![]() IRest Yoga Nidra is a practice that cultivates in us, a resilience, a way of staying connected with our true selves, and a way of remembering that we are enough, just the way we are, regardless of what society may tell us. This provides a feeling of calm and peacefulness, because our minds are not jumping around hither tither, unnoticed, it still might jump around but you start to become aware of it, and my voice is there to come back to, so you can anchor more easily back to focusing in meditation!Īnd it’s a lovely way to get to know each other in our lovely little community of Clunes and the surrounding locale, and co-create a spirit of wellbeing together! Often, it is our minds that are wearing us out, recurring niggling thoughts, over-worrying and over-thinking everything – this is shatteringly tiring, so the guided part of the meditation is excellent for focusing the mind. So if you are exhausted or you notice you’re just tired a lot, you will gain huge benefits from the physical and mental rest side of this practice. iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation is super restorative This practice is for EVERYONE, from people with inflexibility, injuries or impediments that might inhibit a ’normal’ yoga practice, to those who enjoy a very active lifestyle / yoga, from the young and impetuous to the older and wiser amongst us. You don’t need to know how ‘do’ yoga, or know ‘how to meditate’. ” – Eckhart Tolleĭuring certain blocks through the year at Pure-Li Yoga, we have a weekly group practice, which is just 45 minutes long, and also there are courses of iRest taking us more in depth into the protocol and practice.ĭepending on what point within the term you come along, we might be doing anything from a simple guided meditation, introducing aspects of iRest, to an Autogenics meditation, to a simple Yoga Nidra, to a full blown iRest Yoga Nidra! So come along and try it out – whichever one we are doing, the intention, purpose and results are effectively very similar – quite simply you experience DEEP RELAXATION AND RESTORATION.Īnd it doesn’t matter what part of the term you come in – so don’t be put off it’s new to you, or it sounds confusing! There is nothing you need to do, other than commit to show up and try your best at making yourself ultra-comfortable! Everything is provided to make this easy for you. “ When we are identified with our thinking mind, our experience of life is constricted and limited to an opaque screen of words, images, concepts and labels – second-hand representations of life that might as well be a movie on a screen. We are all something greater and more mysterious and miraculous than just these things. In YOGA we say that we are not our thoughts, our feelings, our emotions … they are all PART OF US but they don’t define who we are. When we describe our experience it helps us to dis-attach and dis-identify with it. ![]() The practice invites you to notice and welcome whatever is arising for you in the moment. It is a therapeutic and insightful practice which helps you to understand yourself better, and can be really helpful when experiencing life’s challenges. So it is in effect, a facilitated meditation, where we are entering together into meditative awareness. The dyad practice (dyad just means two – so this is a one on one process), involves you sitting or lying comfortably whilst we venture together to what is present for you, using iRest protocol to guide us. See the timetable page for info on when you can join a group practice or text me on 0405 132 432 if you cant find what you’re hoping for! The dyad practice. It’s a practice that makes us more resilient and more conscious and present, bringing a joy and connectedness to life where you may not even have been seeking it!Īt Pure-Li Yoga, I offer a group practice of iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation and also a private dyad practice. It can be seen as a life-support, no matter what stage of life you are experiencing. There doesn’t need to be anything ‘wrong’ in order to practice iRest. IRest nourishes noble qualities such as joy, peacefulness, empathy, forgiveness, patience and loving kindness toward yourself and others, and supports you to resolve issues such as ![]() IRest provides you with tools to help you relax deeply, release stress, increase resilience, improve your interpersonal relationships and provide you with greater mastery and control in your life. Its practice is integrative as it heals the various unresolved issues and traumas that are present in your body and mind, and restorative as it enables you to recognize your innate peace of mind that is always present amidst all changing circumstances of life. Based on the ancient teachings of meditation, iRest is an evidence-based transformative practice that leads to psychological, physical, and spiritual healing and well-being.
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