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Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati is a book that explains the importance, effects and the art of Yoga Nidra as both a Scientific and Yogic technique. Summary of the Book Yoga Nidra is a book that attempts to detail on the scientific significance of the yoga nidra technique that helps for a more composed, happier and healthier state of mind and for a sound physical health. It is a versatile method which has its roots in the traditional nyasa tantric practice, and was referred as long ago as the Mandukya Upanishad. Yoga nidra helps in stress management and relaxation therapies. It is a practice where deepest states of relaxation are achieved. The same practice is practiced in the West, which goes by the name Lucid Dreaming. It is a form of meditation which helps in reducing anxiety, tension, chest and abdominal pain and sweating considerably. The book details on how a state of oblivion could be achieved by still being aware of the consciousness, a state beyond the body and beyond the mind. Along with the theory, practices, the book also provides the scientific inquiries and findings on the subject. About the Author Swami Satyananda Saraswati was an Indian sanyasin, who was a famous yoga teacher and also a prolific writer on the same subject. He founded the International Yoga Fellowship and had a large number of followers in many countries apart from India. He was also the founder of the Bihar School of Yoga. Swami had a deep knowledge of the Vedas and the Upanishads and was an expert in Yoga. He has authored Taming the Kundalini, Steps to Yoga & Yoga Initiation Papers, Nine Principal Upanishads, Bhakti Yoga Sagar and Surya Namaskara: A Technique of Solar Vitalization among several other books.