Where science meets wisdom.

About The Nidra Sleep Institute™

Where Sleep Medicine Meets the

Wisdom of Eastern Healing

The Nidra Sleep Institute™ was founded on a simple premise that chronic sleep disruption is not a personal failure, a character flaw, or simply a side effect of modern life. It is a medical condition, rooted in physiology, perpetuated by behavior, and treatable with the right combination of science and care.

We exist because most people with chronic insomnia have already tried everything. The supplements. The apps. The advice to “just relax.” They arrive here exhausted in every sense of the word, and they deserve better than another generic solution.

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Our Founding Philosophy

The Nidra Sleep Institute™ was built around a five-pillar clinical framework developed by our founder, David C. Brodner, M.D., over more than two decades of treating sleep disorders. That framework, the Nidra Sleep Pathway™, integrates the gold-standard tools of modern sleep medicine with practices drawn from yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and breathwork.

This is not alternative medicine. It is integrative medicine, practiced at the highest clinical standard, personalized to each individual.

We believe the body knows how to sleep. Our work is to identify and remove whatever is blocking that natural capacity, and to rebuild the conditions in which deep, restorative sleep becomes possible again.

Who We Serve

The Nidra Sleep Institute™ serves adults who are serious about solving their sleep. Our members typically fall into one of three groups:

1. Those who have struggled with insomnia for months or years and have tried every over-the-counter solution

2. Those who are high-performing professionals, executives, or athletes who understand that sleep is the foundation of everything else:
cognitive function, emotional regulation, physical recovery, and longevity

3. Those who are managing chronic illness, preparing for a major life transition, or navigating a period of high stress

If you are ready to stop managing symptoms and start solving the actual problem, you are in the right place.

Our Approach to Care

Every person who works with The Nidra Sleep Institute™ begins with a comprehensive Physician Evaluation. Dr. Brodner reviews your full sleep history, current health status, medications, and lifestyle before recommending a path forward. From there, care is structured around the Five Foundational Pillars™, each addressing a distinct root cause of sleep disruption:

Pillar 1
Nervous System and Self-Regulation
Calming the hyperaroused nervous system that prevents the brain from entering sleep.

Pillar 2
Behavioral Integration
Reprogramming the beliefs, habits, and associations that have made sleep feel unsafe.

Pillar 3
Circadian Alignment
Restoring the internal biological clock that governs the sleep-wake cycle.

Pillar 4
Body Rebalance
Addressing the physical imbalances, including hormonal, nutritional, and inflammatory factors, that disrupt sleep architecture.

Pillar 5
Sleep Sanctuary Cultivation™
Transforming the sleep environment into a space the nervous system recognizes as safe.

The Science Behind the Practice

The Nidra Sleep Institute™ does not choose between Eastern and Western approaches to sleep. We use both, because both work, and because the evidence increasingly shows that integrating them produces results that neither achieves alone. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the gold-standard behavioral treatment endorsed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American College of Physicians, forms the behavioral backbone of the Pathway. It is enhanced by practices drawn from yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda that address the nervous system, the emotional body, and the subtle dimensions of rest that conventional medicine has historically undervalued. The result is a clinical framework that is both rigorously evidence-based and genuinely holistic, in the truest sense of that word.

“Our mission is to give every person who has been failed by the standard sleep model a more complete path forward — one grounded in real medicine, whole-person science, and the wisdom traditions that have understood human rest for centuries.”

Ready to Begin?

The Nidra Sleep Pathway™ starts wherever you are. Explore the science, meet the team, or go directly to the Member Library to begin.