When most people hear the word dreaming, they think of what happens at night. The strange images, the emotional fragments, the stories the mind makes while the body is asleep. But dreaming begins much earlier than that. The mind is always weaving. In waking life, it weaves memory, emotion, sensation, and anticipation. At night, that weaving becomes more visible. What lives beneath the surface begins to speak in image, symbol, feeling, and movement. This is part of why Yoga Nidra can feel so mysterious to people at first. You may not be fully asleep, and yet something in you is moving through a dreamlike space. You may still hear the voice guiding you, and yet your body feels far away. You may leave the practice with an image, a colour, a sensation, or a feeling you can’t quite explain. That doesn’t mean you “drifted off” or did it wrong. It means you entered a different layer of awareness. Yoga Nidra lives in that threshold space. Not fully awake or fully sleeping... It's a bridge. And the threshold matters because this is where the thinking mind loosens its grip. It stops organizing everything into a linear sense and becomes more receptive or abstract. This is one reason dreams can feel so important after a period of deep rest. When the nervous system is under constant strain, we often lose contact with these subtler layers. We sleep, but not always deeply. We dream, but don’t remember or wake carrying tension instead of insight. Yoga Nidra helps restore the conditions for dreaming to become more vivid, more coherent, and more meaningful by supporting the body in feeling safe enough to enter rest more fully. And dreaming, in this way, is not just about what happens at night. It’s also about imagination. Inner vision.The symbolic language of the deeper self. So when we speak of dreaming with Yoga Nidra, we’re not only speaking about nighttime dreams. We’re speaking about learning how to listen when the surface mind quiets and something deeper begins to speak.

over the next seven days, I’m going to be taking some time to rest & restore and would love your insights, but first, a little update. i was invited, somewhat last minute, to guide a yoga nidra practice at a beautiful women’s retreat. with everything moving through my heart lately, it felt like A FULL-BODY soul-aligned ‘YES’. while i’m there, i’ll be turning inward. listening. gathering inspiration. allowing space for what wants to emerge next for this community and beyond. you may not hear from me quite as much over the next few days. and i trust you. this space continues because you continue. in the meantime, i gently suggest revisiting the seven-day REST & RESTORE chakra series. move through it slowly. choose the one that calls to you. or begin again from the root and journey upward. and here’s something i’d love to invite… If you were to attend a retreat designed exactly for you… what would it include? more silence? nature walks? deep conversation? long yoga nidras? nervous system workshops? journaling by candlelight? share with me below. i’m listening 😉😉 Connect with you all again soon!

I have been practicing Ayla‘s YN pretty well from the beginning of when this YouTube channel was born. At today’s MRI scan I was quite apprehensive because I get claustrophobic. You get offered to listen to music while you’re in the tube. I wished I could have listened to a Yoga Nidra session instead. So I went through my own body scan and although I couldn’t calm my nervous system completely, it still helped a lot. And for this I am grateful! I wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience.

After practicing the Insomnia session last night, I’m so happy to share that I had a deep, nourishing sleep. To my surprise, I even woke up before my alarm. SHARE | How has Yoga Nidra shifted something in your life? ✨ Awaken Your Dreams | Yoga Nidra | 42 Min → VIP & Premium Supporters → Free Members I began the morning with Sun Salutations, the traditional opening sequence of an Ashtanga series. Lately, I’ve been focusing more on weight training because my doctors have encouraged me to strengthen my muscles to support my bones, which have truly been through a lot. Still, stepping back onto the mat for asana felt like coming home. It has been calling me back to my roots. After the movement, instead of my usual 20-minute practice, I chose a longer 40-minute session to anchor the energy for the day. And this is why I teach this work. Yoga Nidra was not really created for falling asleep (although it is masterful at doing so for many)... it was about changing the way you wake up. It is about regulating your nervous system so deeply that your waking life feels different. Your body feels different. Your choices feel clearer. This is the shift from consuming a practice… to embodying it. Today I’m preparing some final pieces for welcoming the Nova Nidra Teacher Training. After speaking one-on-one with those who have enrolled, I feel deeply moved. These are beautiful beings ready to live with radical self-acceptance, compassionate awareness, and the courage to trust their own voice. If you feel the nudge, trust your intuition... There are only a few seats remaining and Awaken Your Dreams.

You voted… and I Am Enough is the Yoga Nidra of choice. 🌕 We chose the full moon image. She is whole, luminous, steady. Even when part of her disappears in shadow, nothing about her worth changes. I’ve always felt that three days before and three days after a full or new moon is where the real awareness lives. Not in the peak itself, but in the soft edges around it. A threshold. A noticing. And in eclipse season, especially, this is less about dramatic release or bold manifestation. It is about presence. About being with what is true right now. Physically. Energetically. Emotionally. Mentally. Spiritually. Let yourself simply witness. Consider how far you have come to be here. The version of you who first found this practice. The version of you who almost gave up. The version of you who kept going anyway. You are enough. Let this Yoga Nidra be something you return to again and again. Not only during this cosmic weather, but whenever you forget. Whenever the shadow feels louder than the light. 🌕 SHARE 🌕 For those of you who completed the 28 days, or did your very best to show up, I would love to hear what resonated most. What shifted? What surprised you? And if you feel called to go deeper, our VIP Supporter spaces are open. It is only $22 USD rn. No contract. No commitment. You can cancel or rejoin anytime. Your membership supports this offering and quite literally helps bring my dreams to life so I can continue creating spaces for peace and rest. If this work has supported you, that is one beautiful way to support it back. I AM ENOUGH | 25 MINUTES Thank you for being here. Thank you for trusting my pure and expansive dream to bring you peace in rest.