Afterglow Yogic Sleep Podcast

For those with a yearning to connect to something deeper within, and are unsure or hesitant to do so, this Yoga Nidra is a gentle invitation towards connection with Self and sensing the inner companion. There is no mistaking the wholeness and sense of comfort provided by such encounters. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self.Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

For those with a yearning to connect to something deeper within, and are unsure or hesitant to do so, this Yoga Nidra is a gentle invitation towards connection with Self and sensing the inner companion. There is no mistaking the wholeness and sense of comfort provided by such encounters. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self.Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠

An invitation to get quiet, get really quiet. This Yoga Nidra gives you the space to allow your mind to empty, to rest in the cold of winter solitude. Whether you’re enjoying the change of pace, or feeling frustrated and cooped up, find something in the calm and empty tundra. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self.Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

An invitation to get quiet, get really quiet. This Yoga Nidra gives you the space to allow your mind to empty, to rest in the cold of winter solitude. Whether you’re enjoying the change of pace, or feeling frustrated and cooped up, find something in the calm and empty tundra. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self.Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

Approaching 40 or already beyond that mark, is a time that Jung feels when life truly begins. In this episode I offer you 11 questions from psychoanalyst James Hollis to assess where you are. The questions are tough and in the episode I discuss how to have the right attitude when approaching these questions and what it all has to do with beetroots.There is no Yoga Nidra for this episode, answering the questions is the practice. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukQuestions for the episode visit: ellacapella.co.uk/midlifecheckin

From spontaneous symptoms to chronic illnesses, the body is often trying to communicate with us through psychosomatic responses. This Yoga Nidra is a perfect way for you to ask of your body what it would like you to know, what it needs more or less of, and a way to give it dedicated attention and appreciation.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

From spontaneous symptoms to chronic illnesses, the body is often trying to communicate with us through psychosomatic responses. This Yoga Nidra is a perfect way for you to ask of your body what it would like you to know, what it needs more or less of, and a way to give it dedicated attention and appreciation.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

Based off the interview in Part 1 with lactation expert and breastfeeding consultant, Emma Pickett from the⁠ ⁠Makes Milk⁠⁠ podcast, I designed this Yoga Nidra to support you when making the decision to continue breastfeeding or beginning the weaning process. Stepping outside of the usual format, I also added a Yoga Nidra - uploaded separately to this - called Breastfeeding Support to give you a deep practice to connect with your baby while feeding. I highly recommend listening to the interview before doing this Yoga Nidra. In it, we talk about internal confidence, listening to your body, and the psychology of breastfeeding. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more a⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠t ⁠⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠

Based off the interview in Part 1 with lactation expert and breastfeeding consultant, Emma Pickett from the Makes Milk podcast, I designed this Yoga Nidra to support you in a deep practice to connect with your baby while feeding. Stepping outside of the usual format, I also added a Yoga Nidra to support you when making the decision to continue breastfeeding or beginning the weaning process - uploaded separately to this. I highly recommend listening to the interview before doing this Yoga Nidra. In it, we talk about internal confidence, listening to your body, and the psychology of breastfeeding.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukAll links in bio.

Enjoy this interview with lactation expert and breastfeeding consultant, Emma Pickett from the Makes Milk podcast. We talk about internal confidence, listening to your body, and the psychology of breastfeeding in preparation for not one, but two Yoga Nidras; one for breastfeeding and one for weaning. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukResources mentioned in this episode:⁠Emma's website⁠⁠A Natural Age of Weaning⁠⁠Breastfeeding — the Dangerous Obsession with the Infant Feeding Interval⁠⁠The Politics of Breastfeeding⁠⁠Breast Intentions⁠⁠Professor Amy Brown Books⁠⁠The Continuum Concept⁠⁠Mindful Breastfeeding⁠

A quick practice that can be used to start your day, to bring a sense of ease and clarity when you’re feeling overwhelmed, or to wind down after work. This Yoga Nidra is an enjoyable way to position yourself in the world, to ground yourself quickly and can be done at your desk or in bed before sleep. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

A quick practice that can be used to start your day, to bring a sense of ease and clarity when you’re feeling overwhelmed, or to wind down after work. This Yoga Nidra is an enjoyable way to position yourself in the world, to ground yourself quickly and can be done at your desk or in bed before sleep. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

Often the best action we can take is inaction, when a problem or worry threatens to cast a permanent shadow over our lives, it is easy to seek every possible solution. This Yoga Nidra invites you to engage your unconscious and then to do your very best to let go of trying to solve the dilemma or idea that your conscious mind is fixated on. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

Often the best action we can take is inaction, when a problem or worry threatens to cast a permanent shadow over our lives, it is easy to seek every possible solution. This Yoga Nidra invites you to engage your unconscious and then to do your very best to let go of trying to solve the dilemma or idea that your conscious mind is fixated on. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

This Yoga Nidra is designed for you to use in the months leading up to the birth of your baby as well as while your are experiencing contractions so that you have a mode of connection that you can use to find a sense of oneness between mind and body, a great sense of communication between the physical experience and the mental experience.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

This Yoga Nidra is designed for you to use in the months leading up to the birth of your baby as well as while your are experiencing contractions so that you have a mode of connection that you can use to find a sense of oneness between mind and body, a great sense of communication between the physical experience and the mental experience.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

As part of the Inner Child work of Afterglow, here is the second episode following on from Meeting the Inner Child. In this week’s episode we look at how to recover past versions of ourselves from painful memories or difficult times, bringing them back within the fold by integrating them into the present Self.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

As part of the Inner Child work of Afterglow, here is the second episode following on from Meeting the Inner Child. In this week’s episode we look at how to recover past versions of ourselves from painful memories or difficult times, bringing them back within the fold by integrating them into the present Self.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

About 1 in 5 people in the UK experience regular migraines, a debilitating type of headache that makes everyday functioning nearly impossible. This Yoga Nidra aims to lessen the pain and give you some release from the agony of a true migraine. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukAll links in bio.

About 1 in 5 people in the UK experience regular migraines, a debilitating type of headache that makes everyday functioning nearly impossible. This Yoga Nidra aims to lessen the pain and give you some release from the agony of a true migraine. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukAll links in bio.

In this episode, I provide a Yoga Nidra specifically for people with chronic pain. This is based on my discussion with fellow Yoga Nidra teacher Sandra Euringer in Part 1 about her experience with her cancer diagnosis, her work in conscious dying, and chronic pain management. This Yoga Nidra can be done by anyone, no experience with Yoga Nidra is required and it is a practice that can be done as often as you like. Yoga Nidra is done with the eyes closed and entirely still.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukAll links in bio.

This episode is an interview, sharing the incredible work of Sandra. Sandra works with Conscious Dying and Chronic Pain Management and is also a Yoga Nidra teacher, here she shares her phenomenal story about her own cancer diagnosis and how she used Yoga Nidra and her own internal courage to find a way to heal herself. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. For more information on Sandra, sandra-euringer.de

In this episode, I provide a Yoga Nidra specifically for people with Cerebral Palsy. This is based on my discussion with Dr Ben Joffe about his experience with Spastic Cerebral Palsy, what his day to day life is like with CP and what his relationship is like between his brain and his body. This Yoga Nidra can be done by anyone, no experience with Yoga Nidra is required and it is a practice that can be done as often as you like. Yoga Nidra is done with the eyes closed and entirely still.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. 

In this episode, I talk with Dr Ben Joffe about his experience with Spastic Cerebral Palsy, what his day to day life is like with CP and what his relationship is like between his brain and his body. We discuss common misconceptions, ambient internal noise, and how Yoga Nidra can benefit people with Cerebral Palsy.Learn more about Afterglow Yogic Sleep at ellacapella.co.uk

In so many ways, Active Imagination and Yoga Nidra are one and the same. In this episode I’ll explain how Jung used Active Imagination and we’ll be focusing in particular on dreamwork — or more specifically, how to use Active Imagination for dream interpretation and interrupted dreams. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. 

In so many ways, Active Imagination and Yoga Nidra are one and the same. In this episode I’ll explain how Jung used Active Imagination and we’ll be focusing in particular on dreamwork — or more specifically, how to use Active Imagination for dream interpretation and interrupted dreams. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self.

The breath that we welcome into our bodies gets absorbed into our blood, into our organs. This week is all about quitting smoking or vaping, giving you support through Yoga Nidra to help you move into a space where you can comfortably exist without nicotine. You don’t have to commit to anything, just start with Part One and Part Two and see how you feel.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Please like and subscribe to get notifications on new episodes.

The breath that we welcome into our bodies gets absorbed into our blood, into our organs. This week is all about quitting smoking or vaping, giving you support through Yoga Nidra to help you move into a space where you can comfortably exist without nicotine. You don’t have to commit to anything, just start with Part One and Part Two and see how you feel.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. 

There is no underestimating the importance of having an anchor when you are in the throws of a panic attack or experiencing persistent anxiety. Having an internal place that is unaffected by the changes of life, unaffected by complexes, or triggers, gives you a third place to return to whenever the there is a need to soften the noise of anxiety.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

There is no underestimating the importance of having an anchor when you are in the throws of a panic attack or experiencing persistent anxiety. Having an internal place that is unaffected by the changes of life, unaffected by complexes, or triggers, gives you a third place to return to whenever the there is a need to soften the noise of anxiety.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

Through the uncertainty and fatigue of chemotherapy, I offer this Yoga Nidra as an internal space that you can keep returning to, a place where your body and mind are in full health. May this Yoga Nidra support your mind through the darkest of moments, connecting you to a deeper part of yourself.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.uk

Through the uncertainty and fatigue of chemotherapy, I offer this Yoga Nidra as an internal space that you can keep returning to, a place where your body and mind are in full health. May this Yoga Nidra support your mind through the darkest of moments, connecting you to a deeper part of yourself.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukSHOW NOTES:The Leaving Place: Curative Poisons and the Alchemy of Chemotherapy, Ross Potter Higerd II

Art, whether a painting or a song, made not for the audience but for the artist, gives us the opportunity to transform internal tension into something profound and personal. In this episode I will discuss Carl Jung and Hermann Hesse’s call that we engage with this essential instinct to create as a way of knowing ourselves. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ellacapella.co.ukFollow on Instagram Please like and subscribe to get notifications on new episodes.

Art, whether a painting or a song, made not for the audience but for the artist, gives us the opportunity to transform internal tension into something profound and personal. In this episode I will discuss Carl Jung and Hermann Hesse’s call that we engage with this essential instinct to create as a way of knowing ourselves. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠

Integrating the inner child is one of the most important practices of inner work, helping bring all parts of ourselves from our childhoods into a safe and living space of connection and self nurture. This week I teach you to find daily interactions with the inner child, and with them comes, playfulness, creativity, and intuition.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self.Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠

Integrating the inner child is one of the most important practices of inner work, helping bring all parts of ourselves from our childhoods into a safe and living space of connection and self nurture. This week I teach you to find daily interactions with the inner child, and with them comes, playfulness, creativity, and intuition.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠

Connect with your Nervous System this week through the Afterglow Body Appreciation practice. Your nervous system contends everyday with personal and collective pressures. This practice will help you integrate compassion for your nervous system, leaving you in an abiding state of calm.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠

Connect with your Nervous System this week through the Afterglow Body Appreciation practice. Your nervous system contends everyday with personal and collective pressures. This practice will help you integrate compassion for your nervous system, leaving you in an abiding state of calm.Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful experience with your inner Self. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠

This Yoga Nidra episode is the follow on from Episode 2 — Part 1. It is highly recommended to listen to Part 1 before listening to this one. The Jonah and the Whale story is much more than an imaginative adventure, it is a Jungian's dream. Rich with symbolism and the call to transcend — this week’s theme will give you the chance to assess a life choice, possibly a vocation or even a relationship, and give you the time and space to return to an inner knowing. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful engagement with your inner Self. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful engagement with your inner Self. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ Follow on Spotify to never miss an episode.

This Companion episode is in preparation for Episode 2 — Part 2. It is highly recommended to listen to Part 1 before listening to Part 2.The Jonah and the Whale story is much more than an imaginative adventure, it is a Jungian's dream. Rich with symbolism and the call to transcend — this week’s theme will give you the chance to assess a life choice, possibly a vocation or even a relationship, and give you the time and space to return to an inner knowing. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful engagement with your inner Self. Join me as I guide you through a relaxing and meaningful engagement with your inner Self. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ Follow on Spotify to never miss an episode.

This episode is the Yoga Nidra experience following the companion episode where I discuss what Yoga Nidra is and how I teach it utilising Jungian concepts and IFS. Ideally listen to that episode before making space for this Yoga Nidra experience. This Yoga Nidra is an introduction to the world of inner work and gives you the opportunity to discover a "home" within that you can go to for reflection and comfort as well as creating or deepening a relationship with a favourite higher being or guide. This is a deeply relaxing experience and easy to do from the comfort of the couch or your bed. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠

This is the first companion episode for Afterglow Yogic Sleep. To get you acquainted, this episode describes what Yoga Nidra is and how I blend it with the concepts of Carl Jung and Internal Family Systems. This episode is a primer for the Yoga Nidra that will be uploaded in a few days. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ Please like and subscribe to get notifications on new episodes.

Ahead of the first episode, here is a quick intro to Afterglow Yogic Sleep, how this podcast will function, and why this is your next step on your journey of Self discovery. Find out more at ⁠ellacapella.co.uk⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠