Yoga Nidra, without the mysticism

Guided deep rest, lying down, awake. Here is what actually happens in a session, a complete script you can record, how to use it at night, and an honest account of both the history and the research — including the claims we refuse to make.

The rest of the cluster

• For sleep

  Yoga Nidra for Sleep: What Helps, What Doesn't

  How to use the practice at night, when it helps most, and where the sleep evidence stops.

• A full script

  A Yoga Nidra Script for Beginners (20 Minutes)

  The whole practice written out, with pacing notes — read it aloud, record it, or learn it by heart.

• Compared

  Yoga Nidra vs Meditation: What's the Difference?

  Different posture, different mechanism, different skill trained — and a simple rule for choosing.

• Evidence review

  Yoga Nidra Benefits: What the Evidence Actually Shows

  Claim by claim — what the studies support, what is preliminary, and what should be dropped.

• Timing

  How Long Should Yoga Nidra Be — and How Often?

  Session length, weekly frequency and time of day — with the trade-offs stated plainly.

• Sankalpa

  Sankalpa: The Resolve at the Heart of Yoga Nidra

  What a sankalpa is, how it differs from an affirmation, and how to choose one that lasts.

• Yoga Nidra vs NSDR

  Yoga Nidra vs NSDR: Same Thing, Different Name?

  Where the NSDR label came from, what it keeps from Yoga Nidra, and what it deliberately drops.

• Origins

  The Origins of Yoga Nidra: Tradition, Tantra and the Twentieth Century

  The honest history — what is ancient, what is modern, and what the texts really say.