30 Minute Yoga Nidra Meditation - Releasing Negative Thoughts

30 Minute Yoga Nidra Meditation - Releasing Negative Thoughts
The theme of this Yoga Nidra meditation is 'pratipaksha bhavana' which is a concept in Yoga and meditation designed to balance the negativity bias of the mind and cultivate a positive mindset. Negative thoughts, or self limiting thoughts, are something we all battle with because our mind is naturally biased towards negativity. Please bear in mind that we are not trying to stop negative thoughts - we're not trying to fight against what is. Instead we're working with what is in the mind, and using the mind as a tool, to get to a place of acceptance, integration and release.

This guided meditation will lead you into a state of non-sleep deep rest (NSDR), promoting deep relaxation and self-awareness, by using the classical Yoga Nidra system of meditation rooted in ancient tantric wisdom. Yoga Nidra is a dreamless state of deep sleep, a unique state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, where the mind and body are stilled but your awareness remains awake.

Benefits of this guided meditation include:
🤍 Physical Benefits - relieve tension, manage stress, and calm your nervous system;
🤍 Mental Benefits - release emotional energy, improve your focus, calm your mind, declutter your mind and gain mental clarity.
🤍 Spiritual Benefits - enhance self-awareness, strengthen the mind-body-spirit connection, and create space for inner growth.

If you're recovering from trauma or experiencing a severe mental health condition, I wouldn't recommend this type of deep meditation; instead I would suggest movement and breathing meditations and Yoga Nidra for sleep (see links below) to help regulate your nervous system and feel safe in your body 🤍
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00:00 Introduction
01:01 Positioning The Body
02:02 Setting Your Sankalpa
03:59 Sound Meditation
06:26 Body Rotation of Consciousness
11:48 Breathing Meditation
17:58 Embodiment
20:37 Visualisation
31:20 Mind Space
33:19 Integration & Grounding