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Inner Smile — Short Meditation 3

by Niamh Dolores

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This short meditation or wakeful sleep may be practiced in a comfortable seated position or lying down. If using a headset you can apply this almost anywhere; bus, train, plane, your office. A smile that is not an outward projection but applied inwardly renders a vibrational effect on the organs and structures, elevating the whole body-mind experience by calming the entire nervous system. And is why it is also known as the healing smile. You can find longer, yoga nidra versions of Inner Smile 1 & 2 in my premium tracks. The Inner Smile a technique of the Tao used for calming the mind to surrender to deeper states of meditation and was taught to me by Sahajananda of Hridaya Mediation.

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Transcript

Hey,

My name is Niamh.

We are about to journey into a wakeful sleep together.

This exploration of the inner smile plays an important role in the cessation of tension and stress,

Along with the inner smile circuit,

An interiorization that deepens relaxation and lucidity and is why this technique of the Tao tradition is used for calming the mind to surrender to deeper states of meditation.

Just watch how the melting of tensions happens as you connect with the innocence of a tender and gentle smile,

How it cultivates inner peace and natural joy.

So let's begin.

Journey with my voice.

As you lay there on the ground or on your bed or seated upright,

Close your eyes,

Relax,

Your body letting go with gravity as though free falling into yourself.

Become aware of the belly breathing,

The gentleness of the belly rising,

Falling and the chest,

The breath all around you and now the nostrils,

Noticing the air flowing in,

Flowing out.

Deepen receptivity to sensations in the body,

Noticing is the air cool or warm?

Just notice and listen deeply.

Visualize straight in front of you a smiling sun or a moon if it is night.

Just imagining in front of your eyes the sun or moon with a smiling face.

If it's easier use the smile of a dear person,

That smile vibrating the energy of love,

Joy and happiness.

Direct it now to the outer corner of the left eye,

The corner of the left eye beginning to relax,

Beginning to smile and now the left corner of the mouth,

The smile lifting the corner of the mouth from inside and behind the mouth,

Sensing the energetic connection between the smiling corner of the mouth and eye,

The entire left part of the face relaxing,

Smiling.

Direct that smile vibrating the energy of love,

Joy and happiness to the outer corner of the right eye,

The corner of the right eye beginning to relax,

Beginning to smile and now the right corner of the mouth,

The smile lifting the corner of the mouth from inside and behind the mouth,

Sensing the energetic connection between the smiling corner of the mouth and the eye,

The entire right part of the face relaxing,

Smiling.

Now transfer the smiling energy of the moon or the sun to the interior corner of the left eye and now to the interior corner of the right eye and to the left pupil,

The centre of the eye,

Sensing as the black spot fills itself with the relaxing energy of the smile,

The smile dilating,

The right pupil,

Sensing the black spot fill with joy,

Relaxing,

Dilating.

Traverse the energy of the smile to the left iris,

The colourful part of the eye around the black spot,

Feeling the pupil smile with the iris.

Breathe in deeply using the abdomen,

Release and relax on the breath out.

Now the right iris,

Sensing the energy of the smile and dilating from the black spot,

The smile throughout the iris,

Smile inside the entire globe of the left eye,

The whole globe filling with the energy of the smile and that same smile in the globe of the right eye,

The entire globe smiling inside the left upper eyelid,

Relaxing energy and inside the right upper eyelid,

Deeply relaxing,

Smile now inside the left lower lid,

Deeply relaxing,

Inside the right lower lid,

Filling up with relaxation.

Notice how the eyes have now become smiling eyes,

Sensing a deep calmness vibrate throughout the entire nervous system.

Transfer the smile to the tip of the nose,

Smiling at the level of the bridge of the nose,

Root of the nose,

Eyebrow centre,

The third eye drinks in relaxant energy of the sun or moon if night,

Spreading through the whole frontal lobe,

The entire head smiling inside both hemispheres of the brain,

Both ears attentive and listening,

In between them and in the middle of the brain is the space called the crystal palace,

Home to the pineal gland,

Hypothesis,

Thalamus and hypothalamus,

The absorption of the smile vibrating throughout the entire brain,

Brightening the brain,

The back of the head,

The brain stem,

From there become aware of the energy of the smile descending from the roof of the mouth,

The furnishing of tensions as the smile seeps down toward the neck and throat,

Awareness of the sense withdrawal of the neck,

Throat and shoulders,

Just as a turtle draws into its shell,

Dissolving tension,

And now entering inside your heart,

The heart filling with an energy full of love,

Sensing the smile so full of love,

A powerful energy of happiness,

Kindness and joy,

Whisper now gratitude and deep appreciation to your heart,

Influencing the pulse and the pump of blood to the whole body,

Keeping you alive,

The energy of the smile now charged with more love,

Can you sense the symbology of the smile's feeling tone,

Such as sun rays on a hot day,

How it warms your face,

Or golden nectar seeping through you,

Or the moonshine if it's night,

Soaking up love as a sponge,

Sense only love,

Kindness,

Gentleness,

Attentive to healing vibrations at the cellular level,

Release,

Feeling the smile all around you,

Become aware of the self transformation between the eyes and your mouth,

Allow the energy of this infectious smile full of love to vibrate through,

Around and beyond your being,

Flowing into and through the rhythm of life around you,

As you begin sensing the earth beneath your body,

Bring small movements back,

Back to your fingers and toes,

Awakening the body slowly,

Allowing time to transition into the rhythm of your day or night,

Thank you for practicing with me,

Again my name is Niaf,

I hope you feel the energy of the smile all around you.

Meet your Teacher

Niamh DoloresSuffolk, England, United Kingdom

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