Yoga nidra
Best if you are exhausted, sleep poorly, or want deep rest without napping.
Yoga nidra is a guided lying-down practice from the tantric yoga tradition, often called non-sleep deep rest. You lie flat, follow a voice, and drift into the threshold between waking and sleep. The body settles into the kind of restoration it normally only gets in deep sleep, which is why twenty minutes of yoga nidra often feels like a long nap without the grogginess of one.
You matched here because you're running on empty. Probably not sleeping well, probably can't switch off when you try, and probably can't afford the time a real nap would cost. Yoga nidra suits exactly that bind. The whole thing is done lying down, eyes closed, with someone guiding you through it. A yoga nidra shaped around your actual state on a given day (wired, foggy, depleted, anxious) lands deeper than a generic one.
Worth knowing
- Twenty minutes of yoga nidra often feels like far more rest than the clock says.
- It is done lying down, and drifting off is completely fine.
How to start
- Lie somewhere warm, press play, and let the voice do the work. No effort required.
Meditation, matched to your moment, with a journal that remembers.
StillMind can guide a personalised yoga nidra to wind you down.