A REVIEW ON THE POTENTIALS OF YOGA NIDRA FOR PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Abstract

Mental health is primarily shaped by the daily environments in which people live, with
positive components of mental health emphasizing the importance of feeling good and
functioning effectively. Promoting mental health relies on broad-based actions over multiple
sectors, which can be challenging to measure. Yoga Nidra is a more efficient and effective
form of psychic and physiological rest and rejuvenation than conventional sleep. The present
paper attempts to explicate and assess the role of yoga nidra practices in achieving,
preserving, and promoting mental health. The curative, preventive, and promotive role of
yoga nidra in mental health and human functioning have been discussed and substantiated. In
addition, the mechanisms through which the Yoga Nidra practices exert their influences on
mental health and human functioning have also been given sufficient place based on
scientific findings of psychological science. Because of its essential therapeutic contribution
to psychological wellbeing and mental health, it is currently used as a therapy for treating
mental, physical, and psychological problems and improving cognitive abilities. It will help
connect with oneself. The conclusions of this paper demonstrate that Yoga Nidra can be an
effective tool in reducing anxiety, perceived stress, worry, depression, and other different
kinds of psycho-physiological abnormalities and also showed improvements in mindfulness
based skills. There were significant improvements in happiness, self-esteem, enthusiasm,
quietude, being more inspired and alert, active, clarity of thought, control over anger, and
self-confidence at the end of the Yoga Nidra intervention. This paper will review previous
studies on the effect of yoga nidra on mental health and wellbeing.