KAMALA / HOME
HUMAN SCALE / Inner perception & dreams
Dream yoga & yoga nidra.
Distinct contemplative practices concerning awareness, dreaming, rest and sleep, each with its own teaching context.
LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING
Names in context.
- Dream yoga
- Yoga del sueño
Contemplative training involving dreaming and awareness in Tibetan Buddhist or Bön teaching contexts.
- Yoga nidra
- Yoga nidra
A term used in Indian yogic traditions for practices of conscious rest or yogic sleep; specific methods depend on the lineage.
PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATIONA practice,
A practice,
a setting.
Tibetan Buddhist and Bön dream-yoga traditions and Indian yoga-nidra lineages should retain their own names and instructions. A shared interest in sleep does not make their aims or procedures interchangeable.
FIELD NOTE / METHOD
Keep a record.
- Identify the teacher, lineage and published method being studied.
- Record a short account of a session without changing the source instructions.
- Compare experience and interpretation within that named framework.
POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE
What to include.
- Send the session notes or a drawing, with a reference to the teaching used.
- Include only personally shareable material, not restricted ritual instructions or other participants.
POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION
Photo instructions & submission ↗Share a photograph or a record.
A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.