Invitation To Awaken At Imbolc Yoga Nidra
Connect with Goddess Brigid and your inner Goddess with this nurturing Yoga Nidra. Imbolc is the start of Spring in the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and where Goddess Brigid, the Goddess of Ireland, returns to the land with her exalted light and eternal flame. Rest in the energies of Imbolc and cocoon in your Nidra Nest as you experience this transformational deep rest practice.
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Welcome to this yoga nidra brought to you by Soul Matters Ireland as we welcome,
Embark and honour Goddess Bridget.
As you lay your body down ensure you have everything you need to be in optimum comfort for your practice today.
Make yourself super cozy as you snuggle into your nidra nest.
We invite you to connect with your inner Goddess.
Your soul is the guest of honour for your practice today.
As we honour Goddess Bridget,
The Goddess of the land of Ireland,
The Exalted One,
The Fiery Goddess,
Maiden and Mother of Ireland,
As she transitions from the Cagliac and roams the land to bring the first stirrings of spring to the plants as they awaken from the slumber of winter.
Rest the bones of your body in your nidra nest.
This is the time to pause,
To refresh and reset as you lay your burdens down and let them dissolve into the arms of the Great Mother.
Within you is a fiery Goddess waiting to be released.
She has been whispering wisdom to you throughout the dream time and now you are ready to transmute that wisdom with each breath you take.
As you start by breathing all the way down into your belly,
Into your sacral chakra,
Inhaling,
Feeling the expansion.
Exhaling with a long sigh out through your mouth as you sense the contraction.
Do this 3 more times,
Belly expanding with the inhalation.
Sink deeper with each exhalation.
Your body sighing into the support of the earth beneath you.
The sound for the sacral chakra,
The belly,
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Third Eye and into your Soul Star Chakra And breathing back down into your Earth Star Chakra Up to your Soul Star Chakra Connecting your Earth Star with your Soul Star Your body,
The physical star being in the centre of your Earth Star and Soul Star The light of the stars illuminating your whole body Each cell in your body vibrating with star essence And this is where we begin the practice of Yoga Nidra As you set your Sankalpa for your practice If Sankalpa is new to you,
This is an intention,
A vow you make to yourself A truth vow to release a limiting belief Or to plant an intentional seed that will be nurtured in your heart every time you practice Yoga Nidra Your Sankalpa is said in the present tense and starts with the words I am For this practice today,
If you are new to Sankalpa You may like to use something like I am resting And in your heart with a deep sense of inner knowing Repeat your Sankalpa three times now Then release your Sankalpa as you trust that Goddess Bridget will tend to it in her heart until the end of your practice today As you breathe deep down into the cauldron where your sacred chakra is located As you ignite the fire in your belly with your in-breath As you feel that fire rise to your heart chakra with your out-breath Breathing in to the cauldron of your belly And breathing out as you pass the flame into your heart Lighting the fire in your belly with your in-breath And passing the light to your heart with your out-breath Imagine the fire in your belly and the fire in your heart Connecting with your breath like a figure of eight Connecting to the infinite flame of your inner Goddess And the continuity of power through your beautiful life force energy Bringing the vitality and energy back The figure of eight,
The infinity symbol Your infinite breath creating a loop of continuous ebb and flow As you keep the image of infinite breath in your heart and your belly As we move through a body scan Starting on the right side of your body Bring awareness to your right thumb Index finger,
Middle finger,
Ring finger Your wrist,
Forearm,
Shoulder,
Underarm The right side of your ribcage and low,
Your waistline The top of your right foot,
The sole of your right foot Your right big toe,
Second toe,
Third toe Your whole right side Fill your right side with your awareness now Then move your awareness to your left side Starting with your left hand Your left thumb,
Index finger,
Middle finger,
Ring finger Your wrist,
Forearm,
The left side of your ribcage and low Your waistline,
Thigh,
Kneecap,
Shin,
Ankle The top of your left foot,
The sole of your left foot Your big toe,
Second toe,
Third toe,
Fourth toe and little toe Wash the entire left side of your body with your awareness Your whole left side Feel the entire left side of your body now Explore your back body As we move from right to left fairly quickly Feel the sole of your right foot,
The sole of your left foot The soles of both of your feet together The back of your right heel,
The back of your left heel,
Both heels together Your right calf,
Your left calf,
Both calves together The back of your right knee,
The back of your left knee The backs of both of your knees simultaneously Your right hamstrings,
Your left hamstrings,
Both sets of hamstrings together Your right buttocks,
Your left buttocks,
Both sides of your buttocks together The back of your pelvis,
Your lower back,
Middle back,
Upper back Feel your right shoulder blade,
Your left shoulder blade,
Both shoulder blades together Your right arm,
Your left arm,
Both arms together The back of your neck,
The back of your head,
The crown of your head Feel your entire back body Now feel your forehead,
Your right eyebrow,
Your left eyebrow,
Both brows together Your brow centre,
Your right eyelid,
Your left eyelid,
Both eyelids together Your right eyeball,
Your left eyeball,
Both eyes together Feel your right nostril,
Your left nostril,
Both nostrils together The bridge of your nose,
The tip of your nose,
Your whole nose Feel your upper lip,
Your lower lip,
Both lips together Feel your chin,
Feel the right side of your jaw,
The left side of your jaw And feel both sides of your jaw together Then feel your whole face Feel the right side of your head,
The left side of your head Now feel both sides of your head together Feel the right side of your throat,
The left side of your throat And feel your whole neck and throat together Feel your right collarbone,
Your left collarbone,
And both collarbones together The right side of your chest,
The left side of your chest Both sides of your chest together Your whole chest all together Feel the area of your abdomen,
From your ribs to your belly button Low belly,
Pelvis,
Root of your pelvic floor Both thighs,
Both kneecaps,
Both shins,
Both ankles,
Tops of both of your feet Feel your right leg from your toes to your hip Feel your left leg from your toes to your hip Feel the entirety of both of your legs together Feel your right arm from your fingertips to your shoulder Feel your left arm from your fingertips to your shoulder Now feel both arms together Keep your arms and your legs in your awareness And add your entire torso and your head to your feeling experience now Feel and sense your entire body Your whole body Feel your whole body together simultaneously right now Whole body awareness Whole body infinitely connected and lit up by the fire in your heart and belly Connecting you to the heart and belly of the Earth And the heart and belly of Goddess Bridget Your whole body The Earth's whole body Goddess Bridget's whole body The infinite connection of you practicing Yoga Nidra here today You keep the infinite connection of your body with the Earth's body and Goddess Bridget's body in your awareness As we play with pairs of opposites And remember the sacred pose The time to rest And be deep in the heart of the pose to enter stillness How that feels in your body How your senses respond to the pose Then release the pose as you invite in the gentle pull The tug to begin Exactly as it is,
Right here,
Right now The natural rhythm of your body breathing As the sweetness dissolves into the sour bitterness Being with the sweetness,
The succulence,
The bitterness,
The sourness Sensing how they show up in your being Breathing into your heart space As you sense your beating heart being massaged by your breast Just as it is You are breathing in the sacred pure light of Inbulk Breathing it into every part of your body As you exhale,
Breathe out what is ready to leave from the winter and the dream time As you breathe it out and allow it to be transformed by the air of the land you live Then connect back to your breath Connect with the breath of Goddess Bridget Where you find yourself wandering the land Seeing the signs of spring As you walk and connect with the energy of emergence This is the same land that Bridget walked in years gone by As she continues to roam energetically The ancient energy of ancestral wisdom is prevalent yet invisible As you sense the divine downloads flooding your entire body as you walk The land is slowly waking from the winter The snow drops pushing through and lifting their white delicate hoods Just strong enough to push through the earth You are joined by your sisters,
The women in As you wander and roam before you come to a threshold This is a sacred threshold An invitation to cross into the unknown Where a beautiful waterfall cascades down the side of the threshold You take that brave step and are followed by your sisters The water flows over your head and down your body As it cleanses your whole system of everything no longer needed on the other side The water is the holy water from the wells of Ireland All flowing into the waters of life As you emerge on the other side You find yourself in a cave And this is where Bridget resides As you make your way to the fire And let your body dry off in the warmth As the flames crackle And you locate your place by this fire And are joined by an ancestor and a goddess They take your hands As you do this,
You sense that another circle forms behind you And behind that circle is another circle Like lights illuminating the cave So that it is lit up with the warmth of the fire And the light of the invisible energies of ancestors and goddesses Mesmerized by the fire as it crackles and sparks and dances in the light Swaying and moving in unison With the sound and movement of the fire The gentle movement of bodies After a while Bridget offers each of you a piece of her cloak And invites you to place it next to your heart And tells you to spread it over your heart center As you allow it to take up space So that you may remember to take up space on your return As the water of life from all wells cascades and cleanses you Physically,
Mentally,
Emotionally and spiritually Once back by the waterfall with your sisters You take your brat breed The piece of material from Bridget's cloak From your heart center And place it on the land along with your sisters Where it spreads far and wide Covering the entire expanse of the land around you As you lie your bodies down So that you may rest a while on this land Covered by the cloak of Bridget Where you are reminded to take all the space you need As you fall into a slumber And my voice drifts away To leave you in the stillness,
The silence And tender embrace of Bridget As your senses are soothed by the divine feminine energy all around you Your bones soothed right into every nook and cranny As my voice drifts back into your awareness You land back into your nidra nest You feel different,
Lighter,
More vital,
Alive There has been a shift Although subtle,
It is evident As your sankalpa emerges from the heart of Bridget With a whisper from your inner goddess The time has come to tend to these seeds As you repeat your sankalpa three times now Then allow it drift away With the knowledge that it will be minded Until the next time you practice yoga nidra And this is where the practice of yoga nidra ends As you slowly and gently bring some movement back into your body Wriggling your fingers,
Your toes Stretching in whichever way feels best for you Then whenever it feels right for you Coming up to seating And before you open your eyes Keep the flame in your belly and heart alive The energy of your inner goddess As you place a hand on your heart and your belly And remember what it is that wants to awaken Ignite as you bring it forth into the world Thank you for practicing this yoga nidra today We are so honoured that you choose to journey with us In celebration of goddess Bridget And your sacred goddess within Be gentle with yourself As you awaken from the dream time And start the journey of InBulk Remember we are still in the feminine half of the year So embrace the slow and steady pace As you remember everything will align when the time is right Hari Om Namaste
