One of my students asked if I could record the Nidra we did this week. Although I am often working with a theme or focus for my classes, I rarely script the Nidra Meditation in the class setting. I recorded this today, based on the Yoga Nidra we did in class -with a focus on releasing limited beliefs about the self. Enjoy~
Recorded July 2013
Presented by: UnifyYoga 
Meditation Guide: Anita Athavale

UnifyYoga "Release" Yoga Nidra

1 Hour Tibetan Singing Bowl Meditation Chakra Healing Tone G Throat Chakra - Mp3

This is one of two meditations featured on a new release "Rest Deeply" that you can download in better quality - link below.

This album features two beautiful guided yoga nidra practices - a longer track, "Chakra Balancing Yoga Nidra" and a shorter one, "Yoga Nidra for Emotional Release". These two guided meditations offer a powerful technique to relax and unwind. Enjoy!

Full Yoga Nidra Guided Meditation - Emotional Release

A clinically-informed guided rest practice designed to stimulate circulation and counter the heavy, stagnant, inert qualities of Kapha dosha. This protocol uses activating awareness, warming breath, and strategic movement of attention to dissolve the characteristic Kapha patterns of lethargy, emotional heaviness, oversleeping, and resistant inertia.

Unlike traditional yoga nidra, this practice addresses Kapha's specific constitutional needs through:

-Shorter duration to prevent deepening of stagnation
-Warming and energizing cues that counter heaviness without demanding action
-Dynamic rotation of attention to prevent settling into dullness
-Light, upward-moving awareness rather than grounding anchors
-Strategic activation of breath and circulation without leaving rest state

Ideal for those experiencing: depression or low mood, oversleeping without feeling rested, difficulty initiating change, emotional stagnation or attachment, spring allergies or congestion, metabolic sluggishness, or the stuck-in-molasses state that comes from prolonged Kapha imbalance.

Props recommended: Minimal props, warm but not heavy covering, slight incline with head elevated, well-ventilated space.

Kapha Doshic Deep Rest

Daring to Rest: Bonus Content

Karen Brody's Yoga Nidra Meditation

Yoga Nidra Guided Meditation by Unify Yoga (Anita Athavale)

UnifyYoga Nidra April 2013

Yoga Nidra

After years of clinical practice, I kept seeing the same pattern: people try yoga nidra and either fall into a dead sleep, get more anxious, or feel nothing at all. That's because traditional yoga nidra treats all nervous systems the same. Your nervous system has a constitution. A Vata person spiraling with anxiety needs something fundamentally different than a Kapha person stuck in depression or a Pitta person burning out from relentless drive. These protocols address those differences.

I created Doshic Deep Rest as a clinical alternative—three separate practices built from Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis and years of watching what actually works in real bodies. They use the therapeutic structure of guided rest without the lineage baggage, designed specifically for the nervous system patterns I see in practice: scattered and anxious (Vata), driven and inflamed (Pitta), or heavy and stagnant (Kapha). Not generic relaxation. Constitutional nervous system regulation.

—Mags, Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist
ABQ Yoga Lab | Albuquerque, NM
abqyogalab.com

Kapha Doshic Deep Rest

Magnolia Zuniga