Yoga Nidrā For Determination

A script I wrote with an Amrit inspiration to awaken determination. We begin with settling-ascending/descending breaths. Rotation of consciousness starts at the soles of the feet, then to the palms of the hands, alternating back and forth. Breathing is from the crown to the pelvic floor. Next, we awaken opposites of determination and ambitionless. The visualization portion enters a redwood tree and climbs a rock wall. Enjoy! If you like my offering and vibe, please follow me, rate me or comment!

Transcript

Welcome to your practice of yoga nidra And as you get comfortable in the shape of shavasana corpse pose Support your body as you need with any props Adjust And settle Let your big toes fall open your palms turn up As you close your eyes Take a full breath in from toe tips let the breath rise up the body fingertips to crown And when you exhale out of the mouth trace the same pathway down and Give your body your bones to the floor exhale Again fill the body Collect any holding tension thought and when you exhale direct the exhale exiting holding tension thought out of fingers toes One more And let the breath go Feel your body And let your whole body Relax into the support of the earth the floor Let your mind welcome what is and relax into what is Let go of what is going Let come that which is coming And as you let the breath soften So does the mind Feel all the tension in your mind And tightness of your muscles Melt away The tension dissolves into feeling As you feel your body The expansive energy field and the potential of your being grows through feeling sensation Follow my guidance As your awareness moves through your body A light touch of awareness to the parts that I name Without trying to relax or doing anything rather just feeling Welcoming sensation At the soles of feet Both palms of hands Both palms of hands Right toes Left toes Right fingers Left fingers Right ankle Left ankle Right wrist Left wrist Both lower legs Both forearms Right knee Left knee Right elbow Left elbow Both thighs Both upper arms Right outer hip Back hip Front hip Right back shoulder Outer shoulder Front shoulder Right inner groin Right armpit Left hip Left outer hip Back of the hip Front of the hip Left back of shoulder Out of shoulder Front of shoulder Left inner groin Left armpit Pelvic floor Top of hat Naval point Eyebrow center Right knee Right ear Space in between the ribs Tip of tongue Jaw Center chest Hollow throat Base of skull Base of skull Tailbone Whole spine Back of head Eyes Temples Ears Whole face and head Whole arms and legs Hands Feet Fingers Toes Spine and torso Whole body Release all doing Feel the whole body An effortless breath Moving through the whole body Bringing your attention to the breath without changing the current of the breath Watch the natural inhale move from crown of head to pelvic floor Watch the natural exhale rise from pelvic floor to crown Inhale crown to pelvic floor Exhale pelvic floor to crown With every breath in,

Just feel every nerve and cell pulsating with healing energy And with every breath out,

Let go of holding anywhere in your body Inhale crown to pelvic floor exhale pelvic floor to crown Now watch your inhale move from crown to toe tips Exhale toe tips to crown And with every breath in,

Visualize your body renewed and revitalized with new life And with every breath out,

Your body and mind enter deeper levels of stillness and silence And releasing the breath Bring your total attention to the pulsating energy field felt in the forms of sensations in your body And we'll practice awakening to the experience of opposites in mind and body and remaining neutral As you awaken the experience of being determined Maybe a memory arises,

Determined Feel it in your body,

Determined And now the opposite,

Ambitionless Remember the time when there was no ambition Feel it in your body,

Ambitionless And now back to determined Feeling the experience of determined mind,

Body,

Heart determined And now ambitionless Awaken the feeling of ambitionless in the mind,

In the body and in the heart,

Ambitionless Bring your attention to the eyebrow center And drop into the deepest state of stillness,

Tranquility and peace at the eyebrow center As if gazing at a screen behind the forehead,

Behind the eyes Notice infinite space And then using your conception,

The capabilities of visualization and imagination Picture the scene that I name not only in mind,

But with complete feeling See yourself standing in a forest of redwood trees Just so tall and in front of you,

The biggest redwood you've ever seen,

Not only in height,

But in width Look to the sky to see the branches of the redwood tree,

It reaches so high that you can barely see the trunks or the leaves of the tree You put your hand on the bark,

It feels rough and textured You notice the unique patterns on the trunk You trace your fingers on the patterns in the bark as if studying the story of the tree As if to feel its soul In admiration of sensing the tree,

With your hand on its trunk you exhale and underneath your hand a door appears The door opens in the tree and you walk in Inside,

A majestic place,

Streams of sparkling iridescent water,

The walls around you rise to the sky to infinity The air is cool and as you walk along the stream,

Fireflies twinkle around you The stream ends and in front of you is a rock wall Some rocks like smooth pebbles,

Some jagged,

You decide that you're going to climb the wall You close your eyes and visualize the journey up before you even try You don't know how high it goes As you start to prepare you start to stretch your body,

Your wrists,

Your hands and shoulders,

You shake and bounce Your feet step on the rock ledges and all of a sudden you have infinite energy and determination In your mind you can see every rock that your fingers and your toes will go to and you are confident to accomplish your goal In no time you ascend to reach the top of the rock wall and you are rewarded by the most amazing nature scene you have ever gazed upon Use your imagination What do you see?

What are the colors?

The shapes?

How does this nature scene make you feel?

There's no limit to your imagination You feel proud for accomplishing your goal and your spirit feels free from all limitations You are the emissary of light and love Carry it with you wherever you go and to everyone you meet Now you have prepared the base from where you can carry out interactions with life and interpersonal relationships with the integrative power of love and the source within You are the emissary of light and your spirit feels free from all limitations You are the emissary of light and your spirit feels free from all limitations Feeling the stillness and emptiness of body,

Mind and heart You awaken to the light and the jewel of the heart,

The flower of your heart You are the emissary of light and your spirit feels free from all limitations Feeling your body lying on the floor Feeling the support of the earth,

The inner ear expands and you start to listen to sounds in the room around you Sounds that may seem distant,

Sounds that may seem close and there's no rush you can stay resting Some of you may be ready to begin to deepen your breath,

Otherwise breath is moving,

Filling the body with life And maybe the body starts to move a little,

Fingers,

Toes,

You can stretch or just roll to the right in a fetal position,

There's no rush,

You can stay resting if you'd like Slowly making your way up to seated,

We're going to do a little tapping on the soles of our feet And so you can just kind of slap with your fingertips,

Palms,

Breathing out the mouth,

Just bringing energy to the roots You can also join all your fingers together in what I call a b-can and tap that way Breathing out the mouth,

Good,

Yeah and then I like to tap the face a little bit just bringing life so I start with like cheekbones,

Jaw,

With like a little flap with the fingertips and let the jaw unhinge,

Exhale out the mouth And then I go above the eyes so the fingers are above the eyebrows,

Temples,

Exhale out the mouth and then you can do top of head,

Back of head,

Neck,

Breath in Exhale,

Release the hands,

Feeling and then gather the hands to the heart So we'll close with om,

First exhale,

Then breath in And we'll chant om mane padme hum,

It's the mantra for compassion or it's also the jewel of the lotus of the heart So just join me when you're ready Om mane padme hum,

It's the mantra for compassion or it's also the jewel of the lotus of the heart Last one,

Inhale Hands in prayer,

Thumbs to the eyebrows center honoring the tradition of yoga In the sacred space shared we say namaste And then right hand to heart,

Left hand on top,

You cross your right thumb on top and spread the fingers,

The heart wings,

The eagle mudra we say j praise your practice May you follow the flow that guides you,

May it be spiritual or your life,

May you follow the flow that guides you,

May it be organic,

May it be effortless,

May it be full of grace,

We say jayofa,

Jayofa