Yoga Nidra as Spiritual Practice

What the implications of practicing Yoga Nidra as sadhana? Interestingly, if we overlay the eight-stage formulation of Yoga Nidra upon the traditional path of Ashtanga Yoga as set out by Sri Patanjali, we can be look upon it as a condensed journey through the siddha’s prescribed eight limbed path in the - the ancient path has been known for centuries as Ashtanga Yoga. It specifically describes, and in many ways, prescribes true sadhana.