meditation is magical
I love meditating and helping others experience the benefits of meditation through yoga nidra
Yoga Nidra is a totally effortless, fully guided meditation that methodically induces deep relaxation to alleviate physical, emotional, and mental tensions.
What is dhyana?
Dhyana is a Sanskrit word that can be translated as meditating, absorption, or union; It is also the seventh stage of the Yogic path. Sanskrit is a sacred, vibrational language used in ceremonies and meditation practices, and is also an official language of India. All classical yoga texts originated in Sanskrit.
I describe dhyana as the bliss experienced when one becomes fully absorbed in presence. In dhyana, we transcend our thoughts, feelings, and senses to experience total present-moment awareness. It is a blissful, soul-felt embodiment with source energy and higher consciousness.
Daily meditation anchors this bliss into our daily lives, benefiting us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
How I discovered the power of daily meditation
My meditation journey began in 2015 with mindfulness meditations.
In 2017, I performed a personal experiment that recorded my meditation practice and corresponding moods. The results were so positively impactful that I gained a new dedication to meditating regularly.
In 2019, my mother left this earthly realm. I turned to meditation to cope with my grief and set the intention to meditate daily for thirty consecutive days. Instead, I meditated for more than seventy days.
Today, meditating daily is a part of my lifestyle, not just a task on my to-do list. Every day, I look forward to taking my sacred solitude, knowing each day I complete my practice I prioritize my wellbeing and personal commitment to live as my best self.
Yoga Nidra is the easiest way to meditate
After several years of exploring various meditation practices and philosophies, I’ve become most passionate about Kundalini Kriya Yoga, Buddhist Meditation, and Yoga Nidra.
Why I love Yoga Nidra in particular is because it is a completely effortless way to meditate, especially compared to Kundalini and Buddhist practices. Yoga Nidra is a fully guided meditation that uses a systematic method of inducing deep relaxation to alleviate physical, emotional, and mental tensions.
It is also known as “yogic sleep” and brings the participant into a hypnagogic state, a state of consciousness that naturally occurs between waking and sleeping. This state of being allows the participant to experience a deep state of rest and establishes a receptive subconscious where beneficial thought patterns can be planted using a short affirmational statement.
There are many benefits of meditation
Meditation is a state of being, a ritual, an art. It’s a balance of concentration and surrender. It’s the unification of mind-body-soul awareness. Meditating turns bodies into temples and lets minds meld into the mysteries of the universe. There are many forms of meditation: transcendental meditation, mantra meditation, moving meditation, Buddhist meditation, and more. In all forms, the benefits of meditating regularly are abundant.
A consistent meditation practice can…
• Improve sleep
• Improve memory
• Improve airflow to lungs
• Improve focus + concentration
• Increase creativity
• Increase alpha waves
• Increase energy levels
• Increase mindfulness + awareness
• Increase ability to regulate behavior
• Decrease levels of cortisol (stress hormone)
• Decrease pain + pain perception
• Decrease heart + respiration rate
• Decrease blood pressure
• Reduce anxiety + depression
• Slow the aging process
