Coaching practices for Evening Yoga for Sleep

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• By bedtime I’m still buzzing from the day and I get into bed wired
• I’m running on fumes after a short night and I can’t actually fall asleep in the middle of the day, but if I could just be talked down into deep rest for twenty minutes I think I could make it to evening.
• The moment I finish moving I’m up and onto the next thing
• My mind won’t stop spinning when I lie down and "just try to sleep" only makes it worse
• Every afternoon I hit a wall and could fall asleep at my desk, but a real nap leaves me groggy and wrecks my night

Practices that may help

1. Evening yoga routine for sleep
   A gentle 15-minute yoga sequence 30–60 minutes before bed lowers cortisol and core temperature to accelerate sleep onset.
   Yoga for Stress: What the Research Shows
2. Yoga nidra (yogic sleep) for stress recovery
   A 20-minute yoga nidra practice provides deep physiological rest equivalent in restoration to much longer sleep.
   Yoga for Stress: What the Research Shows
3. Savasana and the relaxation response
   Lying completely still at the end of a yoga practice triggers the relaxation response — the physiological counterpart to the stress response.
   Yoga for Stress: What the Research Shows
4. Yoga nidra as a wind-down
   Use a yoga nidra session to transition from a busy mind into sleep.
   Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
5. Use non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) for a midday reset
   A 10–20 minute NSDR or yoga nidra session restores alertness without the grogginess of a full nap.
   Morning Light Anchoring
6. Settle the body with slow breath and stillness
   Pair physical stillness with a slow, extended exhale to deepen the rest.
   Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
7. NSDR for daytime recovery
   Use a short non-sleep deep rest session to recharge without napping.
   Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
8. Pre-sleep trataka for insomnia and mind-calming
   A ten-minute trataka session in low light before bed draws scattered thoughts into a single point.
   Trataka: The Yoga Practice of Fixed-Gaze Meditation
9. Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
   Yoga nidra — popularized in modern form as "non-sleep deep rest" (NSDR) — is a guided practice that puts you in a deeply relaxed, conscious state between waking and sleep, used to recover energy, calm the nervous system, and offset poor sleep. The relaxation mechanism is plausible and small studies are encouraging, but the evidence is still emerging — this is a low-risk recovery practice, not a proven substitute for sleep.
10. Guided body scan into deep rest
    Follow attention slowly through the body to drop into a relaxed, conscious state.
    Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery

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