Yog Nidra or yogic sleep "Introduction"

Relax With Yog Nidra

 Yoga Routine Provides Deep Restoration To Your Body And Mind. And To Make Your Practice More Effective, It’s Ideal To End Your Yoga Sequence With Yoga Nidra.

Just As A Car Engine Needs To Be Turned Off And Allowed To Cool Down After A Long Drive, Similarly, After Doing Yoga Postures, We Need To Cool Our Body With Yoga Nidra. It Helps Conserve And Consolidate The Energy From The Yoga Poses (Active) Practices. Yoga Nidra Relaxes The Entire System, Preparing It For Pranayama And Meditation. It Is Therefore Important To Keep Aside Sufficient Time For Yoga Nidra After Yoga Postures.

 A State Of Consciousness Between Waking And Sleeping, Like The "Going-To-Sleep" Stage. It Is A State In Which The Body Is Completely Relaxed, And The Practitioner Becomes Systematically And Increasingly Aware Of The Inner World By Following A Set Of (Audio) Instructions. 

Yoga Nidra, Lucid Sleep, Is Among The Deepest Possible States Of Relaxation While Still Maintaining Full Consciousness. In Lucid Dreaming, One Is Only (Or Mainly) Cognizant Of The Dream Environment, And Has Little Or No Awareness Of One's Actual Environment

The Concept Of Yoga Nidra Is Very Ancient In Indian Traditions Such As Hinduism And Buddhism. Krishna/Vishnu Is Often Associated With Yoga Nidra In The Epic Mahabharata.

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Research on Thoppukaranam (30 students)

Aims:

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect ofThoppukaranam on selective attention and psychological states in a sample of young adults.

Settings and Designs:

A randomized self-as-control within subjects design was employed. Thirty undergraduate students (4 females and 26 males) from a residential Yoga University in Southern India were recruited for this study (group mean age ± standard deviation, 20.17 ± 2.92).

Materials and Methods:

The d2 test, State Anxiety Inventory-Short Form and State Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (SMAAS) were used to measure cognitive performance and psychological states. Assessments were made in three sessions: Baseline, control (squats), and experimental (Thoppukaranam) on 3 separate days.

Statistical analysis used:

Data were analyzed using one-way repeated measures analyses of variance between three sessions that is, baseline, squat, and Thoppukaranam.

Results:

There was a significant improvement in all measures of the d2 test of attention (TN, E, TN-E, E%, and concentration performance) and state mindfulness after Thoppukaranam. Further state anxiety reduced significantly after the experimental session.

Conclusions:

These findings indicate Thoppukaranam results in enhancement of cognitive functioning and psychological states.

for more information visit link given below 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4097921/

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