Testimonials
Voices of Divine Guidance
Sandra Hartmann
The week at YogaVidya Nordsee was amazing. We were lucky to have Swami Yatidharmananda there and to listen to his interesting and wise stories, which he told with a lot of humor. He has a beautiful toughing voice and a powerful way to drum, he deepened the rituals of Sudarsh and of any Satsang. One day I joined his Yoga Nidra session and I was deeply and benefited by this experience. Thank you so much, dear Swami, this time means a lot to me.
Once, during a Yin Yoga class about two month ago, my teacher did a 20 minute Yoga Nidra “travel” with us. This short sequence was impressive. The focus were on the third eye and after she was telling us these key-words like: waves, a rose, a driving car, … there happened something at the surface and of my third eye and went into it: There was a hugh release, like something opened up. It was a physically effective but till now I couldn´t really decide if it was either a physical or an energetic release – or both ;
This kind of experience I had as well in your Yoga Nidra class and it was even more impressive: At one point I could feel something… how can I describe…like a stripe
Lena Kluger (Vishnupriya)
My Yoga Nidra session I expierenced the pleasure to move around outside the body, wherever my antfasy and the pictures that where given took me. By “leaving” the body, my body turned really peaceful. Those where good “journeys” and I felt light afterwards.
One Yoga Nidra session was special to me, I think it also had something to do with the pudjas and workshops given by the brahmin priest before that. When I reached the top of that mountan in a mental visualisation, I had the strong impression of my anahata chakra moving like a wheel and out of somewhere my mind started to chant ” OM namah sivaya”. That was a gift.
The expierience of beeing there and at the same time beeing everywhere.
I felt good to just lie on the floor, it gave me a feeling of ‘Now i can let go, i don’t have to do anything then lying on the floor’. At the same time i felt enclosed. Kind of caged into my body. This scared me in some moments. To not move, just lying with total awareness. In a way there was a kind of pressure. “Now i am a spiritual being” 🙂 it was not easy to lie.
During the exercise i could relax more or better to say, i accepted the fact to be there in this moment. And i recognized some limits in my mind. Accepting the moment was/is also hard for me. I get sad very easily. Something is missing. And i feel pain.
This is the fact in my everyday life. I feel pain. And during Yoga Nidra the pain could release, i was also crying.
Sandra Hartmann
I felt good to just lying on the floor, it gave me a feeling of ‘Now i can let go, i don’t have to do anything than lying on the floor’. At the same time i felt enclosed, kind of caged into my body. This scared me in some moments. To not move, just lying with total awareness. In a way there was a kind of pressure. “Now i am a spiritual being” 🙂 it was not easy lying down.
During the exercise I could relax more or better to say, I accepted the fact to be there in this moment. And I recognized some limits in my mind. Accepting the moment was/is also hard for me. I get sad very easily. Something is missing. And I feel pain.
This is the fact in my everyday life. I feel pain. And during Yoga Nidra the pain could release, I was also crying.
I felt very close to my feelings. My emotions are also dominating me, I think. I react very emotionally.
So, I liked your way of speaking. You are, in my opinion, a very open, relaxed and funny person 🙂
I mean, I simply liked your way to lead this Yoga Nidra lesson. You were completely THERE and I felt it. This gave me peace and joy!
Ira Wenz (Ananta)
Over all Yoga Nidra was very helpful to me, I was able to let go of my thoughts and relax. A wonderful basis for further meditation.
The seminar was very helpful to me. I am very interested in learning more about Yoga Nidra and got the book “Yoga Nidra” by Swami Satyananda Saraswati “. It’s a shame that your seminar will be over soon, a continuation would be great!
Much love in Om, stay healthy.
Greetings from Germany
Ananta
Lena Domrose
After our Yoga Nidra meditation classes in Yoga Vidya, Bad Meinberg, I bought the first of the Yoga Nidra CDs of Swami Prakashananda Saraswati. I practised Yoga Nidra a few times after hiking in the mountains. (We did a 5-day trip where we walked from mountain hut to mountain hut in the French Alps). It was physically challenging because we had heavy backpacks and needed to climb lots of height meter every day. So lying down on my mattress in the mountain hut with my headphones and practising Yoga Nidra became a real treat of relaxation and rest. It was wonderful. And I clearly had the feeling that I had a great rest and felt less tired afterwards.I could observe that my body was asleep but something in me was still awake following the guidance of the Yoga Nidra teacher.
This brings me to my next observation: I can see how I was and still am sceptic to the concept of resting without sleeping. In my universe until now, the idea of profound rest and restoration is totally connected to sleep. I have a hard time
Claudia Mulas (Shivani)
Your Yoga Nidra session is being one of the strongest experience in my Yoga path (now 8 years) till now. During the Yoga Nidra class I experienced a deep, indescribable sense of community and happyness that brought out of me a liberating and joyful cry. This feeling acconpained me for many hours after the session and gave me a new understanding of what Yoga Nidra might be able to move.
In the second class we sang Mantras and meditated. This might be not so relevant, but I’ve been working as a classical musician for many years and I have to honestly say that you sing really beautifully! Your singing seemed to come from a very deep level of consciousness and to be free from any control through the mind. I really enjoyed it and found it to be a big inspiration as well!
