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What is Yoga Nidra

What is nidra and how can it help me?

What is yoga nidra and how can it help me? Yoga nidra is a fast-track method to switching off and accessing deep relaxation, but it is also so much more…..

what is yoga

What is Yoga?

Yoga is many things to many people. When we ask this question on our teacher training programmes we usually end up with many words scrawled all over the whiteboard. It is hard to define as it is so expansive and all-encompassing. Here we have chosen 8 words we associate with yoga.

benefits of pregnancy yoga

Pregnancy yoga – Benefits for prenatal wellness and birth

“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body and spirit for the rest of your life”- Ina May Gaskin

Nidra - Melanie Cooper blog photo

What is yoga nidra?

Yoga Nidra is an incredibly rich set of practices taking us to a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping where profound change can take place.

Yoga Nidra Relaxation

Yoga nidra & the art of relaxation

Yoga Nidra – the fast track to switching off and accessing deep and rejuvenating relaxation

Future of Yoga

Yoga in 2021 and beyond…

How will the pandemic change the way students practice and the teacher’s prospects of working in the yoga industry? In this article Rina Modi, Teacher Training Manager explores what yoga may look like in the future based upon trends we are seeing both nationally and globally.

Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra as a journey through the brain waves

A blog by Melanie Cooper