In order to give ourselves over to healing,
Restful sleep.
It's important that we allow ourselves to drop back into the healing awareness that is naturally within us.
In this 20 minute practice.
We're just going to slowly give ourselves up into an easeful,
Peaceful place of rest and deep sleep.
So I want to invite you to choose any sleeping position,
Any resting position.
That's comfortable for you.
You don't have to lie on your back for this yoga style,
Though you're of course free to do that.
But just.
.
.
Whichever way is comfortable for you.
And just as you're settling.
Just notice how you feel in your body right now.
Are you holding any tension at this moment?
Are you present?
Other things on your mind.
Just allowing yourself to recognize the way things are in this moment.
And then,
To begin,
Opening your inner hand.
And allowing yourself to let them go for now.
You can feel the bed beneath you and the covers over you.
And just beginning to notice your out breath a little bit more than your in breath.
And even as you just begin to settle on the out breath.
Allowing your body to be a few percent more easeful with each breath.
You can feel.
The whole length of your body in the bed.
Covered from above.
And warm for the mattress beneath you.
The pillow beneath your head.
Allowing your eyes to close.
You're aware of the contact between your two eyelids.
Wear of the contact between your lips.
Aware of the contact with yourself against the bed.
Wear of the covers over you.
Just bringing your awareness down to your feet.
Feeling your feet.
Just letting your feet relax another few percent.
Your ankles,
Lower legs.
Letting your knees move to a comfortable place.
Quads and your thighs.
Your hips,
The side of you that's against the mattress.
Side if you That's awkward.
The length of your spine.
Aware of your abdomen breathing.
Wire of your chest.
Where have you thrown?
Wear your face.
Wear the whole head.
Your arms,
Your hands.
And with each gentle out-breath.
Letting go into easefulness.
And when you feel ready to.
Simply.
Letting go of the breath focus,
But allowing the easefulness to continue.
And in the healing darkness of your room.
You allow.
Yourself to hear the sounds that are in the room,
The sounds that are outside.
Rather than latching on to them and naming them.
You simply allow them to be.
And as you allow,
The sounds to be.
You're both opening your awareness.
And allowing yourself to be.
You're aware of the taste in your own mouth.
Yeah,
In your nostrils.
Be aware of the feeling of your skin the betting against you.
You're aware of the healing darkness.
More useful.
More peaceful.
And from this,
Gently opening awareness.
You're aware of your mind.
Just aware of the sensation of your mind.
Aware of the spaces and the tensions in there and you make an inner decision to simply Allow it to be while you rest back more into awareness.
If there's any persistent thought.
Just saying hello to it.
Thanking it for wishing to remind you.
And just letting yourself know that you can deal with anything tomorrow.
And just with the kindest awareness.
Notice if you're holding on to anything emotionally.
And in the same way allowing yourself just to give it up for now.
Give it over to awareness.
Awareness of the space inside you.
Where the plane of contact Tween your body.
And the mattress.
Where?
Of the bedding over you.
Just at the level of your head.
Allowing yourself just to drop back into more easefulness.
Just dropping out of the dualities of the day.
And allowing yourself.
Come into your own energy.
Just to rest into your own energy.
At the level of your upper chest.
That place in us that communicates.
We allow our inner awareness to be the healing,
Receiving.
Of everything that we are holding.
And we come back to easefulness.
And through your whole body.
Your whole body.
You feel where there's any holding on.
Any tension,
Any duality.
Do you allow the energy of your body to rest back into the inner awareness.
You can feel the feeling of life within your body.
Maybe in the chest area.
As you rest.
It's almost as if there's an inner smile.
Allow a light of this inner smile.
To light up your throat area,
Your upper chest area.
Allowing it to light up your abdomen and your whole chest.
Allowing it to light up your groins and your hips.
Your upper legs and your lower legs and feet.
Allowing it to light up your shoulders.
Your arms,
Your hands.
Your face,
Your head.
Your whole body.
Feeling of presence.
Letting yourself go into sleep.
In the state of presence.
Easing away from the surfaces of the day.
Until then.
.
.
Into nourishment.
Into healing.
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep Peace.
Of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace.
Of the quiet earth to you.
Deep Peace.
The shining stars to you.
Deep peace.
Of the gentle night to you.
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.
Take peace.
See you.
Rhythm of your breath.
The light of presence.
The feeling of life in your body.
Resting back.
Into yourself.
Into your wholeness.
Into your basic goodness.
Goodnight,
Dear one.
Blessings and dreams to you
