iRest: Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation

The form of research-based meditation known as Integrative Restoration (or iRest ®) has helped special operations troops improve their resiliency, executives manage stress, cancer patients cope with pain, and trauma survivors experience safety and healing. Now, bring the practice right into your life and home in these 24 classes.

Alternating between the theoretical and experiential, between the philosophical and the scientific, these classes guide you through each of the 10 vital steps of the iRest Yoga Nidra practice. You'll also enjoy specialized sessions that examine how iRest Yoga Nidra can help you with improving your sleep habits, relieve short-term and chronic pain, manage stressors in work and life, and heal from traumatic injuries or experiences.

Also, enjoy a variety of short- and long-form iRest Yoga Nidra practice sessions you can dive into either in the context of other classes or on their own. With the care, consideration, and guidance you'd expect from a master meditation teacher, Ms. Birkholm helps you with proper positioning, sensing your body, discovering uncaused joy, cultivating your inner resource, and more. The result is an integrated learning experience that invites you to participate in guided meditation techniques that have been adopted by large corporations and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Crafted with joy, peace, and wisdom, these classes are an empowered (and empowering) tool with the potential to reshape the way you react to the world.

All Lectures:
1. Introducing iRest Yoga Nidra
2. iRest Foundations: Philosophy and Practice
3. Creating an Inner Resource
4. iRest Practice: Inner Resource
5. The Power of Intention and Heartfelt Desire
6. iRest Practice: Intention
7. Learning to Listen to Your Body
8. iRest Practice: Body Sensing
9. Exploring the Power of the Breath
10. iRest Practice: Breath Sensing
11. Feelings and Emotions as Messengers
12. iRest Practice: Feelings and Emotions
13. Finding Deeper Wisdom in Your Beliefs
14. iRest Practice: Beliefs
15. Discovering Uncaused Joy
16. iRest Practice: Joyful Well-Being
17. Cultivating Awareness
18. iRest Practice: Awareness and Peace
19. Using iRest for Sleep
20. Using iRest for Pain Relief
21. Using iRest for Stress Management
22. Using iRest for Healing Trauma
23. The Science behind iRest Yoga Nidra
24. iRest Yoga Nidra for Everyday Life