Yoga Nidra in Vancouver
Yoga Nidra is a guided practice of deep rest and awareness.
It is often called “yogic sleep” or “aware sleep”.
Yoga Nidra can be practised lying down or seated.
No yoga or meditation experience is needed. No flexibility is needed.
Just get comfortable, listen and follow the guidance as much as feels right.
The modern Yoga Nidra method was developed and popularised by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, founder of the Bihar School of Yoga in 1963.
Feeling burnt out, overstimulated or deprived of deep rest?
Screens, doom scrolling and constant input can make it hard to switch off.
A Yoga Nidra practice offers a guided pause.
It gives you time to notice how you feel, settle into stillness and practise rest.
Sriranjini Raman, also known as Ranju, is an experienced Yoga teacher bringing lineage-rooted practices to individuals, teams and communities for nervous system regulation.
Her work makes space for deeper rest, steadier capacity and a more resilient way to live.
1,300+ hours of yoga training in India
2 years teaching in British Columbia
15+ retreats
The practice can support nervous system regulation and help build awareness of what deep rest feels like.
Settle. Notice. Restore.
Settle: Get comfortable and arrive in the moment.
Notice: Follow the guidance and observe what is happening.
Restore: Rest, then return gently to the room.
Regulation Ritual - Nervous System Reset
Rest makes success sustainable.
Success and wellbeing can coexist.
The problem is not ambition. It is the absence of recovery.
Regulation Ritual is a 45 to 60 minute Yoga Nidra workshop for workplaces, institutions and communities. Participants are guided to settle, notice and rest.
No yoga experience is needed.
This guided nervous system reset makes space for deep rest within busy work and community settings.
It helps participants practise slowing down, listening inward and returning to the day with greater steadiness.
The goal: 100 people experiencing Yoga Nidra by February 2027.
Yoga beyond the mat
Yoga is a way of living. Yoga is often translated as union.
It offers a way to bring body, mind and spirit into greater alignment with
one’s truest inner nature and purpose.
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras describe eight limbs of yoga.
They offer a guide to how people relate to others, care for themselves, work with the body and breath, and develop attention.
The eight limbs of yoga
Asana
Postures that prepare and steady the body
Yama
Ethical ways of relating to others
Niyama
Personal care, discipline and reflection
Yoga translates
to Union
Dhyana
Meditation
Pranayama
Working with the breath
Dharana
Practising focus
Pratyahara
Turning attention inward
Samadhi
Deep integration and connection
Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra
A weekly Vancouver class combining slow, supported Yin postures with guided deep rest.
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Personalised yoga sessions shaped around your interests and experience.
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Five-element yoga
A traditional asana practice also known as Panchatattva Asana Kriya or P-TAK.
Regulation Ritual
A 45 to 60 minute Yoga Nidra workshop for workplaces, institutions and communities.
About Sriranjini
A different relationship with ambition, wellbeing and recovery.
After a successful career in the climate sector, Sriranjini experienced a major health crisis at 23. She was told by professionals that she will need medication indefinitely. The experience changed her relationship with ambition, wellbeing and recovery.
In 2023, a Vipassana retreat with Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu became a turning point. It led her to study yoga in India with the AryaMarga Yoga Institute and to the teachers and traditions that continue to shape her work.
Yoga and meditation became part of her journey in healing from chronic pain, inflammation, anxiety, depression and IBS symptoms. Through these practices, she found more health, happiness, rest, calm and presence.
That experience shaped her sense of purpose. Sriranjini believes the health and happiness she has found through these practices are worth sharing. She now wants to help others make space for balance, recovery and a deeper connection with themselves. She has taught yoga for two years in British Columbia, including at Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. She has completed more than 1,200 hours of yoga training in India and participated in or supported more than 15 retreats.
Teachers and traditions
Training
Sriranjini’s teachers include Roshan Mohandas Palat, Thanida (Cookie) Palat and Akshat Madan. The Arya Marga School is connected to the Dashanama Sampradaya and the Giri Kula tradition, as well as Anuttara Yoga Tantra. Sriranjini comes from a family that honours a connection to the lineage of Adi Shankaracharya.
Her Vipassana teacher is Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu.
These traditions inform her approach to practice, study and teaching.
- More than 1,100 hours of yoga training in India with the Arya Marga Institute (including Training in yoga psychology and somatics)
- 200-hour yoga teacher training with Ramesh Shetty's Mysore Ashtanga Yoga Shala
- Environmental Studies degree from the University of Waterloo
- Counselling course