If this practice helped, The Calm Path is 12 free weeks built the same way, and every week ends with yoga nidra. Starts November 2: https://www.thecalmlab.org/calm-path
Exhausted but still can’t switch off? This 25-minute trauma-informed yoga nidra helps a wired, tired nervous system finally stand down.
That tired-but-wired feeling isn’t a flaw in you. It’s a nervous system that’s been on duty too long. In this practice we orient to safety, use the physiological sigh and long exhales to calm fight-or-flight, let leftover restless energy settle, and rest deeply, with your eyes open or closed, always at your own pace.
Part 1 of The Stress Responses, a three-part nervous system series:
Part 1: Wired but exhausted (for settling)
Part 2: Numb and shut down (for thawing), coming soon
Part 3: Can’t rest until everyone’s okay (for receiving), coming soon
In this practice:
– Orienting to safety and finding your anchor
– Physiological sighs and 4-6 breathing for the vagus nerve
– Sankalpa: “I am allowed to stand down”
– Full body scan (yoga nidra rotation of consciousness)
– Storm-to-stillness visualization to release restless energy
– Deep rest and a gentle return
Use it as an afternoon reset (non sleep deep rest / NSDR), after a stressful day, or before bed.
If this helped, subscribe for a new yoga nidra every week.
Listen on The Calm Lab podcast:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-calm-lab-podcast/id1825913005
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6aDkTER8NLlkFfiOKAS5Z2
Free Night 1 of the 14-Day Calm Reset: https://www.thecalmlab.org/lead-collection (write to me in the comments asking for it and it’s yours for free:)
Work with me 1-on-1: https://www.thecalmlab.org
I’m Kassandra, a trauma-informed yoga teacher (RYT-500), breathwork facilitator and Harvard-certified wellness coach.
This practice supports rest and nervous system regulation. It isn’t a replacement for trauma therapy or medical care. Please don’t listen while driving.
#yoganidra #nervoussystemreset #nervoussystemregulation
0:00 Welcome and first breath
1:45 Orienting to safety and your anchor
4:15 Physiological sighs and long exhales
6:15 Sankalpa: I am allowed to stand down
7:15 Body scan
13:45 Letting restless energy settle
15:00 Storm to stillness
17:30 Deep rest
22:00 Gentle return
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