What is iRest Yoga Nidra? Join us each month for this meditative practice.

Jan 17

Once a month, typically on the third Saturday, experience a modern adaptation (iRest) of the ancient meditative practice of Yoga Nidra at Ahimsa Oak Park. Yoga Nidra is a form of self-inquiry that research shows to reduce insomnia, anxiety, depression, addiction, and PTSD. An intention will be formed for the practice that will bring you into harmony.

**About Our Instructor**

Lindsay Lempe Aldape will guide you through this meditative experience of iRest yoga nidra.
Lindsay completed her 200 hr training with Moksha Yoga Center, where she was honored to study with Daren Friesen, Aadil Palkhivala, Gary Kraftsow, Gabriel Halpern, and Kim Wilcox. As a lifelong student of philosophy, Lindsay is grateful for the foundational strength the yamas and niyamas give to her life. Through the physical practice of yoga, we can calm our spinning thoughts. By deepening the awareness of our bodies through the intelligence of the breath, we can create synergy between the physical, mental, and energetic bodies.
Lindsay hopes to share the peace and joy yoga has brought to her life with her students through the practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation—and iRest Yoga Nidra.

What You Can Expect at Our iRest Yoga Nidra Workshops

Prop yourself up with bolsters and blankets and be led back home to your authentic ground of being. Lindsay will guide you through this experience while your body rests comfortably in savasana (final resting pose.) Even if you fall asleep, all layers of your being are reaping enormous benefits.

This one-hour workshop is offered each month in our Oak Park studio and is live-streamed as well so you can take the class from any quiet, cozy location you desire.

Why Attend?

Practicing iRest yoga nidra helps us to build our interoceptive awareness, the process of feeling the body from within the body. It helps us to build a healthy sense of self by deeply understanding our functioning as human beings. It can also help us to improve our heart rate variability. iRest yoga nidra is well-supported by Polyvagal Theory, the work of Dr. Stephen Porges, who identified a biological order of human response that is active in all human experience. This hierarchy of response is built into our autonomic nervous system and is anchored in the evolutionary development of our species.

We are hard-wired to live with meaning, to connect to others, and to feel safe in our bodies, environments, and relationships. iRest helps us do that, and it can even help us to rewire "the chronic disruption of connection" that occurs when we experience trauma.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 20, 1:00pm-2:00 pm Ahimsa Oak Park & Virtual

Saturday, May 18, 1:00pm-2:00 pm Ahimsa Oak Park & Virtual

Saturday, June 15, 1:00pm-2:00 pm Ahimsa Oak Park & Virtual

Pricing

$30; Ahimsa members: $20
Visit our Events page to register.