state that starts with relaxation. It uncovers intuitive awareness, puts us in touch with feelings of unconditional peace and joy, and gives us the experience and understanding of our true nature.
Benefits happen in stages. Some will happen right away while others will develop over time. Your physical, mental, and emotional well-being will improve during Yoga Nidra as your skills advance for handling stress. Your ability to calm restless thoughts and the capacity for clear thinking will grow. Decision making improves. Handling emotional distress becomes quicker and easier. What used to bother you starts fading away. Physical tension decreases, which balances the stress response (sympathetic nervous system) and the relaxation response (parasympathetic nervous system), resulting in better health. As tight muscles relax, function, flexibility, circulation, and joint health often improve. Brain wave states experienced during Yoga Nidra are also the brain wave states of sleeping, the reason why it is said that an hour of effective Yoga Nidra approximates four hours of typical sleep!
About Breathwork
Jessica Wolf, a leading Alexander Technique teacher from the US, writes, “…breathing is indispensable, and it works best when it is effortless. Most of us do not think about the way we breathe. We usually take breathing for granted; we do not realise the harmful effects that faulty breathing can have nor the freedom we can gain by improving how we breathe.”
Many people are unaware that the breath is a powerful tool which can give us a sense of presence and a deeper awareness of how we feel. It helps us to gain a feeling of ease and makes us more acutely attuned to our bodies. Regulating the breath rate can be used for balancing, calming, or lifting your energy and soothing your mind. Correct breathing can help improve cardiac health by improving lung capacity, heart coherence, and can help normalize blood pressure.
See my website for up-to-date workshops & lessons.
About Yoga Nidra
It is a deeply healing meditative state that starts with relaxation. It uncovers intuitive awareness, puts us in touch with feelings of unconditional peace and joy, and gives us the experience and understanding of our true nature.
Benefits happen in stages. Some will happen right away while others will develop over time. Your physical, mental, and emotional well-being will improve during Yoga Nidra as your skills advance for handling stress. Your ability to calm restless thoughts and the capacity for clear thinking will grow. Decision making improves. Handling emotional distress becomes quicker and easier. What used to bother you starts fading away. Physical tension decreases, which balances the stress response (sympathetic nervous system) and the relaxation response (parasympathetic nervous system), resulting in better health. As tight muscles relax, function, flexibility, circulation, and joint health often improve. Brain wave states experienced during Yoga Nidra are also the brain wave states of sleeping, the reason why it is said that an hour of effective Yoga Nidra approximates four hours of typical sleep!
About Breathwork
Jessica Wolf, a leading Alexander Technique teacher from the US, writes, “…breathing is indispensable, and it works best when it is effortless. Most of us do not think about the way we breathe. We usually take breathing for granted; we do not realise the harmful effects that faulty breathing can have nor the freedom we can gain by improving how we breathe.”
Many people are unaware that the breath is a powerful tool which can give us a sense of presence and a deeper awareness of how we feel. It helps us to gain a feeling of ease and makes us more acutely attuned to our bodies. Regulating the breath rate can be used for balancing, calming, or lifting your energy and soothing your mind. Correct breathing can help improve cardiac health by improving lung capacity, heart coherence, and can help normalize blood pressure.