298 - Yoga Nidra & NSDR: Unlock Deep Relaxation and Mental Clarity
The Truth About Mental Health by Paula Sweet at Absolute Mind
Paula Sweet
4.3 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to today's episode of Your Absolute Mind Podcast! I'm Paula, a clinical therapist and counsellor, and I'm so excited to introduce you to a practice that's taking mental health by storm: Yoga Nidra and its modern cousin, Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR).
🧠 In this episode, we'll explore:
• What Yoga Nidra is and how Dr. Andrew Huberman brought NSDR into the mainstream.
• The fascinating science behind deep relaxation and dopamine boosts.
• How NSDR helps you recharge in minutes—no intense focus required.
• Why this ancient practice is perfect for modern mental health challenges.
🚨 Don't miss this: There's a 9-minute NSDR meditation at the end of this episode! But before you skip ahead, stick around to learn how and why it works—it'll make the experience even more powerful.
✨ Key takeaways:
• NSDR is simple yet profoundly effective for stress relief, focus, and energy.
• Learn why NSDR might be the perfect alternative if traditional meditation isn't your thing.
• How I've incorporated NSDR into my own life and why I encourage my clients to do the same.
• Access free Yoga Nidra tracks on the Your Absolute Mind App (7-day trial, no strings attached!).
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Whether you're looking to calm your mind, improve your mood, or feel more energised, NSDR could be the tool you've been waiting for.
🔗 Subscribe to the podcast for more episodes packed with science-backed tools to improve mental health.
📩 Have questions or want to share your experience with NSDR? Get in touch—I'd love to hear from you!
Thank you for listening, and don't forget to treat yourself to the meditation at the end. You deserve it! 💙
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Your Ups Lit Mind podcast. I'm Paula, a clinical therapist and registered |
| 0:05.0 | counsellor here in the UK. I'm so glad that you've joined me today as we dive into something that |
| 0:09.9 | beautifully blends ancient wisdom with modern science. It's called Yoga Nidra. Or as our friend Dr Andrew |
| 0:17.0 | Huberman, who can't bring himself to call it for what it is, self-hypnosis. |
| 0:22.1 | Now, he's coined the term non-sleep, deep rest or NSDR. |
| 0:27.0 | Come on, Andrew, you got this. |
| 0:28.4 | Repeat after me. |
| 0:29.7 | Let's do it together. |
| 0:31.1 | Hypnosis. |
| 0:33.3 | One more time. |
| 0:35.0 | Hypnosis. |
| 0:36.6 | There, easy. |
| 0:43.0 | Anyway, non-sleep, deep breast or NSDR and its close relation to yoga nidra is amazing. I find particularly fascinating as it taps into how we can use deep relaxation |
| 0:48.3 | techniques to significantly boost our mental well-being. And as you'll know by now, this show is all |
| 0:54.1 | about how we can all |
| 0:54.8 | become mentally healthy. Because I believe it's a truth about mental health. Wherever you are |
| 0:59.8 | with your mental health, there are steps that you can take to improve it always. Now, not only I'll be |
| 1:04.9 | going to cover what it is, how it's used, what some of the benefits are, but I'm also going to include a seven-ish minute |
| 1:13.1 | NSDR meditation at the end of this podcast. However, don't skip across to that straight away. |
| 1:18.7 | It's not going to go anywhere and you can listen to it later on. Just listen to some of the benefits |
| 1:22.5 | and why I've chosen this to be a podcast and some new cornerstone content for the Your Absolute Mind app, |
| 1:28.3 | and then you can move on. You can relax for that seven minutes and have a taste of what it's all |
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