The Afterglow Yogic Sleep Podcast
Welcome to Afterglow — a platform for Yoga Nidra informed by the concepts of Carl Jung and Internal Family Systems. This podcast is a space for you to discover the richness of your inner world and to find comfort in the face of life’s many changes.
My name is Ella. I am a qualified Yoga Nidra teacher and I created this space to offer an accessible resource to all who are seeking some inner light and who are looking for tools to deepen their experience of joy and resilience in life.
Together we will add more light and more whole-heartedness to the world as we gain increased insight into who we are and how we move through our lives. Join me and occasional guests as we discover hidden depths and supreme joys.
May the afterglow be as bright as the journey is deep.
Every second week we will work on a different theme as I guide you through your internal landscape during a Yoga Nidra podcast episode. This gentle, meditation-like practice is a way to discover deep relaxation and build a habit of inner work.
Before I share each Yoga Nidra episode, I will upload a special companion episode in which I will discuss psychoanalytical concepts and applications, and offer you prompts to prepare you for the Yoga Nidra practice to come.
Themes to expect — I move through a rhythm of: — forward reaching Nidras that let you reflect, prepare, dream, create; — healing Nidras that cover specific concerns such as nervous-system resets, bereavement, chronic illnesses, miscarriages, and depression; — curiosity episodes that give you the opportunity to play with no outcome in mind; and — inner child check-ins as this is a vital and under-addressed element of inner work.
Yoga for the Inner World.
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”
―Franz Kafka
Recent Episodes
Episode 14 — Preparing for Birth
This Yoga Nidra is designed for you to use in the months leading up to the birth of your baby as well as while your are experiencing contractions so that you have a mode of connection that you can use to find a sense of oneness between mind and body, a great sense of communication between the physical experience and the mental experience.
Episode 13 — Recovering Your Inner Child
As part of the Inner Child work of Afterglow, here is the second episode following on from Meeting the Inner Child. In this week’s episode we look at how to recover past versions of ourselves from painful memories or difficult times, bringing them back within the fold by integrating them into the present Self.
Episode 12 — Migraines and Headaches
About 1 in 5 people in the UK experience regular migraines, a debilitating type of headache that makes everyday functioning nearly impossible. This Yoga Nidra aims to lessen the pain and give you some release from the agony of a true migraine. Part 1 includes an essay from Joan Didion’s White Album collection called, In Bed. Skip to Part 2 if you have a migraine and are looking for immediate support.
Episode 11 — Conscious Dying and a Remarkable Story of Cancer Diagnosis with Sandra Euringer
This episode is an interview, sharing the incredible work of Sandra. Sandra works with Conscious Dying and Chronic Pain Management and is also a Yoga Nidra teacher, here she shares her phenomenal story about her own cancer diagnosis and how she used Yoga Nidra and her own internal courage to find a way to heal herself.
Episode 10 — Cerebral Palsy with Dr Ben Joffe
In this episode, I talk with Dr Ben Joffe about his experience with Spastic Cerebral Palsy, what his day to day life is like with CP and what his relationship is like between his brain and his body. We discuss common misconceptions, ambient internal noise, and how Yoga Nidra can benefit people with Cerebral Palsy.
Episode 9 — Active Imagination for Dreamwork
In so many ways, Active Imagination and Yoga Nidra are one and the same. In this episode I’ll explain how Jung used Active Imagination and we’ll be focusing in particular on dreamwork — or more specifically, how to use Active Imagination for dream interpretation and interrupted dreams.
Episode 8 — Quitting Smoking
The breath that we welcome into our bodies gets absorbed into our blood, into our organs. This week is all about quitting smoking or vaping, giving you support through Yoga Nidra to help you move into a space where you can comfortably exist without nicotine. You don’t have to commit to anything, just start with Part One and Part Two and see how you feel.
Episode 7 — Anxiety Anchor
There is no underestimating the importance of having an anchor when you are in the throws of a panic attack or experiencing persistent anxiety. Having an internal place that is unaffected by the changes of life, unaffected by complexes, or triggers, gives you a third place to return to whenever the there is a need to soften the noise of anxiety.
Episode 6 — Chemotherapy and Cancer
Through the uncertainty and fatigue of chemotherapy, I offer this Yoga Nidra as an internal space that you can keep returning to, a place where your body and mind are in full health. May this Yoga Nidra support your mind through the darkest of moments, connecting you to a deeper part of yourself.
Episode 5 — Art and Sublimation
Art, whether a painting or a song, made not for the audience but for the artist, gives us the opportunity to transform internal tension into something profound and personal. In this episode I will discuss Carl Jung and Hermann Hesse’s call that we engage with this essential instinct to create as a way of knowing ourselves.
Episode 4 — Meeting the Inner Child
Integrating the inner child is one of the most important practices of inner work, helping bring all parts of ourselves from our childhoods into a safe and living space of connection and self nurture. This week I teach you to find daily interactions with the inner child, and with them comes, playfulness, creativity, and intuition.
Episode 3 — The Nervous System
Connect with your Nervous System this week through the Afterglow Body Appreciation practice. Your nervous system contends everyday with personal and collective pressures. This practice will help you integrate compassion for your nervous system, leaving you in an abiding state of calm.
Episode 2 — Jonah and the Whale
The Jonah and the Whale story is much more than an imaginative adventure, it is a Jungian's dream. Rich with symbolism and the call to transcend — this week’s theme will give you the chance to assess a life choice, possibly a vocation or even a relationship, and give you the time and space to return to an inner knowing.
Episode 1 — Introduction to Yoga Nidra
This is the first episode for Afterglow Yogic Sleep. To get you acquainted, this episode describes what Yoga Nidra is and how I blend it with the concepts of Carl Jung and Internal Family Systems.