In yoga nidra, our brainwaves slow to stillness. The mind is awake and alert, untroubled by thought, and resting in stillness in Anahata, the heart chakra. I invite you to join me for all or part of our seven days of practice of yoga nidra. Each day, we'll explore a different practice that prepares our mind and body for yoga nidra. Each day we'll go deeper into the stillness in our heart chakra. Today is a meditative guided movement and breath practice to release stored trauma and clear our system. We move from stillness and soft belly breathing for two minutes into two minutes of Shaking the Tree (QiGong). As we come back into mindful breathing for another two minutes, we notice how our energy and breath have changed and the effect of "throwing it off" during shaking. We dance for about four minutes then we're back to breathing and stillness. Our experience is different each time. After we've let go of tension, are present in our body and relaxed, we settle into the calm alert stillness of yoga nidra.