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The Art of Conscious Rest

Twenty years of Andrei Ram's practice and teaching, written with the writer Jorge Caraballo. The book tells where prana nidra comes from, why so many people sleep without resting, and how the practice is done, stage by stage.

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"My life was one thing before prana nidra and another after."
Andrei Ram, in the introduction
What it's about

A book for learning how to rest.

It opens with a personal story: a young man, exhausted, who finds in a yoga class in New York a way of resting he didn't know existed.

It goes on to today's tiredness, told by the people who live it. And it ends where it matters: the complete method, with the script of five practices to do at home. Between chapters there are short poems and stories from practitioners.

Contents

Chapter by chapter

  1. 1Introduction. How the practice came into Andrei's life in 2002, and the personal story of exhaustion and violence he was coming from.
  2. 2The Thousand Faces of Exhaustion. Why sleep doesn't always restore us. Tiredness told by the people who live it: a mother, an artist, an entrepreneur.
  3. 3Learning to Feel Is Learning to Rest. Withdrawing the senses, listening inward, and releasing tensions the body has held for years.
  4. 4My Life After Rest. What changes in your relationship with energy, work, and everyday life.
  5. 5The Intimate Constellation. What the body holds, and how the practice teaches you to listen to it.
  6. 6The Four Stages of Prana Nidra. The method, step by step.
  7. 7Preparing the Ground. The space, the posture, and the time of day.
  8. 8The Origins of Prana Nidra. Where the practice comes from and how it has been passed on.
  9. 9Our Daily Prana. The complete script of the five practices, from the basic one to the kriya.
  10. 10The Meditation of the Future. Rest as an almost countercultural act.

With a prologue by Jorge Caraballo, a chapter of frequently asked questions about the practice, and the epilogue "The Honorable Death."

  • Pages144
  • FormatPDF, 4.6 MB
  • LanguageEnglish · also in Spanish
  • EditionFirst, 2026
  • TranslationDick Cluster
  • Design and illustrationsSandra Méndez
Who wrote it

Andrei Ram, with Jorge Caraballo

Andrei Ram is a direct disciple of Sri Dharma Mittra and has spent more than twenty years leading retreats, practices, and teacher trainings around the world. He received prana nidra from the tradition and shares it as he has lived it.

Jorge Caraballo Cordovez is a writer and journalist, a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and worked at Radio Ambulante. He came to the practice as Andrei's student and wrote the book while raising three young children: he put the practice to the test on his own exhaustion, as he tells in the prologue.

Portrait of Andrei Ram with his hands together
And the audios?

The book explains. The audios guide.

The book has the written script of the five practices. If you also want to do them with Andrei's voice, the bundle includes the book and the five audios for $32.99.

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About the book

Frequently asked questions

What format does it come in?

PDF. It opens on any phone, tablet, computer, or reader that accepts PDF. It's 144 pages and 4.6 MB.

Does the book include the audios?

No. The book has the written script of the five practices so you can do them on your own. The audios guided by Andrei are sold separately, or together with the book in the bundle.

Do I need the audios to practice?

Not necessarily, but they help. Andrei himself recommends starting with the guided basic practice until doing it unguided feels natural.

Is there a print edition?

It's in the works. Leave your email on the home page and we'll let you know when it's out. This purchase is for the digital book only.

More answers in the FAQ on the home page.