I had long covid for 3 years. I had breathing disorder and chronic fatigue. I had previously practised yoga for over 20 years and now was unable to do any exercise. I was fortunate to have support, from a recovery programme and they suggested yoga nidra. With meditation, and simple breathing exercises, these were the building blocks of my recovery. I am now healthy and able to walk and exercise freely again, but I maintain a daily practice of yoga nidra to rest and integrate mind, body and spirit. I am grateful for your guided yoga nidras which have been so restorative. ❤
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Reminder that with every covid infection your chance of long covid increases, mask up to protect yourself & others - its an act of ahimsa (non violence), the first yama of yoga ethics
5 months ago | 23
My biggest struggles are with chronic fatigue and brain fog. Being able to truly rest is vital, and difficult when your heart is racing even when laying down, when your body is stressed out even when you’re horizontal. Your yoga nidra videos help so much to put me in a Restorative state. They help my brain actually rest and recover a bit. It’s a vital tool in my recovery.
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I do your yoga nidra daily, sometimes more than once. It helps calm my nervous system (that’s what’s sensitive with long COVID and CFS) along with other somatic tools along with nudging stimulus, I am slowly recovering back to thriving health. Your voice is calming enough, not too slow, and you have many varied meditations so I can switch it up. It calms the inner vibrations, the shortness of breath, it helps the racing thoughts, the fear. It brings you into your body and relaxes the mind and helps bring balance back to the NS ❤️ I would also love you to do a yoga nidra for long covid, cfs and fibromyalgia (all root cause from the NS) with a few scribes at the start maybe: tune into what your body really needs right now, what messages are those sensations trying to tell you, really listen to your body and emotions and support your authentic needs, what can you do today to support your nervous system, check in with your body, let your sensations just be there, they are messages that something isn’t right, you don’t need to fear them. The sankalpa could be I am supporting my NS and becoming more in tune with my body and emotions, or I am calming my NS down so I can fully recover or I am relaxing my NS and body right now and giving my brain a break from thoughts right now…. Also would love something with longer breaks in between each sentence as with brain fog it makes it harder to move between each direction of attention to the body part, Thanks Ally ❤️
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I’m now 6 years into Post-viral fatigue that then went into LC. I fall fast asleep with yoga nidra but somehow it’s more restorative than just napping. Initially I practiced twice a day to reset and rewire. As I come more back to the world (I’m about 70%, as long as I don’t run or get mega stressed) it is there in my box of ‘tools’ and helps give me a rest snack. It’s a practice I use 3 or so times a week. I used your YN for abundance ALOT when I lost my job through LC and that got me through a huge amount of fear and emotion at losing income and identity. It was a blessing! Thank you Ally
5 months ago | 13
I've had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for several years that has been compounded by long COVID. I'm in a wonderful program designed specifically for recovery from these illnesses. It is in this program (CFS Health) that I learned about yoga nidra and specifically someone recommended you. I had no idea how very much my nervous system needed calming! When I do one of your sessions, my wearable (an Ōura ring) thinks I'm asleep! I know I don't actually go to sleep because I can recall every word. I use YN when I know my NS is in need of calming and when I'm preparing for something I need to do that I know will take alot out of me. I'm so thankful for you and your YN sessions. I've tried others, but I always come back to you ❤️ Calmining my NS is integral to my overall recovery!!
5 months ago | 15
Yoga Nidra has literally saved my life and has given me healing on a mental level with my emotions from menopause and life's everyday challenges and other humans with egotistical attitudes. Thank you, Ally 💓☮️🙌 I appreciate all that you do. Beautiful Soul
5 months ago | 9
I’m slowly recovering from post viral fatigue syndrome, having now suffered for two and a half years. Similar to long covid, but not quite the same. I practice yoga nidra with your excellent videos about three times a week, and I’m sure this has helped my recovery so far. I still have some way to go. Thank you so much from Wales 🏴
5 months ago | 10
Yoga nidra feels like drinking energy and relaxation when you have long Covid. Like it quenches a thirst that nothing else seems to reach. And feels very physical like that too. When I’m really exhausted I will do it and it sort of relieves the pain and the bite out of the exhaustion and I feel embodied again. I’m taking a break tho now as I feel a bit better and I say this with love but I need a bloody break from yoga nidra lmao. I had to do it constantly for like a couple years so if I don’t need to do it anymore to get thru the day I’m actually grateful for that. But I still use it as a tool now, rather than a life line which I much prefer .
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Long covid here too. New to the channel and use YN daily for restorative rests. Heart rhythm issues, PEM, dysautonomia, digestive problems. I'm a shadow of my former self. Regulation and self compassion and safe caring community is what I need most. ❤
4 months ago | 2
For me, I have had long covid for over two years now. I could never get into “normal” meditation, but Yoga Nidra relaxes my mind and body in ways that I cannot describe. It’s so meditative and peaceful. I crave my practice. It has also helped me (since finding it a month ago) to listen to go to sleep, or when I wake up in the middle of the night, helps me to stay calm and go back to sleep. My insomnia can be very difficult, and this has helped me know I am at least relaxing and restoring my body versus tossing and turning. I thank you, Ally, for everything you put out here for us. It’s amazing and your voice is soothing. ❤️
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Every time I was in pain or exhausted I used yoga nidra and it immediately helped me to feel relief. For me it feels like one of the few things that could really give me relief in those moments. I'm not recovered yet but I'm definitely a lot better thanks to yoga nidra. Regarding the symptoms it helps with the most it's the feeling of being wired and tired, muscle pain and fatigue. I practice every morning and sometimes multiple times a day. If I wake up in the middle of the night with my whole nervous system on fire it helps me tremendously as well. But what I'm really grateful for is that the practice has also helped me to connect with my body, which I never really did before. And it has created awareness in every aspect of my life. I can appreciate things I didn't see before. It has brought me a lot, but I feel like it's only the start. I can't wait to discover and explore more. Thank you so much for your beautiful sessions
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Me personally, I struggled a lot with very high heart rate/an overactive nervous system with doing any type of exercise, insomnia, non-asmathic breathing difficulties and muscle tension. And also big brain fog. This all looped delightfully together. The muscle tension caused by an overactive nervous system would be so painful that I could not sleep, worsening my insomnia. Not sleeping made me go slightly insane, making my anxiety worse etc. For me yoga nidra helped me in two ways. 1) it alleviated base symptoms. It helped me to relax not only uncramped my muscles but also got my body to actually recharge bit by bit. But I also noticed my brain fog would be significantly alleviated. And 2) the key to my recovery was to rewire my brain. It had to learn to calm itself down after activities and it had to learn how to proces stimuli. So for me, I used it as a tool after basically every step. Going on a short walk? YN to relearn calming my heart rate! Processing stimuli from driving or grocery shopping? YN! High heart rate from all that traffic? YN! I am not there yet. I think somewhere 60-65% but without YN it would have been impossible to finally get out of my head enough to let my brain and body recharge.
5 months ago | 12
I have long haul covid and because of the dysautonomia that it causes I am often still in fight or flight while I sleep. So sleep no longer equals rest. Yoga nidra helps to force my body into a real state of rest by calming my nervous system. When rest is required for healing it makes a world of difference. I’m not better yet but this is one of the tools that I am using to get there.
5 months ago | 3
I had long covid for 2.5 years. I was mostly housebound during that time, and occasionally couchbound. I had fatigue, heart palpitations, cognitive dysfunction, insominia, trouble walking, temperature dysregulation, ect. Your yoga nidra channel was part of my program of re-regulating my nervous system. I will always appreciate the role you played in my recovery. Thank you!
5 months ago | 0
I have a Covid vaccine injury and diagnosed with heart disease, vaccine induced small fibre neuropathy and chronic fatigue. Your yoga nidra has helped me cope, thank you 🙏
4 months ago | 0
I had long covid in 2021. Thankfully it "only" lasted around 8-9 months. My energy levels are still occasionally low, and my lungs have never fully returned to what they were. Yoga Nidra, along with a brilliant herbalist and homeopath made a massive difference in my recovery. Thank you yo so much Ally
5 months ago | 2
long covid for 2 years, my digestive system hasn’t run properly since, and vagus nerve damage causes me to have panic attacks if i even move my neck wrong. mostly the exhaustion and energy crashes have been helped deeply by yoga nidra. and slowly i am able to learn to navigate this new self i’ve been given in a world that has abandoned us. the equanimity practices are so helpful for this. i struggle much less with the shock of how people are living and spreading a disease that can and will disable them while i live in my little bubble. i do three yoga nidra sessions a day to keep me just trying.
5 months ago | 1
I have been bedbound with severe long covid since march 2020. Yoga nidra is the only way i get any reprieve. One of my 80+ symptoms is severe insomnia, it's sometimes the only rest i get.
5 months ago | 1
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5 months ago | 0
Ally Boothroyd | Sarovara Yoga
Daily I hear amazing reflections from those of you who recovering/recovered FULLY from Long COVID. I would love to hear more about your journey, please share what you have noticed specifically? What symptoms feel more manageable or alleviated? How has Yoga Nidra improved your life navigating this health challenge? Sending you love ❤️
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