The Healing Frequency: Cellular Repair and Yoga Nidra

 This is an excerpt from our new online course, 10 Days to Mindfulness (on our website). This episode explores the power of cellular healing your body goes through and how the practice of Yoga Nidra helps facilitate this internal, intuitive healing process.

Yoga Nidra helps to regulate the nervous system by calming the fight or flight response and activating the rest and digest response. So this shift in the nervous system activity promotes a state of deep relaxation and allows the body to engage in the healing process, the cellular healing that your body is in need of. 

Episode Transcript

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This is Personal Shaman Podcast and I'm your host, Polly Behringer. 2 00:00:04,400.8880332007 --> 00:00:09,570.8880332007 Specialized in holistic modalities, alternative methods to help you heal and release trauma. 3 00:00:10,862.179482555 --> 00:00:15,302.179482555 The following is a recording for my new course, 10 Days to Mindfulness. 4 00:00:15,482.179482555 --> 00:00:19,147.179482555 I hope you enjoy this session and we'll be sharing the link below. 5 00:00:19,611.24404658 --> 00:00:22,881.24404658 Cellular healing and Yoga Nidra, the yogic sleep. 6 00:00:23,241.24404658 --> 00:00:29,181.24404658 This one was a really hard one for me to write because I wanna go all over the place on this one. 7 00:00:29,241.24404658 --> 00:00:33,621.24404658 Uh, Yoga Nidra is just such an extremely powerful modality. 8 00:00:33,771.24404658 --> 00:00:42,741.24404658 It's like your body tunes back in and all these versions of yourself that separate us throughout the day or that get separated within us throughout the day. 9 00:00:43,71.24404658 --> 00:00:46,131.24404658 Come back to this place of peace; your true self, your atma. 10 00:00:46,551.24404658 --> 00:00:50,781.24404658 You have this physical body, your emotional body, your energetic body, your mind, body. 11 00:00:50,871.24404658 --> 00:00:52,971.24404658 You see people like this every day. 12 00:00:52,971.24404658 --> 00:00:55,761.24404658 You see people that are all in their head all the time. 13 00:00:56,91.24404658 --> 00:00:59,571.24404658 You see people that are very physical all the time, like they might be acting out a lot. 14 00:00:59,946.24404658 --> 00:01:01,626.24404658 You have people that are very emotional. 15 00:01:01,686.24404658 --> 00:01:06,996.24404658 And you have people that are in an energetic body, which could be extremely draining, just all over the place. 16 00:01:06,996.24404658 --> 00:01:19,536.24404658 How does these two things tie together; cellular healing and Yoga Nidra? Cellular healing happens while you're in Yoga Nidra, while you are in sleep, and it happens the most when you're in the Delta brainwave. 17 00:01:19,876.24404658 --> 00:01:24,466.24404658 And the older you get, the less you're able to dip into this brainwave. 18 00:01:24,556.24404658 --> 00:01:33,292.910713247 That's why I feel like Yoga Nidra is socially powerful is because your mind is learning how to reaccess delta brainwaves while sleeping through Yoga Nidra. 19 00:01:33,342.910713247 --> 00:01:39,132.910713247 Your body knows intuitively how to heal itself, but sometimes along the way we forget. 20 00:01:39,442.910713247 --> 00:01:41,662.91071325 A lot of people live very high stress lives. 21 00:01:42,267.91071325 --> 00:01:48,77.91071325 And they may be in a very hypervigilant state, their blood pressure may be high, their heart rate may be high. 22 00:01:48,77.91071325 --> 00:01:50,57.91071325 There's a lot of things going on internally. 23 00:01:50,87.91071325 --> 00:01:51,947.91071325 There's a lot of dis-ease going on. 24 00:01:51,947.91071325 --> 00:01:53,747.91071325 They may be having a lot of chronic illnesses. 25 00:01:53,747.91071325 --> 00:01:56,927.91071325 They might be dealing with a broken heart or feeling isolated. 26 00:01:57,237.91071325 --> 00:02:00,807.91071325 They might be having some suicidal tendencies or thoughts. 27 00:02:00,837.91071325 --> 00:02:04,377.91071325 They, they may be living in a trauma state all the time. 28 00:02:04,647.91071325 --> 00:02:07,557.91071325 When you're in this place, you're in this place of survival. 29 00:02:07,882.91071325 --> 00:02:12,82.91071325 Yoga Nidra allows you to get the rest that your body desperately needs it. 30 00:02:12,172.91071325 --> 00:02:19,282.91071325 It tunes itself back to this place of peace, and this is where cellular healing happens. 31 00:02:19,372.91071325 --> 00:02:31,972.91071325 What is cellular healing and why is this important? Cellular healing refers to the body's natural or enhanced processes that repair and regenerate damaged cells and tissues; which leads to improved health and wellbeing. 32 00:02:32,76.24404658 --> 00:02:38,586.24404658 We know, and most of us have experienced that trauma is stored as tension in the muscles, tissues, and organs of our bodies. 33 00:02:38,646.24404658 --> 00:02:44,106.24404658 Talk about cellular healing and how this can go back and regenerate damaged cells and tissues. 34 00:02:44,406.24404658 --> 00:02:49,176.24404658 So you can see the connections happening here, right? And this is improving your health and your personal wellbeing. 35 00:02:49,486.24404658 --> 00:03:00,211.24404658 When you're in the delta brainwaves, the body has natural mechanisms to repair damaged cells; including the processes like membrane repair, DNA, repair and protein repair. 36 00:03:00,451.24404658 --> 00:03:09,931.24404658 The exact role of the delta brainwave is an area of ongoing research, but research has shown while in this brainwave cellular healing is in fact happening. 37 00:03:10,336.24404658 --> 00:03:11,476.24404658 There's a lot of research. 38 00:03:11,476.24404658 --> 00:03:23,356.24404658 They can't really pin it down, but they know what's happening in this brainwave, and when you think about the older you get, the less you're able to dip into this brainwave, this frequency of healing. 39 00:03:23,656.24404658 --> 00:03:28,666.24404658 You think about a lot of people, the older they get, they start having memory loss, they're not able to think clearly. 40 00:03:28,696.24404658 --> 00:03:35,956.24404658 Cellular healing is vital for maintaining overall health and functionality by replacing, repairing, damaged, or dying cells. 41 00:03:36,321.24404658 --> 00:03:46,851.24404658 So this process known as cellular regeneration is crucial for wound healing, tissue repair, and combating diseases by restoring proper tissue function, improving overall wellbeing. 42 00:03:47,391.24404658 --> 00:03:54,51.24404658 So for me, I've been doing Yoga nija for a very long time, and I heal extremely fast. 43 00:03:54,321.24404658 --> 00:03:59,451.24404658 My body will purge things even when I'm purging my attic and getting rid of stuff. 44 00:03:59,451.24404658 --> 00:04:02,361.24404658 My body then goes through a natural purge of releasing stuff. 45 00:04:02,731.24404658 --> 00:04:10,621.24404658 When I've been physically hurt, I heal faster than the average person and it's because I'm doing things that the average person is not doing. 46 00:04:10,621.24404658 --> 00:04:12,841.24404658 And one of them is Yoga Nidra. 47 00:04:12,941.24404658 --> 00:04:16,571.24404658 Yoga Nidra, the yogic sleep, it's also known as the awakened sleep. 48 00:04:16,931.24404658 --> 00:04:27,306.24404658 So it's a mindfulness practice used around the world and it's been modified, um, in a way to become much more digestible to communities that would normally not accept this kind of alternative form of practice. 49 00:04:27,336.24404658 --> 00:04:28,536.24404658 Let's kind of go back a little bit. 50 00:04:28,536.24404658 --> 00:04:33,786.24404658 The awaken and sleep, so your mind, there's a part of your mind that's still very much awake and alert when you're in Yoga Nidra. 51 00:04:33,936.24404658 --> 00:04:41,136.24404658 And that's the only reason you can tap into a very deep, relaxed state in order to be guided to deep relaxation. 52 00:04:41,466.24404658 --> 00:04:43,896.24404658 A lot of people would go, that doesn't make any sense. 53 00:04:43,926.24404658 --> 00:04:45,846.24404658 People are really in their mind all day. 54 00:04:46,151.24404658 --> 00:04:48,881.24404658 It doesn't seem like that's a relaxed place to be. 55 00:04:48,881.24404658 --> 00:04:50,321.24404658 They have a lot of mind chatter. 56 00:04:50,351.24404658 --> 00:04:58,991.24404658 When your mind is awake and alert, it's not going through the process of trying to make lists and do all these things, and you're not trying to recount what's happened to you. 57 00:04:59,231.24404658 --> 00:05:01,31.24404658 You're not pulling up old traumas. 58 00:05:01,436.24404658 --> 00:05:17,186.24404658 Your mind is just awake and alert to the suggestion of this deep guide to relaxation, where you're able to go into this delta, brainwave this, this vibration that's moving through you, where you can tap into this deep recovery area of sleep. 59 00:05:17,216.24404658 --> 00:05:22,166.24404658 Yoga Nidra is used by athletes, military, first responders, CEOs. 60 00:05:22,226.24404658 --> 00:05:25,796.24404658 I started using it with youth schools that were really struggling. 61 00:05:26,366.24404658 --> 00:05:30,236.24404658 This is a modality that can be used by anyone. 62 00:05:30,519.63737991 --> 00:05:38,259.63737991 This is not a physical modality, and the reason why I need to make sure I stress it because most people think Yoga is doing a physical Yoga. 63 00:05:38,589.63737991 --> 00:05:44,289.63737991 So the asanas, which is the physical part, is only one small portion of what Yoga really is. 64 00:05:44,349.63737991 --> 00:05:49,839.63737991 Yoga Nidra guides you into a deep relaxation state where a cellular healing occurs. 65 00:05:50,19.63737991 --> 00:05:59,379.63737991 So in Yoga Nidra sessions, you're able to access delta brainwaves, which are associated with deep sleep and restorative processes including cellular repair. 66 00:05:59,379.63737991 --> 00:06:00,999.63737991 I know I keep repeating this over and over again. 67 00:06:01,479.63737991 --> 00:06:11,529.63737991 If we're able to access Delta brainwaves in our sleep, why should we even bother doing Yoga Nidra? Well, there's a few reasons, but the older you get, the less you experience delta brainwaves in your deep sleep. 68 00:06:11,679.63737991 --> 00:06:15,129.63737991 It still happens, but the frequency in the amplitude decreases. 69 00:06:15,699.63737991 --> 00:06:26,649.63737991 So if delta brainwaves naturally occurs in deep sleep but decreases while we age, Yoga Nidra is an alternative to accessing delta brainwaves and the natural healing abilities associated with that brainwave. 70 00:06:26,799.63737991 --> 00:06:31,119.63737991 So this decline happens right in age related changes. 71 00:06:31,449.63737991 --> 00:06:33,699.63737991 And this you can, they, you can see this. 72 00:06:33,919.63737991 --> 00:06:42,229.63737991 The older you get, like they may be sleeping more but not really fully sleeping, they feel like they have this increased wakefulness all the time in and out of sleep. 73 00:06:42,229.63737991 --> 00:06:45,319.63737991 They never really get to touch into deep sleep. 74 00:06:45,739.63737991 --> 00:06:50,209.63737991 So like, why is this even important when we get older? Most people say, I'll sleep when I'm dead. 75 00:06:50,809.63737991 --> 00:06:52,729.63737991 Well, no, you don't really sleep when you're dead. 76 00:06:52,729.63737991 --> 00:06:58,894.63737991 And if you wanna live a life worth living, you need to be doing stuff that's gonna help your life improve. 77 00:06:58,954.63737991 --> 00:07:20,359.63737991 Right? If you were able to access a brainwave to help induce a healing state that encourages and facilitates cellular healing and cognitive health, would you? If you knew your body, I feel like this is Yoga Nidra as like the Fountain of Youth, would you, would you want it? And I'm not saying looking younger, but imagine your body being able to heal a lot faster. 78 00:07:20,419.63737991 --> 00:07:22,579.63737991 Imagine yourself seeing things a lot clearer. 79 00:07:22,819.63737991 --> 00:07:36,659.63737991 Imagine your organs in your body functioning at optimal levels, you being able to to sleep deeply during the night and then be fully awake and immersed in living during the day. 80 00:07:36,719.63737991 --> 00:07:42,59.63737991 Say you work now during the night and you sleep during the day, your circadian rhythm's a little off. 81 00:07:42,89.63737991 --> 00:08:00,59.63737991 Having access to something like Yoga Nidra is extremely important because not only are you trying to reset your body, it's hard to when you're not in alignment with the moon and the sun and the sun's rays and we already know how much value that we get and how much healing that we get just by being in the sunlight. 82 00:08:00,359.63737991 --> 00:08:18,59.63737991 So if you have access to deep healing through Yoga Nidra, why wouldn't we do this? When you're in Yoga Nidra, you are being guided through these Koshas, these different, uh, layers of ourself like labyrinth surrounding and encompassing our true self at the center, this place of peace. 83 00:08:18,119.63737991 --> 00:08:25,439.63737991 Here are the few benefits to natural cellular healing, which just knowing that the word healing is in there, we know it's a benefit. 84 00:08:25,439.63737991 --> 00:08:35,699.63737991 But cell repair, the body has natural mechanisms to repair damage cells including processes like membrane repair, DNA, repair and protein repair. 85 00:08:35,879.63737991 --> 00:08:37,829.63737991 Why are those things important? They're extremely important. 86 00:08:37,829.63737991 --> 00:08:38,309.63737991 We know this. 87 00:08:38,579.63737991 --> 00:08:46,169.63737991 Tissue Regeneration So, the body can regenerate new tissue to replace damaged ones with different tissues regenerating at varying rates. 88 00:08:46,769.63737991 --> 00:08:49,349.63737991 That's insane, right? So this is possible. 89 00:08:49,529.63737991 --> 00:08:56,39.63737991 So if your body's always at this frequency of healing, and the more you do Yoga Nidra, it's an accumulative effect. 90 00:08:56,39.63737991 --> 00:09:03,9.63737991 It's like a bank account of healing that you're constantly making deposits in your body has this natural superpower. 91 00:09:03,69.63737991 --> 00:09:07,89.63737991 It's really not a superpower because you already have this to heal itself, to regenerate. 92 00:09:07,614.63737991 --> 00:09:15,174.63737991 Wound Healing Wounds are repaired through a complex process involving inflammation, cell proliferation, and tissue remodeling. 93 00:09:15,221.30404658 --> 00:09:22,991.30404658 So you think about like, this is insane, right? So our body has this ability to go in and to heal. 94 00:09:23,381.30404658 --> 00:09:26,771.30404658 So here's how Yoga Nidra contributes to cellular healing. 95 00:09:27,101.30404658 --> 00:09:31,721.30404658 Yoga Nidra includes a state of deep relaxation where the body and the mind can rest and repair. 96 00:09:32,111.30404658 --> 00:09:36,551.30404658 This relaxation allows the body to access its natural healing mechanisms. 97 00:09:37,31.30404658 --> 00:09:45,881.30404658 Delta Brainwaves: Yoga Nidra can help you access delta brainwaves, which are associated with deep sleep and restorative processes, including cellular repair. 98 00:09:46,161.30404658 --> 00:09:53,391.30404658 Nervous system regulation: Yoga Nidra can help calm the nervous system, reducing stress, and allowing the body to focus on healing. 99 00:09:53,581.30404658 --> 00:09:58,441.30404658 Prana flow: Yoga Nidra can help restore the flow of prana, which is life force energy. 100 00:09:58,711.30404658 --> 00:10:01,951.30404658 Which is believed to be essential for overall health and healing. 101 00:10:02,161.30404658 --> 00:10:15,361.30404658 So I know that seems like a little woo woo out there, the prana, the life force energy, but you've been around people that seem like they have no energy at all, and then you've been around people and talk to people, they, and you walk away and you feel like, man, I feel so invigorated. 102 00:10:15,361.30404658 --> 00:10:16,81.30404658 I feel alive. 103 00:10:16,291.30404658 --> 00:10:18,211.30404658 Their life force energy is high. 104 00:10:18,351.30404658 --> 00:10:26,661.30404658 Body awareness: so Yoga Nidra can help you become more aware of your body, allowing you to connect with its innate wisdom and capacity for healing. 105 00:10:27,516.30404658 --> 00:10:32,616.30404658 A lot of people when they come outta Yoga Nidra, they're like, I feel like I was floating. 106 00:10:33,6.30404658 --> 00:10:36,336.30404658 The pains that I felt in my body no longer feel like they're there. 107 00:10:36,396.30404658 --> 00:10:38,436.30404658 I feel very much at peace. 108 00:10:38,496.30404658 --> 00:10:48,576.30404658 This is your natural state of being, right? Hormonal balance: Yoga Nidra may help regulate hormones in other physiological processes that are crucial for cellular repair and regeneration. 109 00:10:48,576.30404658 --> 00:10:50,586.30404658 I could go on and on MINDBODY connection. 110 00:10:50,916.30404658 --> 00:10:56,736.30404658 Yoga Nidra fosters a deep connection between the mind and body, which is essential for overall wellbeing and healing. 111 00:10:57,186.30404658 --> 00:11:01,956.30404658 A lot of people are in their mind- mind connection or their body- body connection. 112 00:11:02,256.30404658 --> 00:11:04,986.30404658 Most people are not in their mind body connection. 113 00:11:04,986.30404658 --> 00:11:08,976.30404658 It's very hard for them to attach their mind and their body to together. 114 00:11:09,276.30404658 --> 00:11:12,786.30404658 They feel like they're all in their head or they're only moving through the motions. 115 00:11:13,86.30404658 --> 00:11:17,46.30404658 So having this mind body connection when you're able to achieve that through Yoga Nidra. 116 00:11:17,164.63737991 --> 00:11:24,484.63737991 There is a healing that's going on, and there's also this feeling of tribal support between the mind and the body. 117 00:11:24,754.63737991 --> 00:11:29,947.97071325 There's this connectiveness that goes back, ancestral wisdom into your past. 118 00:11:30,127.97071325 --> 00:11:44,334.63737991 We know sleep heals, right? So when you're practicing Yoga Nidra on a regular basis, it can assist those that are struggling with insomnia or any other sleep issues by promoting feelings of safety and tranquility. 119 00:11:44,444.63737991 --> 00:11:48,547.97071325 It places you in this mode of deep relaxation. 120 00:11:48,724.63737991 --> 00:11:55,177.97071325 This is one of the practices that I did every single night on the Camino de Santiago. 121 00:11:55,517.97071325 --> 00:12:00,347.97071325 The pains and ailments and the problems that a lot of people were having. 122 00:12:00,444.63737991 --> 00:12:05,244.63737991 Body issues that they were having on this long walk, this treacherous walk... 123 00:12:05,274.63737991 --> 00:12:07,464.63737991 most people carrying all their stuff on their back. 124 00:12:07,564.63737991 --> 00:12:08,554.63737991 I did not have. 125 00:12:08,614.63737991 --> 00:12:10,694.63737991 Every night I was listening to Yoga Nidra. 126 00:12:10,714.63737991 --> 00:12:17,134.63737991 I was priming myself in this healing state knowing that I needed to get up tomorrow the next day and be the best version of myself. 127 00:12:17,504.63737991 --> 00:12:26,444.63737991 This deep rest attained through Yoga Nidra can help regulate emotions leading to mental clarity and reducing stress, which might otherwise disrupt your sleep. 128 00:12:26,444.63737991 --> 00:12:28,244.63737991 A lot of people struggle at night there. 129 00:12:28,244.63737991 --> 00:12:29,594.63737991 There's tossing and turning. 130 00:12:29,594.63737991 --> 00:12:32,234.63737991 There's things that aren't happening; they aren't dreaming very well. 131 00:12:32,424.63737991 --> 00:12:39,804.63737991 Engaging in Yoga Nidra encourages the mindfulness and present moment awareness, fostering a peaceful mindset conducive to sleep. 132 00:12:40,434.63737991 --> 00:12:49,434.63737991 So, you know, like we know we need to sleep to heal, but most people that are, that don't have that mind body connection, they're always in their mind. 133 00:12:49,434.63737991 --> 00:12:51,714.63737991 We need to be in this place of deep sleep. 134 00:12:51,714.63737991 --> 00:12:56,934.63737991 So Yoga Nidra helps guide you by listening to a session into a deep sleep. 135 00:12:57,264.63737991 --> 00:12:59,754.63737991 And that's where the cellular healing is able to happen. 136 00:12:59,814.63737991 --> 00:13:05,94.63737991 So why should we incorporate Yoga Nidra into our evening routine? Because it can enrich your sleep experience. 137 00:13:05,154.63737991 --> 00:13:09,654.63737991 It adds a layer of deep rest that benefits both you physically and mental health. 138 00:13:09,684.63737991 --> 00:13:18,854.63737991 When I say physical health, I'm talking about the deep layers of physical healing that you're gonna be experiencing when you go through Yoga Nidra and you can see it after. 139 00:13:18,854.63737991 --> 00:13:19,754.63737991 You can feel it. 140 00:13:19,784.63737991 --> 00:13:21,884.63737991 You'll notice it after the first session. 141 00:13:21,944.63737991 --> 00:13:25,454.63737991 You're basically setting the stage for restful nights and revitalize days. 142 00:13:25,454.63737991 --> 00:13:30,974.63737991 Your Yoga Nidra helps to regulate the nervous system by calming the fight or flight response. 143 00:13:30,974.63737991 --> 00:13:31,664.63737991 This is really key. 144 00:13:31,664.63737991 --> 00:13:38,774.63737991 So Yoga Nidra helps regulate the nervous system by calming the fight or flight response; this is a sympathetic nervous system. 145 00:13:38,774.63737991 --> 00:13:43,119.63737991 And activating the rest and digest, the parasympathetic nervous system. 146 00:13:43,479.63737991 --> 00:13:50,299.63737991 This shift in nervous system activity promotes a state of relaxation and allows the body to engage in a healing process. 147 00:13:50,646.30404658 --> 00:13:52,416.30404658 I know my voice is going up higher and higher. 148 00:13:52,416.30404658 --> 00:13:53,856.30404658 It's 'cause I'm so passionate about this. 149 00:13:53,856.30404658 --> 00:13:57,936.30404658 Like this last portion I feel ties it all together. 150 00:13:58,226.30404658 --> 00:14:07,676.30404658 Yoga Nidra helps to regulate the nervous system by calming the fight or flight response and activating the rest and digest response. 151 00:14:08,261.30404658 --> 00:14:19,825.33182436 So this shift in the nervous system activity promotes a state of deep relaxation and allows the body to engage in the healing process, the cellular healing that your body is in need of. 152 00:14:20,370.50775028 --> 00:14:36,358.7762688 While I wanna go on and on, I think that you can understand, and you could probably hear it in my tone voice of how passionate I am, that I believe that once you start introducing Yoga Nidra into your mindfulness practice. 153 00:14:36,418.7762688 --> 00:14:53,623.7762688 This is something that you don't have to actively do anything but lay there and listen to and that, and because it sounds so easy, most people are like, it's too easy to be true, or it's just true, right? Test it for yourself as you do it every single night. 154 00:14:53,653.7762688 --> 00:14:54,568.7762688 Test it for yourself. 155 00:14:54,568.7762688 --> 00:14:55,798.7762688 You'll see the results. 156 00:14:55,798.7762688 --> 00:14:58,678.7762688 You'll feel the changes, I promise. 157 00:14:59,68.7762688 --> 00:15:01,498.7762688 Promise you, you will see and feel the changes. 158 00:15:01,705.62434137 --> 00:15:05,995.62434137 I'm looking forward to continuing with you through the Personal Shaman podcast. 159 00:15:06,475.62434137 --> 00:15:09,475.62434137 Personal Shaman isn't about me being your personal shaman. 160 00:15:09,715.62434137 --> 00:15:11,605.62434137 It's about you becoming your own. 161 00:15:12,98.9576747 --> 00:15:14,318.9586747 Thank you for being a part of this journey.