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Yoga Nidra

When: Sundays 1/13, 2/10, 3/10 from 5 – 6:15pm

Where: Westford Pilates & Yoga 288 Littleton Rd., #16, Westford

Price: $20 per class Instructor: Marie Marchand RYT-500 Register: www.WestfordPilates.com

Why Yoga Nidra If you are feeling stressed, overwhelmed or anxious or just need to clear your mind, try this deeply relaxing transformative meditation practice. Twenty minutes of Yoga Nidra is equated to 3 hours of sleep! Take the ultimate power nap that brings you to a healing state of mind.

WHAT IS YOGA NIDRA? Yoga Nidra means yogic sleep. This deeply restful and restorative practice has ancient roots in the Yoga Tradition and yet is perfect for helping to unplug from the distraction, business and stress of living in our modern world.

Using breath awareness, body sensing and guided meditation you will journey through the layers of your being to the deepest levels of consciousness – the bliss body. This practice is powerful in relieving stress, creating a deeply relaxed state, increasing focus of mind, igniting creativity as well as releasing deeply- held emotional blocks and negative patterns of thought and belief, clearing space for new more positive patterns of thought and belief to take hold. No yoga experience is necessary.

WHAT TO BRING • Mat to lie on • Blanket • Small towel for your head

• Small towel or eye pillow for your eyes

About Marie Marchand, RYT500 Marie is a certified professional level Kripalu yoga teacher and has been teaching in the Lowell area for nearly 15 years. She has offered yoga retreats in New England, New Mexico and in Italy.

It is her intention as a teacher to create a welcoming environment for students and to guide them inward to connect with their own deep inner experience ~ to help each student find their own authentic path to well-being and vitality through the philosophies and practices of yoga and meditation. Read more at www.bijayogalove.com.

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