Episode 09: Shawn Bradford on Personal Transformation + Getting Better Sleep with Yoga Nidra Meditation
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Resources from this episode
You can find Shawns Yoga Nidra Meditation membership HERE
(HIGHLY RECOMMEND, I USE THIS ALMOST DAILY!!)
You can find Shawns website HERE
Shawn Bradford Bio
Shawn Bradford, MS Health Promotion, is a mindfulness teacher, keynote speaker, and a corporate wellness educator. She holds a 500-hour yoga alliance teaching certificate, is a continuing education provider for Yoga Alliance, and has 200 formal hours of meditation training. Shawn also holds a master's in science in Health Promotion with an emphasis in Workplace Wellness. Shawn loves to inspire her clients and students to weave wellness tools into their day to manage their stress and feel their best!
About the Episode
Today I am excited to share a conversation with Shawn Bradford all about a form of guided meditation that has been massively impactful to me called Yoga Nidra.
I originally found Shawn’s Yoga Nidra Meditation class at a yoga studio in Phoenix in 2018 after I had gone through an extremely traumatic event and I had completely stopped sleeping. Not being able to sleep for me was causing panic attacks, destroying my immune system, taking away my ability to drive, and so much more. I tried so many different things to try to get some rest but wasn’t having a lot of luck and then I remembered this yoga nidra meditation class I had been to in the past and how one of the benefits was supposed tobe helping you get better sleep. So I thought I’ll give that a shot and I just remember that night after that first class I was actually able to sleep. I wasn’t sure if it was a coincidence or if it was working but I decided to keep coming and I continued to get better sleep each time and then I noticed I also started to have some big perceptive shifts. Things would happen that I would feel like this situation should be harder than it is but I strangely feel a peace about it. Then I remembered in nidra one of the intentions I had been working with was I am peace. Peace was something I didn’t have for so long and finally I felt it. I had it. I was embodying it and it was in big part because of the nidra.
We get a lot more into detail about how yoga nidra works and it’s benefits in this episode but if you are someone who struggles with insomnia you have to listen to this episode. Also, if you are someone who is trying to make some perspective shifts and shed some limiting beliefs to make change in your life please keep listening and finally if you are simply someone who is curious about meditation and have goals around trying it for the first time or making it a regular practice, this one’s for you!
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