Yoga Nidra For Restorative Sleep
This yoga nidra practice will help you relax into a deep and restorative sleep. This is designed to be used as a tool for those who feel they are not getting enough rest or sleep in life. Sleep allows you to come back “home” to recharge, cleanse and bring back into your body pure cosmic life-force. As well as bringing more balance, clarity, and alignment to your mind.
Transcript
Namaste My name is Sandeep.
This yoga nidra focuses on helping you to fall into deep sleep in whatever position you find yourself in,
Whether you are reclining,
Sitting or in the comfort of your bed.
Let's begin by switching off the lights.
Take this moment to get comfortable.
Now gently close your eyes.
Become calm and steady.
Take a deep breath and as you breathe in,
Feel calmness spreading throughout the body.
And as you are breathing out,
Say to yourself,
I am relaxed.
Inhaling calmness spreading throughout the body.
Exhaling,
I am relaxed.
Continue with the deep breath.
Now shift your awareness to the outside environment.
Become aware of all the different sounds present here.
Without getting struck with any one particular sound,
Keep your awareness moving from sound to sound.
Observe one sound and then move to second sound.
Observe second sound and then move to third.
Like this,
Keep your awareness moving from sound to sound.
Become aware of the most distant sound that you can hear.
Searching for the most distant sounds and following them for a few seconds.
Gradually,
Bring your attention to closer sounds.
To sounds outside this room.
And then to sounds inside this room.
Keep your awareness of this room.
Without opening your eyes,
Visualize the four walls,
The ceiling,
The floor,
Your body lying on the floor.
See your body lying on the floor.
Become aware of the existence of your face.
The physical body lying on the floor.
Total awareness of your body lying in perfect stillness.
Your body is lying on the floor.
Develop your awareness of all the physical meeting points between your body and the floor.
Now,
Become aware of the natural breath.
Become aware of the deep,
Natural,
Spontaneous breath.
Do not concentrate,
For this will interfere with the natural breathing process.
Time for Sankalpa.
Time for Resolve.
Setting a positive intention for the practice.
Please mentally state your resolve clearly with feeling and awareness three times now.
Now we begin Body Scan.
I will guide your awareness through the different parts of the body as quickly as possible.
Please repeat mentally the name of each body part after me and simultaneously become aware of that body part.
The practice always begins with the right hand.
Right hand thumb.
Second finger.
Third finger.
Fourth finger.
Fifth finger.
Palm of the hand.
Back of the hand.
Wrist.
Lower arm.
Elbow.
Upper arm.
Shoulder.
Armpit.
Waist.
Hip.
Right thigh.
Knee.
Calf muscle.
Ankle.
Heel.
Sole of the foot.
Top of the foot.
Right big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
Fifth toe.
Left hand thumb.
Second finger.
Third finger.
Fourth finger.
Fifth finger.
Palm of the hand.
Back of the hand.
Wrist.
Lower arm.
Elbow.
Upper arm.
Shoulder.
Armpit.
Waist.
Hip.
Left thigh.
Knee.
Calf muscle.
Ankle.
Heel.
Sole of the foot.
Top of the foot.
Left big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
Fifth toe.
Right shoulder.
Left shoulder.
Right shoulder blade.
Left shoulder blade.
Right buttock.
Left buttock.
Left buttock.
The spine.
The whole of the back together.
Back of the neck.
Backside of the head.
Crown of the head.
Forehead.
Right eyebrow.
Left eyebrow.
The eyebrow center.
Right eyelid.
Left eyelid.
Right eye.
Left eye.
Right ear.
Left ear.
Right cheek.
Left cheek.
Nose.
Tip of the nose.
Right nostril.
Left nostril.
Upper lip.
Lower lip.
Chin.
Jaw.
Throat.
Right collarbone.
Left collarbone.
Right side chest.
Left side of the chest.
Middle part of the chest.
Navel.
Abdomen.
Lower abdomen.
Whole of the right leg.
Whole of the left leg.
Both legs together.
Whole of the right arm.
Whole of the left arm.
Both arms together.
Whole of the back.
Whole of the front.
Whole of the head together.
Legs.
Arms.
Back.
Front.
Head together.
The whole of the body together.
The whole body together.
The whole body together.
Again,
Right hand thumb.
Second finger.
Third finger.
Fourth finger.
Fifth finger.
Palm of the hand.
Back side of the hand.
Wrist.
Forearm.
Elbow.
Upper arm.
Shoulder.
Armpit.
Waist.
Hip.
Right thigh.
Knee.
Calf muscle.
Ankle.
Heel.
Sole of the right foot.
Upper part of the foot.
Right big toe.
Second toe.
Third.
Fourth.
Fifth.
Whole right side.
Left hand thumb.
Second finger.
Third finger.
Fourth finger.
Fifth finger.
Palm of the hand.
Back side of the hand.
Wrist.
Lower arm.
Elbow.
Upper arm.
Shoulder.
Armpit.
Waist.
Hip.
Thigh.
Knee.
Calf muscle.
Ankle.
Heel.
Sole of the left foot.
Upper part of the left foot.
Left big toe.
Second toe.
Third.
Fourth.
Fifth.
Whole left side.
Back side.
Lower back.
Right buttock.
Left buttock.
Middle back.
Upper back.
Right shoulder blade.
Left shoulder blade.
Back of the neck.
Back of the head.
Whole of the back together.
The whole of the back together.
Crown of the head.
Forehead.
Right eyebrow.
Left eyebrow.
Eyebrow center.
Right eyelid.
Left eyelid.
Right eye.
Left eye.
Right ear.
Left ear.
Right cheek.
Left cheek.
Nose.
Tip of the nose.
Right nostril.
Left nostril.
Upper lip.
Lower lip.
Chin.
Jaw.
Throat.
Right collarbone.
Left collarbone.
Right side of the right thigh.
Left side of the chest.
Left side of the chest.
Middle part of the chest.
Upper abdomen.
Navel.
Lower abdomen.
Whole of the right leg.
Whole of the left leg.
Both legs together.
Whole of the right arm.
Whole of the left arm.
Both arms together.
Whole of the back.
Whole of the front.
Whole of the head.
Together.
Legs.
Arms.
Back.
Front.
Head.
Together.
The whole of the body together.
The whole body together.
The whole body together.
The whole body together.
Draw your awareness to the natural breath.
Feel the breath moving along the passage between the navel and the throat.
On inhalation,
Breath is rising from navel to the throat.
On exhalation,
It descends from the throat to the navel.
Be completely aware of the respiration.
Navel to throat.
Throat to navel.
Do not try to force the breath.
Just awareness.
Maintain your awareness and start counting down your breaths as follows.
Breathing in 54.
Breathing out 54.
Breathing in 53.
Breathing out 53.
In 52.
Out 52.
And so on.
From 54 to 1.
Counting down to yourself mentally as you follow the rise and fall of your breath from navel to throat and back again.
Total awareness of breathing.
Counting along.
Breathing is slow and relaxed.
Please continue counting down.
If you made mistake while counting,
Start the countdown again from 54.
Please let go the count.
Let go the breath awareness.
And become aware of the body.
Now awaken the feeling of heaviness in the body.
Feel as if your whole body is becoming heavy.
Become aware of heaviness in every single part of your body.
Awareness of the heaviness.
Awareness of the heavy body.
Now awaken the feeling of lightness.
Feel as if your body is becoming lighter now.
A sensation of lightness and weightlessness in all parts of the body.
Body is becoming lighter and lighter.
Your body has become so light that it is floating away from the floor.
Awareness of the lightness.
Now awaken the experience of cold.
Feel as if your body is becoming cold.
Imagine you are walking on a cold floor in the winter.
Your feet feel very cold.
You feel cold all over the body.
Body is becoming colder and colder.
Body has become so cold that it is shivering now.
Awareness of coldness.
Awareness of the cold body.
Now awaken the sensation of heat.
Awaken the experience of the heat.
Feel as if your body is becoming warmer.
The whole body is hot.
Feel as if your body has become hot.
The whole body is hot.
The whole body is hot.
You feel hot all over.
Recollect the feeling of the heat in summer when you are out in the sun.
With no shade.
Heat all over the body.
Heat all around the body.
Awareness of the heat.
Body has become so hot it is sweating profoundly.
Your body is sweating a lot.
Body is full of sweat.
Awareness of heat.
Body has become warm.
The experience of pain.
Try to remember the experience of pain.
Any pain you have experienced in your life mental or physical recollect the feeling of pain.
Remember the helplessness.
Remember the sadness.
Remember the sensation of pain.
Recollect the feeling of pleasure.
Any kind of pleasure physical or mental.
Remember the feeling of pain.
Relive it.
Make the memory vivid.
Remember all the details.
Awaken the feeling of pleasure.
Gently bring the awareness on the space in front of the closed eyes.
This space is called Chidakash.
The space of consciousness.
Imagine before you a transparent screen.
Through this screen you can see infinite space.
A space that extends as far as you can see.
Focus on this dark space and be aware of the manifestation in this space.
Whatever you see is the manifestation of your mind.
Continue your awareness of the space without becoming involved with the space or the things.
You are the awareness only.
Detached awareness.
You are the detached awareness awareness only.
Not connected with the space or the manifestations.
Now imagine that you are floating on the ceiling.
You see below your body lying down on the floor practicing Yoga Nidra.
Now see your body slowly stand up and go to the door.
Quietly open the door and go outside closing the door softly behind you.
See your body walking outside this building.
See the familiar things around you.
There is no sense of effort.
Only lightness.
You meet some people that you know.
See them but they cannot see you.
Watch them as they walk past.
Perhaps they are making their usual conversation.
Suddenly you find that your body is floating over the sea.
Become aware of this.
See the dark blue sea below.
Across its surface a ship is steaming.
Your body floats like a cloud.
Wherever the wind blows the clouds your body is also blown.
Clouds brush your body and slowly a group of clouds brush past your face.
Below you sunlight reflects off banks.
Now your body is lifted by currents of air and carried over the land.
On the ground below you see farmhouses.
Carefully laid out fields.
Thick forests.
Winding rivers that reflect the sun.
Pause a moment and look closely at yourself.
Your body is totally relaxed.
On your face is an expression of peace and calmness.
See your body suddenly immersed in color as it passes through a rainbow.
Feel yourself vast and purified by subtle colors.
Yellow Green Blue Violet Red Orange Golden Yellow Green Violet Feel the colors penetrating your whole body.
Nourishing and energizing a deep level of relaxation.
Slowly make your return.
See your body return to the outside of this building.
See again the familiar objects the people you know.
Gently open the door.
Closing it after you you lie down on the floor.
See your body slowly practicing samasanas.
Now see your body lying down on the back.
See your body lying down on the floor.
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Recent Reviews
Cindy
March 31, 2025
I love this thorough rotation of consciousness and the touch of astral travel.
Heidi
October 16, 2024
Thank you 🕊 Had wonderful fun dreams about music!!!!
Esther
March 6, 2024
Love it like most of your yoga nidras. I find this beautiful background music very helpful and the rainbow colours a very nice touch. Thank you
Karenmarie
November 10, 2022
I fell asleep 🙏🏽✨☺️
Denise
September 17, 2022
Thank you so very, very much for your most beautiful nidra meditation. I fell into the deepest sleep, which we all need these days. Much gratitude and appreciation.
Sherry
July 1, 2022
My very favorite yoga nidra of all time! One of the only ones that understands the rotation of consciousness is best done at least twice for full depth. Thank you so much Sundep for your commitment to holding the tradition.