Welcome dear one.
Welcome to this season of rebirth and renewal.
Welcome to this practice of rest to receive deep nourishment through the whole of your being.
Welcoming your body down on the earth to rest either on your back or on your side or perhaps in a different position that allows you to become open and receptive.
Welcome.
And as your body settles,
Settling in and settling down into your place,
Into your body.
Body as home.
Welcome home.
And as you settle in also hearing all of the sounds around you in the garden of life.
All of the sounds that can be heard.
Each sound the voice of an individual being.
All voices are heard.
There is space for all voices.
Hearing all of the sounds from all of the many voices.
The diversity of life.
Noticing also the quality of quietude in the mind.
Noticing how an open listening creates space and quiet in your mind.
In the season of spring,
The long dark nights gradually decrease and bow to welcome the growing light.
Our bodies,
Our minds and our hearts receive this warmth and this light.
With open receptivity and gentleness.
Our minds and bodies rich with fertility.
The earth rich with fertility.
All beings rich with possibility.
What seed or intention,
Creative vision resides in your heart?
Holding space for this seed and all of the unmet potential that it holds.
Deeply trusting in the timing of our growth in our process.
And trusting that through rest all is nourished to grow to unfurl in just the right timing.
The earth responds to all beings in just the right timing.
Just as your breath responds to your body in just the right way.
At just the right pace.
Could you notice that breath?
As it comes in and it goes out and it weaves in and weaves out of you.
Just noticing your breath.
The gentle stir as the breath comes in.
Bringing renewed energy to this being.
And the sweet settling as the breath goes out.
Leaving in her wake a newfound space.
Breathing in a gentle stir.
Breathing out a deep settling.
And all that there is to do here is nothing at all.
Nothing to do.
Simply to witness,
To experience this living,
Breathing,
Cycling,
Creative being.
And the invitation is to welcome your awareness to the very core center of your chest.
The deep heart's core.
In this space of the heart there is always the possibility for rebirth.
There is always the possibility for openness.
There is always the possibility for renewal.
If only we would listen.
If only we would hold space for this being to feel the birthright.
To feel the joy.
To feel the hope that is seated within each of Earth's beings.
Within you.
Welcome home to your heart.
Your ever-fertile heart.
From the heart's core.
Allowing awareness to travel through the left arm.
Like a river flowing through the shoulder.
Upper arm.
Elbow.
Forearm.
And wrist.
Awareness pooling in the palm of the left hand.
And streaming through the left thumb.
First finger.
Second finger.
Third finger.
And fourth finger.
Five gentle streams.
Traveling upwards now from the fingers through the wrist and the elbow and the shoulder.
Pooling once again in the deep heart's core.
Awareness streams through the right shoulder.
Upper arm.
Elbow.
Forearm.
And wrist.
Pooling in the palm.
Streaming through the right thumb.
First finger.
Second finger.
Third finger.
Fourth finger.
Streaming back up through the wrist.
Elbow.
Shoulder.
Returning to the deep heart's core.
Noticing the awareness pooling here in the heart.
And streaming all the way through to the back of the heart.
Down the length of the spine.
Through the belly.
To pool in the pelvic bowl as if the pelvic bowl could hold the awareness.
To nourish all the pelvic organs,
Muscles and tissues.
And welcoming all of the sensations arising in perception.
Awareness streams through the left hip,
Thigh,
Knee,
Shin bone,
Calf muscle and ankle.
All the way through left foot.
Big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
And fifth toe.
Streaming back up from the toes through ankle,
Knee,
Hip.
Back to the pelvic bowl.
Awareness streams through right hip,
Thigh,
Knee,
Shin bone,
Calf muscle and ankle.
Through the right foot.
Big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
And fifth toe.
Traveling back up from toes through ankle,
Knee and hip.
Awareness pools again in the pelvic bowl.
Nourishing the source place of vital energy.
And like the sap running up the tree trunk,
Awareness travels from root of spine to neck.
From neck to back of head.
Top of head.
And streaming over the forehead and the whole of the scalp.
Over the eyes and the eyebrows.
Cheeks and ears.
Streaming over the tip of the nose and the top lip and the bottom lip.
Covering the whole face like a warm sunshine.
Awareness pools in the base of the throat.
And from the throat.
Centering once again in the deep heart's core.
Settling here in the home of the heart.
To welcome this beautiful time in the cycle of creation.
And also the timeless wisdom of nature.
Seated within you and all beings.
Welcoming this time of rebirth and the timeless wisdom of your nature.
Welcome home,
Dear one.
And after sitting at the altar of your own heart in this way,
Your whole body received in unconditional warmth and love of awareness.
Gently stirring and inspiring hope and new growth.
Like the blades of grass that slowly retrieve their color under the warmth of the radiant sun.
We gently awaken with a simple breath.
Noticing the smells.
Wiggling the tongue.
Noticing the waters and the taste.
Opening the eyes.
Welcoming a whole world of color and light.
And perhaps wiggling and stretching and moving yourself awake with renewed connection.
And hope seated deep in your heart.
You are so loved.
And the earth welcomes you in the voice of her symphony.
She holds your deepest intentions.
The way she holds the precious seeds planted deep within her body.
Trust,
Dear one.
The practice of yoga nidra is now complete.
The journey is just beginning.
Chema,
Power to the creative life force.
Chema.
Thank you for listening.
