Dr. Alok Kanojia

And when we're having an argument because you didn't get me what I asked for for Valentine's Day, and then I tell you, Andrew, you've never gotten me what I want for Valentine's Day, that laser focus, that one statement that I make, even though I told you right before that I love you and right after I'm sorry, that thing sinks in.

It's that poison dart.

right?

It sinks in and that's what you remember because you are focused on it.

So when we are emotional, we are focused.

So the way that I want you to think about your mind is like a pool of water that has a lot of waves.

And when the water is still, something can sink down to the bottom.

But when the water is really active, nothing sinks in.

So now we get to yoga nidra.

So in yoga nidra, what we are doing is attaining a state of consciousness that is

what's called in the yogic scientific literature, a hypno-yogic state.

So it's not hypnosis, but it's not pure active consciousness.

It is a very dormant awakeness, if that kind of makes sense, right?

You're in this trance.

And so in that trance, you're in the edit mode for your unconscious mind.

So this is where a sankalpa comes in.

So a sankalpa is a resolve that you put in there

And then I don't know how to explain this except in this way.

So when I work with a patient who has anxiety and they have this subconscious programming, when we have a therapeutic breakthrough, which there's tons of evidence for, right?

So even Freud noticed this, that you have to activate the emotion in psychotherapy.