Yoga Nidra Meditation CD: Extreme Relaxation of Conscious Deep Sleep

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Summary: YOGA NIDRA A MUST
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This CD is a must for all searchers. It will certainly help to stabilize one's mind and will alter the way you experience your being. As this process unfolds it is necessary that you to continue the practice. Do not let a sense of well being lull you into any diversion. Continue the work for it is rewarding.
Ray T Parmley M.D.


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Summary: Deep Awareness
Review: As an instructor of meditation, I found this practice profound in experience unlike any other. It not only relaxes and rests the body through deep sleep, it allows one to move beyond mental confines into a place of perfect peace and awareness of the vast and infinite of the unseen dimension. Words are inadequate to express the experience. I use Yoga Nidra for bodily rest as well as developing a deeper spiritual awareness. On a recent cross country (USA) drive of some 2,300 miles, I replaced normal sleeping with Yoga Nidra (deep sleep) and made the trip in 51 elapsed hours. For a deeper spiritual awareness, Yoga Nidra has brought me to the verge of sammadhi and the precipice of the vast unmanifest realm. It has also enhanced my normal meditative practice by moving me into the peaceful state more quickly and consistently.
Yoga Nidra does not require adherence to any particular religion, therefore, it is applicaple to any spiritual aspirant who seeks a deeper relationship with the Divine Creative Intelligence.

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Summary: Yoga Nidra: An Excellent Guide to Deep Meditation
Review: I have been meditating daily for over 5 years, and find that Swami Jnaneshvara's guided 1 hour session will take me to a much deeper place than I am able to get to by myself. In a gradual, comfortable progression, the mind becomes increasingly quiet. One immediate benefit is deep relaxation and reduction of the stress caused by incessant thinking. A more profound benefit is the experience of being truly present and the logging of some time on the path to lasting inner peace.

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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: I purchased this CD on ebay and it is the biggest waste of money ever! I only paid a total of $8 for it but super boring. He has many pauses and you think the cd is over and then he talks again. Not very relaxing. I don't know if it is because I am so stressed that nothing is going to work, or if I just don't get the concept. Check out the website before you buy and really understand what you are buying. If all else fails, I have a copy I will sell you CHEAP!!

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Summary: Awesome during Hatha Yoga class
Review: Swami J's Yoga Nidra CD adds a wonderful dimension to our Yoga classes. It is flexible in format. For example, after asana and pranayama practice, selections from the CD precede meditation. On other days, the guided yoga nidra is practiced in lieu of meditation. A few students share the following observations:
* "The 61 Points takes me into a deeper relaxation than I have ever before been able to experience," Insurance Agent
* "Spinal Breath is what I really love. Whoosh, whoosh, and the world is gone. It is a pure energy experience," Occupational Therapist
* "Upon facing surgery recently, I used the Yoga Nidra CD for relaxation. I listened to parts 2&3 the afternoon before surgery. The next morning I listened to parts 4&5 before leaving for the hospital. While in the pre-op area, I did my breathing practices. The nurses were teasing me about smiling, reminding me that I was going into surgery! I did great with no medication after surgery and enjoyed a relatively quick recovery. Yoga Nidra made all the difference," Retired teacher of gifted students.
Carolyn Reynolds, Hatha Yoga Instructor. Niceville, FL


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Summary: An extraordinary guide to an extraordinary practice!
Review: Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati expertly guides you into a deep, blissful state of conscious sleep. This practice is one that will benefit anyone. It's really well put together, and each section can stand on its own as a separate exercise. But you will want to follow the entire practice... over and over and over again! This is a MUST buy!

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Summary: Ancient Relaxation/Concentration : Worth the Effort
Review: Swami Jnaneshvara gives straightforward, step-by-step guidance in the ancient yogic preparatory exercises for Yoga Nidra, "yogic sleep." Used effectively for thousands of years, these practices quickly lead to deep states or relaxation, and eventually to greater refinement and sensitivity of the nervous system. Swami Jnanesvara's delivery is accessible and non-didactic; you will soon look forward to doing the practice under the guidance of this compassionate teacher.
Diane, New York

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Summary: Great appreciation for a powerful aid.
Review: Swami Jnaneshvara's "Yoga Nidra Meditation CD" serves as a virtual trekking guide to a most sublime vista within. It would be difficult to find more lucid instruction in this powerful technique, particularly in a recorded form. This CD has really changed the way I experience at sleep.

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Summary: Diving Deep Into Silence
Review: This CD is quiet and subtle. It leads the listener (meditator) into a deep restful meditative state. IMHO Music is not included because it would keep the mind of the meditator more active and distracted and thus not allow a state of deeper rest.

After the guided meditation, there are quiet periods on the CD. These quiet periods allow the mind to go deeper into its own spacious, silent meditation. True meditation is profoundly personal and is done in the stillness of ones own mind and heart.

This CD trusts your intutive wisdom, to lead you into the depths of your own shining silence.


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Summary: Deep Meditation for Everyone.
Review: This CD is recorded by a true master. It gently and capably leads one into deeper states of consciousness. It is a meditation everyone can do and benefit from, no matter ones physical and mental condition. My ailing mother loves it. She asks me to play it for her almost every night. It relaxes her and helps her experience a deeper reality, despite her aliments. She cannot remember many things but she does remember to ask me to play her this CD. I have been meditating for many years and I find it profoundly relaxing and quieting...