Welcome,
Welcome,
Welcome.
30 minutes of sound,
30 minutes for you to receive,
To relax.
I think I spoke to that a little bit in my email earlier.
Sound,
One of my greatest teachers.
Why?
Because it's really an invitation again and again to slow down.
And it's a practice that asks nothing of us other than being open and receive.
And similar to sound,
It's yin yoga but sound especially is this sacred container in which it's really safe to do nothing.
And our lifestyle,
So many other areas of our life really,
Are shaped and conditioned by the belief that we need to be doing something.
We cannot slow down,
We cannot give ourselves a pause,
We cannot rest because that would make us lazy or less productive,
Less efficient.
And keep us from our goals which I believe personally is an illusion.
But it takes time and it takes practice for us to really feel safe when resting,
To really allow ourselves to move into relaxation and receive.
And sound is definitely teaching me that.
And I believe sound has the opportunity to teach all of us to surrender and receive.
And that's why I love sharing sound.
So all that you are asked to do today is relax,
Open up and receive.
And you can do that either in a comfortable seated position or going to lie down on your yoga mat,
On the couch,
On the bed,
Wherever feels comfortable.
So if you would like to go ahead and find your comfortable position,
Maybe you can dim the lights or cover your eyes with an eye pillow,
Something light,
A shawl.
And really beautiful if you choose to lie down is coming to lie down in Shavasana.
Coming to lie down on your back,
Arms and legs extended.
But know that there's absolutely no rush to get there.
You can bring your arms down beside the body with the palms facing up.
Or maybe you'd like to place your hands on your body.
Maybe on your belly,
Your womb,
Your heart.
Any position that feels comfortable.
Exactly closing down the eyes.
And as you're lying down here,
Resting,
Sense the body get heavy.
Sense the body begin to relax.
Bring your attention to the natural flow of your breath.
Feel the belly rise and fall.
The inhalation your belly is gently rising.
The acceleration.
Belly is falling again.
Let that very gentle whisper sound your breath roll your attention more and more inward.
Away from any external noise.
Bringing your awareness into your body.
To that which is alive and present within you.
Knowing that it's all about noticing what is present in the life.
There's no right or wrong.
And begin to intuitively lengthen your exhalations.
Feel a gentle pull back of the navel to its spine.
With every exhalation,
Release any tension,
Any stress.
And allow yourself to be more and more supported by earth below.
Be held.
Just a few more moments like that.
Focusing on the exhalation.
Emptying out.
Releasing tension.
Releasing stress.
Fully landing in your body in this present moment.
And from this point on,
Allow yourself to move into complete effortlessness.
Let the breath fade away.
And be open to receive the sounds.
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Gently begin to deepen your breath again.
Bring awareness back into your physical body.
Slowly begin to wake yourself up again,
Inviting small movements into hands and feet,
Wiggling the toes,
The fingertips.
From here on,
Let the body guide you.
If you feel like stretching,
Stretch.
If you'd like to rest in that space that you're in right now,
Then do that.
And in your own time,
Roll over to your right side,
Giving yourself another moment here and that magical space in between,
Space of effortlessness,
Receivership.
Take another deep breath in and a sigh out through open mouth.
Very slowly push yourself up to a comfortable seated position,
Cross-legged or on your heels,
On a chair.
Upright seat,
Grounding down through your sit bones,
Lengthening through the spine,
Reaching all the way up through a crown of head.
Relax your shoulders.
Open your face and release the jaw.
Know that this experience of calm,
Of openness,
Of rest and relaxation has been within you all along.
All that we are asked to do in our daily life is to remember,
To notice when we forget and going back to that place of remembrance.
Place that sense of trust deep within the center of your chest.
And with that,
Bring your hands together,
Front of your chest,
Your heart space in Anjali Mudra.
Bow your forehead down,
Two with fingertips down,
Two with yourself.
In reverence for this practice,
For yourself,
Gratitude to the practice and yourself.
Namaste.
