Yoga Nidra Meaning & Purpose

Yoga Nidra to address your emotional need for Meaning & Purpose. Connecting to the star being you are through your third eye chakra and crown chakra. A practice of deep restful connection to your life force energy and the energy of the universe with a guided visualization to remember your purpose as a divine being of the Universe.

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You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold.

That is how important you are.

Eckhart Tolle.

Welcome to this practice of yoga nidra.

My name is Anne-Marie and I am honoured to be your guide today for your practice of yoga nidra,

Which can offer you a direct experience with the mystic,

Truth,

Intuition and inner knowing.

It is here we can decide for ourselves what it feels to be free,

As we bring awareness of our emotional need for meaning and purpose.

Being stretched,

Being helpful,

Being connected,

All of these give us a sense of meaning and purpose.

Do not forget who you are and where you came from.

You are made of the brightest stars in the widest oceans.

You are made of the highest mountains and the tallest trees.

You are made of magic and dreams,

Wishes and light.

You have heroes,

Warriors,

Kings,

Queens,

Gods and goddesses flowing through your veins.

You come from infinite possibilities and incredible odds.

You are here for a reason.

Nikki Banas,

Walk the Earth.

As you lay the bones of your skeletal system down on the fertile soil of the earth and surrender to the comfort of the surface beneath you,

Melting every joint to allow deep rest,

Without having to do anything,

Without having to change anything.

Just being what is,

Right now,

In this moment.

As you slowly adjust your body to ensure it is at its optimum comfort for your practice.

Pillows where you need,

An eye mask to block out the light so that you can go deeply inwards,

A blanket over your body and then sink deeply into the nest of deep comfort,

A tender bubble of care,

Holding your bones in tenderness as you let the outside world drift away.

If your eyes are closed already,

I invite you to open them briefly.

I invite you to open them briefly so that you can witness the space you are in,

Moving your eyes only to see what they can see.

And then,

When you feel comfortable enough,

You can close them again.

As you bring your attention to any noises you may hear outside the room,

Without becoming attached to those noises or naming them,

Just witnessing them.

Then allow them to drift away in a bubble,

As you notice any noises inside the room.

Again,

Without labelling or naming,

Just the pure awareness of the noises.

And allow them to drift away in a bubble.

You are pure awareness,

A bubble of glimmering starlight,

Embracing you with support,

Embracing you with support,

Protection,

Power,

Guidance and deep love.

As you surrender completely and allow the intelligent energies inside emerge.

This is where the practice of Yoga Nidra begins,

And your intelligent energies bring with them your Sankalpa for your practice,

In a glimmer of stardust.

And from here,

You can repeat your Sankalpa three times now.

If however,

You do not have a Sankalpa,

Or if you would like to work with one specifically for this practice and your emotional need for meaning and purpose,

You might like to repeat,

I am guided by my inner wisdom.

I am guided by my inner wisdom.

Your Sankalpa is an I am statement,

Your truth vow,

An affirmation you make to yourself,

So that it can become a reality.

Let your Sankalpa float away in a bubble of starlight and connect with the universe and the stars in the sky to illuminate your whole body for your practice.

Your Sankalpa holds the most potential when you recognize that you have infinite potential and speak it from a place that is beyond doubt.

Gently bringing your attention to your body breathing,

Using your breath as a companion for your practice,

Breathing deeply into your chest center,

Where your lungs are located.

So as you can feel them expand and imagine them like gentle bubbles as you breathe in,

And then imagine the bubbles floating away all the tension from your day as you breathe out.

The intimate connection of your breath in your lungs and how delicate that breath is,

Like gentle bubbles floating into the ether and up to the sky where they can become one with the stars.

Your breath and the gently ebb and flow of your in breath and your out breath.

Bringing your awareness to your breath is an act of intimate attention to your life force energy and can have a profound effect on your well-being.

The purposeful breath,

The affection of breath,

The power of your breath and how changing with purpose can help regulate your nervous system and give a sense of meaning to the way you breathe.

Bubbles of breath rising and bursting,

So gentle,

So subtle,

So intimate.

As you imagine a bubble of stardust landing on your brow center now.

This is where your third eye chakra is located.

As you connect with your third eye and imagine it lighting up in starlight.

The shape of the star is the divine light of the human form.

The head,

Two arms and two legs.

You are surrounded by stardust,

Starlight,

Magic and miracles.

The radiant being you are,

A gift to the universe.

The star at your brow center creates magical stardust which moves to your crown chakra and caresses your crown before cascading down your whole body.

You are now nestled in a bubble of stardust protecting you as you bring your attention to different body parts.

Beginning back at your brow center where you connect back with the shining star and imagine the star sprinkling stardust on each body part I mention.

The center of your throat,

Your right shoulder joint,

Your right elbow joint,

Your right wrist joint,

The tip of your right thumb,

The tip of your right index finger,

The tip of your right middle finger,

The tip of your right ring finger,

The tip of your right little finger.

The center of your right wrist,

The center of your right elbow,

The center of your right shoulder,

The center of your throat,

Your left shoulder joint,

Your left elbow joint,

Your left wrist joint,

The tip of your left thumb.

The tip of your left index finger,

The tip of your left middle finger,

The tip of your left ring finger,

The tip of your left little finger,

The center of your left wrist,

The center of your left elbow,

The center of your left shoulder,

The center of your throat.

The center of your chest,

Your right nipple,

The center of your chest,

Your left nipple,

Your heart center,

Your solar plexus,

Your navel center two inches below your belly button.

Your right hip joint,

Your right knee joint,

Your right ankle joint,

Your right big toe,

The tip of your right second toe,

The tip of your right third toe,

The tip of your right fourth toe,

The tip of your right fifth toe.

The center of your right ankle,

The center of your right knee,

The center of your right hip,

Your navel center two inches below your belly button.

Your left hip joint,

Your left knee joint,

Your left ankle joint,

Your left big toe,

The tip of your left second toe,

The tip of your left third toe,

The tip of your left fourth toe,

The tip of your left fifth toe.

The center of your left ankle,

The center of your left knee,

The center of your left hip,

Your navel center two inches below your belly button,

Your solar plexus,

The center of your throat,

Your heart center,

Your brow center.

The bubble of stardust now illuminates your whole body as you float in the radiance and reflect your light back out into the universe.

Metaphorically opening your arms wide to receive everything you desire from the universe to come to you right now.

Feeling your whole body receiving it as it floats in the bubble of stardust,

A moment of soul connection to the universe.

You as one being of stardust,

Bubbles floating and connecting in universe with all the stars in the galaxy.

You are an infinite being with infinite potential floating in a galaxy of infinite possibilities.

Holding the connection with the infinite,

Can you bring awareness of a time where something important had ended for you,

A job,

A relationship,

Perhaps the end of a life,

Without attaching any story to the awareness,

Just the awareness of an ending.

Then allow the bubble of stardust to send that ending into the universe as you bring an awareness of beginning something important,

A job,

A relationship,

A new life,

Again without attachment to any story,

Just the pure awareness.

Then allow the bubble of starlight to send the beginning into the universe.

Now bring both ending and beginning back into your awareness together and hold both in the bubble of starlight.

Holding both together as one,

Rather than either are,

Holding both and energies.

Allowing both into your bubble of stardust to bring equilibrium.

Ending and beginning,

The perpetual motion of life,

The harmony of ending and beginning,

The fluidity of time.

Now bring your awareness to a time you felt lack in your life,

Without any story,

Just the awareness of how lack showed up in your life.

Then allow the bubble of stardust to send it into the universe as you bring an awareness of abundance into your awareness,

Again without the story,

Just the pure awareness.

Then let the bubble of stardust send it into the universe.

Now alchemise both lack and abundance together as you hold both tenderly together in your bubble of stardust,

Allowing them to be just as they are.

The balance of ending and beginning,

Lack and abundance,

How they are part of the great cycle of life,

The bubble of stardust and the magical messages they bring with them.

Align your body with the perfect alchemical blend of both and energies.

You are the alchemist of your being,

Your dreams,

Your purpose in this world,

The starlight,

The moonlight,

The sunlight and the mystery.

Allow it all to float away now into the universe,

Up into the sky to become one with the starlight as they sprinkle more stardust down over your body.

As you imagine feeling the starlight glimmering over your bubble of stardust so that you are completely layered in stardust,

Bubbles and more stardust.

So that you can float out of your bubble,

Out of your body and up into the starlit sky and float all the way to the north star and shine your radiance and connect with all the stars in the galaxy,

Each one more radiant than the next.

You become one with the stars as you shower your radiance down on the world below,

Bringing renewed hope to every being,

The spiritual beings and the flesh and bone of human form on the planet.

Illuminating the crown chakras and flooding the senses of all who dare look up at the galaxy,

Twinkling down on them.

As they look closely,

Their eyes will become one with the stars and shine the light into their hearts,

Lighting them up to their purpose here.

In the realm of the divine,

Everything is possible.

The magic of meaning and purpose.

You confuse the elements the way you desire as a star beaming.

Beaming your vision with a guiding glow on the earth.

As you slowly begin to remember,

The ancient memories begin to stir within,

Reawakening you to your true purpose in this place you call home.

Inspiration pours down as energy from deep within your being,

Brightly lighting up the whole sky.

As if you are the only star,

You now know exactly what you came here to do.

The miracle of your being,

A star being,

A divine being,

Unwavering with optimism as you step into the starlit path,

Guiding you and releasing you of all limiting beliefs.

The courage of your heart shining in unison with the stars,

The connection with your soul,

A magical awakening to the truth of your being as you anchor deep within your divine light.

As the stars map the way for you,

Bringing you back to the day you were born,

When the stars aligned in a constellation of magic,

Making you the unique being you are.

This was your beginning.

But before that,

There was an ending.

And you now remember that ending.

The ancient memory of what was before the beginning.

The constellation where you came from,

A star amongst stars,

Shining brightly,

Without apology for your light,

The essence of who you really are,

Your soul across space and time,

The timeline of your life.

Your purpose here,

The meaning of your radiant being.

You slowly float back down,

Landing gently in a bubble of stardust and connecting with planet Earth,

The Earth Mother,

Mama Gaia,

As your light continues to shine brightly.

Resting here in the radiant stillness of your being,

In a bubble,

The spaciousness around you and the silence of your breath.

From this space of being in a bubble,

Your Sankalpa bursts in stardust before you,

As you repeat it three times now.

Then allow the stardust scatter your Sankalpa into the galaxy to become one with the stars.

The practice of Yoga Nidra is now complete.

Slowly come back into the space around your body,

As you bring your awareness back into your space where you find yourself lying right now.

And bring some gentle movement to your body,

By stretching your legs,

Bringing your arms above your head,

Wiggling your fingers,

Wiggling your toes.

And then gently bring your knees up to your chest and hold them close,

Like a ball.

Then slowly move to one side of your body and nestle into the fetal position for a minute.

Then holding your body in the fetal position,

Just nestling into the surface,

Before you very gently bring yourself up to sitting.

Then once you're sitting,

You can open your eyes.

Thank you for practicing this Yoga Nidra with me today.

Hari Om Tat Sat.

Namaste.

Reviews

The star imagery was beautiful and powerful. I was transported