Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)

This yogic sleep will allow you to unwind your body and mind, taking your attention from the outside world into your inner self. Yoga Nidra will rejuvenate your body and can help you deal with everyday stress and triggers.

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Lie on your back and if you need more props if you need props here you can use your props if you need to bend your knees so you can rest your lower back you can do that completely relaxing your whole body make a fist with your hands tense your whole body tense your legs point your toes tense every muscle and then release relax every muscle let's take a journey into our own body scanning our bodies starting with the top of your head bring your awareness to the top of your head and while you're here relax your face relax the skin of your face relax all the muscles in your face relax your eyes inside the sockets relax your jaws by separating your upper and your lower teeth relax your tongue so that your tongue is not resting at the roof of your mouth or at the bottom of your mouth your tongue is neutral and your tongue is dropping to the back of the head walk slowly down your neck relaxing your neck walk slowly down your shoulders relax your shoulders from your shoulders slowly all the way down to your elbows relaxing the space between your elbows and your shoulders from your elbows all the way down to your wrists relax relax your palm all the way to the tip of your fingers completely relax and while you're here notice the sensations on your fingertips walk your awareness slowly up from your fingertips to your wrists to your elbow to your shoulders all the way to your chest area and relax your chest area slowly scanning down from your chest to your belly relax your belly and its content coming down to your waist relax your waist area and now the half of your body from your waist up to your head is relaxed scan slowly from your waist down your thighs relaxing your thigh muscles your cords all the way to your knee joints making sure the softness around your knee joint keep scanning from your knees down to your shins and your calves relaxing every muscle all the way to your ankle and now the space between your knee and your ankle is relaxed scan down from your ankles to your heels relax your heels all the way from your heels up your feet relaxing all the way to your toes and relax all ten toes and now from your waist to your toes you're relaxed from your waist to your head you're relaxed your whole body is relaxed allow yourself to be here with a relaxed body you have nothing to do and you have nowhere to go just relax you slowly start to invite yourself back into the room you're moving your fingers you're moving your toes to awaken them rock your head from right to left reach your hands over your head stretch hug your knees to your chest drop your knees to the right side using your right hand as your pillow pulling your knees to your chest in fetal position gently find your way to sitting your hands to your heart center inhale exhale breathe in breathe out one more inhale and exhale bring it up to your forehead we bow down and say namaste