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Originally Posted by LibbyScorp
Now that you've mentioned it, I've been practicing yoga nidra for bed time the past week. When I get home from work, I have a hard time winding down to sleep. Focusing on the relaxation of every limb of my body has really been helping even if I feel like I can't fall asleep. It still feels like I have at least rested. It seems to work better if I haven't had coffee after 2 pm and no big stressful events took place.
Thanks for the reminder!
Didn't realize this thread was from 2010 LOL
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An interesting aspect of "conscious sleep" (yoga nidra) is that, once one can navigate between the dream-object and the dreamer while observing dream formation, one can similarly navigate between the so-called waking state (which is not necessarily "awakened" in the Buddhist sense) and the expanded consciousness. The Tibetan Yogi Milarepa described this practice in detail. It is a very illuminating process but the preliminary "conscious sleep" practice seemed necessary (at least former) to facilitate this transition.
"As above, so below"; "Man is made in the image of God".