08/15/2025
I learned Yognidra when I was a tween. Swami ji wanted us to take an afternoon nap so adults could have a proper satsang. After a few weeks I asked Swami ji to help me become a Yognidra conductor. Swami ji wrote me script and asked me to mug it up. It was hand written in Hindi.
I mugged it up as in those days I also was a drama artist at school. I started offering Yognidra in Hindi to the kids in the family and our neighbors. Kids used to sleep off in a few minutes.
I offered the same text for a few years. Till I met Swami ji again and now I had a small walkman from Sony that could record. I recorded my own in Hindi and then translated the script in English. I mugged it up and started offering Yognidra in English.
I met several monks from Rikhiya peeth and I kept learning and understanding the subtle power that was in pauses, pitch and choice of words. I used the power of Yognidra in my difficult time of life, offered it to men and women in uniform in India.
In early 90s I finally found another young Swami at a naturopathy Ashram who had come from Bihar school of Yoga and offered Satyananda Yognidra ( SYN) I spent 8 weeks of daily learning to understand more about the source of Yognidra and Angnysa. It changed me first. I could get out of my struggles and become bold and successful business owner ( as per Sakalpa).
Best test came in 1997 when I was going through an extremely traumatic time of my life. I was also pregnant. It was SYN that gave me sanity, calm and strength to come out of the traumatic time.
Fast forward 15 years. My niece was going through her tough time of life and she was also now a Capt in US Army. She needed it. I enrolled in the course at Yoga Academy of North America. It took us 2 years, a few trips to Ashrams and several community classes to get certified ( America and Americans knows how to sell)!
I have been teaching 8 weeks sessions of Yognidra 1:1 and in small groups with same Sakalpa for over 35 years now. It took me years to be where I am today.
Long post..bear with me -today I just read that someone is offering "an authentic Yoga nidra" teacher training in one weekend!
I hear about becoming a teacher in 200 hours ! Yes if you are a gymnast and young you learn a few poses and few Sanskrit words and you start teaching poses.
Yognidra is for mind. It's the fastest "Thing" known to mankind.. if you have a car that speeds up to 400 M/H in a second you would learn to drive that car for a year or so before you take it to crowded places. How much training do you need to guide a mind?
Please be mindful of what you do to the ancient wisdom of Hindus. It hurts to see this misappropriation. It's not right at all to do so especially to make money.
Picture is just to get your attention 😁
