10 Minute Nervous System Reset | Yoga Nidra For Deep Rest

Welcome to this 10-minute Yoga Nidra, a gentle practice to help calm your nervous system, release tension, and reconnect with a sense of ease.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, burnt out, or simply in need of a moment to pause, this guided Yoga Nidra offers a space to slow down and rest.
If you enjoyed this practice, I'd love for you to follow! Here you'll find gentle Yoga Nidras, seasonal rest rituals, and practices inspired by folklore, nature, and creativity.
Rest well!

Transcript

Welcoming you into this gentle nervous system reset a short practice for when things feel overwhelming or when you simply need a moment of deep rest. So letting yourself come into a comfortable position now. Allowing the body to be supported. And gently closing the eyes. Or perhaps softening the gaze if that feels more comfortable. There's not anything that you need to do here. Just taking this time to pause and rest our body and minds. And as you're settling in, Just take a slow breath in through the nose. And a soft exhale out through the mouth. And now I invite you to begin gently humming on the exhale. So breathing in and feeling a soft vibration in the throat. As you exhale your hums. And just taking a few rounds here in your own time. Humming softly on each out-breath. And allowing the nervous system to further relax. And then allowing the humming to come to a natural stop. And letting the breath return to its own natural rhythm. And noticing. The wave of the inhale and the exhale. And now just allowing the body to drop its weight into the surface beneath you. And surrendering into the earth. And feeling safe and held in this moment. Letting your thoughts soften into sensations and feeling into where the body is supported. To the back of the head. The shoulders. The spine. The legs. And the heels of the feet. And just feeling into the back of the body altogether. Where it touches the earth and where you can just let go. And now gently bringing your awareness into the forehead. We tend to carry a lot of tension in the face, So really feeling into this and allowing it to soften. The centre of the eyebrows. The right eye. The left eye. And seeing if you can feel into the space behind both of the eyes. The nose. The top of the lips. The bottom lip. Up to the right temple. The left temple. The right side of the jaw. The left side of the jaw. And feeling the whole face together. And now moving down and resting our awareness in the chest, The heart centre. Feeling the right and the left shoulder. Both arms together. Both hands. The left and the right thumb together. The first fingers. Second fingers. Third fingers. The little fingers. And all ten fingers together. Now feeling. All of the fingers, The hands, Both arms together. Moving down to feel the right and the left hips. The knees. The backs of the knees. The ankles. Soles of the feet. And feeling all of the toes together. Now bringing and expanding your awareness into both of the legs, The feet and the toes, All of the sensations together. And now gently bringing awareness into the whole of the right side of the body. Just gently noticing. The whole of the right body. And shifting over to feel the whole of the left side of the body. And now expanding your awareness to feel the whole of the body resting here. And as you're sensing into the body as a whole. Just allowing things to be exactly as they are right now. There's nothing that you need to change or to fix. We're just giving our bodies this thank you in the form of a rest ritual. Giving yourself the space to have this moment of care. And if it feels available to you, You might like to bring that gentle sense of gratitude or softness to spread throughout the whole body. Maybe imagining it coming and spreading from the heart centre. But you don't have to force anything, You can just remain open. And now very gently beginning to notice the space around you. Gently opening the eyes and becoming aware of the room. Deepening the breath. Tuning into any sounds and perhaps making some small movements with the fingers and the toes. Just taking some time to gently reconnect with the environment that you're in. Thank you so much for being here and for having me guide this practice. I hope it gave you a nervous system reset and a moment of rest and I hope to rest with you again soon.