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iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Life can be hard, but iRest helps. We offer free meditations that meet you in this moment.

Research has shown that iRest Yoga Nidra effectively reduces:

* PTSD
* Depression
* Anxiety
* Insomnia
* Chronic pain
* Chemical dependency

iRest Yoga Nidra is an evidence-based transformative practice of deep relaxation and meditative inquiry that:

* releases negative emotions and thought patterns
* calms the nervous system
* develops a deep capacity to meet any and all circumstances you may encounter in life

10/13/2026

In nondual teachings, the Self is not our individual identity, but something that is present when we don't divide experience into “me” and “other.”

As quoted in the iRest Level 1 Yoga Nidra Meditation Training Manual.

A moment from our August iRest Level 1 Training with Stephanie Lopez and Jennifer Cabanero. Thank you to everyone who jo...
10/06/2026

A moment from our August iRest Level 1 Training with Stephanie Lopez and Jennifer Cabanero. Thank you to everyone who joined us and brought your curiosity, questions, and presence to our time together.

We’re grateful to see our iRest community grow, one group at a time.

If you’d like to deepen your own practice or learn to share iRest with others, join our next iRest Level 1 Teacher Training with Stephanie Lopez, October 20–25, in person in Worthington, Ohio, or online via Zoom.

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-october-irest-level-1-training-with-stephanie-lopez-in-person-or-online

The breath is always here.Not something we need to control or perfect, but something we can become curious about.What do...
09/22/2026

The breath is always here.

Not something we need to control or perfect, but something we can become curious about.

What do you notice when you simply feel the breath as it moves through the body?

Pictures from a recent iRest Level 1 Teacher Training in Beijing, China.Stephanie is pictured with her translator, Maggi...
09/17/2026

Pictures from a recent iRest Level 1 Teacher Training in Beijing, China.

Stephanie is pictured with her translator, Maggie, in the first few slides.

The final slide features the whole team. From left: Ginger, Robyn, Chen, Stephanie, Maggie, and Evelyn.

Ginger, a Level 1 Teacher, is helping make the teachings more accessible by translating the iRest Level 2 Manual into Mandarin. Robyn, the staff manager at VEDA Institute, is preparing to become an iRest Level 2 Teacher. Evelyn and Chen run VEDA Institute.

We are deeply grateful to Evelyn, Chen, and their team for making this training possible and helping bring iRest to Mandarin-speaking practitioners.

Please join us for our next Level 1 Training in October online via Zoom.

https://shop.irest.org/products/2026-october-irest-level-1-training-with-stephanie-lopez-in-person-or-online

Richard Miller points to this passage from Albert Einstein as an expression of something at the heart of iRest: the invi...
09/08/2026

Richard Miller points to this passage from Albert Einstein as an expression of something at the heart of iRest: the invitation to explore our sense of separation and recognize the wholeness of which we are already a part.

What might shift when we begin to experience ourselves not as separate, but as part of the whole?

“Having been to a number of retreats with Richard and Stephanie, this one was extra special. Believe it or not, being as...
09/01/2026

“Having been to a number of retreats with Richard and Stephanie, this one was extra special. Believe it or not, being asked to cover as retreat manager halfway through allowed me to keep both feet in, so to speak.

I could rest deeply in the unchanging while being asked to deal with the ever-changing.

What is special about retreats with Richard and Stephanie is they are both so lovingly accessible.”

— Tim Derry

A glimpse of San Damiano, where Stephanie Lopez and Richard Miller recently shared their 10-day silent retreat, Flowering of Freedom. 🌸

📷 Photo courtesy Tim Derry

08/28/2026

Kathleen is an iRest® Certified Senior Teacher, and Supervisor. She's reading from Our Way to Here by Joan Ravinsky. For more than two decades, Joan Ruvinsky was closely connected with Richard Miller and the iRest community. She taught at retreats with Richard for many years, co-led retreats with him, and also offered retreats and teachings of her own.

What might it be like to listen without needing to interpret, anticipate, or respond?Simply listening. Simply receiving....
08/25/2026

What might it be like to listen without needing to interpret, anticipate, or respond?

Simply listening. Simply receiving.

Perhaps there is a kind of rest available when nothing needs to be done.

A little of what retreat looked like at Imiloa. 🌿Time together. Time by the ocean. Beautiful spaces to gather and practi...
08/18/2026

A little of what retreat looked like at Imiloa. 🌿

Time together. Time by the ocean. Beautiful spaces to gather and practice. Walks through the lush Costa Rican landscape. Art underfoot. And, of course, very good food.

A few glimpses from our week of meditation, community, and retreat with Richard Miller at Imiloa in Costa Rica.

We’re grateful to everyone who came and made the week what it was. 💛

These moments were captured and shared with us by retreat participant . Thank you for letting us see the week through your eyes.

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