So welcome,
It's Nola Bloom,
And tonight's journey invites you into a vast and luminous realm.
This is Yoganidra,
Starlight and sky spirits.
Gentle yogic sleep meditation woven with light stillness and the quiet mystery of the night sky the midnight sky has always invited a sense of wonder.
A quiet expansion beyond the edges of the known.
The space where the mind softens.
An awareness begins to open into something vast and uncontained.
Tonight you are invited to rest there.
In the celestial expanse,
Sky spirits move through the fields of starlight.
Not as something distant.
But as gentle presences.
Guiding you into a state of deep rest and quiet expansion.
Here you are held in the vastness,
Supported by something subtle,
Something luminous.
And something that has always been here.
Now go ahead and get yourself comfortable.
Lying down on your back.
And allow the body to fully rest.
And perhaps a cushion underneath your knees or your head for comfort.
And create yourself a space that feels safe,
Soft,
And effortless.
Close down the eyes.
Feel the body settling.
And take a slow,
Easy breath in.
Taking a long,
Nourishing breath out.
There is nothing that you need to do for this practice other than follow the sound of my voice as it gently guides you into this quiet field of starlight.
In this vast and open sky,
Allow your sankalpa to gently arise.
Like a quiet star appearing in the midnight sky.
Your sankalpa.
Is a heartfelt intention to guide your journey tonight.
It may arise as a word.
Of feeling.
A sensation.
Or a subtle knowing already present within you.
If no words arise,
Trust in your own heart's wisdom that already knows the way.
Like a bright shining star guiding you home.
And let this intention be felt more than defined.
A soft resonance.
Resting in the heart.
Now imagine yourself lying beneath an endless midnight sky.
The air is still and spacious.
Above you,
An infinite expanse of deep indigo.
Scattered with countless stars.
Each one glowing softly.
Each one alive with quiet light.
A subtle frequency moves through this space.
Like the sky itself is gently humming around you.
Not something you hear.
But something you feel.
Soft resonance through the body The horizon dissolves.
Sky and space blending into one continuous feel.
You feel supported beneath you.
Yet also suspended.
Resting between earth and sky.
A gentle presence begins to gather.
At first,
It's just a shimmer in the distance.
A subtle movement within the starlight.
And then slowly.
They begin to appear.
Sky spirits.
Formed of light and space.
Moving effortlessly through the vastness.
Their presence is soft.
Luminous.
Almost transparent.
Like the sky itself has taken form.
Their presence felt like a gentle field surrounding you.
And they drift closer now.
Surrounding your body in a quiet radiant feel.
There is no urgency in their movement.
Only ease.
Knowing.
And quiet care.
Take a moment to just feel their presence around you.
There is a quiet sense of wonder here.
As though you are part of something vast.
And gently held within it.
These are the gentle keepers of this celestial space.
And they will guide you deeper into stillness.
You bring awareness to the crown of your head.
The sky spirit hovers above you.
The soft field of starlight is gathering at the crown.
Gently opening the space to the infinite.
At the point between your eyebrows.
A subtle star of light begins to glow.
Quietly awakening your inner vision.
Light drifts across the forehead.
Softening the brow.
Moves down your right temple.
And jaw.
And moves down your left temple.
And jobs.
Softening with ease.
Awareness moves to your right shoulder.
And light flows through the upper arm.
Elbow.
Forearm.
Rest.
And into the palm of the right hand.
Where a soft constellation begins to glow.
And the light extends into each fingertip.
Where a point of light awakens each finger.
Now feel the whole right arm as one luminous field of starlight.
A sky spirit moves with you to the left side of your body.
Light flows through the left shoulder.
Upper arm.
Elbow.
Forearm.
Rest.
And into the palm of the left hand.
Where a soft glow gathers here.
Extending into each and every fingertip.
Quiet points of light shining brightly.
Now feel the whole left arm as one continuous field of radiant light.
Awareness returns to the center of the body.
A gentle glow begins in the heart.
A sky spirit is resting here.
You feel his quiet presence surrounding the heart with a sense of ease and calm.
Light moves from the heart into the belly.
Vast inner sky.
For something within you begins to settle and deepen.
Awareness moves to the right hip.
And light flows through the right thigh.
Me.
Shen.
Ankle.
And into the sole of the right foot.
Where a soft glow gathers.
Extending into each and every toe.
A point of light shining from every tip.
Now feel the whole right leg as one luminous field of starlight.
The Sky Spirit moves to the left side.
Awareness moves to the left hip.
Light flows through the left thigh.
Me.
Shin.
Ankle.
And into the sole of the left foot.
Or a soft glow gathered.
Extending into each and every toe.
Points of light gently illuminated.
Now feel the whole left leg as one radiant,
Spacious field of starlight.
At the base of the feet.
The sky spirits gather.
A soft current of light rises gently through the body.
Moving upward with ease.
Passing through the legs.
Through the center of the body.
Returning once more to the heart.
The Sky Spirits gather.
In a quiet circle of presence around the heart.
Like a blessing held in stillness.
New sense,
Subtle resonance.
Soft hum.
Quiet frequency moving through the heart center.
And slowly.
The light begins to soften.
Dissolving into spatial awareness.
Now sense the whole body together.
And the crown of the head.
To the tips of the toes.
From the fingertips.
To the heart.
The entire body is one continuous field of sensation.
As though the whole body is gently held in a single field of presence.
Light woven through every part subtle sensation present everywhere at once.
And the body resting.
Breathing.
Softly alive within this vast space.
Rest here.
For a few breaths.
Now feel the whole body becoming heavy.
Heavy like the depths of the midnight sky.
Bath.
And still.
Gently settling into the space beneath you Breathe within this heaviness,
Grounded and steady.
And now feel the opposite.
The body becoming light.
Light like starlight drifting through space.
Effortlessly floating.
Breathe into this lightness.
Open.
And expansa.
Happy.
Like the midnight sky.
Light.
Like luminous starlight.
Now sense both qualities together.
Heaviness and lightness.
Grounded.
And spacious.
Resting in a quiet,
Balanced harmony.
Now bring awareness to the natural rhythm of breath.
Just witnessing the gentle rise and fall,
The chest and belly.
The breath gently moves through you.
Like the sky itself is breathing through you.
Expanding.
And softening.
The quiet rhythm.
Like the space opening from within.
Every inhale open space within you Every exhale softens the body a little more.
Breath moving.
Flowing.
Continuous.
As though you are being breathed by the vast midnight sky itself.
Inhale.
And exhale.
Let the breath carry you deeper into this spacious stillness.
Now bring awareness to the space of mind and emotion.
Thoughts arise.
Like distant stars appearing in the midnight sky.
Drifting softly into view.
And just as gently thoughts dissolved.
Fading back into the vast open sky from which they came.
Feelings arise.
Like soft waves of sensation moving through the body.
And just as naturally feelings dissolve.
Softening and settling back into the spacious stillness.
Thoughts arise.
Thoughts dissolve.
Feelings arise.
Feelings dissolve.
And rest here in the quiet awareness.
In which everything appears.
And bring awareness to a deeper place of knowing.
The part of you that sees without effort.
That understands without words.
Feel the wisdom.
Deep within you.
Open and quietly luminous.
A subtle current of awareness moving through your being.
Here.
You remember who you are.
You You are not your fear.
You are not your doubt.
You are the light that shines through.
Awareness now opens into a vast and spacious presence.
Quiet field of being.
Gently alive.
Softly radiant.
Like the midnight sky stretching endlessly in every direction.
A sense of ease is spreading through your body.
Gently expanding from within.
Rest now,
Radiant soul.
In this spacious,
Luminous awareness.
Now gently return to your sankalpa.
Your heartfelt intention that guided your journey tonight.
And feel it settling within the heart.
Quiet inner knowing.
Ready to unfold in its own perfect time.
Namaste.
