![]() ![]() Awareness is the Singularity, the place where everything exists as part of the larger whole. Ego exists only in a realm of this or that. ![]() We use the practice of exploring a binary and then attempt to hold the opposites in our Awareness in order to pop out of ego consciousness, limited to experiencing the world as this or that, and instead experience ourselves as Awareness itself. One of the tools I use regularly to arrive at the beautiful experience is using opposites during a Yoga Nidra practice. I teach that what we seek to accomplish in Yoga Nidra is to wake up to our True Nature, one that is not bound by the limits of the ego nor is that of pure consciousness, but rather what I call the Both And Nature which is the beautiful express of consciousness meets form. ![]() After all, Krishnamurti said that “The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe without evaluating.” Doing so opens practitioners to the magical opportunity of responding rather than reacting to stimuli, not only in the practice of Yoga Nidra but more usefully in the practice of life. I encourage students to welcome anything and everything that arises into their Awareness, to acknowledge it for what it is with as much objectivity as possible, and learn to merely observe it. My teaching style is based on using the koshas to explore the ego as a tool to illuminate the other half of your being, your Awareness. I have since developed my own Yoga Nidra training and Yoga Nidra scripts which I feel gives teachers the power of understanding Yoga Nidra’s “what” and “why” so that they can deliver the practice in their own voice based on certain essential principles derived from their own experience. Instead, I’ve learned volumes about the fascinating and spiritually illuminating subject of Yoga Nidra by simply doing the practice and studying many teachers. Richard Millers iRest Yoga Nidra training and have the deepest respect for that method, I do not teach that method. I’ve been teaching Yoga Nidra since 2008. ![]()
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