Miri Swift's Key Ideas from Yoga Nidra
by Kamini Desai

The body and mind suffer from identification with limiting patterns we adopt from past experiences and define as truth. These limiting patterns affect all aspects of our lives.

Observe your thoughts instead of believing them.

Accept the body and mind as vehicles for self-realization instead of rejecting them.

Understand what you are trying to achieve.

The eternal self that is you can observe the body; thus, it cannot be the totality of you.

You are not your emotions; you are the temporary container for your emotions. Identify with the container, not with what it temporarily holds.

Be like the sky and allow everything to be as it is. Have no preferences for sun, clouds, or rain. Observe everything that passes through and accept it for its being.

Be unconditional and pure love. We are profoundly loved by existence. This love is always present. There is nothing we can do to stop it.

Our awareness has no limits, edges, or boundaries.

Free yourself from perceived limitations.

Experience no-thing-ness.

Quiet your mind and rest in your true self - be the container, not the content. Find inner tranquility.