Yog Nidra: Experiencing Sleep

8 months ago By Yogi Anoop

"Yog Nidra: Experiencing Deep Sleep"

The sages did not create Yog Nidra merely to achieve deep sleep. The experiential truth is that Yog NIdra was developed to enter sleep and understand what happens there because no one can actually experience sleep while being asleep. It’s only after waking up that one can tell if the sleep was good or bad. If the sleep is good, the entire day goes well, but if it’s bad, it leads to irritability.

My experience suggests that during sleep, the innermost self remains awake to some extent, which is why we feel good or bad after waking up. Through Yog NIdra and Yoga Nidra, this innermost self is made so alert that even when all the sensory organs, motor organs, and mental processes shut down, the 'I' continues to observe these sleeping parts of the body. It even observes how these parts rest deeply and peacefully under its watch without dying. It also observes how they heal and recharge themselves.

Note that the 'I' that does not sleep with the body and senses remains a witness to the subtlest parts of the body, senses, and brain. It observes that when even the tiniest part of the brain is free from the clash of thoughts, it starts to recharge itself powerfully. Not just the liver but all the major organs of the body, freed from the slavery of thoughts, begin to heal themselves. The 'I' fully experiences the joy of these organs during sleep. It sees how quietly happy and content these organs are.

When I observe them in this state, I feel immense joy, realizing how we have made their lives hell. We made the liver’s life miserable by giving it so much food that it never got to rest. Similarly, we overwhelmed the brain with thoughts to the point where each of its cells was crying out for relief. Today, I am happy because I have learned not to disturb the body’s organs. I have learned how to detach myself from them. This is the ultimate goal of Shavasana and Yoga Nidra.

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