What is Yoga Nidra and Why Should it be part of your Yogic Practice
The current state of the conscious collective minds is one of depression, anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, irritability and unhappiness. All these mental states bring about physical and mental suffering, degeneration and diseases such as cancers and premature death eventually. I don’t want to come across as the barer of bad new news, but this is the reality that we should all sit up acknowledge and take responsibility for. Our bodies respond to our mental states, and this has been scientifically proven (journal in here) Firstly it is important to understand how the mind works and the different aspects of the mind and how to access them. The mind has different layers, and these layers are including the conscious mind (Sanskrit it is known as jagrat) which is the working mind, can also be the waking state, surface thoughts, and the perception of the outside world. It corresponds to the gross dimension. The subconscious mind (Sanskrit swapna) which is the universal mind, the dream s...