Yoga Nidra: Flow Of Gaia’s Waters And Fairies' Magic

This yoga nidra meditation invites you on a journey through the rich soils of your body, where fresh, nourishing waters flow from Gaia. As these crystal-clear waters travel throughout your body, playful sprites and fairies dive joyfully into pooling waters, infusing your being with their magic.

You’ll find yourself standing on an emerald isle, feeling your toes grip the soft earth as the rhythmic waves crash upon the shore. The sun warms your skin, and a gentle breeze whispers through your hair, grounding you in the present moment.

As clouds drift across the sky, you explore feelings of longing and contentment, inviting memories that stir these emotions. This soothing practice encourages deep rest and reflection, allowing you to connect with the timeless rhythms of nature.

The meditation concludes with a beautiful serenade by Emma Lowe, leaving you in a state of peace and tranquility.

Music by Chris Collins

Transcript

Welcome to this practice of Soma Nidra,

Fully settling,

Turning your attention inward.

Let the tiny muscles around your eyes soften.

Sliding down toward the floor,

Softening the jaw.

Let the tongue rest in the mouth.

Allow all expression from your face to fade away.

As your face lets go,

Notice how your whole body responds.

As you soften into the surface beneath you,

Let your whole body drop into the embrace of the earth.

Know you are welcome here.

Welcome in your own body.

Welcome here among us.

Welcome into this space and on this land.

Fully welcome.

And whatever arises within you,

Be it sensation,

Feelings,

Emotions,

Thoughts,

Desires,

Images,

Or if any distractions occur outside,

Allow it all to be here with a sense of welcoming.

An invitation to move you more deeply within,

Knowing all along that you are held here with care as you enter into the state of awareness that is Yoga Nidra.

Now let's take a full breath in together.

And with sound,

Whatever sound emerges,

Let it go fully.

Inhale again and release any sound.

And one more breath in,

Letting go even more.

Feeling yourself beginning to enter a deeper level of inner stillness.

As we enter into this Yoga Nidra,

Simply allow your body to respond non-mentally and directly to my words,

Without any interference from the mind.

Shift from thinking and doing to feeling and being.

Sense the earth rising up to embrace the weight of your body.

Sense the connecting points of your own body with the body of the earth.

Feel your own body fusing with the body of the earth.

Your body and the earth's body becoming one unified body of land.

Now allow us to plant in the heart of the land of the body a seed of intention that is your Sankalpa.

This is a way of being that is born of your heart.

Allow for an intention to arise,

Perhaps in words,

Stated,

Several times in the present tense,

Or maybe it's an image or a felt sense that is an expression of your heartfelt prayer.

And let it echo through your body as though it were already so.

Or simply trust in the deeper intuitive guidance of your own soul's wisdom that already knows the way.

Letting go of any struggle or effort to make anything happen.

In the rich soils of your body and for seeds to grow,

Fresh nourishing waters begin to flow.

Your attention comes to rest on the point between the eyebrows where a spring of pure waters gurgle forth from the intelligence of the earth Gaia and bubbles down to the hollow between the collarbones.

Here the waters trickle in until they overflow and a stream of crystal clear waters flows down to the right shoulder,

Picking up any impurities along the way flowing into the right elbow,

Into the wrist,

And then whirlpooling in the palm of the hand and brimming over into each finger.

On the tips of each finger sits a little sprite.

Each one playfully diving one by one back into the pooling waters in the palm of the hand.

The waters flow back up to the palm,

Wrist,

Elbow,

Shoulder.

Brimming over the hollow between the collarbones,

Sense the whole right arm pulsing with the energy of these very magic infused glistening waters.

Then the stream of crystal clear waters flows down to the left shoulder.

Picking up outgrown habits and patterns that no longer serve,

That fertilize your growth.

Flowing into the left elbow,

Into the wrist,

And then whirlpooling in the palm of the hand.

Brimming over into each finger.

And on the tips of each finger sits a little sprite.

Each one playfully diving one by one back into the pooling waters in the palm of the hand.

The waters flow back up to the wrist,

Elbow,

Shoulder.

Bubbling over the hollow between the collarbones.

Sense the whole left arm pulsing with the energy of these very magic infused glistening waters.

Two little fairies ride the cascading waters down the center channel,

Orbiting at the heart.

Sprinkling their love and kindness and joy into the heart center.

One surfing the crystal waters down to the navel,

Circulating around the navel.

And one little fairy continues to ride the stream into the right hip.

The crystal waters overflow down the right leg into the knee,

Ankle.

Pooling in the sole of the foot,

Which in turn flows into each toe,

Where another gang of little sprites jump one by one into the pooling waters into the sole of the foot.

Splashing about,

The waters flow back up the ankle,

Knee,

And hip.

Sense the whole right leg glistening with the energy of these very magic infused waters.

The current flows across the pelvis where our second little fairy glides over the whirlpooling waters at the left hip.

The crystal waters stream down the left leg to the knee,

Ankle,

Pooling in the sole of the foot,

Pouring into all the toes,

Each perching a little sprite,

Who one by one dive into the pooling waters in the sole of the foot.

Splashing about,

The waters flow up the ankle,

Knee,

Hip.

Sense the whole left leg glistening with the energy of these very magic infused waters.

These magical waters circulate through the pelvis and like a gentle tidal wave swell up the river valley of the spine,

Washing out into the Earth's vast oceans,

Enlivening the whole world with enchantment,

Joy,

And magic.

Now invite your attention to your breath.

Follow and feel the entire passage of breath as it moves in and out.

With the next inhale,

Breathe in the nose and fill the lungs naturally.

And as you exhale,

Gently contract the back of the throat,

Creating an ocean sound.

Inhale normally and exhale with ocean sound,

Without strain or struggle,

Slowing the passage of breath.

Be absorbed in the sound and sensation of the exhaling breath as though like our fairy friends riding ocean waves to shore.

This time as you inhale,

Pause for a moment at the top of the inhalation.

Pausing before exhaling with the ocean breath.

Again for the next several breaths,

Inhale fully,

Natural breath,

And pause at the top of the inhalation and exhale with ocean sound.

Now allow attention to be drawn in with the breath up to the eyebrow center.

And as you exhale with ocean breath,

Allow attention to softly rest at the third eye.

Continuing for a few more waves of breath in this way,

Maintaining your focus on the eyebrow center.

And then releasing back to a natural breath that becomes increasingly soft and gentle.

Depth into the field of silence,

Merging like a drop into the ocean of beingness.

Now see before your mind's eye or simply sense your feet embedded like a tree,

Standing on the shoreline of an emerald isle,

Dense with lush green fields behind you.

Your toes like roots lightly grip the soft earth as you sense the waves roll and foam onto the shore.

You hear the rhythmic crash of each wave as though holding a drumbeat to your own flowing breath.

The earth's own breath as a warm breeze touches your arms and like fluttering leaves on a tree wafts through your hair.

The fireball in the sky,

Bright in the crisp blue sky,

Kisses your skin with its nurturing warmth.

A cloud passes over the great fireball in the sky,

Momentarily kicking up stronger and cooler gusts of wind.

The glistening waves stretching to the horizon momentarily lose their glitter as the sun disappears behind the passing cloud,

Casting a shade across the landscape.

But moments later as change is inevitable,

As the cloud continues to drift across the vast blue sky,

The sun's rays and warmth re-emerge and touch your face once more.

You settle into the sands and continue to gaze out at the glistening waters that stretch across the endless horizon.

Just like the passing cloud temporarily covers the warmth of the sun,

A feeling of longing arises within you.

If it's helpful,

Invite a memory that stirs this feeling of longing.

Allow this feeling of longing to be fully felt.

Feel into longing.

Longing.

Longing.

Now invite a memory that invites a feeling of contentment.

Allow this feeling of contentment to blossom and to be fully felt.

Feel into contentment.

Contentment.

And notice,

Just like the wide open sky that can allow for the clouds to pass and the winds to gust,

So too you can hold both longing and contentment arising within you at the same time.

You are like the wide open spacious sky,

Untouched by the passing of rainstorms,

Clouds,

Rainbows,

Birds,

Or airplanes flying through it.

The sky simply allows without judgment,

Completely untouched,

Yet able to hold it all.

Just as you too can hold your own lived experiences,

Like passing storms or beautiful rainbows,

Rest in this knowing,

This remembering that you are like the wide open vast sky,

That holds all that passes through,

Yet remains untouched by the coming and going of it all.

From this remembering,

A spark of joy grows in your heart.

Planted there by our fairy friend,

An inner smile spreads from your heart center into all your organs,

Throughout your torso,

Sensing every organ smiling.

This inner smile spreads and moves into your arms,

Smiling.

Legs,

Smiling.

Your lips curl with a smile,

Spreading throughout your whole head.

Your whole body smiling.

Every cell smiling.

Whole body smiling from the inside out.

Sense the inner joy spreading out into this space.

Sending this joy to each one in this room.

Sending it throughout the space,

The land,

The town,

The whole nation.

Inner smiling joy blessing this emerald isle,

With glistening magic infused fairy waters.

The wide open skies with passing clouds and rains.

Blessing all who inhabit this isle and beyond.

Spreading across the entire world into the far reaches of the living cosmos.

Across all spaces,

Dimensions,

And time.

Rest in that.

In these fertile soils of awareness,

Invite your sankalpa back in.

This way of being that is born of your heart.

Let it echo through your body as though it were already so.

Or simply trust in the deeper intuitive guidance of your own soul's wisdom that already knows the way.

Slowly become aware of the gentle rise and fall of your belly.

The in and out flow of breath.

When there is a natural urge to rise to the surface of awareness,

Allow yourself to drift,

Accompanied by the fairies.

Drifting without effort,

Without pull.

A natural rising back into eye's open state of awareness.

As your consciousness rises,

Keep a tendril of your awareness connected to the deep knowing of our magical interbeingness.

A magical interbeingness with this world and the other world.

With your own body's wisdom.

This is an ancient knowing to be remembered.

Share the same life force as all the elements and beings of nature across all spaces and time.

Know you are now fully recharged by the touch of this nature nidra.

This fairy nidra.

Sensing into your own body.

Now resting upon the earth's body.

Plant a seed and watch it grow.

Light up the window and this is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

Build a fire and watch it burn.

Gather round the fire.

Build a fire and watch it burn.

Gather round the fire and this is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

Barefoot on a wooden floor.

Coffee on the cooker.

Barefoot on a wooden floor.

Coffee on the cooker.

And this is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

Snuggled in Arnitra nests.

Connecting to the dreamtime.

Snuggled in Arnitra nests.

Having just the best time.

And this is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

This is where I lay my heart.

When you're ready,

Slowly beginning to open the eyes.

Just letting them rest on something that brings you a sense of pleasure or delight,

Whether it's a color or a texture.

Just easing back to your awake and alert state.

This Soma Nidra is now complete.

All my relations.