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Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Rest, Relaxation, Stress, Burnout Hilary Jackendoff Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Rest, Relaxation, Stress, Burnout Hilary Jackendoff

What You’ve Been Getting Wrong About Rest

We have to make sure we’re on the same page in terms of what rest is – and what rest isn’t. Once you have an awareness of what rest isn’t, you can create space to welcome in a fresh perspective, beginning the process of shifting from burnout to balance by transforming your relationship to rest – and your relationship to yourself.

Here’s where we start - the reason you never feel relaxed or rested is because the things that your mind tells you are restful and relaxing actually aren’t.

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Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Rest, Relaxation, Stress, NSDR Hilary Jackendoff Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Rest, Relaxation, Stress, NSDR Hilary Jackendoff

Yoga Nidra is going to be a biohacker thing.

I’ve been practicing Yoga Nidra and rambling about it to anyone who will listen since 2008. Over the last several years, I’ve been watching it steadily grow in popularity, as sleep and rest have (blessedly!) become trendy in the wellness community.

Remember when Mindfulness started to become a thing? That’s where we are now….riiiight on the edge of that moment. Yoga Nidra is going to become a ‘mainstream’ meditation practice, y’all.

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