06/22/2025
What if your body could learn how to sleep again — without pills, apps, or scrolling until 2 a.m.?
Sleep isn’t a luxury — it’s foundational to our health, focus, and ability to self-regulate. Yet so many of us are caught in patterns of stress, insomnia, or burnout.
One of the most powerful tools I’ve found for restoring true rest is Yoga Nidra, a guided meditation practice that helps shift your brain into the same healing states found in deep sleep. Neuroscientists now call it NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) — and the benefits are profound:
✔ Improved sleep quality
✔ Reduced cortisol + increased dopamine
✔ Better focus, memory, and nervous system regulation
I just published a new blog exploring the science of sleep and how practices like Yoga Nidra can train the body to rest naturally again.
➤ Read the blog below or visit: SHIRALIGN.COM
➤ If you're curious, I’ve also created a Summer Studio Online with 15+ Yoga Nidra sessions available now.
https://www.shiralign.com/post/sleep-smarter-how-yoga-nidra-trains-your-body-and-brain-for-deep-rest
Struggling with sleep? Yoga Nidra, also known as Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR), is a guided meditation that helps the body and brain access deep rest naturally. In this blog, explore the science of sleep, how NSDR mimics the brainwaves of rest, and why this practice is a powerful tool for better sleep,...