Welcoming you into.
This nature Nidra.
Taking a moment to arrive.
Noticing.
Simple fact of just being here.
This is a threshold space.
A quiet moment between what has been and what is beginning to unfold.
Nothing to do.
Nowhere to go.
Just arriving.
And invite a nice deep breath in.
And as you exhale the breath.
Begin to sense the weight of your body.
The points of contact with the ground beneath you.
Sense the heaviness of your bones.
The density.
In the body.
And let yourself be received by the earth.
As if the body could gently settle like something placed down after being carried.
Feel the back of your body.
Sides of the body.
Front to the body.
All of you.
Taking rest.
And sense now beneath you dark,
Fertile earth.
So.
.
.
Rich alive.
And your body resting upon it,
Supported.
Nourish.
Help.
As if subtle roots could begin to extend downward.
Without effort.
To natural settling.
Body.
Belonging to the earth.
The deepest knowing of the Earth begins to rise.
A slow,
Steady nourishment.
Carrying what is needed for something new to stir.
Something new to revive and inspire you.
Now invite your attention to the mouth.
Jaw softening.
The eyes resting back.
All facial expression dissolving.
Thank you.
The head.
Supported,
Heavy.
Tension flowing down the neck.
Into shoulders.
Softening.
Down through the arms.
To the hands.
To the fingers.
Sensing the chest.
The back body.
The belly soft.
Receptive.
Pelvis grounded.
Sensing down the legs.
Into the feet.
Soles of the feet.
Into toes.
Sense the whole body.
Whole body.
Full body resting.
Like Earth receiving Earth.
And bring awareness now to the natural rhythm of your breath.
No need to change it,
Just noticing.
Gentle rise.
Be in breath.
I'm gonna fall with the outburst.
The quiet movement of life breathing you.
Within this steady rhythm.
Begin to sense.
Or imagine or visualize.
A small ember.
A soft glowing warmth resting in the belly.
Quiet Ember.
And with each inhale.
A gentle,
Bright name.
A small flame.
In the solar plexus.
And with each exhale,
A soft settling.
Ember glowing steadily.
Warning.
Contained.
Alive.
And with each breath.
You may begin to sense.
We're silently here.
Or repeat to yourself.
The Bija Mantra Rama.
Softly kindling the glow.
Raw.
A subtle pulse of warmth.
Rawr!
The ember quietly brightening from within.
Ram.
Raw.
Ram.
Love.
Draw.
Drama.
A natural igniting.
A quiet fire of life.
Breathing itself awake.
And as the body continues to rest.
And the breath continues to flow.
Let go of the seed mantra.
And become aware of the space of the mind.
Thoughts?
Impressions.
Emotions.
Sensations.
Whatever may be moving.
No need to change anything.
Simply notice.
This changing phenomena.
The coming and going.
And into this inner landscape.
See or sense a soft moonlight.
A full.
.
.
Luminous presence.
Casting a gentle silvery light.
Quiet illumination.
.
.
The moonlight revealing.
Without judgement.
Simply allowing things to be seen as they are.
Perhaps there are patterns.
And all that.
Or habits.
Or feelings.
Like shapes in a landscape.
And if something feels ready.
Ready to soften,
Ready to complete.
You might sense it gently offered.
To the warmth of the ember.
Effortlessly offering it into the gentle fire.
And like dry leaves returning to ash.
Something completes its cycle.
Not by force.
Just the quiet intelligence of release.
Let it be seen and illuminated in the moonlight.
Let it be offered into the fire.
Sense the moonlight above you.
Silver moonbeams.
Cast along an inner landscape.
Sense the ember within glowing.
Burning gently.
Glowing fire.
Silvery moonbeams.
Silvery moonbeams.
Glowing ember.
And then resting back.
As you hold it off.
In awareness.
And in the quiet that remains.
Sense deeper.
Beneath the layers of thought,
Beneath the movements of sensations.
Emotions,
Images,
And memories.
Patterns and habits.
There's a more subtle knowing.
A quiet intelligence.
Within the fertile earth beneath you.
Within the warmth of your body.
Sense or imagine or see a small seed.
Resting in the dark.
Help.
Supported.
Gently warmed by the ember.
Softly illuminated by the moonlight.
This seed carries something of what is emerging.
Not yet formed.
Not needing to be understood just sense.
And you might ask softly.
What is beginning?
And simply listen.
Without needing an answer.
Trusting that something is already in motion.
A spark of knowing in the heart.
Let it land gently.
Like a seed in the fertile soils of your being.
And now letting go of all images.
Of the ember,
Of the moonlight,
Of the seed.
Let everything dissolve.
Rest in simple awareness.
A quiet field of presence emanates throughout.
Nothing to hold.
Nothing to follow.
Just rest here in beingness.
Once more.
If it feels right to invite what wants to emerge.
What's seeking renewal.
Like a seedling.
Sprouting from the earth.
And moving towards blooming.
And gradually becoming aware again of your body.
Resting.
The Earth.
Sensing the space around you.
And the quiet warmth within.
Still there in the glowing ember.
A new cycle already in motion.
Without needing your effort.
Nothing to do,
Nowhere to go.
Carrying you forth.
Its own accord and begin to deepen the breath slightly.
Inviting small movements in the fingers and the toes.
And when you're ready,
Gently returning.
Carrying with you this sense of groundedness,
Warmth.
Quiet unfolding.
Illumination.
And with that,
We come in peace.
We go in peace.
This Soma Nidra,
This Yoga Nidra,
Is now complete.
Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti Namaste.
