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Experience Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra really needs to be experienced first-hand to reap its benefits and feel the wonder of it.  Here’s how …

Yoga Nidra MeditationsYoga Nidra 1 2 3 is as easy as one, two, three.  Video / Audio 

Done lying down, this delightful yoga nidra meditation experience gently guides you into feeling totally at ease, refreshed, and energized.  Live harp, chimes, and flute music is soothing and mesmerizing.

Feel unconditional peace and joyfulness by sweeping away physical, mental, and emotional tension to clear space for insights and creativity to flourish. A heartfelt pledge (sankalpa) enables you to make positive changes that last.

Yoga Nidra 1 2 3 was recorded at a live yoga nidra class on zoom. You and your pets are warmly invited to join our friendly yoga nidra group on Mondays.  It’s wonderful!

Yoga Nidra 1 2 3 is from Julie Lusk’s book, Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation.  It is included in Nidra Shakti: The Power of Rest by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.

Yoga Nidra 1 2 3 Video

 

Yoga Nidra 1 2 3 Audio

 

Handy Yoga Nidra Links

Certified Yoga Nidra Teachers

Graduates of the Yoga Nidra Professional Training & Certificate Program – Level I 

2017 to 2023

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

September 2017 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Ilona Pisarek is a hatha yoga teacher, RYT 200 trained in the Sivananda style. She also completed 100 hours of training in Yoga of Recovery to help those overcoming addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Her passion for helping others led her to discover Yoga Nidra as a powerful tool for a stress relief and finding peace. She completed the training of Yoga Nidra Level 1. Ilona also holds academic degrees in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She offers private and small groups classes in English and Polish. Ilona lives in Lawrenceville, NJ.  Contact her by email
Kathryn Weirick – Coming soon.
Nancy McMahon BA, MPA loves sharing her love of yoga with others. Nancy earned Yoga Alliance’s RYT 200 certification after completing studies with Denise Moore’s Open Dimension Yoga Teachers Training Program, an Integral Yoga based program.  Further studies with Julie Lusk/Wholesome Resources garnered her Yoga Nidra Professional Training certification: Level I.  Nancy is also certified by the American Heart Association in Heartsaver CPR/AED. Nancy teaches in the Middleburg, Delaplane and The Plains areas in Virginia.  Learn more at yogaworkz.com. Like her Facebook page
Natalie Kahn, MA, RYT, loves her life on Hatteras Island, NC, working with others in-person & online, as a guide to empower oneself through the tools of yoga. She combines her training in the Himalayan tradition and yoga nidra with her degrees and experience in education to offer 1-on-1 sessions, personalized sadhana (daily practice), group classes and Unplug & Empower Yoga Retreats. Visit yogardenshine.com for more and follow her at Yogardenshine on Instagram and Facebook.
Neli Ramirez is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher.  She has a BS in Nursing and is a Certified Diabetes Educator.  Neli is enrolled in the University of Texas online course, Science & Practice of Yoga and intends to complete the Integral Yoga Teacher Training course to have the tools needed to guide herself and others to a space to help create a healthier world.  She is enrolled in the tension/trauma release exercise program (TRE) and a CMT massage therapy program (CMT).   She says, “During my Yoga Nidra training, I reached a space of peaceful realization that opened a door for me.  Behind that door I could see myself (really SEE myself) and accept all good and petty things that make me human. I could also SEE the people around me in just the same way. I accepted all of it: the good and the bad, the past, present, and future.” Neli lives and works in Charlottesville, VA. Email Neli 
Polly Behringer a lifelong practitioner of different modalities of healing through yoga.  She is a studio owner, The WhereHouse Okc in Oklahoma, a RYT-200 Yoga Teacher certified by Becca Hewes, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, owner of YogaLife. She is certified in Yoga Nidra – Level I by Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT.  Polly has studied Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) with the founder & creator of TRE, David Berceli, PhD &  Paul Darby, LPC, CACIII and Board of Directors TRE for all of U.S.  Future plans include attending the Integral Yoga Teachers Training 200 hour program, a month long immersion / onsite program of  Satchidanada Ashram – Yogaville.”
Tosh Patterson is known as the simplicity expert who helps busy professional women break up with burnout and overwhelm. Her expertise has been featured on the Dr Oz Show, U.S. News & World Report and various media outlets. Tosh has earned certifications in Yoga Nidra, Bikram Yoga, Meditation and uses these modalities to teach women how to simplify life. Women rave about Tosh’s annual event, RECHARGE Retreat. Visit toshpatterson.com to learn more about retreats, classes, and programs.  
Viviana Collazo – coming soon

November 2018 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Cynthia (Cinmayi) Moore fell in love with the yoga nidra part of Integral Yoga so chose that path for teacher training. Meditation, and cultivating peace are lifelong pursuits. Cynthia is a healthcare provider (registered dietitian, diabetes educator and integrative coach) and believes in the power of Yoga Nidra to heal.  Contact her by email.
Elizabeth Norqual M.A., R.N., N.E.T.A.-C.G.E.I., Certified Yoga Nidra instructor and Holistic Practitioner.  With more than 35 years experience as a Registered Nurse and Psychotherapist, Elizabeth (Betty) is passionate about preventing stress related illness by teaching clients how to live a healthy mind, body, spirit life style including yoga practice and yoga nidra (yogic sleep, deep relaxation).  She is the founder of Beautiful as You Are, B.A.Y.A., she leads a weekly support group based on the six principles of Simple Abundance.  As an educator, she present workshops on stress management and other Holistic topics for personal and professional growth.  She is available to teach Yoga Nidra, Stress Relief, and Deep Relaxation privately 1:1 or in a group setting.  To arrange a session or to inquire on workshop topics contact her here.
Anna Vasudevan
Cathrine Nelson 
Christina Maniccia
DeAnn Stanley 
Florence Ambika Cristelli 
Gigi Jones 
Irma Rosario 
Jori Andler 
LeeAnne Gfroerer 
Lisa Caunitis 
Marilyn Perry 
Mary Jane Palmigiano 
Pauline Gianoplus 
Raama Das 
Rachel Martinez 
Ricardo Chiaradia 
Sheila Lapeyrouse 
Sherry Hanover 
Victoria Jaya Eubanks
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.
September 2019 – Yoga Nidra Level I
Barbara Germershausen 
Brian Fouche teaches Yoga Nidra and Meditation classes.  He  has completed 100 hours of teacher training in advanced Yoga sequencing and Yin Yoga through Bhakti Yoga DC.  Brian seeks to guide his students by serving as a voice which they can make their own and incorporate into their everyday life as they come back into contact with their true inner self.  Brian lives in Washington, D.C. Contact him by email.
Chuck Rounds
Colleen Dwyer
Diana Kelly
Ivanna Kokriatskaia
Joe Duquette
Linda Murray
Lori Burckart
LuAnn Oliver 
Nelda Eserin
Patty Strawderman
Irmina Ulysse 
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

February 2022 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Angelica Lakshmi Gutierrez 
Annalisa Derryberry is a licensed massage therapist (FL MA43061), certified hand & foot reflexologist, and certified yoga teacher. For more than 17 years, she has assisted people in experiencing deep relaxation, pain relief, and an improved sense of well-being. She also offers weekly Yoga Nidra sessions online as another way to help people to be kind to their bodies and minds. Learn more at DerryberryMassage.com  or email her here. 
Georgia F. LaCroix, Level I Yoga Nidra Certified Teacher, Empowerment Coach, combines Yoga Nidra, integrative healing skills, and coaching to offer her clients and students avenues through which they can come into awareness of their Wholeness, become empowered, and move forward to experience practical, full, productive, creative and joy-filled lives.  Georgia teaches and facilitates Reiki, Yoga Nidra, and workshops designed to help individuals break through their blocks and move forward!  A Board Certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Hypnotherapist, and practitioner in several other modalities, Georgia has 25 years of extensive study and experience in the fields of bodywork, energy healing and coaching. GeorgiaLaCroix.com  // Contact her by email here. 
Gina Alderman
Jeffrey Dharma Hollar
Joan Pleasants
JoAnn Bonifacio
Julie M. Haines
Lisa Ann Sheehy
Margaret Ralph
June Zimmerman
Nana Smith
Nikki Wesen has combined her love of yoga, sound meditation, and Reiki to help with the healing of herself and others. She believes we are all capable of healing ourselves, and sometimes we need the help of others to do it. Through her dedication to herself and to those she is fortunate enough to help, she would like to serve as a steppingstone to cross the bridge into a healing mindset. Nikki is RYT-200 Yoga Instructor certified from Honor Yoga, NJ. She is an Atma Buti certified sound healing practitioner under Suren Shrethra as well as being certified in yin yoga with Corina Benner. She is certified in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Meditation, IY Stress Management TT, and Yoga Nidra Level 1 with Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT. Most of all, she believes that these healing modalities, should be accessible to everyone. KumamaEnergyHealing.com 
Pamela Adami
Rasamayi Victori, RCRT, RRPr, CAP is a lifelong student, practitioner and educator of the healing arts. She has always felt a deep connection with all living things.  A near death experience at a young age gave her a deeper understanding of this connection.  Her passion for natural healing and helping others led her on a wonderful journey of learning and sharing that continues today. Rasamayi has been teaching Yoga, Meditation and Deep Relaxation for over 25 years in the US and Canada. She is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher, Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Yoga Stress Management Teacher, Certified Yoga Teacher, iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher Level 1. Learn more at victorinaturalhealth.com. Contact her by email here.
Sanjana Patel
Sylvia Villarreal
Tami Musumeci-Szabo
Tinuola Bello
Vimukti Aslan
Vyasa Smith
January 2023 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

Anne Hurley
Bhudevi (Melissa Anne) McClain 
Jennifer McKeen-Rodrigues
Jivapriya (Jessica) Colette 
June Zimmerman
Lauren Curtis
LJ Laura Kontos
Malati (Maria) Gelabert
Margaret Ramos
Maureen Gilmartin
Mercy Mungwadzi AUDIT
Nadia (Nadezhda) Vladgina
Nandini (Nonhlanhla) Shembe-Williams
Rasamayi Victori
Rebecca Cooley
Nathalie Rukmini Ando is certified in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Integral Yoga, Raja Yoga, Adaptive, Stress Management, Yoga of Recovery, Yin Yoga, Neuroscience and Yoga, and Yoga Nidra Level 1. She has been practicing Yoga since 2004 and has been teaching since 2010. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and is a fine artist specializing in oil-on-canvas. You can take her online classes at iytv.online and see her artwork at natiando.art and nathalie-ando.pixels.com.
Sharanya (Nancy) Debruler
Sonya Phillips
Tomoko Nakamura
Veronica Escobar is an elder and special needs law and trusts and estates attorney by day and, at other times, is continuing her studies as an aspiring end of life doula. Due to her professional and personal experiences, she has developed an interest in end of life, palliative and hospice care and its impact on the individual and their family and loved ones. As part of her commitment to this work, she completed her Yoga Nidra Level 1 teacher training with Julie Lusk. Her hope is to incorporate Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga in her work as a doula and to further companion the dying and their families with these true gifts. She can be reached at veronica@thewaterbearer.com
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

Yoga Articles, Videos & Links

Enjoy these yoga articles, yoga videos & links from Julie Lusk.  

Julie Lusk is author of  6 books: Yoga Nidra Meditations, Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief, Yoga Meditations Book & CD Set; 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery & Inner Healing – 2 Volumes; Desktop Yoga ® and numerous audio recordings.  Click Here for details and ordering info.


♥  Page Summary 

  • What is yoga and how to choose a class
  • Breathing techniques, yoga sequences and videos
  • Chakra energy empowerment articles and charts
  • Yoga Nidra (yoga sleep)
  • Yoga meditations
  • Yoga mudras (hand gestures)
  • Desktop Yoga ® (chair yoga)
  • Inspiring quotes
  • Free yoga guidebook (pdf)

♥  Handy Links

Yoga is skill in actionRainbow yoga without regard for results.
– Bhagavad-Gita 2.50

Physical postures are mastered when practiced mindfully, effortlessly, and with awareness of the Infinite.
– Yoga Sutras 2.47

Om 

What is yoga?

How to choose a class?

Yoga Articles on Breathing Techniques (Pranayama)

Yoga Sequences and a few Free Videos

Yoga Nidra for Deep Conscious Relaxation

♥ Training in Yoga Nidra for Teachers & Health Professionals is available now. ♥  

Books & Recordings on Yoga Nidra by Julie Lusk

Chakra Articles & Charts

Yoga Meditations

♥  Get your copy of  Yoga Meditations Book & CD set by Julie Lusk (Whole Person Press Publisher)

♥  Complete Catalog of books, recordings & more – includes Yoga Meditations, Yoga Nidra & others

Yoga Articles on Mudras (hand gestures)

Mudras are yoga positions, gestures, and seals for your hands and fingers that facilitate health, healing, psychological balance and spiritual transformation.   Some mudras use the whole body and breath.  They are effective, easy to learn, practical and powerful, and anyone can do them. 

Desktop Yoga ® by Julie Lusk ~ published by Penguin Putnam Books

Stay alert, productive and stress-free with effective chair exercises to relieve aching backs, tired eyes and tight shoulders.  Replenish your energy by learning ‘How to take a two-hour nap in two-minutes.’

Get Inspired


♥  Get your Free Yoga Guidebook by Julie Lusk featuring:

  • Important Guidelines for the Practice of Yoga
  • Benefits, Cautions and Contraindications for yoga poses
  • Yoga Asana Chart ©
  • Alignment Guidelines and Selected Warm Ups to Open Joints and Warm Muscles
  • Yoga Guidelines for Health Conditions (arthritis, back problems, cancer, high blood pressure, menstruation, pregnancy, PMS and menopause, etc.)


    Julie LuskJulie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT 500, has more than 35 years of expertise in stress relief, yoga, relaxation training, guided imagery, and meditation as an international author, recording artist, and workshop leader. Julie is the author of Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief, Yoga Meditations, two volumes of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, and Desktop Yoga®. Her audio downloads and CDs include Wholesome Relaxation, Power of Presence, Yoga Nidra Essentials, Blue Moon Rising, and many others. Learn more at WholesomeResources.com

     

     

The 12 Best Nights of Yoga Poem

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On the best night of yoga, my teacher gave to me …

12 Meditations

11 Warrior Poses

10 Oms A-Singing

9    Yogis Sleeping

8    Pigeons Posing

7    Chakras Spinning

6    Standing Stretches

5    Namastes

4    Breaths of Joy

3    Sun Salutes

2    Downward Dogs … and

      Balance in a tree pose!

 

PS.  Here’s my rendition of Twas the Night Before Christmas Yoga Poem

 

Image sources for The 12 Nights of Yoga were compiled by and used with permission from B.L. Barnes : https://tinyurl.com/4hvb9twt, https://tinyurl.com/34vnfcu8, and https://tinyurl.com/5n7fd6xd 

                                                  

Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation Research for Memory – Kirtan Kriya

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I just love synchronicity, don’t you? Right when I was looking for Sa Ta Na Ma meditation research – Kirtan Kriya – Amy Weintraub sent me a copy of her newsletter, LifeForce Yoga.  My eyes popped out of my head with delight because she had compiled an excellent review of the literature on this meditation technique that improves memory.  She generously said that I could share what’s below with you.  I highly recommend Amy Weintraub’s website at LifeForce Yoga: Manage Your Mood. You will also benefit from and enjoy registering for her newsletter and going to her workshops.

Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation Research:  Kirtan Kriya Effects Cognitive Function, Memory and Stress

In three separate studies published this year and in one that is on-going, Kirtan Kriya, as taught by the Kundalini master Yogi Bhajan, was shown to increase short term memory, cognitive function and to reduce stress.  In separate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and one continuing at the University of California (UCLA), researchers measured cerebral blood flow in the brain (rCBF) using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to determine which areas are more active and which are less during the practice.  One study compared long-term meditators to non-meditators.  Another study compared those practicing the meditation with those who listened to a Mozart violin concerto.  A third study compared the more active meditation to a relaxation exercise.

Kirtan Kriya is a 12-minute active meditation that include mudra (hand gesture), mantra (out loud, whispered and repeated silently), and visual imagery,

In the on-going study at UCLA, those practicing 12-minutes of Kirtan Kriya meditation are being compared with those using a 25-minute relaxation tape.  Preliminary results from the 39 caregivers who have already completed the study (23 practiced Kirtan Kriya, 16 listened to a relaxation audio tape) indicate:

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