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Friday, August 7, 2015

Yoga Nidra and Nyasa Rishi Nyasa, Kara (hand) Nyasa, Matrika Nyasa and Sadanga Nyasa Links and Research

"The soul loves to meditate,
for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy.
If, then you experience mental resistance
during meditation, remember that
reluctance to meditate comes from the ego;
it doesn't belong to the soul."





Nyasa 




Divinity in the body








Ego Death



Derived from tantra

Yoga nidra is taken from a tantric practice 
called anga nyasa. 

Anga means main limbs or organs of the body like the toes, knees, hips, the back, chest, shoulder blades and head. Nyasa means to place. 

In tantra, when you sit for pooja, the mind is placed on the various organs of the body along with the mantras - om netra netram, om shrotam shrotam. 
You touch each part and say a mantra.

The second stage is placing the mind on different parts of the hand, called kara nyasa. Kara means hand, fingers, wrist, etc. The third is varna nyasa, where the mind is placed on a colour; varna means colour. There are many nyasas in tantra and they are all done in siddhasana or padmasana. Through anga nyasa, varna nyasa, kara nyasa,
 the elements of the body are purified.read more ...






Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra or "yogic sleep" is a sleep-like state which yogis report to experience during their meditations. Yoga nidra, lucid sleeping is among the deepest possible states of relaxation while still maintaining full consciousness. The distinguishing difference is the degree to which one remains cognizant of the actual physical environment as opposed to a dream environment. In lucid dreaming, one is cognizant of the dream environment, little or no awareness of one's actual environment.
The practice of yoga relaxation has been found to reduce tension and anxiety. The autonomic symptoms of high anxiety such as headache, giddiness, chest pain, palpitations, sweating and abdominal pain respond well. It has been used to help soldiers from war cope with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Yoga nidra refers to the conscious awareness of the deep sleep state, referred to as prajna in Mandukya Upanishad.[ read more .....






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