This 2 CD set is subtitled, "Yoga Relaxation for Rejuvenation and Healing." Last month I describe yoga nidra and the steps to achieve that yogic state of rest. Only one track on these CDs is a formal yoga nidra, but it's a delicious 19 minutes.
Shiva Rea (her website here) is known for her integration of dance and yoga, but this CD demonstrates her talent for going deeper in another way. Music underscores her voice and the nidra track opens with "a sea of Oms" chanted one over the other while she encourages you to "become one vibration with the sound."
She directs you to imagine your body looking down at yourself, as if outside of yourself, set an intention, sankalpa, and then leads you through a brisk survey of the body. She also brings attention to each of the chakras "brightly flaring" and connects the image of your heart to other living beings to foster a sense of connectedness.
Throughout, simple tones of music, graced with bells that sound like wind chimes, support the experience just as much as the surface underneath your body. Her guidance may be confusing if you've not perused the liner notes; she presumes you know the location of the chakras and familiar with certain terms.
But as excellent as her guided CDs are, her liner notes are more outstanding. She presents additional information concisely and clearly to enhance your practice and even includes helpful photographs.
The rest of the tracks include information on how to do a Moon Salutation, Chandra Namaskar, a cleansing breath exercise, Nadi Shodhana Pranayama, and several guided Corpse Poses, Savasana - one inspired by the moon, another by a Rumi poem and another by a sunset over the sea.
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