Gayle Andrews’ iRest Yoga Nidra Page
Welcome to my home practice web page. Here you will find recordings you can download to enjoy yoga nidra sessions at home.
Gentle Yoga for Stress Reduction (Spring 2010)
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May 5
Exploring the Breath
A meditative practice of feeling and becoming aware of the breath.
Recorded: May 5, 2010
Running time: 14 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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The Inner Resource
A meditative practice to create a safe haven/inner resource. This tool can then be used to help us feel relaxed and in control of our experience during the practice of iRest.
Recorded: May 5, 2010
Running time: 14 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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May 12
Breath Awareness for Relaxation
A practice of lengthening the exhalation to reduce anxiety or to deepen the relaxation response.
Recorded: May 12, 2010
Running time: 15 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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iRest Yoga Nidra: Between Heaviness and Lightness ...
A practice exploring the physical sensation heaviness and then its opposite, lightness or whatever sensation is arising during this practice.
Recorded: May 12, 2010
Running time: 34 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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May 19
iRest Yoga Nidra: Learning to Explore Sensation and Images
A beginning practice exploring physical sensation and welcoming images, noting our response to these sensations and images. We neither impose, judge nor repress, but allow expression of everything that arises.
Recorded: May 19, 2010
Running time: 25 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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May 26
The Turning of the Breath
Become the observer of the breath, in this short practice.
Recorded: May 26, 2010
Running time: 12 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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June 2
Being the Witness
This practice involves watching the pause/gaps in the turning breath of inhalation and exhalation. With this practice, we can learn to use the breath as a portal to Presence.
Recorded: June 2, 2010
Running time: 12 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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iRest Yoga Nidra
During this meditative practice, one is invited to explore an emotion that is present.
Recorded: June 2, 2010
Running time: 30 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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June 16
A Breath Meditation
Using the breath as a portal to stillness.
Recorded: June 16, 2010
Running time: 19 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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iRest Yoga Nidra
Frustrated, exasperated, depressed with the rainy weather? Feeling glum, low energy...use this practice to explore these or similar emotions with their opposites.
Recorded: June 16, 2010
Running time: 27 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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June 23
Exploring the Breath
Exploring the breath from the inside out, leading one to stillness.
Recorded: June 23, 2010
Running time: 17 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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iRest Yoga Nidra
A practice allowing one to bring in or be with whatever sensation, emotion or thought is arising in the moment.
Recorded: June 23, 2010
Running time: 24 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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June 30
A Simple Exploration of the Body
Using the breath to open constricted areas in the body...then welcoming stillness.
A poem by Rumi.
Recorded: June 30, 2010
Running time: 12 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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Summertime iRest Yoga Nidra
A practice using a story visualization of the quiet, relaxed days of summer.
Recorded: June 30, 2010
Running time: 27 minutesRight-click or Control-click here to download the audio.
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