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Preparation Week

All About Sleep

Start learning about sleep & taking steps toward better sleep. 
These principles will be unfolded in the program... just start here. 
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This Week's Materials

Begin your storehouse of sleep knowledge. 

Top 5 Ways to Improve your Sleep from Neurobiologist Matthew Walker

​An intro to the concept of Soma, the nectar of immortality and rejuvenation. 
Read about sleep positions in the article. 
​{plus one more Matt Walker video!}

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Audio interview with Matt Walker on the science of sleep on Fresh Air
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Home Practice

Honoring yourself with sacred sleep ritual & Soma Nidra

Yoga Nidra Home Practice

You will have several yoga nidra practices to choose from in this program for your daily home practice ~ you can begin with this Soma Nidra ~ practice daily at a regular time, possibly before bed as part of your sleep ritual. 

Lie down in bed, or in a shavasana position {we will learn more about this in an upcoming week}

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Your sacred sleep space

  • Dedicate your bedroom to sleeping, resting, cuddling and lovemaking.
  • ​Clean your sheets, clean the space, make your bed look inviting! 
  • Great bedroom colors for sleep include soft cool tones ~ soft lavenders, blues, whites, grays.
  • Cool down the temperature in the room with open windows, or turning down heat. ​

Sacred sleep time

  • ​Go to bed by 9pm-10:30pm, if you can. We will discuss why in the program. ​

Sacred Sleep Rituals

  • Try a hot or warm bath, massaging your feet with oil {you can add calming essential oils}, or doing yoga nidra before you go to sleep}
  • Put away technology 1 hour {minimum} before sleep
  • Avoid eating 3 hours before sleep {tea or warmed milk is fine} - the exception is if you are a pregnant or breastfeeding mother
  • Avoid intense exercise 3 hours before sleep​

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Kaya is the founder of SRY™ which is based in the full spectrum of the Vedic yoga tradition. She has been teaching therapeutic restorative yoga therapy since 2001. Kaya's work is healing, transformative, deeply rejuvenating and empowers her student and clients with wisdom and inner experience. Her trained in the full spectrum of the Vedic Tradition includes Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Prenatal Yoga, Ayurveda, Women's Health, Eastern Anatomy, Sanskrit, Vedic Astrology and Vedanta Philosophy. She collaborates with her husband Michael Manzella, a Vedic Astrologer, to serve yoga students and teachers who are inclined toward depth of inner experience and knowledge.  MORE ON KAYA
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