Winter Deep Rest: Yoga Nidra Live from Sedona (Session 1)

Deep Rest: Yoga Nidra Live from Sedona is a three-week series of Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR), a guided yoga nidra practice done lying down, led by Trish Hart. It is for anyone who wants to slow down and let the body and mind settle, and it takes place online, with Trish teaching live from Sedona, Arizona.

The series meets on three dates, one session each, so you can make deep rest a small recurring practice rather than a one-off. If you have been looking for a guided relaxation or yoga nidra class you can do from home, this is built for that.

What to Expect

Each session is an invitation to lie down and be comfortable. Trish asks you to get cozy, grab a pillow and a blanket, and settle in before the practice begins. There is no posture to hold and nothing to perform. The work of the session is rest itself, guided by Trish's voice from Sedona.

The series runs across three gatherings spaced over about three months. That spacing gives you time between sessions to notice what rest does for you, and to come back to it.

About Trish Hart

Trish Hart is the founder of Hart Mind Body, working between Boston and Sedona. She is a therapeutic yoga instructor, stress management and mindfulness educator, sound therapist and nature-infused retreat leader. She is also Senior Program Manager of the Thich Nhat Center for Mindfulness in Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Her path began in business and healthcare, in auditing and consulting at Deloitte and in administration and finance at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital. In 2012 a marathon injury left her choosing between surgery and an integrative mind body program. She chose the program, and it changed her career. She went on to study at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, where she is a certified facilitator of Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART).

Before You Go

Because the sessions are live and online, you only need a quiet place where you can lie down. Have a pillow and a blanket within reach so you can be warm and supported for the whole practice. No prior yoga or meditation experience is mentioned as a requirement, and the practice asks only that you rest.