Yoga Nidra (Yogic Trance): Theory, practice and applications

Description

Healing of body and mind through yoga is gaining immense significance at present as a worldwide science of therapy. In this context, yoga-nidra, a self- therapy technique of yoga and Tantra, is important as an effective means of regulating the mind. This volume delves into the principles and practices of yoga-nidra based on materials from the Tantras and Patañjali Yoga in an attempt to explain its benefits with special reference to modern medicine.

The book presents yoga-nidra as a scientific discipline that has the potential to strengthen the body’s immune system and thus to prevent and cure diseases and to regulate one’s life patterns. It examines in detail the theory of yoga-nidra, going into the Indian concept of mind and personality. It establishes the psychological basis of yoga-nidra by comparing hypnotic trance and yogic trance and Freudian and Yoga-Vedanta psychologies. It presents the techniques of yoga-nidra and deals with the applications of yoga-nidra in curing psychosomatic and other diseases of common occurrence and in solving current problems such as drug addiction and stress-induced healtlh problems.

This well-conceived, thorough research work will be useful to scholars of ancient Indian medical science and psychology, particularly those concerned with the study of yoga vis-à-vis modern medical problems and systems. It will be of equal importance to the general readers owing to its interesting subject matter, simple style of presentation and “ease to practise” by the non-adepts.