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A deeper yoga & Yoga Nidra

Dedication

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Before you listen to the soundtracks

Soundtrack 1

Soundtrack 2

Soundtrack 3

Soundtrack 4

An open state

Bringing about an open state

Utilising the open state

The vision of the mountain

The symbol of the mountain in Yoga Nidra

Sankalpa — the resolution

Exploring your potential

Symbols and states

Sounds and tones

Nyasa in the physical and the subtle body

Dimensions

Five sheaths

Yoga Nidra in the ‘secret’ tantric training

Chakras – psychic centres

The brain and Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra and dopamine

Energy whirls and flows

The major chakras

Kriya Yoga

How to practise Yoga Nidra?

When?

The position and the stillness

Stress management

Yoga Nidra and the immune system

Do you want to do more?

Asleep and awake in Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra and your normal sleep

How to remain awake — practical suggestions

On the ability to experience

Coming out again

Perspectives

Nature

Initiates

Sannyasa

An uninterrupted experience

Secret language in Tantra and elsewhere

Swami Sivananda, Swami Satyananda and the tantric tradition

On being initiated

On teaching yoga

A note about teaching Yoga Nidra

A whole being

The four animals and …

The Form of the egg

Roop Verma

Swami Janakananda

Greeting from Håå International Retreat Center:

Swami Satyananda

In your essence…

The people behind…

References

Illustrations