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This video is included within the Dawn Horizon FREE program. Dawn Horizon is your morning menu of yoga. Begin your day with presence, stillness, strength and steadiness. Join Ailsa for 10 pre-recorded classes and rotate through the program at your own pace and as often as you would like. These 20 to 30 minute grounding, relaxing but also strengthening yoga classes will prepare you for the day ahead. Greet your dawn horizon whilst dedicating time for yourself. 🌄 Join Dawn Horizon for FREE here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/dawnhorizon. ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns 0:00 introduction 0:30 pranayama 2:40 warm up 10:50 flow 18:20 backbends & cool down 23:50 savasana 27:40 waking up DISCLAIMER: If you are new to yoga, exercise or are planning on beginning a new fitness programme, you should consult your physician. This video may offer health, fitness or nutritional information and is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not an alternative to seeking professional medical advice or suggested treatment. Performing any exercise or programme is solely at your own risk.

Join Ailsa for a 35 minute Yoga Nidra for the Nervous System. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. This Yoga Nidra is themed around the Water Element. Ailsa will guide you through intention, a visualisation, body sensing and breathing, all exploring the theme of water. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 35 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used in Yoga Nidra to bring you into the parasympathetic division of the nervous system known as 'rest and digest'. Yoga Nidra is a technique of guided meditation that is completely effortless and accessible to all. Simply find a comfortable place to rest, relax back and just listen. The techniques used here will bring you into a deep light altered state of consciousness where you land somewhere between wakefulness and sleeping. It is here where one can disconnect from the thinking mind and rest back into a sense of your true nature. As the body undergoes healing and returns to homeostasis, emerge feeling grounded, rested, and more balanced. Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and can also be used to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired. 0:00 introduction 1:25 yoga nidra for the nervous system 📧 Receive one illuminating yoga principle distilled to your inbox every month (for free). 🥰 Join over 200 subscribers and deepen your understanding of yoga: from the philosophy to the physical practice. Sign up here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/email ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns #yoganidra #meditation

This video is included within the Dawn Horizon FREE program. Dawn Horizon is your morning menu of yoga. Begin your day with presence, stillness, strength and steadiness. Join Ailsa for 10 pre-recorded classes and rotate through the program at your own pace and as often as you would like. These 20 to 30 minute grounding, relaxing but also strengthening yoga classes will prepare you for the day ahead. Greet your dawn horizon whilst dedicating time for yourself. 🌄 Join Dawn Horizon for FREE here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/dawnhorizon. ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns 0:00 introduction 0:40 settling in 2:00 warm up 4:58 flow & backbends 10:14 cool down 15:20 savasana 20:55 waking up DISCLAIMER: If you are new to yoga, exercise or are planning on beginning a new fitness programme, you should consult your physician. This video may offer health, fitness or nutritional information and is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not an alternative to seeking professional medical advice or suggested treatment. Performing any exercise or programme is solely at your own risk.

Feel strong and steady in body and mind, like a mountain. This video is included within the The Mountain program. Follow the playlist here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjmsXUQ_KWWFzq9BapKwfKLe3CIfLogsG. 📧 Receive one illuminating yoga principle distilled to your inbox every month (for free). 🥰 Join over 200 subscribers and deepen your understanding of yoga: from the philosophy to the physical practice. Sign up here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/email ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns 0:00 introduction 0:43 pranayama 4:15 warm up 9:45 flow 15:45 backbends & cool down 19:15 savasana 25:45 waking up 27:50 outro DISCLAIMER: If you are new to yoga, exercise or are planning on beginning a new fitness programme, you should consult your physician. This video may offer health, fitness or nutritional information and is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not an alternative to seeking professional medical advice or suggested treatment. Performing any exercise or programme is solely at your own risk.

Join Ailsa for a rejuvenating Yoga Nidra session lasting 30 minutes. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation is thoughtfully crafted to guide you towards relaxation and to help you fall asleep and is designed to help you relax and prepare for sleep. This Yoga Nidra Sleep Meditation aims to help cultivate ease and reset your whole nervous system, helping you to get to sleep and improve the quality of your sleep. This Yoga Nidra for Sleep includes visualisation, pranayama (breath awareness) and body sensing techniques to untangle stress from the body and mind, to ease both physical and mental tensions and to alleviate anxious thoughts and feelings. This Yoga Nidra is also tailored to foster tranquillity and helps you to reset your entire nervous system. Let this soothing and relaxing form of guided meditation take you to a place of total peace and relaxation as you wind down into effortless sleep. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help reduce the stress caused by being awake and unable to sleep at night, to help reduce anxiety about insomnia and to calm the nerves so that you can get the rest you need. Yoga Nidra can be used in a therapeutic way like a guided meditation for sleep problems and insomnia. The practice can help to calm a mind that is wide awake at night and help you to sleep in peace. Close your eyes, get comfortable, and follow along with the instructions. Even if sleep does not come, Yoga Nidra will give you much more rest than a night of tossing and turning in bed. Did you know that one hour of Yoga Nidra can equal up to four hours of sleep? This video includes a dark screen, ensuring that the video complements your bedtime routine and does not cause any disturbances. Unlike other Yoga Nidra sessions, there is no guidance to lead you out of the Yoga Nidra meditation and this means that you can seamlessly transition into a profound and undisturbed slumber. This Yoga Nidra is guided by Ailsa’s female voice with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and helps to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired. 0:00 introduction 2:40 yoga nidra sleep meditation 📧 Receive one illuminating yoga principle distilled to your inbox every month (for free). 🥰 Join over 200 subscribers and deepen your understanding of yoga: from the philosophy to the physical practice. Sign up here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/email ☕ If this offering has been valuable to you, please consider buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns #yoganidra #meditation

📧 Receive one illuminating yoga principle distilled to your inbox every month (for free). 🥰 Join over 200 subscribers and deepen your understanding of yoga: from the philosophy to the physical practice. Sign up here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/email ☕ If this offering has been valuable to you, please consider buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns 0:00 intro 1:00 settling in 4:22 upper body stretches 10:30 leg stretches 18:00 savasana 21:20 waking up 22:57 outro DISCLAIMER: If you are new to yoga, exercise or are planning on beginning a new fitness programme, you should consult your physician. This video may offer health, fitness or nutritional information and is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not an alternative to seeking professional medical advice or suggested treatment. Performing any exercise or programme is solely at your own risk.

Feel strong and steady in body and mind, like a mountain. This video is included within the The Mountain program. Follow the playlist here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjmsXUQ_KWWFzq9BapKwfKLe3CIfLogsG. 📧 Receive one illuminating yoga principle distilled to your inbox every month (for free). 🥰 Join over 200 subscribers and deepen your understanding of yoga: from the philosophy to the physical practice. Sign up here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/email ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns 0:00 intro 0:45 pranayama 4:00 warm up 10:00 flow 15:15 backbends & cool down 22:58 savasana 28:58 waking up 29:48 outro DISCLAIMER: If you are new to yoga, exercise or are planning on beginning a new fitness programme, you should consult your physician. This video may offer health, fitness or nutritional information and is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not an alternative to seeking professional medical advice or suggested treatment. Performing any exercise or programme is solely at your own risk.

Join Ailsa for a 39 minute Yoga Nidra for Vagus Nerve Stimulation. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This Yoga Nidra is themed around the Earth Element. Ailsa will guide you through intention, a visualisation, body sensing, breathing and the Manomaya Kosha (or mental body) all exploring the theme of earth. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 39 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used in Yoga Nidra to bring you into the parasympathetic division of the nervous system known as 'rest and digest'. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Yoga Nidra is a technique of guided meditation that is completely effortless and accessible to all. Simply find a comfortable place to rest, relax back and just listen. The techniques used here will bring you into a deep light altered state of consciousness where you land somewhere between wakefulness and sleeping. It is here where one can disconnect from the thinking mind and rest back into a sense of your true nature. As the body undergoes healing and returns to homeostasis, emerge feeling grounded, rested, and more balanced. Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation practised lying down that leads you into a healing and deeply restful state. Yoga Nidra has been shown to be effective in scientific trials for conditions including chronic pain, sleep problems, addiction, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); while increasing health, resiliency and well-being. This practice, encompassing elements like body scans, stress relief, and anxiety reduction, provides an all-encompassing solution for concerns related to insomnia. The unique approach of Yoga Nidra is known for fostering non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) and can also be used to encourage the onset of sleep. Yoga Nidra serves as a form of sleep hypnosis, ushering you into a peaceful slumber or an invigorating nap as desired. 0:00 introduction 1:30 yoga nidra for vagus nerve stimulation 📧 Receive one illuminating yoga principle distilled to your inbox every month (for free). 🥰 Join over 200 subscribers and deepen your understanding of yoga: from the philosophy to the physical practice. Sign up here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/email ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns #yoganidra #meditation

This video is included within the Dawn Horizon FREE program. Dawn Horizon is your morning menu of yoga. Begin your day with presence, stillness, strength and steadiness. Join Ailsa for 10 pre-recorded classes and rotate through the program at your own pace and as often as you would like. These 20 to 30 minute grounding, relaxing but also strengthening yoga classes will prepare you for the day ahead. Greet your dawn horizon whilst dedicating time for yourself. 🌄 Join Dawn Horizon for FREE here 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/dawnhorizon. ☕ If this offering has been valuable for you, please consider buying me a coffee 👉 https://ko-fi.com/ailsaburns DISCLAIMER: If you are new to yoga, exercise or are planning on beginning a new fitness programme, you should consult your physician. This video may offer health, fitness or nutritional information and is meant for educational purposes only. This information is not an alternative to seeking professional medical advice or suggested treatment. Performing any exercise or programme is solely at your own risk.