Yoga with Wes
Welcome to "Yoga with Wes," a calming and supportive podcast designed to help you navigate stress and anxiety through the practice of yoga.
Join your host, Wes, as he guides you through a series of yoga practices, mindfulness exercises, and insightful conversations aimed at fostering mental clarity and peace.
Each episode of this podcast is thoughtfully crafted to bring non-sleep deep rest (NDSR) using the wisdom of Yoga Nidra.
Wes's gentle and empathetic approach makes each session feel like a personal, one-on-one class, where you're not just practicing yoga, but also exploring the deeper connections between body, mind, and breath.
Whether you're new to yoga or have been on the mat for years, "Yoga for Anxiety with Wes" offers something for everyone.
Yoga with Wes
Journey Through the Five Koshas: A Guided Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
In this episode, Wes guides you through a deeply restorative Yoga Nidra practice designed to bring you into profound relaxation and expanded awareness. Moving gently through the five koshas—the physical, energetic, mental, astral, and bliss bodies—you’ll be invited to release tension, calm the nervous system, and access the spacious stillness of yogic sleep.
This guided experience includes:
- An intentional preamble exploring the purpose of Yoga Nidra and the koshas
- Preparation and relaxation in shavasana
- A sankalpa (heartfelt intention) practice
- Rotation of consciousness through the body
- Breath awareness and mindful counting
- Sensation awareness (heaviness, lightness, warmth, coolness, balance)
- A vivid guided visualization rooted in imagery of nature, renewal, and release
- Integration back into the body and reaffirmation of your intention
Whether you are new to Yoga Nidra or a seasoned practitioner, this journey offers a space to rest deeply, reprogram habitual thought patterns, and open to the possibility of connection and bliss. Allow yourself to surrender fully, follow Wes’s voice, and carry this grounded peace into your day.
Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Provided by Enlightened Audio.