I need to share something from the heart. Our Nova Nidra community has always been rooted in rest, healing, and accessibility. Over the last three-plus years, I’ve poured my heart into creating accessible practices and recently building this space, all of which I have done freely and with deep devotion. And it’s been one of the most meaningful chapters of my life. As this community grows, I’m learning to honour not just the rhythm of giving, but the rhythm of restoring. In that spirit, we’re introducing a tiered membership system. This is about sustainability and creating an ecosystem that supports not only you, but the continued future of Nova Nidra too. This way, I can continue to create what you love most: Deeply resourced Yoga Nidra sessions, born from presence, not survival. This shift will also allow me to bring in beautiful souls to support the work behind the scenes… so I can share more of what I love and feel is healing to our collective... Nidras, Offerings, and nervous system care that can ripple out into your lives. And because this is OUR community, OUR collective, your voice matters deeply in shaping what’s next! Is there anything you’d love to see in the upcoming tier system? What’s felt most meaningful or supportive to you so far? Your feedback will help ensure that what we create reflects your values and your experience, while also keeping this sanctuary sustainable… for all of us. Thank you for being part of this journey. I’m so grateful to be walking this path with you. Sending you all so much love! Ayla 🌙✨ P.S. What draws you to this space?

Some of you have noticed that I’ve been quieter than usual in here lately. I want you to know it isn’t because I don’t care or that I’ve drifted away. I’m still here. I’ve just hit a bit of a wall… and I’ve felt really stuck and unsure of how to share or move forward. This past week brought everything into the light and it’s asked me to surrender. This is a vulnerable and transparent share for me, but the past few months? years? have held me in a wave of depression that I’ve been trying to “manage” rather than actually feel for quite some time. And strangely… letting myself stop fighting it has felt more liberating than anything I’ve done in years. I’ve been ignoring it, minimizing it, over-promising, masking it expertly, freezing, dissociating and bypassing this huge truth that, now that I am finally looking at it directly, BEFRIENDING it even, it's become the very thing that opened the cathartic release I’ve been craving. Hope Abides!! The clouds are parting! The fog is lifting! The sunrise is breaking over the horizon! Hallelujah! 😭🙌🌻 Of course, Yoga Nidra has been the one practice I keep returning to. Some days, it's been the only thing that lets my body unclench… that gives my mind permission to stop negotiating with itself. I wanted to share this because we often talk about Nidra as a tool for rest, clarity, calm… but it’s also a companion for the darker, quieter passages. The ones we don’t (or can't) always name out loud (yet). I know many of you can relate. So, if you’ve ever walked through a similar season and are willing to share.. I’d truly love to hear from you: What helped you? What supported you? Is there a Nidra, ritual, or small practice that carried you through? I’m feeling very seen, loved, and supported through this new revelation, so don’t worry — this isn’t a cry for help, other than wanting to learn from those of you who’ve walked this path before. But I did want to name my absence, let you know I’m still here and extend my hand. Community holds us not only in our good, open seasons, but also in the real work of befriending the parts of ourselves we tend to turn away from. And I know that’s what we’ve built here.. so truly, thank you.

Aurora borealis in Iceland 🧊✨️ What does Sky lOOk like where you are?

Two years ago, Ayla and I had a magical trip to my favourite place, Sayulita, Mexico. Alya hadn’t had a vacation in six years and I needed to escape my cohabitation-separation with my now ex-husband. So we thought “let’s get the heck outta here..” We hadn’t planned to go for Day of the Dead but it worked out that way and what followed was an incredibly magical week of synchronous rest and connection — to eachother, ourselves and the beautiful town that has stolen my heart. (The pictures are of us from that trip!) After that week, I promised I would go back down for this particular celebration whenever possible so that I could participate in the celebration of death that the Mexican culture has cultivated so beautifully and so generously shares with their visitors. Over the last two years I have experienced many forms of death: a great Aunt, a good friend, a family pet, my ego (a few times), attachments, identity, relationships, habits, and old patterns. I am currently writing this on descent into the Puerta Vallarta airport and tomorrow I am celebrating the death of these things as well as the subsequent growth and life I’ve been blessed to experience in the last two years. Beauty from ashes. Of course, I couldn’t have done it without the restorative support of Yoga Nidra, the Peace in Rest program and this community. Shout out to y’all!!! Tomorrow, I am laying a lot to rest. May it Rest in Peace. ❤️‍🔥💀 I shall report back! P.S. Do you have a special or magical place that you travel to for renewal or have experienced deep healing in?? Please share!! ✈️

Just had my latest article published in Brainz Magazine ✨ It is called The Science of Softening: Yoga Nidra, Interoception & Chronic Pain Recovery. Learn how rest can actually retrain your nervous system... not by fixing or forcing, but by learning to soften from the inside out. If you’ve ever lived with stress, tension, or pain that just won’t quit… this one might land. 🪞 Read HERE Let us know what landed below.