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I tried non-sleep deep rest for a week—here’s how it improved my mental health

Reviewed by Alicia Bigelow, ND Key Takeaways Non-sleep deep rest (NSDR), rooted in yoga nidra, is a practice of deep rest ...
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Yoga nidra might be a path to better sleep and improved memory

Two weeks of 20-minute yoga nidra sessions led to a higher percentage of delta-waves in deep sleep and better memory, decision-making, and abstraction Practicing yoga nidra—a kind of mindfulness ...
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Yoga nidra practice improves sleep and enhances memory

Practicing yoga nidra - a kind of mindfulness training - might improve sleep, cognition, learning, and memory, even in novices, according to a pilot study publishing in the open-access journal PLOS ...
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Ancient Exercise Shown to Improve Sleep and Memory

An ancient exercise form has been scientifically proven to improve sleep quality, memory and cognition. Using modern technology, researchers from the Armed Forces Medical College in India studied the ...
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A yoga teacher recommends this 10-minute 'deep sleep' yoga routine for a restful night's sleep, and it's a game-changer

In the world of people I would and wouldn’t trust to give me sleep advice, a yoga instructor for Bupa is definitely one I would. This 10-minute yoga flow is best saved until just before bedtime and ...
Psychology Today

Non-Sleep Deep Rest: Replace Lost Sleep and Reduce Anxiety

I've experienced periods of insomnia since I can remember. It worsened over the last decade, due to a combination of a difficult life situation and, I assumed, getting older. A particularly stressful ...