Welcome to your Yoga Ninja practice.
A nourishing reset for your body,
Mind,
And spirit.
An opportunity to unwind.
To release all energies associated with your day.
To invite yourself into a restful state.
Today we'll focus on the season of summer.
Igniting your inner fire.
Embracing our peak yang energy.
Which allows us to cultivate joy,
Passion,
Connection.
And everything that nourishes your heart.
Knowing that it doesn't have to be somewhere outside for you to connect to your heart space.
We'll also work to balance our energy.
By connecting to the light of the moon.
Inviting the deep waters of yin.
To balance any excess heat in the body.
Supporting a healthy stress response.
And aligning your energetic state.
Taking a couple of moments to fine-tune your comfort.
In whatever position your body is taking.
Whether laying down or in a comfortable seat.
Perhaps adjusting pillows,
Blankets,
Or your clothing.
Moving your head side to side.
Rocking your limbs left and right.
Encouraging them to relax a little bit more deeply.
Taking true stock and assessment of your current energetic state.
Without craving something different.
Or pushing away how you feel.
Acknowledging exactly how you are right now.
Letting everything that is present in your mind,
Your body,
And your spirit exist here with you.
Any hardship.
Any ease.
It is all welcome.
Allowing yourself to settle a little bit more deeply into the shape of you.
Knowing that you deserve this moment to rest.
And allowing your senses to begin to open.
Feeling the texture of clothing.
Of the bed,
The ground,
Or the seat beneath you.
Noticing the weight of your eyelids.
How it feels to let them rest.
Giving them a break from any straining.
Light.
Or gathering of information they've conducted for you today.
Notice the temperature.
Establishing a connection to the space around you.
Feel your awareness expand and deepen.
Begin to cultivate the idea of safety.
Into the mind.
Recalling from memory.
Or perhaps imagination.
A time when you felt completely relaxed and at home.
In the comfort of a loved one's arms.
Or a moment in nature.
Allow the image of safety to become vivid.
Remembering what it feels like to be held.
Imagine a circle of protection around you.
Lit candles,
Pine trees.
Spirit animals or ancestors.
Recalling what makes you feel relaxed and expansive.
Perhaps looking out at a big body of water.
Standing atop a mountain and seeing land for miles.
Being surrounded by people who make you feel as if anything is possible.
Feeling the expansive nature of space all around you.
Endless opportunity.
For you to grow.
Sensing your connection with the earth below you.
All of the places that you're in contact with the ground.
Feeling the reciprocal nature of the earth in contact with you.
Allowing the points of connection.
To ripple.
Like water.
Bringing all of your attention to your feet.
The roots of your being.
Sensing the air around your feet.
Notice temperature.
And any sensation.
On the bottoms of the feet.
All of your toes.
The tips of toes.
Letting the roots of you spread and soften.
Bringing attention to your hands.
Sensing this space around your palms.
All of your fingers.
And tips of fingers.
Feeling the roots of hands spread and soften.
Imagine a cast of moonlight.
Illuminating hands and feet.
Glowing,
Bright,
And soft.
Cool healing energy.
Clearing any excess heat.
Bringing attention to the mouth.
Lips,
Cheeks.
And all of your teeth.
The tongue.
Ciao.
The whole mouth illuminated with white light.
Attention to your throat.
The neck.
Upper spine.
Middle spine.
Lower spine.
Your tailbone.
The spine illuminated with moonlight.
Bringing attention to the bowl of the pelvis.
And any sensation resting in the hips.
Feeling a full moon's energy shining into the hips.
Allow your focus to rest on the right hip.
Right knee,
Right ankle.
Heel of the right foot.
The arch,
Ball mound.
All of your toes.
Attention to tip of tailbone.
Left hip.
Left knee.
Left ankle.
Heel of the left foot.
The arch,
Ball mound,
And all of your toes.
The legs glowing with cooling moonlight.
Bringing your focus back to the tailbone.
The lumbar spine.
Thoracic spine.
Cervical spine.
And the skull.
Sensing the currents of intelligence that run from head to tail.
Moonlight illuminating your cranial-sacral connection.
Let your attention rest on the cavity of your chest.
Watching how the upper ribs expand and contract.
Attention to the right shoulder.
Right elbow.
Right wrist.
The right palm.
All of your fingers.
Back to the center of chest.
Left shoulder.
Left elbow.
Left wrist.
Center of the left palm.
All of your left fingers.
Feeling moonlight energy streaming from the chest through the arms.
Sensing the whole body.
Illuminated with moonlight.
And then sensing the body.
Quieted by a dark sky.
All of the lights turned off.
Cooling,
Quiet space.
Allow the body to feel light and dark at the same time.
Noticing how their elemental nature coexists.
Resting your attention on your heart space.
Sensing the tether and connection you have to home.
Imagining moonlight casting on your heart.
Sensing the bright,
Active,
And expansive nature of your joy.
Perhaps noticing any shadows or dark spots.
That could use some attention in the heart.
Any old or new wounds.
Heartbreak or pain.
And wrapping those spots in your light.
Sending breath around the heart space.
Encouraging a smooth flow of energy.
Feeling the ribs rise and fall.
Using the breath to filter and release any unprocessed emotions.
Creating space in the heart for joy to blossom.
Tending to your own internal garden of happiness.
Surrounding any pain or tension with compassion and support.
Inviting the whole body to be filled with joy.
Sensing yourself in childlike wonder and imagination.
Imagine yourself approaching a clear,
Deep lake.
The still water under a dark night sky.
Seeing the sky full of twinkling stars.
And the moon's reflection on the lake.
Approaching the lake and gently resting your feet at the shore.
Noticing gentle ripples.
And watching how far the ripples reach.
Expanding to the other side of the lake.
Seeing how your own ripple of compassion grows.
Starting inward and expanding to others.
Looking into the lake.
Seeing a reflection of yourself at your highest state.
The image of you,
Full of peace.
Seeing yourself full of joy.
Sensing yourself full of love.
And letting that image wash over your body.
