Yoga Nidra (Psychic Sleep)

"Yoga nidra means psychic sleep. Sleep rests the body, but yoga nidra rests both the mind and body. When you are asleep, your consciousness sleeps in your astral body, but in yoga nidra your consciousness is awake within. Yoga nidra performs two beneficial functions. It removes fatigue and invigorates the body. The stresses and strains of daily life create tensions and these rob the mind of its serenity. Yoga nidra removes tensions and restores the elasticity of your mind."

~Swami Satyananda Saraswati

The following recordings of Yoga Nidra practices are in the style of Satyananda Yoga Nidra.

Kaya Sthairyam

"Kaya means the physical body, the physical form, and sthairyam means stillness. The stillness of the physical form has to be acquired before you still the mind. To become still physically, you have to be in a comfortable state in the body and in the mind. You have to observe the body, the movements of the body, and restrict them. You have to be still, in that stillness there should be no tension or tightness, only stability. In that stability you have to be totally at ease with yourself. The condition that you create in your body will also encourage the mind to become like that: still. That is the first level." 

~Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

Antar Mouna - Inner Silence

"When the mind is silent and peaceful it becomes very powerful. It can become a receptor of bliss and wisdom enabling life to become a spontaneous flow and expression of joy and harmony. However…this inner silence cannot arise while there is a continual stream of disturbing thoughts and emotions. All this inner noise of thoughts and emotions has to be removed before one can truly experience the soundless sound of inner silence."

~Swami Satyananda Saraswati