Deep Rest & Reconnection | Yoga Nidra | Ocean Waves

There are times when life asks so much of us that we gradually lose touch with ourselves. This gentle 15-minute Yoga Nidra offers a trauma-informed space to pause, soften, and reconnect with the quiet place within that already knows how to rest.
Accompanied by the natural rhythm of ocean waves, this practice invites you to step away from constant striving and remember there is nothing to achieve, nothing to fix, and nowhere else you need to be.
Towards the end of the practice, you'll be gently invited to explore the optional Sanskrit mantra So Hum ("I Am") with your breath. If it doesn't resonate, you're warmly encouraged to simply follow your natural breathing.
I hope this practice offers a gentle sense of safety, belonging, and reconnection with yourself.
With warmth,
Carly

Transcript

Welcome here or welcome back. I am Kali and this practice exists because so many of you have reached out asking for shorter yoga nidra practices. And it's a privilege to create something in response to what you shared. My hope is that, However brief this practice may be, It still offers a small amount of safety, Rest and reconnection with yourself. So if you haven't done so already, Move your body into a comfortable position or you feel supported whether that's laying on your side, Seated or laying down. And gently shut down your eyes. This practice is offered for my heartfelt wish to help people reconnect with themselves. In a world that so often asks us to push through, To stay busy or really disconnect from what we're feeling. Yoga Nidra offers something quite different, Not another thing to achieve or another way to improve yourself, But a gentle invitation to remember that your body already holds an extraordinary capacity for rest. Again and again I've seen that when we begin to feel just a little safer within ourselves, Something beautiful unfolds. We begin to recognize our own inner signals more clearly. We become less reliant on constant doing and more able to trust ourselves from within. And for me that's one of the quiet gifts of Yoga Nidra, Not changing who we are, But simply creating the conditions in which self-trust can gently begin to grow. And as always, There's nothing you need to force during this practice. You're welcome just as you are. So making any final adjustments now. Your head, Your neck or shoulders. Allowing your body to settle into a position that feels well supported, Perhaps even noticing the surface beneath you. Its steady presence. Holding your weight without asking anything of you. There is nowhere else to be nothing to accomplish for these next few minutes you are invited simply to allow bringing awareness to the natural rhythm of your breathing. No need to deepen the breath. No need to control it. We're simply observing. The gentle movement of the inhale. The quiet release of the exhale. Allowing each breath to arrive in its own time. Allowing each breath to leave when it's ready. Perhaps sensing that the body already knows how to breathe. Already knows how to soften. Already knows how to rest. Now becoming aware of the space around you. The room that surrounds your body. And the air touching your skin. Any distant sounds. Perhaps some sounds nearby without needing to judge or identify them. Simply recognizing I am here. I am safe enough in this moment to notice. I am. Safe enough to rest. Now allowing awareness to move gently through the body. Beginning with the crown of your head. The space between your eyebrows. To the creature of your noise. Both eyes. Both cheeks. The tip of your nose. Both lips. The tongue resting in your mouth. The two. . . You'll thrive. The base of the throat. The right shoulder. Goodbye. Stupid. Lower arm. Rest. The top of the right hand. Home. Second finger. Uhhh. . . Four. Little finger. The palm of the right hand. The whole hand, The whole arm. Limb. Resting. To the base of the throat. And the left shoulder. Ahem. Don't buy. Lower arm. Ways. The top of the hand. Um. . . Second finger. AHHHHH Full. Little finger. The palm of the left hand. The whole left hand and arm. Lame. And resting. Back to the base of the throat. Ribcage heart space. Belly button. Right here. Bye. Me. Now relax. Anchor the top of the head. Big time. Second. That. True. A little of time. The soul of the fat. Heal. And come. The whole white fat. The whole right leg. Resting. Support it. Belly button. And left him. Bye. Grrr. ROBLOX ankle. To the top of the third. Big time. Second. Roar! Fool. Little toe. The soul of the first. Heal. Income. The whole left foot. The whole left leg. Supporting the gravity. Betty Button. Tailbone. Goodbye. Mid-spine the space between your shoulder blades. Both shoulder blades. The top of your shoulders. On the base of your throat. The energy that rests within. The whole body resting together. The right leg, The left leg the right arm, The left arm. Head, Neck and shoulders. Upper body and lower body. Nothing separate, Simply one complete experience of being here. Perhaps noticing that allowing is not something we have to create. Sometimes it is simply something we stop resisting. Just for a moment. And loving the brand and love in the body. Allowing thoughts to come and go. Allowing emotions with their presence to be exactly as they are. Nothing to fix, Push away Nothing to overcome. Nothing to earn. Only this moment. Just as it is. If you're familiar with a Sanskrit mantra, So hum. You may like to silently repeat it with your breath. So on the inhale, Hum on the exhale. Is often translated simply as I am. A gentle invitation to rest in your own presence. And if that doesn't resonate with you, That's okay. Simply follow the natural rhythm of your breathing instead. For a few quiet moments. Beginning now to notice the room around you once again. The sounds returning to the foreground fitting the surface beneath you. Or material against your skin. And the temperature of the air. And perhaps taking a deeper breath in now through your nose and filling your chest and your belly. Letting it guide you. As loud as you like. Begin to gently wake the body up by inviting small movements, Not just with your breath but with your fingers and your toes. Maybe clenching and unclenching your fingers and circling your wrists and your ankles. Rocking your hips and maybe shaking out your neck and your shoulders a little bit. And when it feels right, Maybe just stretching your body in whatever way you feel it needs. And if you've still got your eyes closed, Gently flutter your eyelids open and welcome the world again. Thank you for sharing this practice with me. It is a great honor and I really hope it has brought a deeper sense of belonging to yourself once more, Even if only by a fraction. With the greatest warmth. Kali.