Hello,
My name is Shri and this practice is for those of us who have experienced a disconnection from the truth of our worth,
Divinity,
And purpose.
This Yoga Nidra is a reclamation of wholeness and an invitation to reconnect with legacy,
Land,
And love.
This was created for people who have known hardship within their societal and cultural experiences.
It is for those of us looking for a soft place to land and fertile ground to live on where healing and thriving are embodied experiences.
This Yoga Nidra is for reconnecting with our soul's unique expression of purpose,
Love,
And our legacy of light.
Settle into your space with softness.
You can place a blanket over you,
A pillow behind your head.
Take your time as you attend to your physical and spiritual desire for deep rest and comfort.
When you're ready,
Rest back on the earth with your palms facing the sky or resting along the edges of your body.
Let your feet softly fall open.
Feel your body settling down with every breath.
Let your body settle down with every breath.
Feel the expansiveness of your inhales and the gravity of your exhales as you root down into the earth beneath you.
Envision a baby taking their first breath.
This breath marks their transition into the world.
At this moment,
They are as close to Source as they will ever be until the last exhale,
Which will return them to the loving force which holds the universe together.
This first breath aligns with the stars above and below,
With the planets suspended in the dark expansive universe.
This breath,
Which fills this baby with life,
Also fills them with a purpose chosen by their soul.
This being of love taking in their first breath is you.
No matter your birth story,
You entered the world with the potent love of Source,
With the hands of the universe cradling your back.
You entered the world with light,
Illuminating the path ahead.
This life,
This breath between the first inhale and the last exhale is a chance to live to the fullest expression of that divine purpose.
Your very cells,
Your DNA,
Are filled with the sovereign and radiant purpose of your soul's beautiful calling.
As you live in this extended moment between your first and last breath,
You have a chance to rise to this calling.
Feel the breath you are taking right now.
Feel the life force alive within your body,
Within your heart.
Notice this life force,
This breath,
Interacting with the very cells encoded with your purpose.
Notice the expansion of each inhale and the soft,
Sweet surrender of each exhale.
Now,
Notice the expansion of each inhale and the soft surrender of each exhale.
Feel yourselves,
Your very body and heart,
Alive with purpose.
Whether you are intimate with the calling of your soul or if you are on the path of discovery,
Feel every part of you alive with purpose.
Feel the land beneath you,
Pulsing with this same life force.
Feel it holding you.
Let yourself be held in love.
You are cradled in the womb of Mother Earth.
Feel the earth rising up to meet you,
To support you.
Feel the land's beating heart beneath you,
Merging with the beating of your own sacred heart space.
Let your awareness,
Your presence settle into your heart.
This space is the gateway to your ancient and eternal soul.
Let yourself rest in the soft expanse of your sacred heart.
As you rest in your heart,
Let each breath merge you deeper into conscious awareness of your infinite soul.
Feel the distinct and beautiful love of your own heart flooding your spirit.
Your heart is your greatest guide in this life.
Let the love and wisdom of this space cradle you with your own light.
Since the moment you took that first breath,
Life force and purpose have moved in the rivers of your veins,
In the beating of your heart,
In the strength of your bones.
Allow each breath to become deeper,
Softer.
Let life force flow into every space within you.
Breathe until you are no longer the one sending breath throughout your body.
Let this life force move through you.
It is now that we begin the practice of yoga nidra.
Listen to the beating of your heart,
To the wisdom and light held here.
From this place connect to the ancient and eternal within you.
From the sacred space of your heart,
Allow your sankalpa,
A vow of truth to arise.
A sankalpa is an I am statement that uses positive language.
For example,
I am valuable or I am worthy.
Allow your heart to speak your sankalpa to you.
Let this sankalpa grow from the heart and take root in your body,
In your soul.
Repeat your sankalpa three times,
Feeling the life force within this powerful statement grow with each declaration.
Notice the light of your awareness settling more deeply into your heart.
And from here,
Send this stream of light to your brow center.
Feel the light moving to your right temple,
Your right cheek,
Right shoulder,
To the right side of your chest,
To your right upper thigh and your right ankle.
Feel the whole right side of your body alive with light.
Now send the light of your awareness to your left ankle.
Left upper thigh.
Send this light to the left side of your chest.
Left shoulder.
Left cheek.
And your left temple.
Sense this light,
Your awareness,
Moving to your midbrain,
The space between your ears.
Let your awareness settle into the left side of your body.
Feel the whole left side of your body filled with light.
Sense your whole body now,
Everything filled with light.
Every cell,
Every bone,
Every part of you is teeming with light.
Drop back into your heart.
Let a wave of healing,
Supportive light wash over you with each breath from the crown of your head to your toes.
Let your awareness feel to the right of you,
As far into the universe as you can sense.
Lift your awareness to the left of you,
As deep into the universe as you can feel.
Center your awareness on the space which exists below you and below the earth.
And now,
Spread your awareness to that which exists above you,
As high into the universe as your senses can travel.
Sense the expanse of the universe in all directions.
Feel yourself as an integral part of the divine cosmos.
See the planets suspended in an inky dark universe,
Whose way is lit by the luminous stars.
Feel it all aligning around you,
Supporting you and your highest evolution in this life.
Feel the edges of your being dissolving into the spacious expanse around you.
See the spike of the universe around you.
The universe speaks many languages,
And one of them is duality.
Life breathes and lives in duality.
Even when you took your first breath,
You were introduced to duality.
You entered the world from the floating space of the womb and gravity met you.
The same duality which exists in the world around you also lives in the world within you.
Start to feel into your own evolving nature.
I'll share words that are dual in nature.
Allow yourself to recognize the felt experience of the word in your body,
And then just as quickly let it be released.
Invite yourself to lean into the range of feeling states that exist in this world and in you.
Know that you are safe and held as you travel through these expressions of felt experience.
Without attaching to story,
Start to feel where doubt resides in your body.
Become aware of any thoughts or felt experiences that surface in your body when you feel the word doubt.
Let it go.
Let it all release.
Let that doubt dissolve.
Allow belief to be experienced and felt within you.
What arises when belief settles deep into your bones?
Allow this to release and return to the sacred space of your heart.
How do you experience feeling lost?
What felt experience or thought forms emerge with the sensation of being lost?
Let this fall away as well.
And now,
How does it feel when you have a sense of direction?
Notice the sensation of this feeling in your spirit and body.
What comes to light when you have a sense of direction in your soul?
Let this fall away and make your way back to the ultimate inner compass.
Your heart.
Your true north.
The guiding star which illuminates your inner universe.
In the light of your heart,
Feel yourself completely whole,
Completely loved.
Let the light of your heart guide you to the truth.
You have a unique purpose.
Your purpose is a divine expression of love.
And how you choose to express it is unique to you.
How does it feel to know that you were made with a distinct and beautiful purpose designed specifically for your soul?
This purpose was written in the stars when you took that first breath.
Next breath and it lives within you now.
With every breath,
It is enlivened.
Let the beauty of this potent truth wash over you.
Go back in time before that first breath all the way to the moment you were formed by Source.
See yourself being lovingly stitched together with love,
Purpose,
And care by the great source of abiding love in the universe.
See your gifts,
Talents,
And hopes intertwining.
See the pieces of your expansive self being placed within you.
Watch key moments being threaded into the story of your life.
Feel pieces of your life being co-authored with love before it even began.
See words of light that most define you weaving themselves together,
Forming your most authentic,
Pure,
And truthful self.
See all of this beauty and light coming together to form you.
Continue to see and feel the artful creation of you.
Everything you need was placed within you at this moment.
Your soul is equipped for the journey ahead.
Your soul is supported,
And you are meant to rise.
Feel the beating of your heart.
Sense the ancient and eternal soul that you are.
What is the legacy for which you were formed?
Let it rise from the deepest part of you.
Let it rise from the deepest part of you.
Continue to listen to the message of your soul,
Your higher self.
Settle into the expanse of your soft heart,
Your guide.
It is here that you are invited to convene with the sacred elder you will become.
They begin to form in front of you,
For it is at the beginning and end of life that you are closest to source.
Your elder self approaches with light in their eyes.
They stretch out their hand to you,
Palm facing up,
And you place your hand in theirs.
Feel the embrace,
The bond between you.
Together,
You look upon the brightest moments of your life.
Let it rise from the deepest part of you.
Hand in hand,
You also see the moments when you needed support and the light found you.
Let it rise from the deepest part of you.
Let it rise from the deepest part of you.
See the light that resided in your life from that first breath to this very moment.
As you both gaze upon this light,
You notice that sometimes the light which carried you did not come from you alone.
Somehow this light found you across time and space.
The light which cradled you in hard times and lifted you up in joyful moments came from different supportive forces.
Some light came from the ancestors who prayed for your greatest good.
For you are the wild hope of their collective beating heart.
Some came from your very own soul.
And much of this light came from the prayers and gratitude of the generations of souls whose lives will be touched by you living out your purpose,
Your divine legacy of love.
These prayers,
These beacons of light amid darkness found you to thank you for your good work to support you and help you to return the love given.
Together with your elder self,
You glimpse the legacy of love and light that you will leave behind.
When that final sweet exhale of surrender approaches,
You will be ready.
Ready to leave the womb of the earth for the next phase of your beautiful,
Expansive,
And eternal life.
Until that distant day,
What will you do with the gift of breath in your lungs?
With the life force moving through your veins,
Where will you go with the belief and direction of your heart leading the way?
With the life force moving through your veins,
Where will you go with the belief and direction of your heart leading the way?
Rest back into the state of your mind.
Rest back into the space of your heart.
Surrender into the peace of your sacred guide.
Notice the wholeness,
The deep and ancient well of love that lives here.
Feel your spirit being held by the abundant love which holds the universe together,
Which also loves,
Cares,
And provides for you.
Feel yourself whole.
Feel the edges of your own consciousness expanding in this womb of unconditional love.
Allow gratitude to fill you.
And start to repeat your sankalpa three times.
Feel the sankalpa rising from your heart and taking root in your body,
Spirit,
And life.
Let it sink into you.
Let it bind you through time and space.
The practice of yoga nidra is now complete.
Slowly start to deepen your breath.
Begin to make circles with your ankles and wrists.
You can shift your head from side to side.
Allow a deep stretch to erupt and let it be as expansive as it needs to be.
And slowly roll onto your side body.
In the stillness of this moment,
Connect with your intention for the rest of your day.
Relax with the power of your intention,
With the belief and direction of your inner light leading the way.
Take a deep breath in and stretch your arms out to your sides,
Heart leading.
Begin to circle your arms overhead as you send out your intention and your light.
Allow your palms to meet and draw this radiant,
Divine energy back to its source,
Your heart.
Arion tat sat.
