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The name 'Yoga Nidra' is derived from two Sanskrit words: 'Yoga,' which means union, and 'Nidra,' which means sleep.  

The name 'Yoga Nidra' is derived from two Sanskrit words: 'Yoga,' which means union, and 'Nidra,' which means sleep.  

Adi Shankaracharya wrote in his text Yoga Taravali that<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>विच्छिन्नसंकल्पविकल्पमूले निःशेषनिर्मूलितकर्मजाले | निरन्तराभ्यासनितान्तभद्रा सा जृम्भते योगिनि योगनिद्रा ||२५||<ref name=":1">Ram Shankar Bhattacharya (1987), [https://archive.org/details/yogataravalishankracharyaramshankarbhattacharya..............._202003_802_M/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater Yogataravali], Varanasi: Bharatiya Vidya Prakasan</ref>

Adi Shankaracharya wrote in his text Yoga Taravali that<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>विच्छिन्नसंकल्पविकल्पमूले निःशेषनिर्मूलितकर्मजाले | निरन्तराभ्यासनितान्तभद्रा सा जृम्भते योगिनि योगनिद्रा ||२५||<ref name=":1">Ram Shankar Bhattacharya (1987), [https://archive.org/details/yogataravalishankracharyaramshankarbhattacharya..............._202003_802_M/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater Yogataravali], Varanasi: Bharatiya Vidya Prakasan</ref>  

vicchinnasaṁkalpavikalpamūle niḥśeṣanirmūlitakarmajāle | nirantarābhyāsanitāntabhadrā sā jr̥mbhate yogini yoganidrā ||25||</blockquote>Meaning: When the ego has become quiescent, i.e., when the messages between the perceptions of the senses are no longer being registered in the mind, and when the feeling of personal identity has slipped away, this is when the quieting process of Yoga Nidra starts.

vicchinnasaṁkalpavikalpamūle niḥśeṣanirmūlitakarmajāle | nirantarābhyāsanitāntabhadrā sā jr̥mbhate yogini yoganidrā ||25||</blockquote>Meaning: When the ego has become quiescent, i.e., when the messages between the perceptions of the senses are no longer being registered in the mind, and when the feeling of personal identity has slipped away, this is when the quieting process of Yoga Nidra starts.

Further more it says,<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>विश्रान्तिमासाद्य तुरीयतत्त्वे विश्वाद्यवस्थात्रितयोपरिस्थे |  

Further more it says,<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>विश्रान्तिमासाद्य तुरीयतत्त्वे विश्वाद्यवस्थात्रितयोपरिस्थे | संविन्मयीं कामपि सर्वकालं निद्रां सखे निविशनिर्विकल्पाम् ||२६||<ref name=":1" />

viśrāntimāsādya turīyatattve viśvādyavasthātritayoparisthe | saṁvinmayīṁ kāmapi sarvakālaṁ nidrāṁ sakhe niviśanirvikalpām ||26|| </blockquote>Meaning: O friend, getting convinced of and getting established in the state of turiya — which is beyond the three states of vishva, waking; taijasa, dreaming; and prajna, deep sleep — constantly experience the bliss of Yoga Nidra that is full of consciousness, free from doubts, and inexplicable.

 

viśrāntimāsādya turīyatattve viśvādyavasthātritayoparisthe |  

 

saṁvinmayīṁ kāmapi sarvakālaṁ nidrāṁ sakhe niviśanirvikalpām ||26||</blockquote>Meaning: O friend, getting convinced of and getting established in the state of turiya — which is beyond the three states of vishva, waking; taijasa, dreaming; and prajna, deep sleep — constantly experience the bliss of Yoga Nidra that is full of consciousness, free from doubts, and inexplicable.

The ancient Vijnana Bhairava, a major source document for yoga, describes roughly 112 types of yogic meditation practises. Of these, Yoga Nidra is defined as<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>अनागतायां निद्रायां प्रणष्टे बाह्य गोचारे | सावस्था मनसा गम्या परा देवी प्रकाशते ||७५||<ref>Jaideva Singh (1979), [https://ia802908.us.archive.org/35/items/VijnanaBhairavaOrDivineConsciousnessJaidevaSingh/Vijnana%20Bhairava%20Or%20Divine%20Consciousness%20-%20Jaideva%20Singh.pdf Vijnanabhairava or Divine Consciousness], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.</ref>  

The ancient Vijnana Bhairava, a major source document for yoga, describes roughly 112 types of yogic meditation practises. Of these, Yoga Nidra is defined as<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>अनागतायां निद्रायां प्रणष्टे बाह्य गोचारे | सावस्था मनसा गम्या परा देवी प्रकाशते ||७५||<ref>Jaideva Singh (1979), [https://ia802908.us.archive.org/35/items/VijnanaBhairavaOrDivineConsciousnessJaidevaSingh/Vijnana%20Bhairava%20Or%20Divine%20Consciousness%20-%20Jaideva%20Singh.pdf Vijnanabhairava or Divine Consciousness], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.</ref>