During yoga nidra, you enter a profound state of receptive relaxation, all the while remaining totally aware and alert throughout the practice. Yoga means “union” or “non-separation” and nidra means “sleep” or “changing states of consciousness.” Yoga nidra means a state of mind between sleep and wakefulness. Through this practice you are not only relaxing but learning tools that promote resilience, health, and a sense of well-being, something all of us with CF can benefit from.
Integrative Restoration, or iRest, is an adaptation of yoga nidra, an ancient yogic practice of meditation. I then wanted to learn more, and now have a Level II certification as an iRest ® Yoga Teacher. I quickly found that I wanted others to have the experience of iRest and I began to teach it at various yoga studios. I first experienced it in 2011, and soon after I took an iRest teacher training with the intention simply to deepen my own practice. In this blog and my upcoming classes, I’d like to share one coping method that has proven helpful to me – a guided meditation practice known as iRest yoga nidra. There are many ways in which stress reveals itself, and there are many ways to cope with it. It’s also important to remember that CF doesn’t make you immune from other situations that create stress, like work, finances, family, politics, and the environment in which we live. And if anything goes wrong, a traumatic experience can stick with you long after immediate danger has passed. Even in the best of times, the burdens of CF can easily develop into chronic stress, anxiety, and insomnia. Keeping up with all the treatments, GI and sinus issues, eating well, exercising – if you have CF like me, you know this list goes on. It’s the daily-ness of it all that wears on me.
Living a life with cystic fibrosis is often stressful and overwhelming. Meet Suzanne Joyce, adult with CF, former attorney, double-lung transplant survivor, and adventurous life-lover! Read on to learn about her experience with iRest, and how it may help you, too. In today’s guest post, we’re happy to introduce you to CF Yogi’s newest instructor Suzanne Joyce, RYT500 yoga teacher, 57-year old adult with CF, and double-lung transplant survivor! Starting on Friday October 2, Suzanne will be joining us to teach a weekly class in iRest® Yoga Nidra– a wonderfully accessible form of guided meditation that can help with relieving stress, recovering from trauma, and managing anxiety and depression.
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