What Is Yoga Nidra, Is It For Me?

Hi,

My name is Marcel Groux and I'm a Yoga Nidra teacher and I go over some questions here that will explain you what Yoga Nidra is all about.

And so you can make a decision for yourself if you like to try it or not,

If it's for you or not.

Let's go.

Let's get started.

I have not read these questions,

So I will need to at least think a little bit about some answers.

So let's go.

What is Yoganidra in the simplest possible terms?

What would you tell someone who's never heard of it?

So Yoganidra.

Is a guided meditation.

It's done lying.

So you're lying down.

Hence,

It's.

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Very special because you're getting to a state between wakefulness and sleep.

And This state is very rejuvenating.

And very energizing,

Let's say.

Or regulating,

Is maybe even a better term.

Good.

Let's go to the next question.

Why do you personally love teaching yoga nidra above everything else?

I see the practice as very powerful.

I experience it as.

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Tremendously better than all the other practices of like meditation practices that I've done.

And it even has the potential of taking a beginner showing this beginner.

Like a profound experience in meditation.

That's.

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You only can wish for when you start to meditate with other practices.

Because these experiences are guided.

They are somewhat safe.

Because I'm guiding them.

I can put the safe rails on and guide you in and guide you out.

Of course they need a certain trust.

But the main thing why I love it so much it's like taking you deep and really really far if you can allow it.

And that's just absolutely beautiful.

In my opinion and it's vitalizing as well.

This is why I love it over all the other practices.

And of course there's a KV to it.

It's done while lying,

So it's meditation.

You should take care of your body.

By doing some exercises and so on,

Exercising your body and so on.

So this is not like body exercising.

But it's more.

More a coming into contact with your whole being.

So in a way you're still exercising your body,

But.

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It's not physical exercise,

Let's say.

So next question,

What actually happens in a session?

What does someone do and what might they feel?

So you're going over an intention setting in the beginning,

Mostly if it's really a short session.

There won't be any intention.

This might be,

I am present.

And this intention will stay with you for the practice.

And then you can go and dive into a body scan.

You're going throughout the body.

And possibly your den.

Going into a visualization and then you slowly come out of it again.

If you don't completely understand what I'm saying,

It's best to just practice to feel in and see what I mean by these words of body scan and so on and what happens.

It's really difficult to explain Um,

The the.

The sensations that you will feel.

Depth of it,

You cannot really put it into words,

I believe,

Or just really,

Really difficult to put it into words.

And it's also taking away from your experience,

Because imagine you're going up a mountain,

And I describe you what you will see when you're on top of the mountain.

There's a certain kind of expectation on it,

And maybe you will see what I'm saying.

But if I didn't say anything.

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You might have seen something.

Incredibly beautiful!

That I am not able to see.

So this is very important as well to understand.

So is it meditation?

Is it sleep?

How do you explain the difference?

Again,

This practice is in a state of wakefulness and just before sleep.

So it's been in between sleep and wakefulness.

And This state is very nurturing to you.

So next question,

Do you need any experience,

Flexibility or equipment to try it?

All you need is Space Clear.

Still place that is without disturbances,

Unlike you can just be in private,

You know,

Lying down,

So a mattress or a mat on the floor,

And then you basically can practice.

What does yoga nidra do to the nervous system and why does that matter for modern youth?

Well,

Our nervous system is extremely stimulated.

And that's very problematic.

And even like some people don't understand that their nervous system is extremely stimulated.

And they do not understand what,

For example,

The phone is doing to them.

And to to really get to the point of it.

A lot of people think that.

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More,

More,

More,

More is better.

Instead of like.

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Having less of like activities.

Of things to do on your phone,

For example.

That this might be better.

So.

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Your nervous system is very stimulated in these times of the modern media landscape.

So you want to take back charge of your life.

Take back and feel into what is actually happening to your nervous system.

And take back control and regulate what is happening.

On your nervous system and as a stepping stone this yoga nidra practice is great to feel in to the nervous system and then to regulate it to give it more vitality so we can't take up more.

But then again.

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Realize that If you give it more space,

If you give it more room to just be.

That it will a tremendous effect on your relationships,

On your surroundings.

Your life in total.

What results have your students reported after even one session?

So basically after one session it's just like too early to say.

There might be relaxation,

There might be some form of like,

Wow,

I did something,

You know?

But it's not enough to see the effect that it has.

The powerful transformation that can occur.

And See ya dumb.

Way it's going to affect you in a positive way.

There are a lot of people that are already saying after one session that They are feeling something within themselves,

You know,

And they're grateful for these sessions.

And then again it's only when you start doing a somewhat consistent practice and you're realizing that,

Wow.

This is really coming from this meditation.

This feeling of clarity,

Feeling of I have more control over my life,

For example.

And then you can really say like,

Wow.

That's great.

But after all.

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You will realize you're doing it yourself.

It's not me doing the work.

I'm just inviting you,

Guiding you.

You are doing the work and you are making this happen.

What's the biggest misconception people have before they try it?

I believe,

Like.

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A lot of people think that it's easy.

A lot of people think that it's just like Aya.

Just doing this and so on.

Or they believe like.

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That's just surface level.

No,

This is not surface level.

This is deep work.

And it's not esoteric.

It is.

Scientifically proven.

And I even did.

Really profound science You're gonna need RAS.

Really getting to the point on like,

Hey,

Let's get this done,

You know.

Creating this 13 minutes meditation that is available in the premium segments.

That is completely done on scientific papers.

So if you like to check that out,

Please feel free.

And still This misconception on like,

Hey,

This is something esoteric might still be around,

You know,

And it's something where you're feeling into the body.

And I believe like.

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A lot of people still have this.

This kind of like being careful about these things,

And rightfully so.

And still.

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There is.

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There is a certain thing where we need to say hey we are vulnerable we are human we are We are hanging on a thread.

Single little line that can be cut at any time.

And we can be hurt,

You know,

And we are going through this.

And realizing like,

Hey,

This is,

This is.

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Okay to be vulnerable.

Even to.

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To men,

To say that,

Hey,

I'm vulnerable.

I'm not like a hero.

And it's.

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So strange,

You know,

That.

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We're not there,

Unlike.

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Hey,

We're supporting each other.

This practice is amazing.

This will support you.

This will give you power and vitality.

This will make you stronger.

And we are sometimes holding back from certain practices.

So I recommend you to try it out.

One,

Two,

Three times and see how it feels to you,

You know,

And before like really saying like,

Hey,

This is something or this is nothing for me.

Who is this especially good for?

Who should definitely try this?

I believe it's especially good for people with addictions.

With people that have their hormonal system a little bit.

Abused,

Let's say.

With pressing buttons to get a lot of dopamine in.

And not really realizing what they're doing.

And then being able to have a place where they can regulate This.

Dopamine playing fields and then can start new to.

To discover and see like.

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How their system starts to recalibrate and maybe even realize that I'm going to say this and please take this with certain caution.

They realize that certain pills don't work.

They don't really need.

They're just needing them because of their behaviors that they are doing in their day-to-day life.

That's why they need these pills.

Especially what I'm saying here is like,

For example,

For ADHD.

However,

Again,

This is not medical advice.

Please speak to your doctor and so on.

Still here this is profound work that you're doing this is going to change.

Your system.

Your body.

If someone is sitting on the fence,

What would you say to get them to just press play?

You should just try it out.

Try to surrender.

To somebody that you trust.

So if you're new to me right now,

We are kind of like developing a certain trust already.

So if you listened that far,

You might resonate with the teachings that I have.

Might see like,

Okay,

I mean it well to you.

And you can then tune in even better than before,

Right?

And this is.

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Yeah,

My advice to you.

What's the one thing you want a complete beginner to know before their first session?

I think the.

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Moose!

Important thing that you can do.

In like the first sessions and so on,

And this you can also take on with you,

Is like try to lie as still as you can.

So really try to lie there and be in control of lying still there.

And as soon as you are doing this,

Of course,

If there's some slight uncomfort,

Please change it and then lie still again.

However if there's just a little bit of like a tickling sensation somewhere and you want to scratch.

Try to not scratch,

Just observe this tickling sensation for a moment.

And of course if it gets too much,

Of course scratch.

If it's just there for a moment,

There's no need to scratch.

So try to be still.

Try to be still.

That's it for these questions.

I have one more thing to ask of you.

Um,

Keys.

Videos,

These journeys,

This the sessions that I create take time.

And.

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So I ask of you.

Say thank you for these journeys to kind of like close the loop.

So you can give them five stars,

Of course,

You can hit a like or whatever,

You know.

Really give them something back.

In the sense to be able to close the loop and saying thank you.

This is.

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Important for me on one side,

But on the other side,

It's also important for you.

And here comes the point,

Because you are interacting with the session,

The journey,

You are becoming like almost part of it.

So you are part of it and you're part of something greater.

And this.

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Is meaning.

This is meaningful for you.

It's meaningful for you to do this practice suddenly.

You are becoming part of something greater.

This is what we're here for.

This is what we want to do.

In the sense of like,

Hey.

I'm doing this?

I am practicing here.

This is my space.

I'm going to.

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Say thank you closing this loop and i leave it behind i'm i'm leaving it behind going out in the world and just going further when without thinking oh i could have left five stars there i could have liked it i could have left a comment just do it to really finish up finish up the loop.

And I recommend this to all the people because I see it happening a lot of times.

The people just come in to listen and they're doing the practice and they're leaving.

It's really important to close the loop.

To Close it for yourself.

So you can completely relax.

Go into the next thing.

So it's almost like a little bit of a ritual that you're doing.

To really close it because in the end I can close the meditation for you,

Right?

Or I can close this video for you.

However.

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You are closing it.

You are closing it.

You want to be in charge.

And this is very important to see.

And that you are.

Finding this point where you can say thank you.

Where you can close it.

And doing some action.

And again,

This also helps me too.

So thank you so much for listening to me for this amount of time.

I hope you liked it.

I'm happy to see you on the first meditation when you're there.

All the best.

See you there.