![]() One of the first stages of the practice is to cultivate a felt sense of safety in the body – to arrive at a knowing that there actually is an essential okayness within that we can turn to as well. If you’ve experienced trauma or live with depression and anxiety, safety can feel like an alien landscape as out of reach as Mars itself. With iRest we re-learn that the self-doubt or anxiety we’ve been velcroed to is not the only possibility here. That there’s more to the story than just this that seems to have cleverly ensnared me – there is a reliable ground here too. Orienting to this basic inner resource of okayness, or even the vibrant Beingness of the body, for many can feel like first contact with a sense of true Home.Īnd for me, this is at the heart of working with opposites. Learning how we are actually safe/ok in the world might be the first ‘opposite’ we acquaint ourselves with when all we’ve been previously oriented to is some form of ill-at-ease-ness. Coming into this felt sense of safety can provide a way to allow a whole host of other possibilities into our lived experience. Feeling grounded, I might also be able to feel into this anger too, into this thing that presses my buttons, and let it be here as part of truly meeting life as it is. Richard leads retreats and trainings internationally emphasizing enlightened living in daily life. He is author of iRest Meditation, The iRest Program for Healing PTSD and Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga. Developer of the research-based program, Integrative Restoration – iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation, Richard is founding president of the iRest Institute, cofounder of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, past founding president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Miller, PhD is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar and spiritual teacher who, for the past 47 years has devoted his life to integrating western psychology and neuroscience with the ancient wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism, and Buddhism. Joining psychology, neuroscience, and spirituality, this interview with Richard Miller covers vast terrain, all in the service of helping others and this world. ![]() ![]() The entire conversation circles around the real meaning of “nonduality,” and how this esoteric doctrine has vast exoteric applications. The conversation shifts to the role of effort on the path, and the magic of grace and love on the journey to awakening. Richard then turns to the koshas, or “sheaths” of identity, and how problems arise because we have a wild case of mistaken identity. They also discuss a host of near enemies that surround spiritual practice, and the importance of the “market test” – how to sustain lucidity in all states, day or night. Miller shares his remarkable experience introducing meditation to the military, and helping veterans manage the damaging effects of combat. Richard is known for his “translational research,” which is all about bringing science and spiritual teachings into daily life. In this interview with Richard Miller PhD, Andrew and Richard talk about iRest, Yoga Nidra, lucid dreaming, sleep yoga, and the deep connection between lucid body and lucid mind. IRest, Yoga Nidra, lucid dreaming, sleep yoga, and the deep connection between lucid body and lucid mind.
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