Yoga Nidra and NSDR

I first heard about Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) and Yoga Nidra on The Huberman Lab Podcast. I tried it out the next day to relax and take a restful break, and I found it…enjoyable. I’m not sure I can speak to the long-term benefits, as my practice here has been intermittent at best, but as with some of the other new-fangled health advice I’ve come across (cold showers first thing in the morning, as an example) I find myself enjoying the practice.

Here is the meditation Huberman recommends. I’ve not used it for sleep—I read before bed, and that puts me out most of the time—but I have used it for a short break and to get back to sleep. It’s worked great with one issue; sometimes, a YouTube ad pops up, kinda mucking with the vibe.