YOGA NIDRA
"Your Heart Space" by Lyn Moes

We chase deadlines, work long hours, look after children, houses, families, gardens, friends and all the various other things in our full lives. Good. Yet it can be very stressful.
Do you feel overwhelmed by life's many choices?
High blood pressure, anxiety, depression and chronic health problems are "dis - eases" of modern living.

Relaxing using TV, wine, out for a meal with friends, playing tennis, all of these things have their place, but they do not address the deep, deep inner knowing, that we are still not relaxed. Some of these things, while pleasurable, create more stress. Often deep restorative rest that our bodies and minds need is illusive to us, unless we are doing regular Yoga Nidra. How often do we have a really good, uninterrupted long sleep, free from tension? Emotional tensions need to be realised before we can truly relax.

Would you like 2 hours sleep for the cost of 30 minutes?

Yoga Nidra is a guided relaxation, which guides us into a deep inner place in our soul, mind and body to a place that heals. Alpha waves predominate when the body is free from stress and is functioning at its optimum peak capacity, making the body more receptive. The nature of your mind can be changed, diseases can be cured and your creative genius can be restored. This simple practice of yoga nidra has the capacity of penetrating into the depths of the human mind. If you know how to practise yoga nidra, you can train your subconscious mind completely.

In the relaxed, receptive state of Yoga Nidra you can plant the seed of positive affirmation. A short statement about an important goal in your life becomes embedded in the sub conscious and strengthens the inner resolve of the practitioner to achieve their goal. eg "I am becoming healthier, happier and stronger every day" or "I will practice Yoga everyday" etc...
What is your self talk?
Make it present tense, what feels right for you and works for you. It is a seed of change. It increases the willpower and sharpens the mind. It is a tool. A healing tool. It focuses the mind and body in a positive direction. Your positive affirmation is used at the beginning and the end of Yoga Nidra, it goes deep into the psyche and has a powerful effect.
There is deeper healing going on, more than we realise.
What is our goal? Yoga Nidra helps keep us focused on a greater path in life, not just survival. The mind starts to be trained to be more flexible. Visualisations induce mental relaxation, develop self awareness and relax the mind, purging it of disturbing material.
There have been a number of studies that show yoga nidra to be an effective therapy for anxiety, neurotic behaviour and insomnia and in the management of diseases such as asthma. It is used with cancer patients, with prisoners, and in the field of addiction, it helps children to stay calm and positive, without drugs. It has also been successfully applied as a learning tool to awaken creativity and increase memory capacity.
With regular Yoga Nidra, you can heal your life.

Lyn Moes is an International Yoga Teacher who has been practicing since 1975 and teaching for over 30 years.
Lyn commenced one of the first Natural Therapy Clinics "Buderim Mountain Natural Therapy Clinic" in 1979.
During the 10 years of operating this busy practice, she came to realize the health needs of the community.
It requires the individual to take full responsibility for their own health.
Today, 2nd December, 2011 marks a special celebration as Lyn successfully produced and launches her second Yoga Nidra CD "Your Heart Space" following her first Yoga Nidra CD "Your Sacred Space" on 5th December, 2008
Lyn's CD "Your Heart Space" is available from Buderim Bookstore, at Lyn's Yoga Classes, "Buderim Yoga" or through the website.

Hypnotic and soothing Lyn talks you through a deep relaxation guaranteed to put even the most stressed out into a peaceful state.