Yoga Nidra — Remineralizing The Soul

As we are experiencing a deep shift in consciousness, a call is rising to rebalance the system from overworking, overdoing, and overextending that depletes our system without space to rest and reset. This Yoga Nidra is a unique invitation to receive rich nourishment from Mother Earth as she offers us her divine energy, wisdom, understanding and compassion, reminding us we are not alone, we are supported, and it is safe to slow down, unwind, and let go.

Transcript

Inhaling through the nose,

Exhaling out the mouth.

And just begin to notice your physical body,

Eyes,

Feeling your eyes become heavy,

Your cheeks,

Letting go of any tension in the jaw,

Softening the throat and the back of the neck,

Softening the chest,

The belly,

The hips.

The thighs,

The knees,

And feel yourself deeply rooted into the earth.

Even conjure a sense of being in the soil,

Nestled deep in the soil,

Feeling that rich symbiotic relationship with Mother Earth.

Feel that exchange of information.

Feel her sharing her rich minerals with you,

Allowing your body to take up those minerals to remineralize your body.

In this beautiful exchange,

You might notice like a figure eight image coming with that,

Or just the feeling of that,

This beautiful current of energy as she shares her minerals with your body.

And just allow yourself to feel lit up with that.

Just let the exchange of that energy continue throughout practice.

Just let her do her thing.

She knows exactly what she's doing and all we have to do is open to receiving it.

Pay special attention to receiving it right around the back of the heart,

The back of the shoulders,

The back of the neck and the head.

That place where so much tension can get created when we are trying to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders and do it all ourselves.

But we are not meant to do it all ourselves.

That would be like intentionally avoiding taking up minerals in our body and trying to sustain our life force and the light within our body on our own.

It's said in Reiki that we don't want to be using our energy to send Reiki energy to another person.

We want to be an open channel that allows life force energy to move through us,

But it comes from earth,

It comes from spirit.

We're not giving our own energy to someone else.

We're letting the current of it move through our body and pass it through.

Otherwise we would become depleted.

So just let Mother Earth do what she knows how to do and you don't have to take any action right now.

You just get to rest and receive and be nourished.

And part of Yoga Nidra practice is setting an intention at the beginning of practice that is called a Sankalpa.

And it's always stated in present tense.

So I am healthy.

I am wise.

I am abundant.

I am calm.

Whatever it is that organically naturally comes and you can ask spirit to help you with this,

Just let whatever word it is that you need right now to come across your consciousness like a word on a movie screen that appears and repeat it internally three times.

And once that's complete we will begin what's called a rotation of consciousness.

So I will call out areas of the body and as I do so your only job is to bring your attention fully into that place.

Almost as if you have shrunk yourself down and you have moved into that area of the body.

And since we're moving with this theme of remineralizing the body with each area of the body that I call out I want you to imagine that mother earth is lighting up that area of the body and remineralizing the soil of your being,

Of your physical body,

Of your psyche,

Of your mental body,

Your spiritual body,

Your emotional body all at once.

And so we'll begin with the right hand thumb bringing your attention all the way into the right hand thumb feeling mother earth remineralizing the soil of your right hand thumb.

Then moving to your index finger,

Ring finger,

Pinky finger,

Palm of the right hand,

Back of the right hand,

The right hand wrist,

The right forearm,

Upper arm,

Shoulder,

Underarm,

The right side of the ribs,

The right waist,

Ankle,

Heel,

Top of the bottom of the right foot,

Right big toe,

Second toe,

Third toe,

Fifth toe,

Right side.

Feel the remineralization of the whole right side of the body.

And crossing the midline of the body bringing your attention now to the left hand thumb.

Feel your whole being in the left hand thumb as mother earth waves her magic wand moving to the left hand index finger,

Middle finger,

Ring finger,

Back of the left hand,

Left hand wrist,

Left hand forearm,

Upper arm,

Shoulder,

Underarm,

Left side of the rib cage,

Left waist,

Left thigh,

Knee,

Ankle,

Heel,

Top of the left foot,

Bottom of the left foot,

Left big toe,

Second toe,

Third toe,

Fourth toe,

Fifth toe,

Feeling the whole left side of the body lit up with minerals,

Whole left side of the body,

Left side of the body.

To the back of the body and we'll move from right to left fairly quickly and then both sides of the body at the same time.

So bottom of the right foot,

Bottoms of both feet,

The right heel,

The left heel,

Both heels,

The right calf,

The left knee,

Back of both knees,

Back of the right thigh,

Back of the left thigh,

Back of both thighs,

The right seat,

Left seat,

Back of both sides of the seat,

The lower back,

The upper back,

Back of the neck,

Back of the head,

Top of the head,

Feel the whole back side of the body,

Whole back side,

And then bringing your attention to the front of the body,

The right eyebrow,

The left eyebrow,

Both eyebrows,

Center of the brows,

The right eye,

The left eye,

Eyes,

Tip of the nose,

The right nostril,

The left nostril,

Both nostrils,

The whole nose,

The lip,

Both lips,

Roof of the mouth,

Feel the tongue,

Feel the right side of the jaw,

Left side of the jaw,

Both sides of the jaw,

The chin,

Front of the throat,

Right collarbone,

Left collarbone,

Center of the chest,

Upper belly,

Lower belly,

Pelvic floor,

The right thigh,

The left thigh,

Thighs,

Right knee,

The left knee,

Both knees,

Right shin,

The left shin,

Both shins,

The right ankle,

The left ankle,

Both ankles,

Top of the right foot,

Tops of both feet,

Bottom of the right foot,

Bottom of the left foot,

Feel the whole body,

From the hips to the feet,

From the shoulders to the fingertips,

The whole torso,

The whole head,

Feel the whole body,

And love and attention of mother earth,

Feel her re-mineralizing the soil,

Your emotions,

And bring your attention to your feet,

And the space around your feet,

Knees,

And the space around your knees,

Your hips,

The space around your hips,

Your belly,

Space around your belly,

Space around your heart,

Space around your throat,

Your head,

And the space around your head,

Feel your whole body lit up with this awareness of the energy around your body,

Notice how far and wide this energy reaches,

Feel this freedom to occupy this space around your body,

Actually extend,

And then from your heart,

Imagine a candle with a candle holder,

Bringing that beautiful candle out of your heart,

And into the dark room that you find yourself in,

The cave of self,

Lit up by this beautiful candle,

Feel the reverence that you have for this space,

What is needed in this deep cavern of self,

Does something need to be created,

Does something need to be swept,

Does something need to be cleansed or purified,

Does something need to be recycled,

Just notice what is here,

What does it feel like to be in the quiet of this space,

With just this single candle,

And then imagine a portal opening in the center of the room,

And it's like a garbage chute to send whatever no longer serves you,

And allow mother earth to compost it.

So anything that's old,

Look around,

Notice if there's clothes you're wearing that need to be recycled,

Notice if there's a haircut that's needed,

A change in your image,

Present yourself to the world,

Maybe a change has already happened,

And just allow the scraps,

The leftover of whatever the old you used to wear or do or present,

And just allow it to be tossed into this portal,

This compost chute,

And it feels like she has a lot more to let go,

So just allow her to move around the room and just pull down anything off the shelves that's old and no longer needed,

Just toss it into that portal,

Toss it into that compost chute,

Just allow yourself to get out a broom,

Feather duster,

Just allow yourself to clean what is no longer needed,

Let the sun in,

Maybe crack the windows open for fresh air,

If there's any old clothes in your closet,

There's any old supplies that you bought for a project you don't do anymore and you don't care about,

You can let that go,

If there's old books you no longer want,

You can let those go,

And you may notice even that there's people in this space that need to go,

Whatever needs to go,

This is your space,

This gets to be yours,

So just let any and all of it go,

If there's an area of the room that your energy is having trouble with or is not able to access the information that's there,

That's okay,

Just see if you can tune in to what that is and ask is there anything here that needs to go,

And there may be items that you're unsure about,

Well I kind of like them or I might use it,

But I'm not using it currently,

That's okay,

You can take a moment to decide,

Maybe you come back to that at another time,

Mostly what you know is no longer yours,

What does not work for you anymore,

Swooping over by the front door,

Clearing out the cobwebs,

And you're doing this because you love yourself,

And in this way you are honoring your space,

You are honoring your spirit,

You're honoring the essence of who you came here to be,

And you can't fulfill that task or that role or that dharma if you are weighted down by old versions of you or versions that other people gave you,

So just cleansing and purifying,

If you need help with this,

You can imagine your Cinderella and the birds are coming and whistling and making light of your work,

And you have this deep relationship with Mother Earth,

That includes all of the plants and the animals and the minerals and the ancestors of her kingdom,

And they're all available to you to help,

And what's absolutely for sure is that you can't embark on the next creation if the space that you're in is full of everybody else's stuff or old versions of you that you have aged out of,

That you have transformed out of,

It does no good to hang on to the costumes of your past,

It just fills your closet with clutter,

So just making sure that you're getting the vacuum all the way down into the corners of the back of the closet and all of the deep recesses of this space,

And as that vacuum works,

Just see it go right into the compost tube,

And then when you're done,

Letting that vacuum tube go right down into the portal itself,

Thanking Mother Earth and allowing this portal to close now,

Just allowing yourself to survey this room now,

Looking around,

Noticing how much better it feels,

How clean and bright the space feels,

Ready for the new you to express itself,

Ready for the next creation that you desire to make,

That you get to work in harmony with Mother Earth to create the Divine Creatrix herself,

Allowing space in your heart for her to inspire you,

For her to light your soul up from the inside out.

First imagine your heart lit with beautiful white light.

Imagine that light extending out and filling up your whole auric field,

Dissolving any last particle of dust or debris,

And that light to fill up your whole body,

Just allowing yourself this last bit of time to commune.

Mother Earth,

If there's any questions you have of her,

Anything you're excited about that you want to share,

Then begin wrapping things up with her now,

Before you come repeating your sankhapa three more times.

Begin noticing your hands and feet.

You can wiggle them,

Just begin to feel your spirit arrive deeply in your body,

Anchoring and rooting down into those minerals,

Feeling your legs,

Your hips,

Your torso,

Your arms,

Your head,

Maybe moving your neck back and forth,

Just giving your head a shake from left to right,

Maybe bending your knees,

Bringing your feet to the floor,

And when you're ready,

Turning yourself to one side,

Just allowing yourself this last moment of restful comfort here,

Feeling gratitude for this practice,

This re-mineralization of the soul,

The body,

Of the mind,

Of the heart,

Of the emotions,

This gratitude for connecting.

Come to a seat if you're ready,

Or you can lay,

Stay lying down.

The practice of yoga nidra is now complete.

Allowing yourself to come,

Walk,

Or bow,

Maybe consider sitting up now,

Or opening your eyes by a mask or pillow,

And just notice how you feel.

Notice if you feel calmer and steadier in itself,

With your purpose,

Your day,

And just holding so much gratitude for not only this practice,

But the moon cycles in general,

The cycle of Mother Earth,

The circle that she is constantly reminding us we are a part of,

And there is no my side of the street and your side of the street.

There is no separation.

We are all just different vibrating frequencies on the continuum of the circle of human nature,

Of connection.

There is no separation.

There's no beginning and no end.

There's just I'm vibrating at my frequency and you're vibrating at yours,

And what a beautiful gift that we have the opportunity to share that with each other,

That we get to be witness to each other's frequency,

And that we get to express,

We have the free will to express our own unique authentic energetic signature.