Yoga Nidra: Deep Relaxation and Meditation with Vickie MacArthur

Free event

Yoga Nidra will be offered as part of our Community of Christ Peace Forum Weekend. If you're not familiar with the deep relaxation of Yoga Nidra, here is an explanation from our facilitator, Vickie MacArthur. *"When we allow ourselves to rest and relax, healing becomes possible.*

*There is no true healing without true rest."* *---Thich Nhat Hanh*

*Dear Community* I started practicing and teaching the meditative practice of Yoga Nidra over 15 years ago. Through the years yoga Nidra has been the "go to" practice that has sustained me through the loss and grieving of my mother in 2011 and a traumatic accident in 2023, and everything in between. It has truly been my life raft when life threatens to overwhelm me. It is conscious breath work that keeps me afloat in these difficult times. (You can learn more about these stories and how yoga nidra helped me heal, in my memoir, [A Lotus on Fire](https://4ngsl9dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001laNMnmT3ErbmoRnFAh6Kx8UpmPie6Hok56gvkx4uWDQJ1TNvlABiv8DWATA8CsyWaMEv848xPdvvtGfZkroIk05uUNielUT6d2A7vKBt6ENttXVBqZAVhT-2wBd-HmpS7zfQdKeFxLhaV7DSiiv32I4TVetUohVC3K2T6qMSzVe7dcKPl7tYF-S262XY6Ht6&c=Arties0Km50nb9VO_UfyD1Y7jXTCY1GVkg2QJ9ufn9_2VdFyIbDZWA==&ch=V4Ji7v5L3Dfv8ftOHoIgLb5NWhZSdabdXqxrEE99Lqneg9NpqWi3HQ==)

The Yoga Nidra that I practice and teach is the integration of what I've learned from training with two very different teachers in the yoga tradition: [Nischala Joy Devi and her Abundant Well Being](https://4ngsl9dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001laNMnmT3ErbmoRnFAh6Kx8UpmPie6Hok56gvkx4uWDQJ1TNvlABiv396Vs4OSO7e77WT4kCxxf6cFbkkic0JtBpdfyAdB6UqKuAYzEGoF5nI09h5jMYEryVrKkucnIakZNt7dgicXkqdwFqCV-X7FcoJdPPB3AmziD8y64NlhoU5B3-BC7Ac59GphOS7inft_Vi2dMUNAv0=&c=Arties0Km50nb9VO_UfyD1Y7jXTCY1GVkg2QJ9ufn9_2VdFyIbDZWA==&ch=V4Ji7v5L3Dfv8ftOHoIgLb5NWhZSdabdXqxrEE99Lqneg9NpqWi3HQ==) program, and [Richard Millar and his I-Rest program.](https://4ngsl9dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001laNMnmT3ErbmoRnFAh6Kx8UpmPie6Hok56gvkx4uWDQJ1TNvlABiv396Vs4OSO7ehVsiGy-yq-APke-grA5DARofFlIDdUwh75P1M069UIF4vZEKvo9mP_0rAbxzmISTw--QjLR_BRUjTNU3UJUhdLY1ofyZtLsFm2E_eJtfcM-p8_s-e2u7ijzs11A7j99aHlYJkGXa_G4lH549jXEFEMB0XLpsQNpaYUeJOQ3NXYQ-PFItRftPZ9vr8_YMJIcTHoOCZFtKyvxUA6iaFIsqQA==&c=Arties0Km50nb9VO_UfyD1Y7jXTCY1GVkg2QJ9ufn9_2VdFyIbDZWA==&ch=V4Ji7v5L3Dfv8ftOHoIgLb5NWhZSdabdXqxrEE99Lqneg9NpqWi3HQ==) However, the teacher I've learned the true essence of rest and how to expand this restful state of being into daily life is from Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh. These are the principles that I integrate into every yoga nidra class I teach. [Read more about the principles of yoga nidra and how true rest can help you heal here:](https://4ngsl9dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001laNMnmT3ErbmoRnFAh6Kx8UpmPie6Hok56gvkx4uWDQJ1TNvlABiv396Vs4OSO7eWTjwJl55wr7rq9yKYdCJBrO1ySxHVbloYN_vq4eJqaVBKyh5lsHHFeWZgeKFwQtdCJ9_aWopxMa6732TGVwOFUQX2IsI2hJxZj8LRlSLyrmK_x3ShdWL56ak600nJDZorZmUajMIK2C-4rJa9-AD245A8iW0hiHI6q93CCo-wNKjdZOrMYEmy_V0lvLRBAgM&c=Arties0Km50nb9VO_UfyD1Y7jXTCY1GVkg2QJ9ufn9_2VdFyIbDZWA==&ch=V4Ji7v5L3Dfv8ftOHoIgLb5NWhZSdabdXqxrEE99Lqneg9NpqWi3HQ==) [6 Week Online Yoga Nidra Series Begins Monday, October 26th](https://4ngsl9dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001laNMnmT3ErbmoRnFAh6Kx8UpmPie6Hok56gvkx4uWDQJ1TNvlABiv_2M4QAFs0W4bjA_YbjA-ipsf9THgQgtT3LjvToz-OQqNWGqm1xBfU9XB4vcsXSaAiCWGBAaLMrIlXNgTv9tsveMDjzKioYtiuGAdcXiqO5VZZsiy3xfdvJBmCSEncnnDviG-5qmoRfmZ4b894T4jrc=&c=Arties0Km50nb9VO_UfyD1Y7jXTCY1GVkg2QJ9ufn9_2VdFyIbDZWA==&ch=V4Ji7v5L3Dfv8ftOHoIgLb5NWhZSdabdXqxrEE99Lqneg9NpqWi3HQ==) [More Info Here](https://4ngsl9dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001laNMnmT3ErbmoRnFAh6Kx8UpmPie6Hok56gvkx4uWDQJ1TNvlABiv_2M4QAFs0W4bjA_YbjA-ipsf9THgQgtT3LjvToz-OQqNWGqm1xBfU9XB4vcsXSaAiCWGBAaLMrIlXNgTv9tsveMDjzKioYtiuGAdcXiqO5VZZsiy3xfdvJBmCSEncnnDs40ddd7els7IjCoJJPXPWs=&c=Arties0Km50nb9VO_UfyD1Y7jXTCY1GVkg2QJ9ufn9_2VdFyIbDZWA==&ch=V4Ji7v5L3Dfv8ftOHoIgLb5NWhZSdabdXqxrEE99Lqneg9NpqWi3HQ==)

Please join me online, as we discover the power of true rest to heal, and how to integrate a state of…