Yoga Nidra Meditation
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
978-1-62055-677-1 (ISBN)
• Details the simple postures of Yoga Nidra, breathing exercises and guided meditations, and tips for maintaining awareness in the liminal state that precedes sleep
• Includes four complete sessions as well as pointers for creating your own sessions
Known as the “yoga of conscious sleep,” Yoga Nidra is an ancient Indian practice that allows you to consciously explore the states of wakefulness, dream, and deep sleep as well as your own psyche by combining deep relaxation with attentive awareness. Through Yoga Nidra you can directly observe and understand specific physiological, emotional, and mental processes within yourself as well as experience moments of great inner tranquility, joy, and well-being.
Providing a step-by-step guide to Yoga Nidra, Pierre Bonnasse details the simple postures of Yoga Nidra and includes preparatory techniques that work with breath and guided meditations to help you become an attuned observer of your inner world. Offering tips for withdrawing the senses and maintaining awareness in the liminal state that precedes sleep, the author explores how all practices in this discipline begin with a phase of relaxation and observation of breathing, followed by immersion into a very subtle awareness of the physical, energy, and mental bodies. The higher states of more advanced sessions focus on the energy body and its components: the chakras, nadis, and pranavayu, the vital breath and autonomic functions of the body.
Including four complete sessions as well as pointers for creating your own, Bonnasse shows how Yoga Nidra offers stabilizing, and therapeutic effects for the body, emotions, and thoughts. Connecting Indian and Western philosophical ideas, the author shows how sleep can be an opportunity to practice a form of yoga that changes not only our nights but every minute of our days.
Pierre Bonnasse, also known as Chitragupta, has studied under the guidance of different spiritual masters for more than 20 years. The author of more than 20 books, he cofounded the Rishi Yoga Shala School, offering yoga training programs in India and in France. He lives in both France and Rishikesh, India.
PREFACE
Yoga Nidra: A Journey into the States of Matter, Consciousness, and the Joy of Being
INTRODUCTION Indian Philosophy and the Limbs and Paths of Yoga
PART I
The Philosophy of Yoga Nidra
The Origins of Yoga Nidra
States of Consciousness
Who Am I?
The Sheaths of the Being
Awareness, Energy, Elements, and States of Matter
Qualities of Sleep
An Approach to Indian Psychology
The Manifestation of Phenomena
The Energy System in Yoga
The Phenomenal World and Constructions of the Mind
The Unconscious Mind
Fears, Desires, and Suffering
Sleep and Death
PART II
The Practice of Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra as a Practice
The Limbs of Yoga According to the Nidra Tradition
Preparatory Exercises
Exercises for Falling Asleep
Exercises for the Night
Exercises for Waking Up
Yoga of Dreams--Svapna Yoga
Protocol for Yoga Nidra
The Art of Living in Total Awareness
Fields of Application for Yoga Nidra
The Ultimate Surrender
PART III
Putting Yoga Nidra into Practice
Four Practice Sessions Micro-Practices
Session 1: Blue Star (Nilatara Yoga Nidra)
Session 2: Contemplation of the Elements (Mahabhuta Visarga Yoga Nidra)
Session 3: From the Sound AUM to Non-contact (Pranava Asparsha Yoga Nidra)
Session 4: The Art of Dying (Marana Yoga Nidra)
Practices to Inspire and Create Your Sessions
APPENDIX “The Taste of Yogic Sleep”: An Interview with Pierre Bonnasse
Notes
Suggested Readings
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 272 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Entspannung / Meditation / Yoga |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62055-677-4 / 1620556774 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62055-677-1 / 9781620556771 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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