Yoga Nidra Practise For Self-Awareness, Focus, & Creativity

This Yoga Nidra Meditation will be for you if you're looking to enhance your self-awareness, focus & creativity. You will be guided through a practise allowing you to connect deeper with your body, create change in your energy & find a greater sense of self connection allowing you to more confidently create your life from an authentic and aligned place. A special thanks to my dear friend PaqsOfficial for producing the Healing Frequencies amplifying the impact of this meditation. We hope you enjoy & find great value. x

Transcript

Hello and welcome back.

My name is Laura Plahuta and I am very excited to guide you through a yoga nidra meditation today.

Very very grateful that you are here.

So I'm inviting you to ideally for yoga nidra lay in shavasana which is also known as corpse pose which simply means laying on your back ideally on the floor or a hard surface.

Having your legs about a foot,

Foot and a half apart from one another.

Having your feet out toward the outside.

Allowing them to relax.

Bring your arms straight by your sides and then allowing them to move about a foot and a foot from your body but just finding wherever is comfortable for you.

You can have your palms facing up if you would like to receive and have your palms facing down if you want more grounding.

Or you can play around with what feels good for you and having one up and one down.

Having your neck and your chin slightly tucked down toward your chest.

Just lengthening that cervical spine.

Making any adjustments that you need in order to feel comfortable.

Obviously this practice can be done anywhere except for driving.

So just getting into that position that feels most comfortable for you.

Adjusting yourself and seeing if you can make yourself even a few percent more comfortable.

Good.

And when you feel ready inviting you to close your eyes down and keeping them closed until the very end of this practice.

Now yoga nidra is the practice of hearing and feeling.

These are really the only important things for yoga nidra.

So in yoga nidra we function on the level of awareness plus the level of listening.

Very similar to lucid dreaming if you've ever experienced that.

So oftentimes you're in a state of lucid dreaming and you're in a state of lucid thinking.

Sometimes in dreams we have no control whereas in lucid dreams we can sometimes control our dreams.

And also in yoga nidra you begin becoming the creator of the dream.

And this really is a practice that we can come here to our yoga nidra practice to practice being the creator and channeling our energy and our awareness.

And then we get to bring it into our daily lives where we then get to create and manifest the things that we dream of,

The things that we desire in the physical reality.

Creating the relationships,

The businesses,

The impact,

The finances.

Any of the things that really light you up and you feel really called to create in this lifetime it's possible.

This really is a practice for that.

And so the one thing with yoga nidra to remember and I want you to say this to yourself mentally I will not sleep.

I shall only listen to my voice.

And repeat that to yourself.

I will not sleep.

Give yourself some time to become calm and steady.

Take a deep inhale as you breathe in.

Feel calmness spreading throughout the body.

And as you're breathing out say to yourself mentally relax.

See if you can become aware of the outside sounds.

Become aware of the distant sounds outside the building.

Allow your sense of hearing to move all the way outside.

Scanning from sound to sound not staying on one for too long.

And then gradually withdraw it back into the building.

Back into this room.

Develop your awareness of this room and of yourself lying on the floor.

Become aware of your body lying on the floor.

And as you're breathing out allow yourself to be aware of the outside sounds.

And as you're breathing out allow yourself to be aware of the outside sounds lying on the floor.

Become aware of your body lying on the floor.

Become aware of your breathing.

And just being conscious that you are breathing.

No need to try to change the way that you're breathing but just bringing awareness to it.

And as you're breathing out allow yourself to be aware of your breath and awareness of your body.

And remember your purpose and say mentally to yourself.

I am going to practice yoga nidra.

I will remain awake.

I will not sleep.

Good.

I'm inviting you now to bring your awareness to your heart.

And tuning into your sankalpa or your intention.

What would you love to have happen as a result of this practice?

Maybe one word or maybe a short sentence.

Trusting what comes through for you.

Now repeating your sankalpa mentally with full awareness and feeling three times.

We're going to move into a rotation of your consciousness.

Bring awareness of the parts of the body.

Now your consciousness should move around the body and keep on moving.

So as I say a body part bringing your mental awareness to that body part.

Allowing your eyes to remain closed and then shifting it to the next body part.

And as it moves it changes into prana,

Into vital energy.

In the form of a current of energy.

So don't concentrate on any one part.

Let your mind jump freely from one part to the next.

Starting with your right hand thumb.

Bringing your awareness to that right hand thumb.

Your second finger.

Third finger.

Fourth finger.

Fifth finger.

Palm of the hand.

Back of the hand.

Fourth finger.

Fifth finger.

Palm of the hand.

Back of the hand.

Wrist.

Lower arm.

Elbow.

Elbow.

Upper arm.

Shoulder.

Armpit.

Right waist.

Hip.

Right thigh.

Knee.

Calf.

Ankle.

Heel.

Sole of your foot.

Top of your 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.

Left waist.

Hip.

Left thigh.

Knee.

Calf.

Ankle.

Heel.

Sole.

Top of the foot.

Left big toe.

Second toe.

Third toe.

Fourth toe.

Fifth toe.

Moving to your back.

Your right shoulder.

Your left shoulder.

Your right shoulder blade.

Your left shoulder blade.

Right buttock.

Left buttock.

The spine.

The whole back together.

The whole back together.

The whole back together.

Top 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 chest.

Left chest.

Middle of the chest.

Your navel.

Abdomen.

Lower abdomen.

The whole of the right leg.

The whole of the left leg.

Both legs together.

The whole of the right arm.

The 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 of the body together.

The whole of the body together.

The whole of the body together.

Develop awareness of your whole entire body.

And now become aware of the space occupied by the body.

Become aware of the body and the space that is occupied by your body.

Body and space.

Become aware of the whole body and the floor.

The whole body in relation to the floor.

And at the same time become aware of the meeting points of the body and the floor.

These are very subtle physical points between the body and the floor.

Feel the meeting points between the back of your head and the floor.

Shoulder blades in the floor.

The elbows and the floor.

The back of the hands and the floor.

The buttocks and the floor.

The calves and the floor.

The heels and the floor.

Awareness of all of the meeting points between the body and the floor.

The sensation of all points simultaneously,

Evenly.

Now go on feeling these points clearly and distinctly.

And please do not sleep.

Continue.

Bringing your awareness back to your Sankalpa.

Your original intention.

Inviting you to repeat the Sankalpa or intention that you made at the beginning of your practice.

Repeat the resolve three times with full awareness and feeling.

Become aware of your breathing.

Tuning into just that natural breath.

Moving in and out of your body.

Becoming aware of your breathing.

And awareness of relaxation.

Develop awareness of your physical existence.

Become aware of your arms and legs and your body lying stretched out on the floor.

Develop awareness of the room,

Walls,

Ceiling,

Noises in the room and noises outside the room.

Take your mind out.

Become completely external.

Inviting you to lie here quietly for a few moments.

Inviting you when you feel called to start.

Bringing slight movement into your body.

Stretching yourself out.

Please take your time.

There's no need to hurry.

Now go on feeling these points clearly and distinctly.

When you're sure that you're wide awake.

Inviting you to slowly begin sitting up.

Taking a moment to sit there with your eyes closed.

Feeling into your body.

When you're ready,

Slowly beginning to open up your eyes.

Taking a moment to sit there with your eyes closed.

Feeling into your body,

Into your mind,

Into your spirit.

Into your body and the space around you.

When you're ready,

Slowly beginning to open up your eyes.

This practice of yoga nidra is now complete.

Thank you so much for being here with me for this practice.

Hope to have you on another.

Wishing you a very,

Very beautiful day ahead.

Sending you so much love.

Ciao.