{"id":4202,"date":"2021-09-23T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T06:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:08:01","slug":"our-view-on-yoga-nidra-to-experience-peace-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2021\/09\/23\/our-view-on-yoga-nidra-to-experience-peace-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Our view on Yoga Nidra: To experience peace of mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Prashant Pandey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today\u2019s world, there is one essential need for all of us; and if we find that need, we will gain satisfaction \u2013 that need is peace of mind. The last couple of centuries have seen our way of life change dramatically throughout the world; it\u2019s one in which many people have lost a sense of balance and harmony on every level of existence. Stress and anxiety have grown to dominate people\u2019s lives, having become a problem for humanity as a whole. The consequence has been disruption to everyone\u2019s peace of mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though we all experience the suffering of stress and anxiety, we remain unable to find a sustaining solution; this is because our search hasn\u2019t focused on the root cause. Now, the question arises: How do we find the root cause of stress and anxiety in order to experience peace of mind?<\/em> For us, the answer to this question lies in Yoga Nidra.
There are three main areas of tension that are responsible for all the sufferings of modern life. They are all inter-linked and influence one another:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Muscular tension<\/strong> \u2013 related to the body, an imbalance of the nervous system as well as malfunctioning of the hormonal system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Mental tension<\/strong> \u2013 related to excessive mental activity, conflicts, highly competitive atmospheres, chasing endless ambitions and desires.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Emotional tension<\/strong> \u2013 related to dualistic emotions such as love-hate, success-failure, profit-loss, emotional suppression versus freedom of emotional expression.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Through the systematic practice of Yoga Nidra, these threefold tensions can progressively release. Yoga Nidra is the science of relaxation, which enables each of us to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n