Yoga Nidra
Lie down, close your eyes, and let someone else hold the thread for a while. Yoga nidra is deep guided rest — often called "yogic sleep" — where you do almost nothing and your body finally lets go.
A note on availability. Grace's work right now is private 1:1 Spiritual Alchemy, held online worldwide. The practice described on this page is part of how she teaches and what she draws on in a session, but it isn't currently offered as a public class you can book a place in. If it's what drew you here, say hello and tell her — it can absolutely be woven into a 1:1.
Yoga nidra is a guided, lying-down practice for deep rest — sometimes called yogic sleep. With Grace on Koh Phangan, you stay wrapped in blankets and simply follow her voice through a body scan and slow breath while your nervous system unwinds. No experience needed; just message to book. If you love stillness, pair it with meditation and breathwork.
What is yoga nidra?
Yoga nidra means "yogic sleep," though that's only half the picture. You're not asleep and you're not quite awake — you settle into a doorway between the two, where the body rests as deeply as it would in sleep while a thread of awareness stays with Grace's voice. There are no poses to hold and no shapes to make. You lie on your back, get comfortable, and let yourself be led.
The practice usually moves through a slow scan of the body, a little breath awareness, and long stretches of stillness. That's the whole thing. People are often surprised by how much it gives back for how little it asks. If a busy class feels like too much, this is the opposite — a practice where doing less is the entire point, and the only instruction is to keep breathing.
Why it feels so restorative
Most of us spend the day with the throttle half-open. Nidra eases the body out of that gear. As the breath slows and you stop holding yourself up against gravity, the nervous system reads the room and softens — and a short session can leave you feeling like you've slept for hours. It's why people reach for it when sleep is patchy, when stress is sitting in the shoulders, or when the mind simply won't stop circling.
One retreat guest put it well after a week of practice with Grace: "Wow! What a powerful week of transformation! It reminds me of how I felt after my nidra training. Thank you Grace for holding the space and everyone for creating a loving and supportive collective energy." That feeling of being held, and of nothing being asked of you, is most of what makes nidra land. The rest is just time and stillness, woven together in much the same spirit as yin yoga.
What a nidra session is like
You arrive, find a spot, and build yourself a nest — a blanket over you, a bolster under the knees, an eye pillow if you like the dark. Grace settles the room with a low, grounding voice and then there's nothing left to do but lie there. She guides attention gently around the body, drops in a little breath, and leaves long pools of quiet in between. You don't have to concentrate. If your mind wanders off, you simply find her voice again whenever it floats back.
Practising on Koh Phangan adds something hard to bottle. As the light fades over the island and the day's heat lifts, the warm air and the hush of an open-air space make sinking down feel natural — the kind of evening calm that has drawn people here to slow down for decades. By the time Grace invites you back, most people are reluctant to move. You'll surface slowly, blink at the lamplight, and walk out lighter than you came in.
Who it's for
If you're tired in a way that sleep alone hasn't fixed, nidra is for you. It welcomes complete beginners — there's genuinely nothing to learn — and it gives experienced practitioners a rare hour where they're allowed to stop trying. Travellers passing through the island drop in to reset their bodies after long days, and locals come back for it the way you'd come back to a good night's sleep.
Want something more personal? Grace also holds 1:1 healing sessions that can be tuned around deep rest, and you can read what others have felt over on the reviews. Not on the island right now? The Into Me See journey carries a daily practice of stillness home with you, wherever in the world that is.
What a nidra session includes
“Wow! What a powerful week of transformation! It reminds me of how I felt after my nidra training. Thank you Grace for holding the space and everyone for creating a loving and supportive collective energy.”
— Retreat guest
Questions about yoga nidra
Is yoga nidra the same as sleeping?
Not quite. It looks like sleep — you're lying down, eyes closed, fully still — but you stay just awake enough to follow Grace's voice. That in-between place is where the rest happens. If your nervous system is wound tight, the gentle floor holds of yin yoga pair beautifully with it.
Do I need any experience to try it?
None at all. Nidra might be the easiest practice to begin with, because there's nothing to learn and nothing to get right. You lie down and listen. It sits comfortably alongside meditation and breathwork if you'd like to explore stillness more widely.
What if I fall asleep during the practice?
Then you needed the sleep, and that's perfectly fine. Plenty of people drift off, especially the first few times. You still absorb the rest. If you'd like something tuned entirely to you, a 1:1 healing session can weave nidra into a private space.
How do I book a session?
Yoga nidra is not currently run as a public class. It can be woven into a private 1:1 Spiritual Alchemy session — just mention it when you book, or ask Grace first.
Give yourself an hour to rest
Nothing to learn, nothing to do but lie down. Message Grace to find the next nidra session and save your spot.
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