Power: Yoga Nidra For Balancing The Manipura Chakra

This is a relaxing and nourishing NSDR yoga nidra practice focused on creating balance within the solar plexus chakra, using the Sankalpa, "I am worthy of my power."

The purpose of yoga nidra is to weave awareness through the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind to reinforce patterns that exist or create new ones through neuroplasticity while obtaining a deeper understanding of the self. The chakras are seven main energetic channels aligning the spine in the subtle body. Balancing the chakras allows space for prana, or energy, to flow within the body, promoting overall health and well-being in all aspects.

Transcript

Let's start by getting comfortable.

Lay yourself down on your mat or bed.

Cover your body with a blanket and support your head with a pillow.

Sometimes it's nice to use an eye pillow to cover your eyes or socks to keep your feet warm.

Take some time to make yourself cozy.

Allow your body to get the wiggles out.

Once you feel comfortable,

Let your palms face upwards and lay on the sides of your body.

Or you can place one hand on your heart and the other on your belly.

Make sure you are not touching anything or anyone else.

Let your eyes close or relax and begin to soften the muscles around your eyes.

Allow the softness to transfer to the space in between your eyebrows.

Release the personality from your face.

Release it again.

Clench your jaw,

Maybe allowing your lips to separate naturally.

Let your breath continue to move naturally.

Observe the sounds around you,

Specifically outside of the space you're in.

Allow your mind to travel from one sound to the other without any form of attachment.

Just witnessing what you hear.

Then hone your attention to the sounds you hear within the space you're in.

Continue to float from sound to sound as the observer.

Now refine your awareness to the sounds within yourself.

Listen to the sound of your heart beating.

The sound of your breath entering and exiting your lungs.

Allow your awareness to move even further inward to the less obvious sounds of your body.

From the center of your being,

Allow your sankalpa or intention to come forward.

Repeat to yourself,

I am worthy of my personal power.

Let your consciousness sit with this and continue to repeat it with your mind.

Feel the vibration of every word.

Allow it to illuminate your entire being,

Growing in intensity with each repetition.

Allow every cell to feel your sankalpa glow within you.

Feel the aliveness of your entire body.

Imagine your body as a warm white light,

Glowing and luminous.

Then bring all the energy of the warm white light into the awareness of your right hand.

You might continue to feel warmth.

You might feel pulsing or tingling.

Magnetism or radiance.

You may not feel anything at all,

And that's okay too.

Without altering the shape of your right hand,

Just notice what you feel there.

Allow the warm white light to focus on your right thumb.

Notice the sensations you feel.

Let it travel to your second finger,

Third finger,

Fourth finger,

And fifth finger.

Feel all five fingers glow on your right hand.

Feel the spark of all five fingertips.

And from your fingertips,

Allow the white light to drop into the palm of your right hand,

Moving to the back of your hand,

Drifting to your wrist,

Forearm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

Right shoulder,

Armpit,

Wandering to your right side ribcage,

Right side waist.

Feel the white light in your right hip,

Thigh,

Knee,

Shin,

Ankle.

Allow the white light to carry through the heel of your right foot,

Sole of your right foot,

Top of your right foot,

Lighting up your big toe,

Second toe,

Third toe,

Fourth toe,

And fifth toe.

Feel the illumination of all five toes on your right foot.

And from the tips of your toes,

Allow the white light to travel all the way up the right side body.

Feel the warmth of the white light on your entire right side.

Now transfer this radiance of warm white light to the left side of your body,

Allowing the light to hone in on your left hand.

Notice what sensations you feel here.

Do you feel physical sensations of pulsing or heat?

Do you feel a spark?

Brilliance?

What sensations,

If any,

Are you aware of in your left hand?

Allow the white light to concentrate on your left thumb,

Moving to your second finger,

Third finger,

Fourth finger,

Fifth finger.

Feel the white light glimmer on all five fingers on your left hand.

Allow the white light to ignite your fingertips.

And from your fingertips,

Descend the warm white light into the palm of your left hand,

Flowing to the back of your left hand,

Moving to your wrist,

Forearm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

Left shoulder,

Armpit,

Wandering to your left ribcage,

Left side waist.

Allow the warm white light to descend through your left tip,

Thigh,

Knee,

Shin,

Ankle,

Traveling to the heel of your left foot,

Sole of your left foot,

Top of your left foot,

Lighting up your big toe,

Second toe,

Third toe,

Fourth toe,

And fifth toe.

Feel the illumination of all five toes on your left foot.

And from the tips of your toes,

Allow the warm white light to radiate all the way up the left side body.

Feel the entire left side of your body glow.

Now,

Let the white light shine into the back body.

Feel your back body grounded and allow the warm white light to descend to your feet.

Specifically the soles of both feet,

Rising to both heels,

Calves,

The back of both knees,

Brightening the back of your thighs,

The back of your pelvis,

Shining on your tailbone and sacrum.

Allow the white light to move gently up your spine,

Illuminating your lower back,

Middle back,

Upper back,

Traveling to both shoulder blades.

Let the warm white light glow in the back of your heart and then wander up the back of your neck,

The back of your head.

Let the warm white light glow through the crown of your head and melt down to your forehead,

Moving to the right eyebrow and left eyebrow.

Allow both eyebrows to light up and then let the white light descend to your right eyelid,

Left eyelid,

Right cheek,

Left cheek,

Right ear,

Left ear,

Right side of your nose and right nostril,

Left side of your nose and left nostril,

Softening to your upper lip,

Lower lip,

Chin,

Jaw,

Tongue,

The roof of your mouth.

Swallow and feel the warm white light on the inside of your throat,

Drifting to the right side of your neck,

Left side of your neck,

Right collarbone,

Left collarbone,

Right side of your chest,

Left side of your chest.

Allow the warm white light to shine through your heart center,

Continuing to ignite your right side ribcage and left side ribcage.

Feel the glimmer of warm white light in your belly.

Become aware of the rise and fall of breath in your belly,

Your life force.

We'll begin to count the breath backwards,

Starting at the number 7,

Each inhale and exhale.

We'll constitute one cycle of breath and you'll count 7 cycles backwards,

From 7 down to 1.

Inhale,

Exhale,

7.

Inhale,

Exhale,

6.

If you lose count or finish early,

Just go back and start over at 7.

Let go of count wherever you are and find a state of neutral.

Remember a time when you felt embarrassed.

Allow this memory to transform into a physical sensation in your body.

What do you notice?

How does your body respond to a feeling of shame?

Where does this sensation form in your body?

How is your heartbeat influenced by this feeling of uneasiness?

Do you feel it in your shoulders?

Your core?

Witness and then let it go.

Call on a feeling of empowerment.

Remember a time when you felt complete confidence.

Where do you feel this in your body?

What sensations form through this feeling of being in control?

What shape does it take?

How does your breath respond to this assurance?

Do you feel it in your hands?

Belly?

Heart?

Observe yourself.

Allow your awareness to travel back to your third eye center and find neutrality.

Let the influence of both embarrassment and empowerment dissolve.

Reset yourself so that you do not feel a pull in either direction.

From this place,

Imagine the smell of a campfire on a chilly evening,

Sipping lemonade on a summer day.

The release of endorphins after exercising.

A view of the city from the top of a mountain.

An inverted triangle.

A diamond ring.

Finger paint.

Candy sprinkles raining from the sky.

Running on the beach on a sunny day.

Running on the beach on a sunny day.

Running on the beach on a sunny day.

Imagine yourself running on the beach on a sunny day.

The waves are sparkling,

Reflecting the light of the sun.

The sand,

Like gold dust.

You have been running for miles and come across a part of the beach that you have never seen before.

You notice a private gate made entirely of quartz with a butterfly engraved in it.

You stop in front of the gate,

Still panting from the run,

And the gate opens for you.

As you catch your breath,

You see the gate open to what looks like a city with houses and buildings.

Made entirely of jewels and gemstones.

You see the most beautiful,

Extravagant architecture made up of diamonds and pearls with accents of emerald,

Ruby,

Sapphire,

Amethyst,

And more.

All connected by streets of opal.

In the center of the city,

You see the most unique building made entirely of yellow citrine.

The golden structure is glowing from the reflection of the sun.

You walk the opal street toward this building in the center of the city.

At the entrance,

You see a torch with intricate gold accents.

Your gut tells you to take the torch and bring it into the citrine structure.

You continue to move towards the entrance and walk inside to meet a winding staircase.

At the base of the stairs,

There is a fire.

You light the torch and start to climb up the stairs,

Letting the light from the fire lead you.

At the top of the stairs,

You come to a dark room.

You shine the torch,

Illuminating the space to a room full of lustrous jewels and semi-precious stones,

Glittering and reflecting the light of your torch.

You move your torch to see more and notice words written in gold on the farthest wall,

Above a closed window.

You come closer to get a better view and see your sankalpa shimmering on the wall,

Reading,

I am worthy of my personal power.

You open the window to the shiny city below.

You see the beach beyond it,

The sand shimmering like gold dust,

The waves sparkling from the light of the sun.

You fix your gaze to absorb every ounce of this radiance and as you soak in the light,

Start to invite a more spacious breath into your lungs.

Find more length with each inhale and each exhale.

Start to awaken your body by wiggling your fingers and toes,

Coming back into the space you're in,

Slowly and carefully.

Roll yourself over to one side and let your body melt for one more breath.

Use your arms to guide yourself back up to a seated position,

Keeping your eyelids closed.

Draw your palms together to meet at your heart center and take one deep inhale and exhale.

Release your chin down.

Thank you for practicing with me.

Go in peace.

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