Restorative Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is the yoga of deep rest and restoration. This meditation will guide you through the practice as you lay down, relax, and unwind on many levels. You have no where to go and nothing to do. You are here to simply feel you body and listen, allowing yourself to slip into a supportive and rejuvinating state of being.

Transcript

Welcome to Yoga Nidra,

The Divine Sleep.

This is Sharon Rosen with Heart of Self Care and I'll be guiding you through your practice right now.

And in this practice,

Unlike most meditative practices,

You want to be laying down comfortably on the floor or on your bed.

Let your body sink into the floor.

Get comfortable.

Shift and move a little to let your body settle deeper into the ground.

Be comforted that at this time everything is okay.

Nothing else matters right now.

Everything is okay.

Nowhere to go and nothing to do.

Here to simply feel your body and listen.

Don't worry or become agitated if you don't hear everything I say.

It's natural to flow in and out of conscious hearing.

The deepest part of you,

Your core self,

Is always listening.

Whatever your experience today,

This practice will still work.

There is no way to do this wrong.

Simply listen without trying too hard.

You're in a safe environment,

Protected space,

Held space.

Come into stillness now and remain still for deep rest and deep nourishment.

Feel your natural breath,

Breath flowing through.

Allow your bones to become heavy.

Feel your bones heavy and sinking into the earth.

Release bones heavy and sinking.

Go deep inside now.

Deep inside to notice your heart's deepest longing.

What does your heart desire?

Create an intention,

An affirmation based on your heart's longing,

A positive statement in the present tense as though it's already happening.

For example,

I flow through life with ease and peace.

I am relaxed.

Come up with your own intention and state it three times as though it is already happening.

Allow your awareness to travel through your body now on a journey of sensation.

Simply feel each part as it is mentioned and without moving,

Remain still.

Welcome all sensation just as it is.

Begin with the mouth.

Feel your mouth.

Feel sensation in your mouth.

Feel your jaw,

Lips,

Upper lip,

Lower lip.

Notice where the lips touch.

Feel the inside of the mouth,

Roof,

Undertongue,

Upper teeth and gums,

Lower teeth and gums,

Tongue,

Root of the tongue,

Center of the tongue,

Tip.

Notice sense of taste in the mouth.

Feel the left inner cheek,

Right inner cheek.

Now feel all the parts together,

Now as a whole.

Feel your mouth as sensation,

As energy,

As radiant vibration.

Feel your nose.

Notice the nostrils,

Left nostril,

Right nostril,

Both nostrils.

Notice the breath,

Nasal passages.

Follow nasal passages all the way back into your head.

Become aware of your ears,

Right ear,

Left ear,

Both ears simultaneously.

Feel the wrinkles and folds of the ears,

Backs of the ears,

Earlobes,

Ear canals.

Follow ear canals into the inner ear.

Notice your ears receiving sound,

Listening.

Feel your ears hearing.

Feel your eyes,

Left eye,

Right eye,

Both eyes together.

Notice eyelids,

Feel each eyelash.

Notice where the eyelids touch.

Become aware of the surface of the eyes,

Centers of the eyes,

Backs of the eyes.

Feel your eyes now as energy,

Radiant,

Glowing embers.

Bring awareness to your crown,

Forehead,

Face.

Feel your whole head.

Feel your neck,

Back of the neck,

Sides of the neck,

Throat.

Notice your right palm,

Thumb,

First finger,

Second finger,

Third finger,

Fourth finger.

Feel your whole hand alive with energy.

Feel your wrist,

Forearm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

Whole shoulder.

Notice the notch at the base of the throat.

Notice your left palm,

Thumb,

First finger,

Second finger,

Third finger,

Fourth finger.

Feel your whole hand alive and filled with sensation.

Feel your left wrist,

Forearm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

Whole shoulder.

Notice the notch at the base of the throat.

Become aware of the upper chest,

Upper back,

Shoulder blades.

Feel your heart center.

Notice your abdomen,

Ribs on the back,

Solar plexus.

Feel your belly,

Navel center,

Pelvis,

Hips.

Feel your right hip,

Thigh,

Knee,

Lower calf,

Ankle,

Foot,

Toes,

Sole of the foot,

Whole foot.

Feel again the pelvis,

Left hip,

Thigh,

Knee,

Lower leg,

Ankle,

Foot,

Toes,

Sole,

Whole foot.

Notice both feet.

Feel your root between your sitting bones,

Navel center,

Solar plexus,

Heart center,

Throat center,

Mouth,

Third eye between the brows,

Crown.

Feel now the back body resting on the earth.

Bring awareness of your whole back body as sensation alive with vibration.

Feel now the front body filled with radiant vibration.

Pour your awareness like liquid into the right side of your body.

Feel the right side.

Feel your awareness like flowing sensors into the left side.

Feel your left side.

Feel midline.

Feel your body as a whole,

Complete entity.

Feel sensation throughout your entire body.

Begin to notice your breath,

Your natural breath as it flows through you.

Feel the in breath.

Note the out breath.

As you exhale,

Imagine a wave passing downward through your body carrying away tensions.

As you inhale,

A fresh wave flows upward through your whole body,

Bringing a sense of calm to every cell.

Exhale,

Wave flowing downward through your body carries away fears.

Inhale,

Fresh wave upward brings serenity.

Repeat your intention.

Now remember your heart's longing statement.

Repeat it again three times as the present truth,

Three times to yourself.

It is the truth.

Notice your back body side of the body facing the earth.

Feel all the places where you touch the ground.

Notice the front body facing skyward.

Notice all of the space surrounding you.

Let your body expand wider into the space that surrounds you.

Notice your breath.

Feel its rhythm and pace.

We are now completing relaxation practice.

Before moving,

Sense your fingers and just imagine them moving.

Now begin to wiggle your fingers,

Feeling every sensation as you do.

Notice your toes.

Now begin to wiggle your toes.

Slowly rock your head side to side,

A slow awakening.

Draw a deeper breath into your belly and into your chest.

Rock slowly over to your right side in a fetal position.

Imagine that you are water and pressing your left palm into the floor flow like a river up to a comfortable seated position.

Lengthen your spine.

Take a full breath in and as you exhale,

Imagine filling with divine light.

Bring your hands onto your face.

Notice how you feel right now.

Notice the effects of your relaxation practice.

Aum,

Peace,

Peace,

Eternal peace.

May there be peace,

Eternal peace in your heart.

Remember so slowly now,

Allow the eyes to slowly open to a soft gaze on the floor.

Reviews

Clear gentle instructions- lovely voice. A good amount of time for afternoon yoga nidra

A lovely, gentle and relaxing practice. Thank you 🙏

Lovely guidance with a careful body scan. Thank you!

A lovely yoga nidra. Thank you 😊

Lovely, thank you

Very grounding and relaxing—thank you so much, Sharon 🙏🏻❤️

Beautiful meditation. I always come back to it when I only have time for a shorter meditation. In 15 minutes I'm relaxed and grounded again.
Thank you 💕

Really nice midday restorative Yoga Nidra. Thank you ❤️🙌

Thankyou
Clear, calming and enlightening 😊🙏

Loved your voice and pace, a really good short meditation, a beautiful quick recharge. Thank you

Excellent yoga nidra relaxation when time is limited.

Wonderful. Thank you

Thank you! I feel won

Great in-depth relaxation meditation! I felt wonderful afterwards! Thank you!

Gentle pace for whole body relaxation. Very encouraging intro to the nidra experience. Thank you.

Surprisingly awakening 🙏

A quicker, matter-of-fact and very competently done version. My son prefers this to the longer, musical ones, so we use this often. Thank you!

Soothing and relaxing. Thank you. ❤️

this practice is unique . thank you for your sharing, this is part of my daily practice ✌💜🙏💪 yes Sharon this is still a go to meditation