What is "Yoga Nidra"
Yoga nidra, often called "yogic sleep," is a guided meditation technique that induces a state of deep relaxation while maintaining conscious awareness. Unlike traditional yoga practices that involve movement or holding poses, yoga nidra is typically practiced lying down in shavasana (corpse pose), with a teacher or recording guiding you through the session.
During yoga nidra, you are led through a series of stages that may include setting an intention (sankalpa), body scanning, breath awareness, and visualization. The practice systematically moves your awareness through the five layers of self (pancha maya kosha), promoting a sense of wholeness and balance. While your body is completely relaxed—sometimes as deeply as in sleep—your mind remains awake and receptive.
Yoga nidra is accessible to people of all ages and physical abilities, as it requires no movement; you simply lie down and follow the instructions
The benefits of regular practice include:
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Profound relaxation and stress reduction
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Improved sleep quality and regulation of sleep cycles
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Enhanced emotional resilience and the ability to process and release stored emotions
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Reduced anxiety and mild depression
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Improved concentration, memory, and creativity
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Potential for personal transformation and manifestation of intentions
Yoga nidra works by calming the nervous system, balancing the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) responses, and promoting the release of melatonin, a hormone associated with sleep and healing. Even short sessions can be as restorative as several hours of traditional sleep, making it a powerful tool for holistic well-being
Evening Workshop
Friday, July 11 • 7-8:15 pm • $25
“There beneath all the thinking and doing, you are at peace. You ARE peace. YOU are the peace you’ve been looking for all along.”
~Tamara Verma, Yoga Nidra
About Lisa Cito
Wellness Coach,Yoga, Pilates,
And Yoga Nidra Instructor
As an Experienced Registered Certified Yoga Teacher, Certified Perfect Health Teacher in Ayurveda, a Certified Holistic Health Coach and published author of “Forgive and Heal” and “Floating” Meditations to name a few. She is also a published author of the Oxygen Yoga Book series and meditations.
Lisa Cito has been assisting Women since the mid 1980’s to discover and bring out their true inner vibrant glow. Lisa realizes that women affect everyone around them as the caretakers of the world, and when a woman is at her very best, she impacts those around her, influencing them in a positive way, therefore helping bring light into our society with each person she touches.
Lisa’s goal is to help women
connect with and bring forth their inner vibrance which already lives deep inside their being so they may glow in their unique beauty and fullness of their true self.
Lisa’s approach is light hearted and compassionate in unconditional love. She does this through Ayurveda which helps them to understand who they are and why they have certain issues. Using Yoga postures, aroma therapy, nutrition, color, art and a myriad of guided meditations with many different breathing techniques to help balance the energy systems in the body, mind and spirit and the Chakra centers.
She offers private sessions, small and large classes, different types of workshops and enjoys creating unique experiential workshops and retreats to assist all in the fullness of health and wellness.
She teaches many different styles of yoga as well as Pilates.
Lisa’s yoga certification is through Be Yoga/ Ishta Yoga.
She received her Ayurvedic certification through the Chopra Center and is a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
Has a Certification in Pilates through Power Pilates.
