Yoga Nidra: Inner Harmony

We will cultivate the energy of harmony and balance to create new energetic architecture within and therefore around us - first in the formless then in form - always remembering that inner union and harmony starts with us first. May you relax deeply and clearly that which is not in alignment with your own peace and your highest self and may this manifest in your day-to-day life in all that you are building and creating.

Composer: Jordan Jessep
Photographer: Naomi Maldonado Photography

Transcript

And I invite you into this practice of Yoga Nidra.

So,

As you find your place of comfort,

And that can be on your back,

On your belly,

On one side,

Where and how do you feel most balanced tonight,

Today,

Whatever time of day you're doing this?

And then as you set your physical body up,

Do so in a way that you can tune into your physical power.

Take responsibility for how you lay yourself in this practice,

And use the things that help you to feel supported.

Cushion the joints,

Fill the gaps,

Make sure you're comfortable and warm,

Reduce the stimulation as much as you can,

However you can,

However you want to,

You get to choose.

And as you lay yourself down in this space,

Check in and see if you have found balance between your right side and your left side,

The upper body and the lower body.

Do you feel comfortable through the front body and the back body?

And just see if you can feel balanced in the body.

And as you drop down more and more,

Make any final adjustments that you need to,

So that as you start to pay attention to your breathing,

It's the same thing.

Do you feel a sense of flow and ease and balance?

You're breathing.

And without changing anything,

You're just noticing your inhale and noticing your exhale.

And probably by placing your attention on your breath,

The breath will change.

And so just see if you can start to float in this feeling of freedom,

The freedom of your inhale and the freedom of your exhale,

Helping to establish harmony within,

As we now begin this practice.

And so as you drop into your physical body,

Start to bring into your heart the feeling of gratitude for this life that you are living.

Gratitude for your heart that is beating,

Your lungs that are holding your heart.

And can you start to fall in love with this feeling,

Not just thinking about it,

But really falling into deep gratitude for this love you have for your life,

For your body,

For this present moment.

And let that be,

Let that gratitude and self-appreciation and self-love be the river that you are floating on.

And if you are already working with a sankalpa,

You can start to repeat that to yourself three times.

And if you are unsure of what you want that to be right now,

Right now,

You can say to yourself,

I am balanced.

I am feeling in balance.

I am balanced.

And bring all of your awareness to the heart beating.

The heart is beating.

And you feel the right lung and the left lung.

And you feel your lungs holding your beating heart.

And all of your awareness now to the right collarbone,

The right shoulder,

The right shoulder blade.

And this awareness travels from the shoulder down the upper arm to the elbow,

Down the forearm into the palm of your hand,

In the back of your hand.

And all of your fingers and your thumb all together on the right side until you're feeling the whole right hand.

And feel this energy move up from the hand to the wrist,

To the elbow,

Back up to your right shoulder.

And go back to feeling your heart being held by your right lung and your left lung.

Feeling this whole cave of your heart space.

Your heart is held and your attention moves now to the left collarbone,

Shoulder,

Shoulder blade.

And moving from the left shoulder down the upper arm to the elbow and down the forearm into the palm of your left hand,

The back of your hand,

And all of your fingers and your thumb on the left side.

And so you're just feeling into your whole left hand and you feel this energy moving back up from the hand up to the wrist,

To the elbow,

To the shoulder and back to your heart beating,

Being held by your lungs breathing.

And you feel the whole right arm and right hand and the whole left arm and left hand and both arms and hands together,

Feeling both together.

Moving down to the right side of your chest and right rib cage,

To your right waist,

Right hip,

Right thigh,

Your right knee,

All the way down to your right ankle and the sole of your right foot,

The top of your foot and all of your toes together,

Your whole right foot.

Right foot,

Feel your whole right side.

Relax the whole right side of your body and then drawing yourself back to your beating heart,

Resting in the middle of both of your lungs.

And you feel the left side of your chest and your left rib cage,

The left waist,

The left hip,

Left thigh,

Your left knee and all the way down to your left ankle and the sole of your left foot,

The top of your foot and all of your toes all together,

Feeling your whole left foot,

Feeling into the whole left side of your body.

Relax your whole left side.

Feeling now into your heels,

The right heel and the left heel and moving up the backs of your legs,

The backs of your thighs,

Your buttocks and the back of your pelvis,

The right side of the back body,

The left side of the back body and your whole back body from the base of your spine up to your shoulder blades.

Traveling up the back of your neck,

Around the back of the head to the top of your head and awareness moves down the forehead to your right eye and your left eye and both eyes together now down the bridge of your nose to the tip of your nose,

Feeling into the right nostril and the right sinus area and the left nostril and the left sinus area until you feel your whole nose,

Nostrils,

Tip of your nose,

Sinuses and both cheeks together.

Feeling down into the lips,

The teeth,

The tongue until you feel your whole face all together,

Your whole face and head all together and you slowly drop down back to your beating heart,

Resting between your lungs,

Breathing and you relax your whole body.

You relax your whole body and as you breathe in,

You feel the lungs expanding as your heart beats and as you exhale,

You feel your lungs soften,

Inhaling,

Filling the lungs,

Exhale,

Releasing stagnation.

As your lungs breathe in and out,

Your heart continues to beat to its own rhythm,

Trusting itself and you watch your lungs breathing in,

Filling like a balloon,

Exhaling,

Releasing whatever you don't need,

Inhaling,

Expanding,

Exhaling,

Letting go of what isn't in alignment with your heart's desires.

Watch your body breathing like this 11 more times,

Counting backwards 11 to one and let go of the counting and let your body breathe.

Observe your body breathing,

Relax your whole body and remember a time when you felt off balance,

Off kilter,

A little unstable uncertain,

That feeling of being off balance.

What does that feel like in your body?

Exhale,

This energy disappears and you remember a time when you felt balanced and stable and sure of yourself and you knew you'd be okay no matter what was happening.

Let it go,

Watch your body breathing in and out and remember a time when you felt like you had to wear a mask,

Where you had to pretend to be someone,

Where you weren't quite sure of yourself,

Where you were acting in a way that wasn't quite you.

What did that feel like?

Exhale and let it release and remember a time when you felt like it was safe to be you,

Authentically you and it didn't matter what anyone thought because you were good with you,

You are good with you.

You know who you are,

You love who you are.

Let it go and exhale and relax your whole body.

Relax the whole right side of your body.

Relax the whole left side of your body.

Relax both sides of your body together.

Relax your whole body and behind closed eyes,

You see yourself landing on a platform and across the way you see another platform and between these two platforms is a body of water.

It's not too high and not too deep,

But the space between where you are and where you're going is filled with water.

And in order to get to the other platform,

You see you must walk along a tight rope from where you are to where you want to go.

And as you look across the way,

You wonder how you'll get there.

You remember all the tools you have to help take you from one side to the other.

You remember you have wings.

And as you remember that you have wings to help you balance,

You see them appear.

How big are they?

What color are they?

And feel them start to flap and fly and the wind behind you,

Helping to steady you.

And once you feel your beautiful wings activate,

You start to take one step forward on the tight rope,

One foot in front of the other,

Step by step,

By step,

Trusting yourself,

Trusting who you are,

Trusting the work you've done to get here,

And feeling those beautiful wings support you,

Always supporting you.

So you feel stable and balanced,

Even when you feel wobbly or off-center,

Your wings are taking you forward,

Allowing you to take step by step in the direction you want to go.

And as you walk ahead,

You feel balanced.

You feel in harmony with your true self and who you are.

And anything that is not in alignment with who you are,

Your true nature,

Your true self,

Falls away down into the water.

And you let it,

And you know you are safe.

And you keep walking forward,

Letting whatever doesn't serve you on this path to where you're going,

You let it fall away.

You release your grip and you let it fall away.

And your wings take you forward.

And you are almost there.

And you take one more step,

And you are there.

You get to the other side,

You get to the other side,

And you say,

Thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you for this life.

Thank you for these wings.

Thank you for this journey to get here.

And on the other side is the most beautiful place you've ever been to.

And you lay down on the earth,

Listening to the sounds,

Smelling the smells,

Feeling the sensation beneath you.

As you lay down,

Saying thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you.

And as you say thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you for this life,

You feel yourself dropping back down,

Down,

Down,

Onto your mat,

Into your practice of yoga nidra.

And you repeat your sankalpa to yourself three times as you land,

As you land,

As you land back in your space.

And the practice of yoga nidra is now complete.

And you feel your body landing on your surface beneath you.

You notice the sounds around you,

And you take a few deep breaths on purpose as you start to maybe move your body in very little,

Subtle,

Gentle ways,

Just so you remember your physical body and you remember how powerful you are when you come into true alignment with who you are already inside of you.

Take your time as you move out of the practice today,

And I want to thank you so much for taking this time for yourself today and for sharing your time with me.

Thank you.

Reviews

The imagery and guidance you provide in this nidra is amazing and exactly what I needed. Thank you again Lynette. Chuck

A wonderful nidra practice Much thanks for sharing this, Lynette.

Thank you Lynette for a very balanced, harmonious nidra🙏🏻🌟✨🌟💫🌟🙏🏻