yoga nidra book and CD - Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga

For centuries, Yoga masters have evolved a systematic method for harnessing the innate wisdom that many of us only chance upon in times of deep rest. In this breakthrough teaching program, you join the foremost expert on Yoga Nidra in the West for a stepby- step program in the daily practice of this supreme meditative art to help you induce profound relaxation in your entire body and mind, eliminate stress, solve interpersonal problems, promote health, and ultimately realize the fundamental goal of Yoga — Freedom.

Read the complete "Introduction" from the book.

In this 42-hour, Level I training, Richard Miller teaches Yoga Nidra as a transformative personal practice as well as an adjunctive tool for use with individuals and groups in Yoga practice, psychotherapy, and clinical, hospital, and class settings.

Richard's dynamic teaching style, which creates an in-depth learning environment, includes talks, interactive dialogue and experiential sessions. It is designed, ultimately, to challenge and inspire you to approach yourself, your students and your clients through the direct experience and healing nature of ever-present Awareness.

The first Level 1 training in Annapolis, Maryland was sold out, and was a wonderful success. There will be a Level 1 training offered July 22 - 27, 2007 at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Canada; August 26 - 31, 2007 at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, Massachusetts; and November 4 - 9, 2007 in San Anselmo, California.

For more details visit our events page, or download the 2007 training and retreat PDF listing.

“Whether you’re looking for deep relaxation, stress reduction, or spiritual transformation, you’re in good hands with yoga master and nondual psychotherapist Richard Miller, whose wise, warm-hearted, accessible instruction in the time-honored practice of Yoga Nidra has the power to guide you all the way home!”
— Stephan Bodian Author of Meditation for Dummies and Buddhism for Dummies, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self (Bantam 99) and The Wisdom of Yoga (Bantam, 2006), former editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal

“Richard Miller’s book on Yoga Nidra makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of this most ancient practice. In a sea of new and often empty publications, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of any yoga practitioner, be they beginner or teacher. Richard’s warmth and radiant presence, so familiar to his student’s and colleagues, rings through in every page.”

— Donna Farhi Author of Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit and Bringing Yoga to Life

“Richard Miller is one of this generation’s most important teachers of nondual wisdom. Seekers of all kinds will be grateful for this collection, because it is saturated with his beautiful voice, and with the echo, too, of the great voices of his teachers — Jean Klein and Swami Satchidananda. Richard’s teaching is both soothing and invigorating — reminding us that in our true nature we are already free, enlightened, and awake. Reminding us that in any moment we could savor Divine presence. For me, simply hearing this view in his graceful words profoundly changes where I stand in relationship to my experience.

"In this collection, Richard brings us the practice of Yoga Nidra with a sophistication and power that it has not previously known in the West. Yoga Nidra is in so many ways the perfect tool for his nondual teachings, and his practices are absolutely delicious — simple, deep, and transformative. Like all authentic spiritual work, these practices produce fruit from the very beginning. They require only presence, and as such represent both the path and the goal of nondual practice.”

— Stephen Cope Senior Scholar in Residence, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health; Author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self and The Wisdom of Yoga

“Richard Miller eloquently invites everyone, from all pathways and spiritual traditions, to join him in this most powerful practice of Yoga Nidra. His wise guidance is clear and inspiring. This book is a must for everyone who hears the call and feels the inner longing for enlightenment.”

— Lilias Folan Author of Lilias! Yoga Gets Better with Age

“Gratitude filled my heart as I turned each page of this book. It was the gratitude, of course, for the deep teaching if offers. But gratitude also for the clear and gentle way Richard guides us on a most personal journey — the journey home to ourselves. This is a book to read slowly and ingest on the deepest levels.”

— Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D. Physical therapist, yoga teacher since 1971, and author of several books including 30 Essential Yoga Poses

“Dr. Richard Miller is the ultimate teacher of teachers. In Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga he shares from his personal experience the clear, concise path to our true nature. Highly recommended for teachers and students on the spiritual path.”

— Larry Payne, Ph.D. Founder, Samata Yoga and Yoga Rx Therapy, co-author of Yoga for Dummies and Yoga Rx

“In Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, Richard Miller lucidly, insightfully and expertly presents the profound Tantric meditation practice of Yoga Nidra, which 'reorganizes' and 're-educates' your mind-body so that it is in attunement with the highest state of your True Nature. This is a guide book that I will be recommending for years to come to help meditation and yoga practitioners shift their lives into a greater state of wisdom, peace, and heart-centeredness.”

— John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga

“Thanks to work like Dr. Miller’s, Yoga Nidra will one day be recognized for the treasure that it truly is. His book/CD beautifully and thoughtfully guides us into this ancient meditative practice from the Yoga Tradition—an invaluable treasure for our modern day. In Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga we find it all: the what, the why, the how-to, and the helpful insights of people who have experienced the exquisite benefits of practicing Yoga Nidra—a timeless gift from the sages to enlighten humanity.”

— Rod Stryker, Founder of ParaYoga, Author of Relax into Greatness and The Four Desires (Bantam)

"From one of our living masters comes the gift of peace of mind and the presence to enjoy it. I love these practices! Richard Miller’s Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga delivers its promise. Not only will you discover and deepen your inner peace, but you will also understand how to find it again and again, until, like Richard, it lives within you all the time.

"Whether your goal is peace of mind or the secret of enlightenment, your journey begins here. Richard Miller leads you on a journey (which you can repeat every day for the rest of your life) to discover, beneath your current mood, beneath your body’s aches and pains, and beneath your mind’s self-limiting beliefs, the “Vastness” of who you really are.

"Richard Miller’s Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga provides the tools you need to remember, every day, your limitless “True Nature.” I have used Richard Miller’s Yoga Nidra practices at the end of my morning practice, and they work! Richard is the teacher I turn to for inspiration."

— Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT, author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books)

Order directly online on our Publications page.

(Paragon Press) Prendergast/Fenner/Krystal — $19.95
How is psychotherapy impacted when it is approached from the unconditioned mind? What happens when therapists function as sacred mirrors for their clients’ essential nature? The Sacred Mirror challenges and inspires you to approach psychotherapy in a new way—as a portal for experiencing your true nature as free and joyful being. Richard's chapter is entitled: Welcoming All That Is: Nonduality, Yoga Nidra, and the play of opposites in Psychotherapy.

(Storey Publishing) by Stephen Cope — $22.95
In this collection of intensely personal and profoundly inspirational essays and interviews, 25 of North America’s leading teachers of Yoga and Buddhist meditation tell their stories of how the practice of these rich and varied spiritual traditions has made an enduring impact on their lives…and how it can transform yours. Richard’s chapter is entitled: The Search for Oneness.

(Barnes & Noble) by Carrie Schneider — $19.95
Along with clear, step-by-step instructions to help you practice, American Yoga presents the paths and practices of 25 of America’s greatest Yoga masters. American Yoga relates the personal paths these extraordinary teachers. See how Yoga changed their lives. Discover what Yoga can do for yours. Richard’s chapter is entitled: Gomukasana.

For a complete listing of books, CDs and tapes, visit our Publications page.

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