Meditation

In person classes

Weekly Guided Meditation Classes Now available at The Yoga Sanctuary in Punta Gorda:
Fridays 5:30-6:30pm, Yoga Nidra: Rest & Renew
Private Yoga Nidra classes available for your household, office, or event! Please schedule as a Private Yoga Class or Sound Bath.

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Custom Recording RAtes:

$108 for one 54 minute guided meditation recording
$144 for two versions: 54 and 27 minutes
Timeframes may be adapted to suit your needs.
May included as much sound healing or silence as you would like.
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All Guided Meditations are made in the format of Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)
Immediate effects of Yoga Nidra:
Quickly enter a state of rest and relaxation
Return the nervous system into the parasympathetic state
Quiet the mind and calm disturbing emotions
Give the both body and mind some dedicated time to heal and rejuvenate

With continued practice, lasting effects may include:
increased self-awareness, fluid creativity, insight to one’s own nature, purpose, and/or calling,
the ability to self-regulate and reprogram both body and mind,
and a deeper connection to one’s own experience of God/Source/Truth

Free Yoga Nidra, Soundscape Meditations, and Yoga Playlists for your home practice
are available for free online listening Here ❤

The approach to stillness

Yoga Nidra is the primary method used in all meditation classes; it is both a systematic practice, as well as a state of awareness. In the practice, one is guided through a variety of relaxation techniques in order to slow the mind, putting the body to sleep while maintaining a trace of awareness.
As the mind comes to settle, the body is freed to channel all of its energy towards healing itself in whatever way is needed at that time. So long as the mind is active, the state of Yoga Nidra is inaccessible. This is why the guidance of a voice is helpful. By remaining in a state of listening, we obstruct the process of thinking, and give the body more space and time to rest and regenerate itself through the natural process of sleep. The practice is to maintain trace of awareness and to observe one’s experience with non-reactive presence, so that latent impressions stored in the mind may be seen and released with ease. Clinging to and reacting to memories and experiences from our past, engrains them into our belief systems about who and what we are, how others may be, and what life is about. Holding unconscious expectations for the future and for others, based on the past, predisposes one to attract and play out the same old stories and patterns as life continues to unfold.
By creating a safe space for oneself to view subconscious and unconscious stories stored in the mind, we create the space for old and harmful patterns to fall away and for new and better ways of being and thinking to take root and grow.
The state of Yoga Nidra is one of inner and outer harmony, clarity, wholeness, freedom and bliss, in which we may experience our innate divinity and interconnected nature with all things.
It may be experienced in any position at any time, but in the practice, it is recommended to lay down flat on the floor or Earth, so that the body can surrender fully to gravity. Laying on a flat surface can aid in restoring physical, postural balance. However, the most important thing you can do is to make yourself comfortable in order to minimize mental distractions.
So, if you need to sit in a chair, recliner, or lay on a bed, that is perfectly fine.
Simply do your best to keep the spine long, straight, and at ease.

Yoga Nidra is a powerful healing tool and pairs well with other healing modalities. If available in your area, try listening to Yoga Nidra in a sensory deprivation tank, or “float tank,” for even deeper relaxation and restoration or listen in your headphones during acupuncture or energy work sessions.
If you are laying on the floor, you can rest on top of a couple blankets for added cushion.
Feel free to use a pillow under the head
and a bolster or pillow under the knees to relieve any discomfort in the low back.
Since the body temperature does drop in Yoga Nidra, it may also be beneficial to use a blanket on top of the body.
Try out different positions and discover what works best for you!
If you have a hard time staying awake during the practice, try staying in an upright seated position or do some slow walking or asanas as you listen.