Yoga Nidra & Beyond | Ayla Nova

Yoga Nidra & Beyond
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thank you for being here. we all discover yoga nidra/nsdr for different reasons and one truth remains, awareness is the key to remapping our mind. here, you will discover the REST you deserve and need to RESTORE your nervous system on the road to a better sleep and life. Yoga Nidra & Beyond is a space for wellbeing, mental fitness and radical self acceptance. every wednesday you are invited to join ayla nova as you reset and dive deep into your own sleep yoga/nsdr experience. every practice will be unique, even when practiced again and again. rest well, be well 🖤☁️✨ Let me know how the podcast is doing: 🖤✨ Leave a Review for Ayla Nova 🙏✨ your support of Yoga Nidra & Beyond is always appreciated; you help ayla nova create more practices and content for you to experience. if this practice has been helpful and you wish to offer the 'Gift of Gratitude', click HERE. NEW FOR ALL PODCAST LISTENERS! Offer a monthly sponsorship of $5.99USD to sponsor and support my offerings you can go to: https://bit.ly/ThankYouforBeingHere ***for more content go to YouTube Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  1. Sep 10

    N. 127 Yoga Nidra for Forgiveness | Return to Your True Self

    Yoga Nidra for healing and better sleep: a guided practice to meet what you have been carrying with honesty instead of blame, and let the body soften into rest. 🌙 ✨ Five States of Rest Experience: https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about  🕊 Discover Peace in Rest: https://www.novanidra.com/peaceinrestprogram This New Moon practice is an invitation to make peace with what has been left unfinished. The words never said, the choices you would unmake, the part of it that was yours. There is nothing here to repair. Through a rotation of consciousness, breath awareness, and a Ho'oponopono journey of the heart — I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you — you're welcome to loosen the grip of self-blame and simply witness what is here. If your heart feels heavy or sleep has felt far away, this is a place to rest. You may drift to sleep... you'll still receive many of the benefits. ✨ Sankalpa suggestions for this practice  For Loving Acceptance: I am kind. I am loving awareness. I am true to my heart.  For Harmony: I am calm to my core. I am at peace. I am in harmony.  For Release: I am free. I am whole. I am caring. 00:12 Meeting Yourself with Compassion  01:14 The Four Phrases of Ho'oponopono  03:13 Gift of Community 04:08 Arrival 06:19 Somatic Release 07:30 The Practice Begins Now  Please practice at your own pace and only where it's safe to fully rest, and never while driving. Yoga Nidra supports rest and regulation but isn't a substitute for medical or mental health care. It always means the world to read your comments and insights. By following, subscribing, liking and sharing Yoga Nidra & Beyond, you help me extend these practices to those who need deep rest. A special thank-you to the Nova Nidra Community, who make these practices possible. Rest well. Be well, Ayla Nova Namaskar. 🙏 #yoganidra #nsdr #hooponopono #guidedmeditationforsleep #forgiveness #nervoussystemregulation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  2. Sep 4

    E.12 The 5 States of Rest You Need to Know

    Discover your Yoga Nidra practice to settle the body and mind. This session is an invitation to find deep rest exactly where you are. 🌙 ✨ JOIN Five States of Rest Experience: https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about STATE FIVE EXPERIENCE: Monday, September 7 @ 10AM PT (Replay Available!) 🕊 Discover Peace in Rest: https://www.novanidra.com/peaceinrestprogram WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/IgZ2T4gkUjw 00:00 Rest Rebels 00:42 5 States of Rest 01:10 State One 01:25 State Two 01:41 State Three 02:09 State Four 02:34 State Five 02:39 How this works 03:52 Celebration Moment 04:11 Thank You Gift! 05:32 State Five Deep Dive Sometimes the most productive thing you can do... is stop doing. This session provides space to let go of the day, using NSDR techniques to quiet the mental chatter that keeps you feeling wired. It is a gentle process designed for anyone needing to return to a state of balance. Through this practice, we focus on nervous system regulation to help you transition from a state of doing into a state of being. Whether you use this as a meditation for sleep or simply to pause in the middle of a busy afternoon, allow your body to lead the way. Subscribe for weekly practices to support your well-being, and share your experience with this rest in the comments below. Rest well. Be well, Ayla Nova Namaskar. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  3. Aug 27

    N.126 Yoga Nidra for Burnout (and the Eclipse!)

    Yoga Nidra for burnout and nervous system regulation: a guided practice to put down what has become too heavy to carry and let the body remember how to rest. This Full Moon practice is an invitation to recognize what has reached completion. The cycles you've moved through, the weight you've been holding, the emotions asking to be felt. There is nothing here to solve. Through a rotation of consciousness, breath awareness, and a kaleidoscope journey of mind, heart and soul, you're welcome to soften the harshness you may have brought into your own thoughts and simply witness what is here. If you've been pushing beyond your capacity, this is a place to rest. You may drift to sleep — you'll still receive many of the benefits. ✨ Sankalpa suggestions for this practice *For Complete Rest:* I am rested. I am whole. I am enough. *For Dissolution:* I soften. I release. I surrender. *For Integration:* I am present. I am complete. I am home. 00:12 Honouring the Need for Deep Rest 03:58 Exploring the Five States of Rest 07:19 The Practice Begins Now 11:51 Awakening Your Sankalpa 🌙 ✨ Curious what state of rest you're moving through right now? Take the free 5 States of Rest Quiz: https://www.novanidra.com/quiz 🕊 Discover Peace in Rest: https://www.novanidra.com/offerings Please practice at your own pace and only where it's safe to fully rest, and never while driving. Yoga Nidra supports rest and regulation but isn't a substitute for medical or mental health care. It always means the world to read your comments and insights. By following, subscribing, liking and sharing Yoga Nidra & Beyond, you help me extend these practices to those who need deep rest. A special thank-you to the Nova Nidra Community, who make these practices possible. Rest well. Be well, Ayla Nova Namaskar. 🙏 #yoganidra #nsdr #burnoutrecovery #nervoussystemregulation #fullmoon #guidedmeditationforsleep Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  4. Aug 13

    N. 125 New Moon | Yoga Nidra for Rituals of Rest

    New Moon Yoga Nidra for Trust & Manifestation | a deeply restful guided practice to calm the nervous system and meet the version of you who already became. The new moon offers a night without reflected light, and in that darkness, the stars become easier to see. In this Yoga Nidra, you're invited to rest beyond who you are becoming and sense the one who crossed the threshold:  the future you who learned what you are still learning, and who looks back at this moment with knowing. Together we move through the koshas, settling the physical body, breath, beliefs and emotions, before a gentle visualization where you may recognize the qualities of your future self already alive within you. You're welcome to drift into sleep and still receive the benefits of this practice. ✨ Curious what state of rest you're moving through right now? Take the free Five States of Rest Quiz: https://www.novanidra.com/quiz 00:12 Welcome from Ayla 02:15 Settling the Body & New Moon Intention 02:40 New Moon Message 05:15 Take a Breath 05:55 Yoga Nidra Begins Now 🌙 Applications for the 2026 Nova Nidra Teacher Training are now closed... the waitlist is open for both the Teacher Training and the Peace in Rest Program https://www.novanidra.com/offerings 🌙 5 States of Rest: https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about A gentle note: This practice is an invitation, not a prescription. Move at your own pace, rest in whatever position feels right for you, and please don't listen while driving. Yoga Nidra supports rest and well-being but isn't a substitute for medical or mental health care. It always means the world to read your comments and insights. By subscribing, liking and sharing, you help extend these practices to those who need deep rest. Rest well. Be well, Ayla Nova Namaskar. 🙏 #YogaNidra #NSDR #NewMoon #GuidedMeditation #YogaNidraForSleep #FutureSelf Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  5. Jul 30

    N.124 Full Moon | Yoga Nidra for Rituals of Rest

    Full Moon Yoga Nidra 🌕 | A Ritual in Rest for Release, Renewal & Nervous System Calm This Full Moon Yoga Nidra is a ritual in rest... a guided practice for slowing down, listening inward, and meeting whatever feels illuminated beneath the light of the full moon. If you notice yourself feeling more emotionally full, restless, energized, sensitive, or pulled between calm and chaos during this part of the lunar cycle, this practice offers a place to land it all. 🌙  5 States of Rest: https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about 🎓 Nova Nidra Teacher Training — apply today: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach Guided by Ayla Nova, this Yoga Nidra and Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) practice moves through breath, body, awareness, and the emotional polarity of calm and chaos — inviting you to experience both without needing to fix, suppress, or hold onto either. The full moon has long been used as a symbolic moment for reflection, culmination, release, and renewal. Rather than asking you to do more, this ritual invites you to lie down. To rest. To notice what has become clear. To feel what is ready to be acknowledged. And perhaps, to release what no longer needs to travel with you into the next cycle. 🌕 Let rest become the ritual. You do not need to force yourself into calm. You do not need to eliminate the chaos. Yoga Nidra invites you to witness both and discover the awareness spacious enough to hold them. 00:11 Ayla Nova's Welcoming Words 02:22 Ayla's Gratitude Offering 03:11 Preparing the Space & Body 05:55 The Practice of Yoga Nidra begins now 50:28 Closing Words & Return ✦ What to expect: — A Full Moon ritual experienced entirely through rest — Full-body rotation of consciousness for deep relaxation — Breath awareness to settle into the energetic body — Emotional polarity practice exploring calm and chaos — Space for reflection, release, and renewal — Guided visualization beneath the light of the full moon — Sankalpa, your heartfelt intention, woven into the practice — A gentle return into the next phase of your lunar cycle ✧☽ Mental Emotional Body: Calm & Chaos Can you feel calm without needing to hold onto it? Can you experience chaos without becoming consumed by it? Within Yoga Nidra, opposites can be experienced as changing states rather than permanent truths. You are invited to witness the movement between them and rest in the awareness beneath both. ✧☽ After the Practice Before getting up, notice what remains. What has become illuminated? What feels complete? What are you ready to release? And what would you like to carry intentionally into the cycle ahead? There is nothing you need to resolve tonight. Let the practice continue unfolding in its own time. If something became clear to you during your Full Moon Yoga Nidra, share your reflection below. Your words may help someone else recognize something within themselves. This practice is offered as a space for rest, meditation, and gentle self-inquiry and is not a substitute for medical or mental health care. Everything within the practice is an invitation. Move at your own pace and leave out anything that does not feel supportive today. Perfect for a Full Moon meditation, Full Moon ritual, Yoga Nidra for release, emotional release, nervous system regulation, intention setting, deep rest, Sankalpa practice, lunar meditation, and NSDR. #FullMoonYogaNidra #FullMoonMeditation #YogaNidra #NSDR #FullMoonRitual #NervousSystemRegulation #DeepRest Rest well. Be well, Ayla Nova Namaskar. 🙏 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  6. Jul 6

    N.123 Anxiety Relief Yoga | Yoga Nidra for Heart Healing | 52 Minutes

    Yoga Nidra for Sleep, Grief & Anxiety | NSDR to calm insomnia, racing thoughts, and a broken heart. This 52-minute Yoga Nidra is for insomnia, for waking in the dark and not settling back down, and for the stress and dread that hits before you're even out of bed. It's for grief... a breakup, a divorce, losing someone you loved... and for the anxiety that won't let go. Guided by Ayla Nova, this Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) practice moves through breath, body, and heart to calm your nervous system and guide you back toward rest. This is a space to soothe the heart and quiet the mind. Calm has two doors: sometimes you return through one small action, sometimes by letting things unfold in their own time. You only need to rest... the door will show itself. If this practice carries you back to sleep, that's the deepest wish behind it. 🌙 Join the Nova Nidra Community: https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about 🎓 Nova Nidra Teacher Training — apply today: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aylanovanidra 💛 Support via Gifts of Gratitude: https://bio.site/aylanovanidra 00:11 Ayla Nova's Welcoming Words 02:11 Ayla's Gratitude Offering 03:01 Preparing the Space & Body 03:44 The practice of Yoga Nidra begins now 50:28 Closing Words & Return ✦ What to expect: — A felt journey through the meadow, held from waking to rest — Full-body rotation of consciousness for physical release — Breath awareness and the infinity-breath for the energetic body — Emotional polarity work — forcing and unfolding — Guided visualization and Sankalpa integration — A gentle return, whether to your day or back to sleep ✧☽ Mental Emotional Body: Forcing & Unfolding ✧☽ After the Practice: Notice whether the ache has softened, even a little. There's no need to chase sleep or fix the morning — only to rest here as long as you need. Share what came up for you below; your reflections may support someone else finding their way back to calm. ✧☽ Thank you to all YouTube Supporters https://bio.site/aylanovanidra This practice is offered as a space of rest and gentle self-inquiry, not a substitute for medical or mental health care. Go at your own pace, and skip anything that doesn't feel right for your body today. Perfect for anxious waking, morning stress, nervous system regulation, emotional release, and returning to sleep. #YogaNidra #NSDR #TenderWaking #NervousSystemRegulation #EmotionalRelease #DeepRest #AylaNova Rest well. Be well, Ayla Nova Namaskar. 🙏 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  7. Jun 4

    N.012 A Journey Beyond | A Message From Ayla Nova

    In this poignant session, we explore the profound journey of processing loss, offering a space for emotional healing and grief support.  This practice is dedicated to providing comfort during times of grief, helping you find deep rest and calm amidst life's most challenging moments.  It acknowledges the sensitive topic of end of life, guiding you gently towards inner peace.  You live the practice before you ever lead it. Enroll Today | https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach Nova Nidra Community | https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about 🌙 What you'll hear in this video: Why most Yoga Nidra trainings miss the most important part The shadow work practice that changed my life during cancer treatment What the Nova Nidra Teacher Training actually is (and who it's for) How to know if you're ready — even if you're not sure you want to teach 0:00 Why I'm telling you this now 1:07 What people find when they go looking for a training 1:43 My cancer diagnosis and what Yoga Nidra actually did 6:36 What the Nova Nidra Training is really built around 9:52 The real reasons people hesitate (and what I'd say to each one) 11:03 Where to start if you're not ready to apply yet Nova Nidra Teacher Training is a 100-hour, Yoga Alliance-eligible program for those ready to go beyond technique into genuine transformation. Enroll Today | https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach Nova Nidra Community | https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about #YogaNidra #YogaNidraTeacherTraining #NervousSystemHealing #SomaticHealing #TraumaInformedYoga #RestAndRestore #YogaTeacherTraining #ShadowWork #DarkNightOfTheSoul #ConsciousRest #HealingJourney #YogaPhilosophy #MindBodyHealing #YogaNidraOnline #CertifiedYogaTeacher Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

  8. May 13

    N.122 Yoga Nidra for Releasing Anger and Resentment

    Yoga Nidra for sacred rage | NSDR for anger, emotional release, nervous system regulation, stress relief, and deep rest. Reset your nervous system with this 50-minute Yoga Nidra for Sacred Rage with Ayla Nova. This guided Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) practice is designed to support emotional release, nervous system regulation, and deep inner restoration through conscious rest, breath awareness, tension and release, and somatic meditation. Whether you are holding anger, frustration, grief, resentment, burnout, or emotional overwhelm within the body, this practice offers a grounded space to meet those experiences with awareness rather than suppression. Through Yoga Nidra, NSDR, chakra awareness, and guided visualization, we explore how sacred rage can become insight, clarity, boundaries, and inner power. This session includes tension and release techniques to help discharge held activation within the body while creating space for grace, reflection, and deep restoration. Free Nova Nidra Community https://www.skool.com/novanidracommunity/about Nova Nidra Teacher Training  APPLY TODAY | https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach 00:12 Ayla Nova’s Welcoming Words 02:35 Preparing for the Practice 03:05 Tension & Release Practice 04:44 Yoga Nidra for Sacred Rage Begins ✦ What to expect: — Guided body scan for deep relaxation — Tension and release for stored activation — NSDR for nervous system regulation — Chakra-based awareness for emotional processing — Breath awareness and somatic meditation — Guided visualization for insight and reflection — 50 minutes of conscious rest and restoration ✧☽ Mental Emotional Body: Rage & Grace ✧☽ After the Practice: Take a moment to notice what feels more honest, softened, or clear within you. Share your reflections below. Your awareness may support someone else in their own process. ✧☽ Thank you to all YouTube & Podcast Supporters https://bio.site/aylanovanidra Perfect for emotional release, stress relief, nervous system healing, burnout recovery, anxiety, boundary work, and deep rest. #YogaNidra #SacredRage #NSDR #EmotionalRelease #NervousSystemRegulation #SomaticHealing #GuidedMeditation #StressRelief #DeepRest #AylaNova Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

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thank you for being here. we all discover yoga nidra/nsdr for different reasons and one truth remains, awareness is the key to remapping our mind. here, you will discover the REST you deserve and need to RESTORE your nervous system on the road to a better sleep and life. Yoga Nidra & Beyond is a space for wellbeing, mental fitness and radical self acceptance. every wednesday you are invited to join ayla nova as you reset and dive deep into your own sleep yoga/nsdr experience. every practice will be unique, even when practiced again and again. rest well, be well 🖤☁️✨ Let me know how the podcast is doing: 🖤✨ Leave a Review for Ayla Nova 🙏✨ your support of Yoga Nidra & Beyond is always appreciated; you help ayla nova create more practices and content for you to experience. if this practice has been helpful and you wish to offer the 'Gift of Gratitude', click HERE. NEW FOR ALL PODCAST LISTENERS! Offer a monthly sponsorship of $5.99USD to sponsor and support my offerings you can go to: https://bit.ly/ThankYouforBeingHere ***for more content go to YouTube Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.

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