Ally Boothroyd is a yoga educator and meditation teacher with a passion for yoga nidra and the healing power of conscious rest. She is the founder of Sarovara Yoga, a yoga space and women's retreat centre in Ontario, Canada. A sanctuary on the water where she fosters local community and supports health, personal growth, emotional resiliency, authenticity, awareness, and awakening. Ally also leads Retreats and Yoga Teacher Trainings in Nosara, Costa Rica
By Ally | Meditation
welcome & namaste,This 20 minute yoga nidra has no background sound or music and aids in deep relaxation through the effortless guided meditation called yogic sleep. It begins with a technique called progressive muscle relaxation to aid in even deeper rest and relaxation. It’s a meditation technique called yoga nidra which you lay down and […]
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By Ally | Meditation
welcome & namaste, This 20 minute yogic sleep yoga nidra with ocean waves aids in deep relaxation through the effortless guided meditation of nidra (sleep). When listening to the ocean waves, let yourself relax and be guided into a deep state of effortless meditation. This short and effective 20 min yoga nidra is lead by […]
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By Ally | Meditation
welcome & namaste, I’m so excited to share this quick little practice with you. This is a 20 minute yoga nidra guided meditation to relax your whole nervous system. Think of it like your brain is a computer with several dozen programs and windows open, and we’re just going to slowly close each window, and […]
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By Ally | Meditation
welcome & namaste, This yoga nidra is meant to help reduce anxiety, alleviate stress and improve sleep. The practice of yoga nidra is a powerful technique for deep relaxation to balance mental clarity and improve overall emotional well being. It has been scientifically proven to reduce anxiety, alleviate stress, and improve sleep among many […]
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By Ally | Meditation
WELCOME & NAMASTE, This yoga nidra meditation is similar to hypnobirth and is for the first stage of labor (the upstage of labor). It’s a guided birth meditation using a combination of yogic sleep and hypnobirthing techniques along with some of the tools I used to have a calm birth. It includes some birth affirmations […]
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By Ally | Meditation
WELCOME & NAMASTE This Yoga Nidra is meant to sooth your nervous system and allow you to connect to the element of water. In this 40 Minute Yoga Nidra, Ally Boothroyd will guide you through a relaxation and visualization for the element of water (jala), the yin energy of chandra (the moon). This is helpful […]
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By Ally | Meditation
WELCOME & NAMASTE This 30 minute yoga nidra for sensing opposites is for connecting to manomayakosha and creating resilience in the mental body, emotional body, feeling body through systematic desensitization, reciprocal inhibition or constructive interference. This meditation has healing hang drum music as you explore polar sensations without going into any polar emotions. Yoga nidra […]
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By Ally | Meditation
This guided meditation is a sleep meditation which includes some light pranayama. This meditation for sleep is great for insomnia. The breathing techniques help you to fall asleep fast. If you cant sleep, the ocean waves and guided breathing along with guided deep relaxation will lead you to fall asleep faster. This sleeping technique will […]
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By Ally | Meditation
WELCOME & NAMASTE, Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that uses a systematic method of inducing complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This guided yoga nidra includes a spinal cord visualization for each vertebra of the spine to optimize spinal health and reduce back pain. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activate […]
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By Ally | Meditation
WELCOME & NAMASTE This yoga nidra sound bath will take you easily into a state of deep relaxation. Let Megan Marie Gates’s sound bath with the swinging chimes take you to a place of total peace and presence. This yoga nidra sound healing with myself (Ally Boothroyd) guiding will reduce stress and anxiety and calm […]
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