Yoga Nidra and Non-Sleep Deep Rest were observed as significant parts of daily routines in a trauma and addiction treatment center.

“and Ryan said this is especially important to do with um addicts when they arrive in inpatient recovery in the first week and um even more so in the first three days because typically they are badly sleep deprived and in addition to that many of them are just not good at getting and staying asleep at night without the use of pharmacology or in some cases their behavioral addictions depending on what it what it was and so it was a a kind of a self-directed relaxation training of sorts first thing in the morning that in addition perhaps could compensate partially for some of the sleep deprivation that they no doubt were experiencing when they arrived”

“so there is as far as I know no randomized control Trials of of this practice yet but there are a good number of um clinics and treatment centers that are now employing non-sleep deep breast AKA Yoga Nidra for 30 minutes to an hour first thing upon waking as one of the you know core components of treatment for helping people get and stay sober”