Yoga Nidra is the practice of connecting with the Supreme Self by relaxing the physical and mental bodies for the unfolding of deep awareness. As you send a wave of relaxation through your body, you will also experience a deeper state of awareness throughout your being.

Acclaimed yoga teacher Mehrad Nazari guides you through the ancient art of Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is a deep relaxation technique also called 'yogic sleep' in which mind and body is at complete rest but with complete awareness. “As long as man identifies himself with the body and mind there will worries, sorrows, anxieties, fear and anger, which, in turn, bring tension.

Yogis know that unless man withdraws himself from the body idea and separates himself from the ego consciousness, there is no way of obtaining complete relaxation. So, from the mental relaxation, he withdraws himself and identifies himself with all pervading, all-powerful, all-peaceful and joyful self, or pure consciousness within himself, because all the source of power, knowledge, peace and strength are in the soul and not in the body.” -Paramahansa Yogananda

Artist Bio:

Dr. Mehrad Nazari has been a Senior Teacher of the Walt Baptiste Method of Raja Yoga for 15 years. He is a Continuing Education Specialist in Yoga for the American Council on Exercise and has led Yoga and Health Retreats internationally. Mehrad was personally trained by Raja Yoga Master, Walt Baptiste. He was also initiated by the Rinzi Zen Master Kyozan Joshu Roshi and the great master Swami Veda of the Himalayan Institute in Rishikesh, India, and studied with H.H. the Dalai Lama. Dr. Nazari served as adjunct professor of International Business Negotiation and taught for 10 years at Alliant International University in San Diego, California. He advocates the application of Yoga principles to daily and corporate life.