Hosted by Rosaria Cirillo, in this “Happiness practice” (5 to 30-minute recording in which we guide you through one practice that contributes to our happiness or increases our awareness), we recorded a guided #yoganidra session.

This practice includes the following stages:

1. Getting ready with our body, breath, mind, and emotions
2. Making a resolution/setting an intention
3. Doing a body scan
4. Focusing on breath awareness
5. Going through a visualization
6. Going through different senses' perception
7. Repeating the resolution/intention
8. Returning back to normal

This session has been validated with Himalayan gurus during my Yoga TT in Nepal, about which I shared more in episode 21 and in this blog post ⁠15 takeaways from my Yoga Teacher training & journey in Nepal⁠.

In the wider yoga wisdom, Yoga Nidra is one of the stages of Raya Yoga, about which we shared more in the blog post ⁠What is Yoga and what are the 16 types of Yoga connected to 7 chakras⁠ ⁠

In previous episode 24, we shared more about the theory behind this practice, sharing:

🌻 a poem written by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

🌻 a shortened abstract from the article “The Origin and Clinical Relevance of Yoga Nidra” published in 2022 on ⁠PubmedCentral⁠

🌻 A few key insights from the book Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, focusing on the four main benefits of Yoga Nidra.

We hope you find both episodes insightful and helpful, and we look forward to hearing your feedback either in the Q&A session on Spotify or by sending us an email at podcast@wownow.eu!

🤨 Curious? Tune in and listen to this episode.

You can find out more about the Himalayan Yoga Academy I stayed at and the courses they offer ⁠⁠on their HYA website ⁠⁠or check them on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

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🌻Stay healthy & happy, keep smiling, nurture #happinesscontribution, and tune in for the next episode!

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“The Happiness Contribution™ Show is hosted by Rosaria Cirillo (Happiness Change Catalyst, Certified Happiness Trainer, Customer Experience Professional, and Laughter Yoga Teacher), and is available as a webcast on YouTube and Spotify, and on your favorite channels as a podcast. In this podcast, we talk with incredible people about the various roles Happiness plays in our lives, and we share knowledge and practices about what contributes to our happiness and how we can contribute to others’ happiness as individuals and as business leaders.

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