Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno.

So lately I've been feeling a little burnt out and maybe some of you can relate to that feeling.

But of course, this is the primary message from society. Go,

go, go, go, go, go. And we so often conflate output and busyness with success and happiness,

but this relentless drumbeat of productivity is making us sick and exhausted. Well, today's guest, Tracy Stanley,

offers a solution. It's called Yoga Nidra. So Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation that

promotes deep relaxation while maintaining consciousness.

It is profoundly calming on the body and the mind

and can rejuvenate you even just after 10 minutes.

So for those of you who are unaware of yogic sleep,

as it is sometimes called,

you may be familiar with the sensation of it.

It's that wonderful liminal condition that hovers between consciousness and sleep.

Your brain enters theta state and the aperture of your imagination,

widens. The ego begins to dissipate in that warm embrace of feeling interconnected

to the world envelopes you.

Hmm.

Sounds good.

But Yoga Nidra is not only deeply relaxing, the state is also fertile ground for discovery.

In fact, as Tracy describes in our conversation, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein

often flirted with yogic sleep. Tracy is a Yoga Nidra master teacher and the author of Radiant Rest,

Yoga Nidra for deep relaxation and awakened clarity.

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