Living with chronic pain can feel overwhelming. Even when pain is a part of daily life, yoga nidra offers a gentle practice that can help you reconnect with ease, compassion, and inner strength. In this experiential program, senior iRest teacher Stephanie Lopez offers four guided iRest yoga nidra practices designed to nurture resilience, ease, and inner calm.
Each session is grounded in iRest Yoga Nidra, a trauma-sensitive, evidence-based approach that helps regulate the nervous system and restore an inner sense of safety and wholeness. Through guided practice, you’re invited to experience the benefits directly.
You can practice in whatever position feels most supportive—lying down, seated, or standing. Each session creates space to meet sensations, thoughts, and emotions with compassion and curiosity, offering new ways to relate to pain and support well-being.
What You’ll Learn:
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How to cultivate a somatic “inner resource” to anchor awareness amidst pain
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Breath, body sensing and interoceptive awareness tools to regulate nervous system responses for embodied resilience
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Therapeutic visualization and color techniques to reframe the perception of discomfort
What You’ll Experience:
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A trauma-informed approach to self-inquiry that expands your capacity to witness discomfort without attachment
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Breathing and imagery practices that invite you to explore difficult sensations and emotions safely
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Gentle, choice-based invitations into calm, softness, and presence
How You’ll Feel:
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More grounded, supported, and connected to your innate wholeness
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Gently soothed with practices that invite rest and release
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Confident to meet pain and emotions with compassion and curiosity
What You’ll Gain:
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People living with chronic pain seeking gentle, supportive practices
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Anyone interested in a trauma-sensitive approach to yoga nidra
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Students and teachers exploring iRest for resilience and self-care
