Yoga Nidra 5

Let Tristan take you on this Yoga Nidra journey. Allow yourself to relax and become immersed in a dynamic and rejuvinating practice. This practice will include controlling your consciousness, awareness of the breath, feeling and embracing all sensations and using visualisations to resolve any thoughts of negativity.

Transcript

Please get yourself ready for the practice of yoga nidra.

You know the position very well.

Close your eyes and adjust yourself until you're comfortable.

If you want to move or make any final movements,

Please do so before you begin.

Once you've adjusted yourself,

Finally the body should not move until the yoga nidra is over.

Slowly become quiet and as still as possible.

Take three long deep breaths and each time as you breathe out,

Feel yourself letting go.

Just for this practice,

Forget your cares and worries and concentrate on the practice of yoga nidra.

Become aware of distant sounds.

Move your attention from sound to sound,

Listening only.

Do not try to analyze and bring your attention closer.

Become aware of sounds outside the building or space that you're in and become aware of the sounds that are inside.

Develop awareness of this room or space,

The walls,

The ceiling,

The body lying on the floor.

And see your body lying on the floor.

Become aware of your physical existence.

Become aware of your existence of your physical body.

Concentrate on your physical body as a whole.

Total awareness of natural breath.

Continue with this awareness and feel yourself becoming relaxed.

Become aware that you're going to practice yoga nidra and say to yourself,

I am going to practice yoga nidra.

Only two doors of perception are open.

Feeling and hearing.

And the practice of yoga nidra begins now.

Now resolve.

Resolve.

State your resolve with feeling and awareness three times.

Now begin a rotation of consciousness.

Awareness of different parts of the body and as quickly as possible the mind is to jump from point to point.

Feeling on the right side of the body with the right hand thumb,

Second finger,

Third,

Fourth,

Fifth,

Palm of the hand and the back of the hand,

The wrist,

Lower arm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

Shoulder,

Armpit,

Side,

Waist,

Hip,

Hamstring,

Right thigh,

Kneecap,

Calf muscle,

Ankle,

Heel,

Sole,

Top of the foot,

All right toes.

Now the left side of the body.

Feel left hand thumb,

Second finger,

Third,

Fourth,

Fifth,

Palm of the hand and the back of the hand,

The wrist,

Lower arm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

Shoulder,

Armpit,

Side,

Waist,

Hip,

Hamstring,

Left thigh,

Kneecap,

Calf,

Ankle,

Heel,

Sole,

Top of the foot,

All left toes.

Now the front.

Feel the right side of the body with the right hand thumb,

Second finger,

Left hand thumb,

Left eyelid,

Left eyelid,

Right eye and left eye,

Right ear,

Left ear,

Right nostril,

Left nostril,

Right cheek,

Left cheek,

Your upper lip,

Lower lip,

Your chin,

Jaw,

Pit of the throat,

Right collarbone,

Left collarbone,

Right chest,

Left chest,

Center of the chest,

Your navel,

Upper abdomen and lower abdomen,

Your right groin and left groin,

Your right thigh,

Left thigh,

Right knee,

Left knee,

Right ankle,

Left ankle,

Right toes and left toes,

Now the back,

The right toes,

Left toes,

Right sole,

Left sole,

Right heel,

Left heel,

Right ankle,

Left ankle,

Right calf muscle,

Left calf muscle,

Back of the right knee,

Back of the left knee,

Back of the right thigh,

Back of the left thigh,

Right buttock,

Left buttock,

Right hip,

Left hip,

Your whole spine,

The right shoulder blade,

Left shoulder blade,

Back of the neck,

Back of the head,

And the top of the head,

Now the inner parts of the body,

Take your mind to the brain,

Start with the brain,

The brain,

The nasal passage between the nose and the throat,

Tongue,

The teeth,

The palate to the roof of the mouth,

The right ear drum and the left ear drum,

The throat through which the air passes,

The alimentary canal of the food passage,

The right lung and the left lung,

Your heart,

And feel the heart by concentrating on the heartbeat,

The stomach which is above your navel towards the left side,

The liver above the navel towards your right side and your right kidney and the left kidney towards the back and above the waist level,

And the abdomen is very long called tube,

Called the small intestine,

Inverted u-shaped tube called the large intestine,

Once again faster,

Start with the brain,

The brain,

Nasal passage,

Tongue,

Palate,

Right ear drum,

Left ear drum,

Throat,

Alimentary canal,

Right lung,

Left lung,

Heart,

Stomach,

Liver,

Right kidney,

Left kidney,

Small intestine,

Large intestine and your whole abdomen,

Now the major parts of the body,

The whole of the right leg,

The whole of the left leg,

Both legs together,

The whole of the right arm and the whole of the left arm and both arms together,

The whole of the head together and the whole of the back together,

The whole of the front together,

And all the internal organs together,

The whole body,

The whole body,

And the whole body,

Visualize the body as you say it in your mind and intensify your awareness,

Now concentrate on the body lying on the floor,

Your body is lying on the floor,

Become aware of the meeting points between the body and the floor,

Head in the floor,

Your shoulders on the floor,

Your arms on the floor,

Your back on the floor,

Your buttocks on the floor,

And your thighs on the floor,

Your calves on the floor,

And your heels on the floor,

The whole body in the floor,

Now bring your awareness to the breath,

Become aware that you're breathing,

Become aware of your breath in general,

Just become conscious that you're breathing and nothing else,

Continue your awareness of breathing and gradually bring your attention to your eyebrow center,

Imagine that you're breathing through the eyebrow center and the breath moves in and out from the forehead,

Imagine that your breath moves through the eyebrow center to point into the center of the back of the head,

Maintain your awareness of the breath,

And breathing through the eyebrow center,

Make sure that you're aware of the rising and falling of the breath,

Maintain this awareness of the breath,

You're aware that you're lying in Shavasana and nothing else besides this,

Now shift our attention to awareness of sensations,

And awaken the feelings of cold,

Concentrate on your spinal cord and develop a feeling of coldness and shivering,

Concentrate the breath in your left nostril and develop a feeling of cold in your whole body,

Every breath you take makes the body cooler and cooler,

Concentrate on the left nostril and the left breath,

With every breath you take into the body experience the cold,

Experience this cold sensation and concentrate on feeling cool,

The whole body will be enveloped in this absolute feeling of cold,

Now concentrate on creating heat surrounding the body,

Develop the manifestation of heat in the body,

Concentrate on becoming enveloped in an atmosphere of heat throughout the body,

From the head to the toes,

Concentrate on the breath in the right nostril and with each inhalation increase the feeling of heat in the whole body from the head to toe,

Develop the feeling of heat in the body concentrating in the mind,

From the mind you can produce this heat and distribute it through the body,

The navel center and the right nostril concentrate on the heat that you've created around your body,

Now recollect any pain,

Recollect any pain and try to develop that recollection to such a depth that your mind is infused by the pain,

Remember the pain,

Feel that pain,

You should awaken your will and feel the pain,

Real and imaginary in any part of the body or in all parts of the body,

Concentrate your mind wherever you awaken this feeling of pain,

Assemble the energy particles of pain and manifest this experience of pain,

Now recollect the feelings of pleasure,

Maybe pleasure belonging to the sense of taste,

Pleasure belonging to the hearing or seeing,

Whatever this experience is,

Whether it's a big experience or little,

Just experience it,

It should be concentrated and developed into total ecstatic feeling,

Deepen your awareness and assemble the total energies of will,

Manifest this experience of pleasure,

Now concentrate and become aware of waves surging over a large ocean under a dark sky,

The waves are symbols of your unconsciousness,

I see the dark sky and the vast ocean and the waves,

Intensify your concentration and now imagine a well,

It's very deep and with the help of a rope go down as far as you can and then come out,

Have this experience,

Now return to your mind and become aware of any spontaneous thoughts,

Become aware of any spontaneous thought processes for some time and then without completing it dispose of it,

Detach yourself completely and go to another thought and now stop spontaneous thought process,

Reject all spontaneous thoughts,

Reject spontaneous thoughts and instead you must choose a thought and develop it at will,

Reject any spontaneous thoughts and develop a thought of your own making,

You see that thought and continue,

Now intensify your imagination and concentration and the power of conception,

Imagine an ocean calm and quiet,

It's very dark,

Imagine you're on the surface and you slowly start to sink,

Become unconscious,

Sinking deeper and deeper,

Sink deeper and deeper and discover the secrets of your body,

It's in a world which is an absolute inside,

Intensify your imagination and the power of conception,

See a deep and dark jungle,

Enter into the jungle,

Go deep into the jungle and continue on,

Go deeper and deeper into the jungle and you see a lonely clearing with an aura of light around it,

The light comes from a temple close by,

The temple is like a house and it's lit from the inside at night,

But there's this great aura of light around the outside,

From far off you see and you become aware that the temple is pulsating with the vibration and the sound of om,

Inside the temple there's chanting of mantras and the ringing of bells,

The smell of incense is in the air,

Draw closer to the temple and feel the atmosphere of peace,

The door of the temple is open,

You peep inside and there's nothing there,

There's nothing but a yogi sitting there in rugs,

He's sitting in a lotus posture with his eyes open,

But sitting in front of him you look at his face and find out who he could be,

You sit and concentrate,

And now become aware of the breath,

Become aware of the breath and remember your resolve,

Your sankalpa,

And repeat your resolve with absolute faith and awareness,

Repeat your resolve with your sankalpa three times,

The whole body,

The whole body,

The whole body,

Relax all efforts and become aware of the whole body,

And bring your attention to the natural breath,

The quiet breath,

Develop your awareness of the quiet breath,

Maintain your awareness of the breath and gradually deepen it and make it stronger,

Become aware of your physical existence,

Become aware of the physical existence of your body and your state of physical relaxation,

At the same time your breath is growing stronger and take a long slow and deep breath in and then let it all out,

Develop awareness of your body deeply relaxed lying on the floor,

Visualize the surrounding room and let your mind become completely external,

Start making small movements in your body and begin to move your fingers and toes,

Move your arms and legs slowly,

Keep your eyes closed and take a few deep breaths and stretch yourself thoroughly,

If it's available to take your arms over your head please do so,

Please take your time and there's no hurry,

When you're sure that you're wide awake sit up slowly and open your eyes,

The practice of Yoganidra is now complete.

Reviews

Wheee! That was an advanced rapid nidra! Love the silent background and internal organ rotation. Intense thought visualizations. Mind did not wander much with this one. 5/15/24

That was quite a journey! I liked the fast pace and variety of images - felt like a sprint at times but ultimately was very relaxing. Thank you

I don’t know where I went but it was awesome.

Yoga Nidra is such a potent healing modality and it was wonderful to hear this version. I fell asleep first time but second I was able to remain aware. Loved the depth of the sensory awareness which I haven’t experienced before and the addition of the internal body awareness. Has inspired me with some new ideas for a Nidra I wanted to create for myself. Namaste 🙏🏻✨

Wonderful, I’ve come back many, many times

Loved this yoga nidra. I can’t wait to try the other in the series. Thanks so much! 🙏

I’ve done all of your yoga nidras many times and find them all extremely good for my sense of relaxation and rest🙏. Thank you for doing them.

Surreal. Challenging yet completely refreshing. Fantastic practice.

Fantastic, it’s amazing that you can start stressed & tired and it 23 mins be refreshed!

Excellent session. Steady (but not slow) timing allows for the meditation to really work deeply.

Perfect! Has become a favorite. Great rhythm. Recommended highly. Thank you! 👣

Amazing! The tempo made my ping pong brain adapt easily and within minutes I was calm! Thank you!

Wow what an amazing yoga nidra! So in depth.. Thankyou 🙏💛🌟

An incredibly powerful yoga nidra session! Thank you so much! Namaste

My favorite yoga nidra practice thus far. What a journey...rich, simple/complex, illuminating, deeply restful but also rejuvenating. Thank you so much, Tristan.

Thank you. I was wondering why with yogi nidra we always start on the right side of the body, do you know why? I think to ask you, as I noticed you switched to the left nostril when focusing on temperature.

Great Yoga Nidra. Thank you

Wow, awesome. The pace of imagery following body scan was very quick. Perhaps with practice I can keep up.