Ch10 12

Yoga Nidra has an additional, more specific meaning. The Love that arises from the Heart of the Deity and is Bestowed unto oneself, is Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra, as in all forms of Deity yoga, does suggest some archetypes as Deities, specific to different emotional types. But we are free to choose any Deity that appeals to us, or even any object of reality or imagination that we hold to be pure or absolute. What we choose as our Deity of Desire, Ishta Devata, is of crucial importance, because in the deep Tantric process of Yoga Nidra, we become the Deity.

In the experience of Yoga Nidra, the Deity, the Love, the Self and All else is One with the experiencer, never separate. In fact the experience within Yoga Nidra is the most effortless way to achieve the Heart of Compassion, the Mahakaruna, and Mahakaruna being felt even for a moment, all our efforts then move towards generating happiness skilfully for those around us.

For we understand that the mind is a mirror, its experience is in reflecting what it projects. The more holistic the projection, the more holistic is the reflection and thus more joyful the experience of holistic cognition.

Yoga Nidra-The Technique

The 4 states of brain waves which were known till recent times, were the Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta which correspond to the waking, the dreaming, the twilight-state between dream and waking and the deep sleep states respectively. These four states are the 4 states of consciousness. The 5th state which has been discovered recently, the Gamma brain waves, points to the Singularity state of Turiya or the Fourth State of Consciousness.

Yoga Nidra, in brief, works to enter the Theta state from the Beta state. Once the Theta state is entered, the process involves the practice of standing at Theta, and from there trying to ‘see’ the Alpha and the Beta states simultaneously. The second that this co-simultaneity is achieved between the 3 states, the mind immediately shifts into Gamma brain waves and the Yogic 4th or Turiya state.

Yoga Nidra can be used for the below 3 purposes, depending on the level of the practitioner, whether a Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced :

Deep relaxation and release from anxiety, depression,etc. Re-programming of the mind and body complex. Unitary experience of Higher Consciousness states.

Through the process of:

a.) Body control, Asanas,

B.) Vital Energy Channel Purifikeshn, Nadi refinement,

c.) & d.) vital energy amplification and sealing, Pranayama and Mudras, the mind-body complex is prepared for the practice of Yoga Nidra.