{"id":1068,"date":"2023-10-23T03:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T03:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taochip.com\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2023-10-23T03:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T03:38:17","slug":"yoga-nidra-by-swami-satyananda-saraswati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/taochip.com\/?p=1068","title":{"rendered":"“Yoga Nidra”, by Swami Satyananda Saraswati"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Yoga Nidra”, by Swami Satyananda Saraswati (link)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Bihar School of Yoga 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1993, 1998; Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India<\/p>\n

Contents<\/strong>
\nIntroduction 1<\/strong>
\nTheory<\/strong>
\nThe Art of Relaxation 11
\nTraining the Mind 17
\nExperiences in Yoga Nidra 23
\nProcess of Pratyahara 28
\nYoga Nidra and the Brain 35
\nSymbols of the Unconscious 43
\nBeyond the Body and Mind 53
\nEmerging into Samadhi 59
\nPractices<\/strong>
\nOutline of the Practice 69
\nGeneral Suggestions 74
\nYoga Nidra 1 81
\nYoga Nidra 2 90
\nYoga Nidra 3 100
\nYoga Nidra 4 108
\nYoga Nidra 5 120
\nComplete Scheme of Practices 1\u20135 132
\nShort Class Transcription 134
\nLong Class Transcription 141
\nChakra Visualization 151
\nYoga Nidra for Children 158
\nScientific Investigations<\/strong>
\nSleep, Dreams and Yoga Nidra 169
\nEducating the Whole Mind 179
\nCounteracting Stress 186
\nControlling Centres of the Brain 191
\nTherapeutic Applications 195
\nPsychosomatic Diseases 202
\nCardiovascular Diseases 208
\nAppendices<\/strong>
\nStress and Heart Disease 217
\nYoga Nidra and Biofeedback 228
\nPictures of the Brain\u2019s Activity During
\nYoga Nidra 238
\nYoga Nidra \u2013 Altered State of Consciousness 245
\nReferences 256<\/strong><\/p>\n

Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ is a simple yet profound technique adapted by Swami Satyananda Saraswati from the traditional tantric practice of nyasa. This text explains the theory of yoga nidra in both yogic and scientific terms and includes class transcriptions of the practice. It also
\npresents the various applications of this versatile technique, which has been used for deep relaxation, in stress management and therapy, to enhance the learning process in education, to harmonize the deeper unconscious and awaken inner potential, and as a meditative technique. A research section is also included. This systematic method of inducing complete mental, emotional and physical relaxation is suitable for all practitioners.<\/p>\n

About the Author: Swami Satyananda<\/strong> was born in Almora (Uttaranchal) in 1923. Drawn to spiritual life from an early age, he left home at the age of eighteen, and in 1943 surrendered himself to Swami Sivananda in Rishikesh who initiated him into Dashnami sannyasa in 1947. He
\nserved his guru for twelve years, perfecting every aspect of spiritual life. Thereafter, he travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent as a wandering ascetic.
\nRealizing the need of the times as scientific rendition of the ancient system of yoga, he founded the International Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar School of Yoga in 1963. During the next twenty years, Swami Satyananda hoisted the flag of yoga in every corner of the world, consolidated BSY into a foremost institution of yoga, and authored over eighty major texts on yoga, tantra and spiritual life.
\n\u2018Satyananda Yoga\u2019 became a tradition which combines classical knowledge with experiential understanding and a modern outlook. In 1984 he founded the Yoga Research Foundation to synchronize scientific research and yoga, and Sivananda Math to assist the underprivileged. In 1988, at the peak of his achievements, he renounced everything and adopted kshetra sannyasa, living as a paramahamsa ascetic. In 1989 Rikhia was revealed to him, where he came to live and performed higher vedic sadhanas in seclusion. Receiving the command to provide for his neighbours in 1991, he allowed the ashram to help the underprivileged villages in the region. From 1995 onwards, he performed a twelve-year Rajasooya Yajna with the sankalpa of peace, plenty and prosperity for all, and in 2007 he announced the establishment of Rikhiapeeth with its mandate to \u2018serve, love, give\u2019.
\nSwami Satyananda attained mahasamadhi, a yogic accomplishment of discarding the body at will to become one with the universal consciousness, in 2009, in the presence of his disciples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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