iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation

iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Life can be hard, but iRest helps. We offer free meditations that meet you in this moment.

Research has shown that iRest Yoga Nidra effectively reduces:

* PTSD
* Depression
* Anxiety
* Insomnia
* Chronic pain
* Chemical dependency

iRest Yoga Nidra is an evidence-based transformative practice of deep relaxation and meditative inquiry that:

* releases negative emotions and thought patterns
* calms the nervous system
* develops a deep capacity to meet any and all circumstances you may encounter in life

It is a potent time of year to let go, to rest, and to connect with inspiration for the new year ahead. This meditation,...
01/05/2026

It is a potent time of year to let go, to rest, and to connect with inspiration for the new year ahead. This meditation, led by Senior iRest Trainer Ford Peck, supports letting go into your deepest nature as Presence and Love, so you can be truly receptive to fresh inspiration.

https://vimeo.com/663475301

This year we gathered —to pause, to listen, to remember what is already here.Across places and cultures,we practiced tog...
12/30/2025

This year we gathered —
to pause, to listen, to remember what is already here.

Across places and cultures,
we practiced together,
meeting life just as it is,
and recognizing ourselves in one another.

What matters is not who teaches or who learns,
but the shared field of presence
that holds us all.

Together, just as we are.

Step into a space of stillness where the noise of the world falls away.Explore the nondual heart of meditation, a flower...
12/23/2025

Step into a space of stillness where the noise of the world falls away.

Explore the nondual heart of meditation, a flowering of freedom and awakening that invites you to remember your essential nature, the unshakable wholeness that underlies all of existence.

Flowering of Freedom is the 2026 theme of our annual ten-day silent iRest retreat, held in California at San Damiano Retreat Center.

For more info see the link in our bio.

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-july-irest-retreat-with-stephanie-lopez-and-richard-miller-in-person

Photo: Matthew Davis, Looking Towards Mount Diablo (Unsplash)

A teaching from Jean Klein, from The Ease of Being. One of the recommended texts in our Certification program. ...
12/16/2025

A teaching from Jean Klein, from The Ease of Being. One of the recommended texts in our Certification program.

.institute in the Costa Rican jungle, our meditation practice unfolds in the simplest of ways— body at ease, breath ming...
12/13/2025

.institute in the Costa Rican jungle, our meditation practice unfolds in the simplest of ways— body at ease, breath mingling with the sounds of the jungle, heart remembering what’s always been here.

A space that welcomes you just as you are. A week of meditation, gentle movement, and self-inquiry to come home to what’s already true within you. 🌿

Meditation retreat with Richard Miller
July 1–8, 2026 · Imiloa Institute, Costa Rica

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-july-irest-retreat-with-richard-miller-in-person

Feeling disconnected, low, or tender? You’re not alone.We’re sharing a new 25-minute meditation with Senior iRest Traine...
12/01/2025

Feeling disconnected, low, or tender? You’re not alone.

We’re sharing a new 25-minute meditation with Senior iRest Trainer, Stephanie Lopez — a gentle practice created to meet feelings of depression and melancholy with compassion.

This session invites you to be with difficult emotions, sense their shifting nature, and rest into a foundation of okayness and quiet stillness.

This meditation is meant as support and not as a replacement for mental health counseling or medical treatment. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of su***de, please go to an emergency room or, if you are in the U.S., call or text 988, the national Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

https://vimeo.com/779707418

Take a moment to feel your hands from the inside.This simple micropractice is a foundational element of iRest Bodysensin...
11/25/2025

Take a moment to feel your hands from the inside.

This simple micropractice is a foundational element of iRest Bodysensing—an invitation to pause, soften, and reconnect with your inner ground.

If you’d like to experience the full 5-minute meditation from Stephanie Lopez, our senior iRest Trainer and iRest Institute President, you’ll find it here.

https://vimeo.com/473941640?fl=ls&fe=ec

Stephanie will also be guiding a deeper exploration of practices like this in her December immersion, Nourishing Deep Rest & the Ground of Being.

https://shop.irest.org/products/2025-december-irest-immersion-with-stephanie-lopez-online

One of the most profound gifts of iRest is the simple ability to step back into awareness — the part of us that can quie...
11/18/2025

One of the most profound gifts of iRest is the simple ability to step back into awareness — the part of us that can quietly witness everything we’re experiencing.

In that space, life softens.
Things become clearer.
And we remember that we’re never separate from the calm at the center of our being.**

This is the heart of the practice.

Our community reminds us again and again: iRest changes lives — and sharing it multiplies that impact.This February, joi...
11/14/2025

Our community reminds us again and again: iRest changes lives — and sharing it multiplies that impact.

This February, join Stephanie Lopez and Jennifer Cabanero for the iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Level 1 Training — live online or in person in Seattle.

Over two spacious weekends, you’ll deepen your personal practice while learning to skillfully guide others toward peace and wholeness.

February 6–8 & 13–15, 2026

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-february-irest-level-1-training-with-stephanie-lopez-and-jennifer-cabanero-in-person-or-online

11/12/2025

iRest is a relational practice. We learn to be in a healing relationship with our experience.

Over the years, our retreats have been sanctuaries for quieting, fullness, and community.In July 2026, we’ll gather at I...
11/06/2025

Over the years, our retreats have been sanctuaries for quieting, fullness, and community.

In July 2026, we’ll gather at Imiloa Institute in Costa Rica — a place alive with jungle, ocean, and sky — to deepen into peace, joy, and freedom together.

Imagine yourself here.

July 1–8, 2026
Come Home to Yourself
Imiloa Institute, Costa Rica
Guided by Richard Miller

Space is limited. Learn more and reserve your place through the link in bio.

Over the years, our retreats have been sanctuaries for quieting, fullness, and community.In July 2026, we’ll gather at I...
11/06/2025

Over the years, our retreats have been sanctuaries for quieting, fullness, and community.

In July 2026, we’ll gather at Imiloa Institute in Costa Rica — a place alive with jungle, ocean, and sky — to deepen into peace, joy, and freedom together.

Imagine yourself here.

July 1–8, 2026
Come Home to Yourself
Imiloa Institute, Costa Rica
Guided by Richard Miller

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-july-irest-retreat-with-richard-miller-in-person

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What is iRest?

iRest is a simple form of meditation designed for modern day living. Everyone needs a way to feel at ease when life gets challenging. iRest helps you tap into a place that is calm - even when life is not. It is easy to learn, easy to do, and it can be done by anyone. Some people use iRest to relax when life gets busy. Others use it to help heal from: serious trauma, stress, insomnia, depression, PTSD, chronic pain and chemical dependency.

Research shows iRest works. iRest meditation helps:


  • Increase happiness

  • Decrease stress, anxiety, and depression