Yoga Nidra

Yin Yoga Sessions

Mitchelle’s Yin Yoga class is a deeply restorative practice designed to help you release physical and mental tension. If you suffer from chronic stress, fatigue, or body aches, this gentle yet profound practice offers a much-needed space for healing. In Yin Yoga, you’ll be guided through long-held, passive postures that work deeply into the body’s connective tissues—ligaments, joints, and fascia—allowing for a slow and meditative release of tension.

The extended holds, combined with mindful breathwork, increase flexibility, promote deep relaxation, and restore balance in the nervous system. This makes Yin Yoga especially beneficial for reducing stress, easing chronic aches, and calming an overactive mind.

Benefits of Yin Yoga:

  • Increased Flexibility: Long-held stretches help improve the elasticity of joints, ligaments, and connective tissue.
  • Deep Relaxation: Yin postures activate the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting relaxation and stress relief.
  • Stress and Aches Relief: Particularly beneficial for those experiencing chronic tension, body aches, or stress-related fatigue.
  • Improved Circulation and Joint Mobility: Yin Yoga enhances blood flow and helps maintain joint health.
  • Mindfulness and Inner Stillness: The meditative nature of Yin encourages introspection and cultivates a peaceful, calm mind.

Mitchelle’s nurturing approach ensures that you feel cared for and supported throughout the practice, leaving you feeling refreshed, grounded, and at ease—ready to step back into your life with greater balance and clarity.

Balance

The practice of Yoga Nidra balances the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system. It activates the vagus nerve thus inducing a state of relaxation

Healing

The practice Yoga Nidra cultivates mindfulness and body awareness thus facilitating a state of healing at the deepest level of your consciousness. Helping you deal with unresolved, deep seated emotions you heal your body, mind and spirit.

Rejuvenation

One 40 mins session of Yoga Nidra is equivalent to 4 hrs of deep sleep. As you connect to your inner state of pure bliss, you begin to realize that this is your natural state of being. With consistent practice you learn to tap into this state of being even through challenging life situations.

Improved Sleep

Chronic insomnia is a common problem in our society today. Stress and anxiety seem to be the culprits behind this problem. Yoga Nidra is documented to help with conditions of insomnia improving the sleep quality. It is said to help patients suffering from PTSD, depression and anxiety as well.

Increased Awareness

In Yoga Nidra, your consciousness functions at a deeper level where there is heightened sense of awareness. As you release emotional, mental and physical tensions, your consciousness connects to a deeper source of awareness within you. You will notice an increase in productivity and alertness through a consistent practice of Yoga Nidra.

Relieve Stress and Anxiety

Stress and its sister anxiety seem to be permanent guests in our lives today. Both affect our quality of life and are majorly responsible for most of our health issues especially chronic/autoimmune  illnesses. Yoga Nidra activates the parasympathetic nervous system, inducing the rest and digest response in our bodies. Yoga Nidra helps release your emotional, mental and muscular tensions.

Book Now

Contact Mitchelle to book your private Yoga Nidra session.  Group sessions are held every Saturday at 4:30 pm EST. Book your session now!
Private Session: $35/- for 40 mins
Group Session: $15/- for 40 mins

FAQ

What Is Yoga Nidra?

Yoga Nidra is a guided sleep meditation. The instructor guides the participants through a series of meditative cues and visualizations to come to a state of complete rest. The practice of Nidra is conscious rest rather than unconscious sleep. You will be guided through a series of cues where you will hover between wakeful state and dream state. At the end of the session you will be guided to gently come out of the experience.

What To Keep In Mind?

  • Wear comfortable loose clothing
  • Lie on a mat on the floor or on your bed
  • Use a pillow under head or knees for comfort
  • Use bolster to support your body if you suffer from lower back issues
  • Use a blanket to keep warm and comfortable 
  • Follow the instructions
  • Keep a journal handy

What Should I Expect?

  • Verbal instructions or cues
  • Awareness on breath
  • Body scan
  • Getting in touch with emotions
  • Hovering between states of consciousness and sleep
  • Exploring the deeper state of consciousness 
  • Deep state of relaxation
  • Increased awareness

How Safe is Yoga Nidra?

Yoga Nidra is an absolutely safe practice. It is a guided sleep meditation where you will hover around sleep and consciousness. One is left feeling absolutely refreshed and energized.

What To Do?

Let go and experience

How Long Are The Yoga Nidra Sessions?

Each session lasts about 40 mins. Keep aside an hour free from your schedule to prepare, settle in before the session and a few mins after the session before returning to your regular activities.

Why Practice Yoga Nidra?

  • Helps relieve stress and anxiety
  • Deep state of relaxation
  • Increased awareness
  • Helps with PTSD
  • Helps with pain management
  • Stimulates the vagus nerve
  • Activates the parasympathetic nervous system ( body’s rest and digest mechanism)
  • Improves sleep/reduces insomnia