Andrew Huberman

Well, let's talk about samskaras because years ago, 2017, I was exposed to yoga nidra.

The guy that taught me Nidra said the whole purpose of Nidra is, yes, to learn how to relax the body with an active mind, et cetera, to make up sleep that perhaps you didn't get the night before, become a better sleeper, all that stuff.

But he said the purpose is to burn the samskaras down to the roots.

You're supposed to – these are like weeds that come up in your life and you're supposed to burn them down.

And Nidra is one way that you –

You rid yourself of these things.

Is he totally off base?

Great.

Yeah, they were in on the lie.

They were in on the lie.

Oh, believe me, I've experienced somebody creating a world that was a complete fabrication and eventually all came tumbling down for them.

But I remember being like, oh, my God.

Yeah.

Well, they talk about it.

I confess that I've maintained a very regular yoga nidra practice, but I've not explored these aspects of it.

Yeah, and as you mentioned before, and I'm so glad you did as a visual system neuroscientist, when adrenaline levels are high,

the visual field narrows, our depth perception shape, everything becomes a microscope view of the thing in front of us.

Absolutely, right?

And in Nidra, is there an opportunity for emotion?

It's a deeply relaxed but mind-active state.