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Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Breath Awareness (Day 16) 30 Days of Yoga Nidra10 minute NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) Yoga Nidra exploring Alternate Nostril Breath. This Yoga Nidra meditation offers you the invitation to explore and harness the potential of the breath to help to anchor you to presence. This short form of guided meditation taken lying down is designed to calm and soothe the nervous system. Throughout the practice, you are invited to utilise breath awareness techniques to help untangle stress from the body and reduce anxiety.Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the re...2025-07-2512 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Body Awareness (Day 15) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for a 15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra, or NSDR. This Earth Element themed Yoga Nidra is designed to be practised during the day, perhaps first thing in the morning or mid-afternoon. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent and Ailsa guides you through a nature visualisation, a grounding breath visualisation and body sensing techniques.Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga Nidra is designed to reset and reboot your whole nervous system...2025-07-2415 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Power Nap (Day 14) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Power Nap. Today’s 20 minute Yoga Nidra is designed for when you need to restore a sleep deficit. You might have awoken and need a wee bit more time to rest and restore, intentionally, or you might need a wee pick up me up mid-afternoon. Studies have shown that roughly 1 hour of Yoga Nidra is equal to four hours of sleep, so this Yoga Nidra is your space to inject more energy into your day whilst taking time for stillness and slowing down. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire ne...2025-07-2320 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraBoost Motivation with Yoga Nidra (Day 13) 30 Days of Yoga NidraThis 15 minute Yoga Nidra meditation is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system. This Yoga Nidra is themed around the Fire Element and is designed to help cultivate feelings of passion and purpose. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork.Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.Th...2025-07-2217 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Compassion (Day 12) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for a 10 minute Yoga Nidra to cultivate compassion. This Yoga Nidra incorporates elements of the Metta Bhavana loving-kindness meditation. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day to cultivate a more compassionate approach to living your life. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day. This Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra is voice only, allowing you to fully immerse yourself into your Yoga Nidra practice. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent. Allow Ailsa to guide you through a Metta-Bhavana Loving-Kindness meditation that encourages you to fully...2025-07-2114 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Meditation (Day 11) 30 Days of Yoga NidraJoin Ailsa for 10 minutes of Non Sleep Deep Rest (or NSDR) Yoga Nidra. During this Yoga Nidra practice, you are invited to work with an intention, or Sankalpa, that is personal to you. You can work with an existing intention or one of the intentions I offer during the Yoga Nidra practice or, if you have more time, you can create your own using the information presented in one of my videos 👉 https://youtu.be/6XVnvvy7AYc. As well as exploring your Sankalpa, this Yoga Nidra will invite you to use breath awareness and body sensing techniques to help you...2025-07-2014 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraNervous System Healing Meditation (Day 10) 30 Days of Yoga NidraAilsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing, breathwork, joy and awareness. The Fire Element in yogic philosophy is linked to the Manipura Chakra. This element is associated with your confidence, enthusiasm for life, the ‘fire in your belly’, your passion, inner strength, heat, power and transformation. The Fire Element is also associated with digestion both physically but also how you process and digest your life. When this element is unbalanced, we can become depressed, lazy, withdrawn, lacking motivation, irritable, angry and aggressive. The Fire Element can be an energising and uplifting element to explore, and ther...2025-07-1937 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraNervous System Regulation (Day 9) 30 Days of Yoga NidraNervous System Regulation Yoga Nidra. Join Ailsa for 15 minutes of grounding Yoga Nidra. This Yoga Nidra is designed for when you are feeling lost in thought and stuck in your head; let this passive form of meditation help you move out of your head and anchor to your body and your breath. Ailsa guides you through Sankalpa (or intention-setting), a body sensing technique, pranayama (or breathing technique) and a nature visualisation.Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous sy...2025-07-1815 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 8) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...2025-07-1719 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 7) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...2025-07-1614 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraNon Sleep Deep Rest NSDR (Day 6) 30 Days of Yoga NidraNon-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR). Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...2025-07-1513 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 5) 30 Days of Yoga NidraExplore the water element with Yoga Nidra. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Sc...2025-07-1414 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Positivity (Day 4) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Positivity. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...2025-07-1326 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraReset Your Nervous System with Yoga Nidra (Day 3) 30 Days of Yoga NidraReset your nervous system with Yoga Nidra. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Sc...2025-07-1214 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraMorning Yoga Nidra (Day 2) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and th...2025-07-1111 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation (Day 1) 30 Days of Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish acce...2025-07-1015 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra: Nervous System Reset20 minute Yoga Nidra to Reset the Nervous System. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to...2025-07-0620 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Calm the Nervous System20 Yoga Nidra to Calm the Nervous System. Today’s Yoga Nidra is designed to stimulate the Vagus Nerve, which can help to relax the body, calm the mind, and activate the rest and digest nervous system response. A healthy vagal tone can have wonderful benefits for autonomic nervous system health, as well as mental health and well-being. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a...2025-06-2919 min

Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 36: Prideful Play & Lesbian Liabilities“Back once again with the renegade (games-)master", it's a new episode of Til Dice Do Us Part for the first time in quite a while! Our Pride Month special starts with a section on Queer Themes In Roleplaying Games. We discuss how LGBTQIA+ history intersects with roleplaying games - setting the scene for how world history developed alongside gaming - and then explore how players and GMs can (and should!) include queer characters and topics in your sessions. A big inspiration for this section was They Came To Slay by Thom James Carter.After that...2025-06-231h 53

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Before SleepYoga Nidra for Before Sleep. This 30 minute sleep meditation uses Yoga Nidra techniques to guide you into a deep state of sleep. This is a spoken meditation that is designed to help you fall asleep and ease insomnia. Today’s guided meditation is designed to improve the quality of your sleep and to help you fall asleep. You can also listen to this guided meditation if you have awoken in the middle of the night and you would like to fall back asleep. This voice only meditation is great for relaxation and stress management. Even if sleep does not co...2025-06-2230 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Fall Asleep at BedtimeYoga Nidra to Fall Asleep at Bedtime. This 30 minute sleep meditation uses Yoga Nidra techniques to guide you into a deep state of sleep. This is a spoken meditation that is designed to help you fall asleep and ease insomnia. Today’s guided meditation is designed to improve the quality of your sleep and to help you fall asleep. You can also listen to this guided meditation if you have awoken in the middle of the night and you would like to fall back asleep. This voice only meditation is great for relaxation and stress management. Even if sleep do...2025-06-1530 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Morning Energy20 minute Yoga Nidra for Morning Energy. Join Ailsa for a 20 minute Yoga Nidra. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Today’s Yoga Nidra invites you to begin your day with meditation and aims to help you nurture peace, tranquillity, and stillness. Ailsa will guide you through intention, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.Relax back in...2025-06-0820 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraNon Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) • 10 minutes10 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR). Join Ailsa for a voice only NSDR designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, body sensing and an exploration of the wisdom body. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.Relax back into this 10 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This NSDR guided meditation is designed to...2025-06-0411 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Guided MeditationYoga Nidra Guided Meditation. This 20 minute Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system and this Yoga Nidra is themed around the Water Element. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.Relax back into this 20 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation...2025-06-0120 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 10 minutesJoin Ailsa for a 10 minute Yoga Nidra. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, a visualisation, body sensing and breath work. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.Relax back into this 10 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic...2025-05-2511 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Joy & Positive Energy25 minute Yoga Nidra for Joy & Positive Energy. Join Ailsa for a 25 minute Yoga Nidra. This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. This Yoga Nidra is themed around cultivating joy and positive energy. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathing. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.Relax back into this 25 minute Yoga Nidra with...2025-05-2525 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra: Mind Awake Body AsleepYoga Nidra Mind Awake Body Asleep. Today’s 40 minute Yoga Nidra invites you to remain awake and aware whilst your body deeply rests. You aren’t practising Yoga Nidra in the wrong way if you fall asleep, sometimes your body needs that rest but there is fountain of experience and insight to gleaned when you try to remain awake and aware throughout the entire duration of the Yoga Nidra. Often during a Yoga Nidra you move between various states of consciousness hence that feeling of waking up that can happen. Yoga Nidra actually leads you to the hypnagogic state, the...2025-05-2139 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Sleep MeditationDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep.The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep.Join here for extra...2025-05-1834 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Fall Asleep FastDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and free course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for...2025-04-1632 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraMorning Meditation🎧 YOGA NIDRA LIBRARYAn annual subscription that gives you access to the Yoga Nidra Library. Access exclusive Yoga Nidra meditations and unlimited streaming free from distracting advertisements and screens. Relax, un-wind and soothe your nervous system with deeply restful Yoga Nidra, all developed, created and guided by Ailsa. Find out more 👉 https://www.ailsaburns.com/yoganidra🪷 ONLINE YOGA STUDIOA monthly or annual membership subscription that gives you access to on-demand Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra classes guided by Ailsa. In the age of streaming overwhelm, cut through the noise and liberate yourself from the...2025-03-3011 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for SleepDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for extra...2025-03-2317 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Rest & RelaxationJoin Ailsa for 20 minutes of Yoga Nidra to ignite your inner fire. This Yoga Nidra meditation will explore the Fire Element which in yoga philosophy is linked to your Solar Plexus Chakra. The Fire Element is related to our enthusiasm, motivation and self-confidence; it is the literal fire in our bellies. This Yoga Nidra is designed to help you explore the qualities of the Fire Element and the practice includes visualisation, body sensing, body awareness and breathing techniques (pranayama). Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and...2025-01-1917 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Sleep & InsomniaDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep.Join here for extra...2025-01-0520 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraReset Your Nervous System with Yoga NidraThis 15 minute Yoga Nidra meditation is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation.Relax back into this 15 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This Yoga Nidra guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used in Yoga Nidra to bring you into the parasympathetic division of the nervous system known as 'rest and...2024-12-2912 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Relaxation & SleepDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for extra...2024-12-2219 min

Eerie EssexYule wouldn't believe it!Send us a textSeason's Greetings!Join Ailsa for a spot of Yuletide shivers with a Colchester ghost story sure to make you watch the shadows.Bethan unfortunately couldn't record for this but will be back next month as usual.Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.comYou can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:https://ko-fi.com/eerieessexhttps://www.patreon.com...2024-12-2122 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Sleep MeditationDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for extra...2024-12-1629 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for the Nervous SystemThis Fire Element Yoga Nidra meditation is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing, breathwork, joy and awareness. The Fire Element in yogic philosophy is linked to the Manipura Chakra. This element is associated with your confidence, enthusiasm for life, the ‘fire in your belly’, your passion, inner strength, heat, power and transformation. The Fire Element is also associated with digestion both physically but also how you process and digest your life. When this element is unbalanced, we can become depressed, lazy, withdrawn, lacking motivation, irritable, angry a...2024-12-0839 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 15 minutesThis 15 minute Yoga Nidra meditation is designed to soothe, restore and reset your nervous system. This Yoga Nidra is themed around the Fire Element and is designed to help cultivate feelings of passion and purpose. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 15 minute Yoga Nidra with Ailsa to support and calm the...2024-12-0117 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraNon Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) • 15 minutes15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR). Join Ailsa for a voice only NSDR designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and let yourself be guided by Ailsa's soothing voice to a state of deep rest and relaxation. Ailsa's voice is female with a soft Scottish accent and there is no music accompanying the meditation. Relax back into this 15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest with Ailsa to support and calm the nervous system. This NSDR guided meditation is designed to utilise the systematic relaxation techniques used...2024-11-2416 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 10 minutes 😮‍💨10 minute NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) Yoga Nidra exploring Alternate Nostril Breath. This Yoga Nidra meditation offers you the invitation to explore and harness the potential of the breath to help to anchor you to presence. This short form of guided meditation taken lying down is designed to calm and soothe the nervous system. Throughout the practice, you are invited to utilise breath awareness techniques to help untangle stress from the body and reduce anxiety.Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response...2024-11-1009 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraFull Body Relaxation Yoga Nidra for Sleep • 10 minutesDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for extra...2024-11-0410 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 15 minutes 🌱Join Ailsa for a 15 minute Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra, or NSDR. This Earth Element themed Yoga Nidra is designed to be practised during the day, perhaps first thing in the morning or mid-afternoon. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent and Ailsa guides you through a nature visualisation, a grounding breath visualisation and body sensing techniques.Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga Nidra is designed to reset and reboot your whole nervous system...2024-10-2713 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 10 minutes 💚Join Ailsa for a 10 minute Yoga Nidra to cultivate compassion. This Yoga Nidra incorporates elements of the Metta Bhavana loving-kindness meditation. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day to cultivate a more compassionate approach to living your life. You can listen to this Yoga Nidra at anytime of your day. This Non Sleep Deep Rest Yoga Nidra is voice only, allowing you to fully immerse yourself into your Yoga Nidra practice. Ailsa's voice is female with a Scottish accent. Allow Ailsa to guide you through a Metta-Bhavana Loving-Kindness meditation that encourages you to fully...2024-10-1312 min

The Purple PawedcastBuilding Community through Diversity with Ailsa BlairOn today's episode, I speak with Ailsa Blair about the drag community. Ailsa is a neurodiverse, nonbinary product designer and research leader who founded Drag Me, a company whose mobile app empowers drag artists to connect with their fans. Ailsa and I talk about topics as far afield as Tech Bros treating employees as tools, features of the Drag Me app, and invoking Rule 34 and Godwin's Law at the same time.REFERENCES:Ailsa Blair’s website: https://www.ailsamblair.com/Follow Ailsa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ailsamblair/Follow Ailsa...2024-10-111h 00

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Fall into Deep Sleep 🛌 (Day 22) 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for SleepDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. This video is part of a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join for FREE here for extra features including educational videos and...2024-10-0625 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 10 minutes 🔥Join Ailsa for 10 minutes of Non Sleep Deep Rest (or NSDR) Yoga Nidra. During this Yoga Nidra practice, you are invited to work with an intention, or Sankalpa, that is personal to you. You can work with an existing intention or one of the intentions I offer during the Yoga Nidra practice or, if you have more time, you can create your own using the information presented in one of my videos 👉 https://youtu.be/6XVnvvy7AYc. As well as exploring your Sankalpa, this Yoga Nidra will invite you to use breath awareness and body sensing techniques to help you...2024-09-2911 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra Meditation for Insomnia & Sleep 💤 (Day 18) 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for SleepDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. This video is part of a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join for FREE here for extra features including educational videos and...2024-09-2228 min

Orkneyology PodcastAilsa Dixon ~ Scottish Storytelling Past, Present & FutureOn this full moon night we had a visit from a young Scottish-Dutch storytelling friend, who is also a great grandneice of Orkney's beloved poet, George Mackay Brown. Please enjoy our blether with stories.In this episode you'll hear about:Ailsa's experience of learning about her heritage from TomOrkney stories and their historiesletting folk stories continue to grow in our own timeencouraging new storytellersthe delights of spontaneity in storytellinga wee tale from Aberdeenshire - Fittie's Portion"young" storytellers, and how not to be defined by age or other labelsAilsa's School of Storycraft for...2024-09-181h 29

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 15 minutes 🍃Join Ailsa for 15 minutes of grounding Yoga Nidra. This Yoga Nidra is designed for when you are feeling lost in thought and stuck in your head; let this passive form of meditation help you move out of your head and anchor to your body and your breath. Ailsa guides you through Sankalpa (or intention-setting), a body sensing technique, pranayama (or breathing technique) and a nature visualisation.This voice only Yoga Nidra is designed to soothe, restore and reset your entire nervous system. Ailsa will guide you through intention, an inner resource practice, body sensing and breathwork. Get cosy, and...2024-09-1513 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Sleep & Insomnia 🌙 (Day 14) 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for SleepDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. This video is part of a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join for FREE here for extra features including educational videos and...2024-09-0824 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 15 minutes 🙏10 minute Yoga Nidra. In this 10 minute form of guided meditation taken lying down, Ailsa guides you through a Yoga Nidra which utilises body scan and breath awareness techniques. This Yoga Nidra will help to relax the nervous system by eliciting the relaxation response, leaving you feeling calm, relaxed and rejuvenated. Yoga Nidra is a form of meditation that helps with insomnia, anxiety, stress, adrenal fatigue, PTSD and so much more.Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga...2024-09-0112 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Relaxation & Deep Sleep 🛌Do you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for extra...2024-08-2519 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra • 15 minutesJoin Ailsa for a 17 minute Yoga Nidra to help you relax, rest and sleep. This Yoga Nidra is themed around the Air Element, which is linked to the breath in yoga philosophy. This short Yoga Nidra meditation is guided by Ailsa who is a Yoga and Yoga Nidra teacher. Her voice is female and she has a soft Scottish accent. This video is voice only so that you can fully immerse yourself in this meditative practice. This 17 minute Yoga Nidra includes pranayama (breathwork) and body sensing techniques. Ailsa's Yoga Nidra offer you a haven of peace and tranquillity and...2024-08-1817 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra to Ease Insomnia 💤Do you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. The 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for Sleep is a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join here for extra...2024-08-1120 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Morning Presence • 10 minutesJoin Ailsa for 10 minutes of None Sleep Deep Rest (or NSDR) Yoga Nidra. During this Yoga Nidra practice, you are invited to work with intention and breathwork. Greet your day with presence, stillness and a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh. This 10 minute Yoga Nidra will help you to rest, relax, untangle stress and enrich your life with the profound practice of meditation.Yoga Nidra helps to induce complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This yogic sleep technique calms the nervous system and activates the parasympathetic response (rest and digest). This Yoga Nidra is designed to reset and reboot your...2024-08-0409 min

Ailsa Burns Yoga NidraYoga Nidra for Deep Sleep (Day 4) 24 Days of Yoga Nidra for SleepDo you struggle with sleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night unable to return to your slumber? Do you begin your day feeling tired? Join Ailsa for a 24 day journey to transform your approach and relationship to sleep. This video is part of a FREE on-demand and online course which approaches sleep with the ancient wisdom of Yoga Nidra so that you can create a nurturing and self-compassionate at-home practice that helps improve the quality of your sleep and helps you to fall asleep. Join for FREE here for extra features including educational videos and...2024-07-2836 min

Insert BuzzwordAilsa Campbell: Weaving a Legacy – From Graphic Designer to the Heart of Crieff's Community RevivalGuest ideas? Questions? Topics? Message us!Embark on an unforgettable journey with Ailsa Campbell, as she recounts her whimsical transition from Vancouver's laid-back charm to becoming the pulsating heart of the Crieff community's renaissance. As Ailsa invites us into her world, we're swept away by tales of her heartening education, gap year escapades, and the serendipitous discovery of her graphic design prowess—a skill that would later anchor her deeply in the fabric of local enterprise and motherhood. Her story isn't just a sequence of events; it's a mosaic of resilience, ingenuity, and the profound impact of co...2024-04-161h 01

Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 35: Price Postulations & Taste TestingWe couldn't let 2023 end without giving you another episode - even if George has been haunted by some ill tidings of late - and so here we are with a rather chaotic episode we hope you'll still enjoy. First up is a Quiz, where George once again asks Ailsa to guess the prices of the random nerdy tat he has purchased. (With a slight twist, this time - only 6 items are actually purchased, the seventh is a sort of red herring!) Join in on our social media to see the pictures of the items and work out if...2023-12-221h 14

Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 34: Family Gaming & Faux Fairy TalesOur usual podcasting pair becomes a talking troika in this episode, as we are joined by education writer and RPG creator DC Bradshaw. With his help we aim to answer an Ask A GM in which the listener enquires about introducing roleplaying games to an audience of children and how you can tailor your rules and setting towards them. Since DC Bradshaw has written his very own D&D-for-kids version of 5E, "Little But Fierce", he's the perfect person to help us answer this question - even if he visits the podcast by a slightly unorthodox transport me...2023-06-161h 19

The Defuse Podcast: Where Experts Defuse Real ThreatsHigh Profile Communication with Ailsa AndersonSend us a textAilsa Anderson is the person the most high profile in the world go to when they require the composite professional manage their communications.In this podcast Ailsa shared anecdotes from her time working the UK Government and Alistair Campbell, the Late Her Majesty the Queen and more recently the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Church.Ailsa talks about how decisions about when to respond or not were made and why, the changing landscape of communications and the importance of it being a team event involving security...2023-01-1045 min

Til Dice Do Us PartEpisode 32: Vehicle Viewpoints & Theme-Park TraumaAfter slaving away at a hot laptop, George and Ailsa bring you a bumper episode out of Til Dice Towers just in time for Christmas. Why not download this while you are travelling home to see family or friends and hear us talking about... well, travelling, as we discuss World Building and how the differing methods of getting around your campaign world can have a whole lot of knock-on effects on the rest of your game. Such Christmas-y topics as Icelandic volcanoes, methods of transport the Simpsons ruined and rock songs about time dilation. Plus you can find...2022-12-231h 43

Eerie EssexThe Essexorcist: Part OneSend us a textWe thought we may struggle to find any stories on exorcisms in Essex. I mean have you ever heard of one?......oh how wrong we were!We have had to split this episode into two parts as there was so many and we still haven't covered them all. So pull the blanket tighter and maybe sleep with the light on tonight...True or False 90s Tv show link (Bill Ramsey):https://youtu.be/jLEh9LIkiG8*May is EDS awareness month (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and as it is...2022-05-011h 02

Inspired Soles81. From Boston to Western States to UTMB | Ailsa MacDonaldGot feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a textAilsa MacDonald is a 41 year old ultrarunner who was born in Great Britain and raised in Nova Scotia. She currently resides in Cochrane, AB and splits her time between Cochrane and Phoenix, AZ when she is not working two week shift rotations in northern Alberta as an Imperial Oil Plant Operator. You first heard about Ailsa on this podcast when we interviewed her mother Morag in episode 72. Ailsa has been an athlete all her life, competing at a high level in marathons, Ironman triathlons, and ultramarathon trail races. As a...2022-04-1953 min