EcoNIDRA™

Live Stream Session facilitated via Zoom

"The world needs the fully alive, well-rested you, not the exhausted you." - Karen Brody

Imagine you laying down on your back and being guided on a journey through your body, senses and a series of nature-based visualisations. Your mind, emotions and body are relaxing in such a deep way that it may make you feel more refreshed than after a couple of hours of deep sleep. This is the power of yoga nidra, a guided visualisation technique with ancient roots and scientifically proven transformational effects.

EcoNIDRA™ is a branch of the yoga nidra tree where nidra meets nature connection. A Forest Therapy guide at heart, Kat has created this blend of extremely deep relaxation, a deepening of our connection with nature and planting seeds of transformation in the powerfully healing state of parasympathetic nervous system dominance. For the practice of EcoNIDRA™, participants are encouraged to bring a nature being like a plant, rock, leaf or feather for their nature connection, and as a witness of their new planted intent. At the end of a session, they are encouraged to do a random act of kindness in their own environment and communities.

EcoNIDRA™ sessions facilitated online can help you:

• Reach a deep state of mental, emotional and physical relaxation
• Reduce your stress levels (lower cortisol levels, parasympathetic nervous system dominance),
• Improve your immune system functioning,
• Improve your sleep,
• Improve your digestion and regulate appetite,
• Cultivate more awareness & presence in your daily life,
• Plant a seed of a new intent,
• Facilitate the change of unwanted habits,
• Experience the state of bliss, flow and/or greater emotional stability,
• Enhance your sense of wellbeing
• Experience embodied relation with your closest nature and the whole,

... and many more benefits that will be a part of your unique journey through this powerful and gentle session!

Joining the live stream sessions is highly recommended for a better sense of connectedness, but the sessions will be recorded and sent to you to be enjoyed in your own time, if you can't join in real time.

Where: Yoga Nidra sessions can be enjoyed from your home, joining is very easy and doesn't require any special equipment other than your device, earbuds and a comfortable place where you can lie down and won't be disturbed. A pillow and a blanket are recommended to keep you warm and comfortable.

Upon registration, you'll receive all the support needed to join from your device and space.

Language: English

About the facilitator: Kat Novotna is founder of Way Back Home and EcoNIDRA™, a certified Yoga Nidra Teacher, Forest Therapy Guide and Body Wisdom Coach. She has many years of experience in guiding and teaching participants outdoors and online, and is using her gifts, skills and passion to help people slow down, re-charge and re-connect with nature, with themselves and others. Read more at www.waybackhome.nl

What is Yoga Nidra?

Yoga Nidra literally means yogic sleep. It is an ancient technique where the practitioner enters the deep states of conscious relaxation. It is a systematic practice of moving awareness from our external world to the inner world.

It brings us to a state of deep sleep where our senses, intellect, and mind relax. We become free from the concepts of time, space and reason. When this happens, brain activity reduces, and the body goes in the healing state. Therefore, it is also said that one hour of yoga Nidra can give the same benefit of a four-hour sleep. As the body enters a healing state, you can clear up the toxins at a cellular level, refresh the mind and remove baggage from the subconscious.

Yoga Nidra can be practiced by anyone. It holds immense benefits for all those who struggle to let go, those who suffer from lack of sleep, trauma, burn-out, and anxiety. It is also highly beneficial and holds great healing power for anyone who wants to experience a deeper sense of peace and re-connect more profoundly with themselves. The practice of Yoga Nidra leads us into a state of harmonious, restful being. From here, we can heal, restore and awaken to our true, blissful and eternal Self.

If done regularly, Yoga Nidra can also lead to deep healing, release of negative mental patterns and release of emotional disturbances rooted in the subconscious.

The practice of Yoga Nidra is gaining popularity all over the world as more and more people experience its healing powers while ongoing research continues to prove its effectiveness.

“It is a state in which you are neither asleep nor awake. If you fall asleep, it is not Yoga Nidra. If you remain awake, then too it is not Yoga Nidra. If dreams overtake you, it is not Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is a state in which there is awareness of the conscious, subconscious and unconscious fields of your mind all at one time. It is a perfect therapy. It removes all psychological abnormalities and samskaras, and helps you to become your normal, natural self.” (Swami Satyananda)