Welcome,
I'm Jocelyn.
This is a short Yoga Nidra midday break.
Yoga Nidra is an effortless practice.
So if you could find yourself in a space where you can support your body to be as effortless as possible,
Trying to find a position,
Either lying down or sitting back where your body feels effortless,
And maybe bringing some pillows or towels rolled up under your body to support your body so that it can be as effortless as possible.
Just bringing your awareness to your body,
The back of your head,
The back of the neck,
The shoulders,
The back of the hips,
The heels of the feet.
Just beginning to take a few deep breaths,
Inhaling through the nose,
Opening your mouth and exhaling through the mouth.
Inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
Inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth.
I was listening to someone talk about breath.
He said,
As we inhale,
We remember the soul inside of us,
And as we exhale,
We forget.
We inhale and remember,
And as we exhale,
We forget.
Which I think is such a beautiful thought,
That at any moment we can remember who we are,
How light and full of love we are,
And on every exhale we can forget to remember again.
It's a constant dance.
As we inhale,
We remember,
And as we exhale,
We forget.
Walk you through a rotation of consciousness,
Inviting your awareness to all the different places in your body.
And as I invite your awareness to different places around the body,
Might you imagine a gentle dissolving of anything no longer needed in that area of your body.
The top of the head,
Gentle dissolving the top of the head,
Center of the forehead,
The mind's eye,
Dissolving of anything you no longer need,
Tip of the nose,
Upper lip,
Lower lip,
The center of the throat,
The back of the tongue,
Gentle dissolving,
The tip of the tongue,
The roof of the mouth,
The nasal passages,
An effortless dissolving,
The right cheekbone,
Left cheekbone,
Right eye,
A gentle dissolving of anything no longer needed,
The left eye,
Right ear,
Left ear,
The space between the ears,
A gentle dissolving of anything no longer needed from the space between the ears,
Right eyebrow,
Left eyebrow,
Top of the head,
Back of the head,
The nape of the neck,
Right shoulder,
Elbow,
Inside of the right wrist,
All five fingertips of the right hand,
An effortless dissolving,
The back of the hand,
Forearm,
Upper arm,
The center of the armpit,
The center of the chest,
The heart space,
A gentle dissolving of anything no longer needed,
Left shoulder,
Elbow,
Inside of the left wrist,
All five fingertips of the left hand,
An effortless dissolving,
Back of the hand,
Forearm,
Upper arm,
The center of the armpit,
Center of the chest,
The right side of your ribs,
Left ribs,
Center of the belly,
Pelvic bowl,
A gentle dissolving of anything no longer needed,
The right hip,
Knee,
Inside of the right ankle,
All five toes of the right foot,
An effortless dissolving,
Top of the foot,
Calf,
Thigh,
The whole right side of the body,
Gentle dissolving,
Releasing from across the right side of the body,
The right side of the body and the left hemisphere of the brain together,
The left hip,
Knee,
Ankle,
All five toes of the left foot,
An effortless dissolving,
Top of the foot,
Calf,
Thigh,
Hip,
Entire left side of the body,
Releasing from the entire left side of the body,
The left side of the body and the right hemisphere of the brain together,
Effortless,
The whole body,
The whole body,
And I invite your awareness to your breath without changing it,
Just witnessing your inhales and your exhales,
Inhaling,
I remember,
And exhaling,
I forget,
Inhaling whenever it comes to you,
The remembrance of your soul,
And when you exhale,
Effortlessly allowing that knowledge to leave,
Knowing that on the next inhale,
You can remember again,
Inhaling to remember,
And as you exhale,
You're letting go and releasing,
And begin to deepen that inhale and deepen that exhale,
Inhaling and exhaling,
Deepening it just a little further,
Inhaling,
Feeling it move through your body,
And exhaling,
Feeling the body contract,
And inhaling,
Opening your mouth and letting it out with a sound,
One last time,
Inhaling through your nose,
Opening your mouth and sighing it out,
Just allowing your fingertips and your toes to wiggle a little,
Maybe rolling your head side to side,
Bringing a hand to your chest or a hand to your belly,
Maybe even gently massaging your hands or your shoulders,
Waking your body up,
Thank you so much for joining me on this Yoga Nidra.
Please follow me on my teacher page,
I have a bunch of Yoga Nidras,
I'm putting up some new content,
A few different courses,
I run live events pretty frequently.
Again,
I'm Jocelyn Bates,
And thank you so much,
I'm so honored to be able to walk you through these wonderful meditations.
Please leave a comment,
I'd love to hear from you and your experience of the different meditations I put up.
Thank you so much,
My friends.
Namaste.
