LU-Oga nidra, owaziwa nangokuthi "ubuthongo be-yogic", umkhuba wokuzindla nokuphumula okujulile okuhloswe ngawo ukuthuthukisa inhlalakahle yengqondo, imizwa kanye nomzimba. Ngezimpande zayo emasikweni e-yogic asendulo, i-yoga nidra ingaphezu nje kweseshini yokuphumula: kuwumkhuba ohlanganisa ubuwena bonke, kusukela emzimbeni wakho wenyama kuya emqondweni wakho owaziyo nonganakile.
Igama elithi "yoga nidra" lisho "ukulala kwe-yogic" ngesiSanskrit. Kodwa-ke, ngokuphambene nalokho okusikiselwa yigama layo, i-yoga nidra empeleni akuyona indlela yokulala. Esikhundleni salokho, yisimo sokuqaphela phakathi kokuvuka nokulala, uhlobo "lokulala okuqaphelayo". Kulesi simo, umzimba wakho ukhululekile ngokuphelele futhi ingqondo yakho ikhululekile ukugxila ezithombeni, imizwa nemicabango, okukuvumela ukuba uhlole ukuqwashisa kwakho kwangaphakathi ngendlela ejulile.