Sleep & restorative2 min read · Sep 19, 2024
Yoga Nidra for Insomnia: The Science of Conscious Rest
Slipping past a busy mind to the threshold between waking and sleep — and why lying still on purpose helps you fall asleep later.
Kavi Mehta
Yoga nidra teacher · guest writer
Insomnia is rarely a lack of tiredness. It is a mind that keeps checking whether it is safe to let go. Yoga nidra gives that mind a simple task — follow the voice, move attention through the body — so that the rest of you can drift.
Practice in the evening, not in bed
Do your nidra an hour before sleep, on the floor, with a blanket. Keeping the practice separate from the bed builds the skill of resting while awake — which is exactly what the sleepless mind has forgotten.
— Kavi Mehta
