yoga nidra classes with sue borchardt

Yoga Nidra is a rejuvenating, restful practice for inducing mental, emotional & physical relaxation, with the power to expose our innate reservoirs of creativity, clarity, and self understanding. Meaning “sleep of the yogi” in Sanskrit, yoga nidra guides students through awareness of sensations, emotions, and beliefs using a systematic method developed thousands of years ago. This meditative class is conducted with students lying down or sitting comfortably and requires no previous yoga experience. Want to know more? look here.

Sue Borchardt’s Yoga Nidra Class Schedule in Baltimore, MD
  • 4th Sunday of every month from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Yoga Nidra at breathe books, Hampden, Baltimore, MD. by donation. note, please bring props (blankets, cushions, etc.. to make yourself comfortable on the floor). For specific class dates, check the events calendar to the left.

  • 1st Sunday of every month from 12:30-2:00 p.m. Yoga Nidra at Quantum, Mt Washington, Baltimore, MD. by donation. For specific class dates, check the events calendar to the left.

  • 2nd Sunday of every month at both Maryland Athletic Club locations. Yoga Nidra at The MAC , Timonium location at 11 a.m. and Harbor East location at 1 p.m. Free to members. For specific class dates, check the events calendar on the top left of every at contemplatethis.org.
  • brand new! yoga nidra podcasts that you can listen to in the comfort of your own home.
testimonials from sue borchardt’s yoga nidra students
“She has a very calming manner”
“I loved the focus on breathing and body parts – she was wonderful!”
“Sue led a wonderful class”
Baltimore Yogini, Sue Borchardt’s First Person Description of Finding Yoga and Yoga Nidra:

I discovered hatha yoga in 1999 as a Software Engineer with an aching back. Since leaving the 9 to 5 world in 2003 I have continued to practice and teach yoga while perfecting the art of doing less. While I am trained to teach hatha yoga (Willow Street Yoga’s 400 hour Anusara Teacher Training) my passion for teaching has been ignited by Yoga Nidra – a fabulously rich and powerful meditation technique in which I have found a home. I study with a teacher that I am happy to have stumbled across many years ago in Berkeley California during my coding days. Richard Miller was teaching a weekend workshop that I mistakenly signed up for thinking it was a yoga workshop. I struggled through the seated meditation portion of the weekend but was blown away but the Yoga Nidra chunk. That was in 2001. As luck would have it Richard taught his first ever Yoga Nidra Teacher Training in Maryland in 2006 and I enrolled without hesitation. It was a completely amazing experience and one that left me with no doubt that this was something I’d like to continue practicing and teaching for many years. Richard’s research into the benefits of yoga nidra in populations suffering from post traumatic stress disorder has been quite successful and is being expanded – read about it here.

Wondering whether you might benefit from yoga nidra?

Describing yoga nidra is a little like describing the taste of a strawberry – words will always fail. Could you ever really give someone even a glimmer of what to expect when they taste their first strawberry? We think not. Yoga Nidra is an experiential practice. The only real way to get a sense of it and it’s benefits it to experience it for yourself. Not sure you’re ready to venture out to a class? Try a practice at home by downloading one of our yoga nidra podcasts.