iRest Yoga Nidra for People With Chronic Pain

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Challenge Outline

2hrs to complete

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Section 1
  • An inner resource is a felt sense in your body that helps you to feel relaxed and in control of your experience. In this yoga nidra practice, you’ll explore a sensation-based visualization that’s designed to connect you to your inner resource. You can return to this practice any time you need to feel grounded. You can do this practice seated, lying down, or standing.
Section 2
  • In this iRest meditation for security and well-being, you’ll notice sensations throughout your body and let your breath saturate different areas of your body as you cultivate an abiding sense of ease. Enjoy this invitation to be just as you are. You can do this practice seated, lying down, or standing.
Section 3
  • In this inner resource practice designed to help you address chronic pain, you’ll assign colors (or “mists”) to your breathing pattern, noting sensations, emotions, and thoughts that arise along the way. You’ll then be invited to connect with a sense of spaciousness that is untouched by all that’s coming and going in your life. You can do this practice seated, lying down, or standing.
Section 4
  • In this yoga nidra, you’ll explore working with the emotions that result from loss or other challenging circumstances. Stephanie guides you to feel an emotion and its opposite (a practice that can reveal deeper layers of emotion and help you build resilience). And, throughout the practice, you’ll be invited to tap into your inner resource of unchanging being and well-being. You can do this practice seated, lying down, or standing.

Challenge Overview

iRest Yoga Nidra for People With Chronic Pain is a toolbox of trauma-sensitive practices designed to help those who experience chronic pain. These practices were developed to help people find a sense of ease and spaciousness in daily life, manage their pain, and build resiliency.

There are four practices in the program. The first yoga nidra is an exploration of “inner resource” (the felt sense in our bodies that helps us feel relaxed and in control of our experience). You’ll explore a sensation-based visualization that’s designed to connect you to your inner resource.

In the second yoga nidra practice, a yoga nidra for security and well-being, you’ll notice sensations throughout your body and let your breath saturate different areas as you cultivate an abiding sense of ease.

In the third practice, you’ll work with color to cope with chronic pain. By assigning colors (or “mists”) to your breathing pattern and noting emotions that arise, you can cultivate a sense of spaciousness that is untouched by all that’s coming and going in your life.

In the fourth yoga nidra, you’ll explore working with the emotions that result from loss or other challenging circumstances. Stephanie guides you to feel an emotion and its opposite (a practice that can reveal deeper layers of emotion and help you build resilience).

All of the yoga nidras can be done seated, lying down, or standing.

These calming yoga nidras can provide a peaceful respite and have a positive, long-lasting impact on your life.

Meet Your Teacher

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Stephanie Lopez
Stephanie Lopez, LISW-S, C-IAYT, is the Senior Director of Teachings & Programs, and a Senior iRest Trainer... Read more

Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely, you can include this challenge in your Yoga Alliance training hours, with each hour equivalent to one continuing education credit.
This challenge is entirely self- paced, allowing you to learn at your convenience.There are no imposed deadlines or time constraints for Challenge completion.
No prerequisites are required; this challenge is open to anyone interested in deepening their knowledge and practice.
No, the challenge is accessible to all individuals interested in enriching their understanding and practice of yoga.Yoga teaching certification is not a prerequisite.