Remember Your Light

Surrender into the wisdom that you are exactly where you need to be. Using principles of Yoga Nidra ("Yogic sleep") meditation, you will be guided into deep relaxation through body and breath awareness, exploring opposites, and guided imagery to help you remember your inner light. You will rise from the practice with a renewed sense of well-being and contentment.

Transcript

Let's begin the practice.

Lie down comfortably on your back,

On your yoga mat,

Bed,

Or on the floor.

If lying down on your back is not available to you,

Find any position of comfort.

Use any pillows,

Blankets,

Or props to support you and help you become as comfortable as possible.

Make sure that you won't be disturbed.

Close your eyes and take the next few moments to make any final adjustments.

Inhale deeply through the nose and exhale completely from the mouth.

Repeat this two more times.

Even return to your natural breath pattern.

See your body beginning to enter a restful state.

Body beginning to soften and surrender.

Invite softness and release into your being.

Allow the forehead and eyes to soften.

Let the jaw release.

Invite softness into the throat and heart spaces.

Listen to the shoulders,

Arms,

And hands.

Let the belly soften.

Let go of any holding or gripping in the hips and buttocks,

The legs and the feet.

Allow yourself to take up space and sense the body and the space around it.

Let the division between the body and the space around it to get a little blurry.

Begin to notice sounds.

Send the sense of hearing out into the distance.

Notice the most distant sounds you can hear.

Let the sounds be anonymous vibrations of energy.

Listen to closer sounds now,

Allowing the mind to move from sound to sound.

Listen to the sounds happening inside your body.

Focus on the natural sounds of the body.

Subtle involuntary inner workings.

At this time in the practice,

You are invited to create a sankalpa,

Your heartfelt resolve which reflects your deepest desire for growth,

Healing,

Or transformation.

Create your sankalpa as a positive statement in the present tense.

Once you've created it,

Repeat your sankalpa silently three times.

Let it go for now.

Bring your attention to the physical body.

You'll be guided through a systematic scan of the physical body.

As each body part is named,

Draw your attention to that body part,

Noticing it just as it is,

And then move on to the next one.

Bring your attention to the eyes.

Both eyes alive with sensation.

Notice the ears,

The nose and nostrils,

The lips and the mouth.

Become aware of the shoulders,

Arms,

The hands.

Feel into the palms of the hands.

Become aware of the throat center,

The heart center,

The abdomen,

Navel center,

The center of the pelvis,

And the pelvic bowl.

Notice the hips,

Legs,

And feet.

Feel into the whole spinal column.

Become aware of the whole right arm,

The whole left leg,

Right arm and left leg together.

Notice the whole left arm,

The whole right leg,

Left arm,

Right leg together.

Notice the whole right side of the body,

The whole left side of the body,

Both sides together.

Notice the whole back of the body,

The whole front of the body,

Back and front together.

Become aware of the whole body.

Observe the whole body as one.

See the body as if from above.

Observe the whole physical body from the top of the head to the tips of the toes.

Notice the whole body,

The whole body.

And shift your attention to the natural breath,

Sensing each inhalation and exhalation.

From the witness to the natural breath,

See the body breathing.

Observe yourself breathing.

Begin counting the breaths backward from 27 to 0 in this way.

Inhaling 27,

Exhaling 27.

Inhaling 26,

Exhaling 26,

And so on.

If you drift off or lose your way,

Lovingly bring yourself back to 27 and start again.

Order for your Pressure.

Release the counting of the breath.

Remind yourself to remain conscious and aware as you practice Yoganidra.

At this time in the practice,

We'll explore opposites in sensations and emotions.

Allow yourself to observe and be with any sensations or emotions that may arise.

Know that you are safe to experience the fluctuations of the mind.

The next time that you inhale,

Invite in an experience of emptiness.

Whole being is empty.

Notice any images,

Words,

Sounds,

Or sensations you may associate with emptiness.

Whole being is empty.

Now as you inhale again,

Invite in the opposite.

Invite in fullness,

The whole being experiencing fullness.

Noticing any images,

Words,

Sounds,

Or sensations you may associate with fullness.

The whole being is full.

Now feel empty again.

And now fullness.

And now feel them together.

Experience emptiness and fullness at the same time.

And let it go.

Now bring into mind a limiting or negative belief about yourself.

Allow yourself to completely experience this belief.

Perhaps you can feel it in your body as a sensation,

In your breath as an energy,

In your heart space as an emotion.

And now consider how it would feel to release this belief.

What if it weren't there?

What would be there for you?

How would this feel in your body,

Your breath,

Your heart?

Sense it fully.

Lift back to experiencing the limiting or negative belief.

Now it's opposite.

On your own,

Move back and forth between these opposite beliefs.

Now hold both beliefs in the mind at once.

Feel them both together.

Let it go.

Shift your awareness to the space of the mind.

The space in front of the closed eyes or inside the forehead,

The very center of the brain,

The space of wisdom.

Notice any colors,

Images,

Patterns,

Sounds,

Or language that may spontaneously arise.

Observe them like watching clouds pass.

And then see yourself floating in open water underneath a blue sky,

Watching the clouds go by.

The water is the perfect temperature,

Perfectly clear.

You are completely safe,

Held by the water,

The sun shining on your face.

See yourself floating comfortably.

Here as you are held by the water,

You can let go of anything that you've been wanting to release.

Feel it drift away from you.

The waves moving it out into the distance.

Feel the sun again shining over you.

Feel the sun warming you,

Nourishing you,

Filling you with its healing light,

Replacing what no longer serves you with its gentle warmth.

Feel and see your whole being warm with healing sunlight.

See yourself warm,

Glowing,

A being of light.

See the light shining out,

Shining out from you in all directions,

Dissolving all boundaries,

All limits.

See yourself as light,

Awareness,

Joy.

And in this light of awareness,

Bring back to mind your sankalpa,

Your heartfelt resolve.

Envision yourself as the embodiment of your sankalpa.

Notice how it feels to be your highest self.

Gently repeat it to yourself three more times.

Each time that you bring your sankalpa to mind,

Whether it's during your practice or in your daily life,

Whether you speak it aloud,

Write it down,

Or keep it to yourself,

You are shifting the direction of your path in subtle and significant ways.

So it's already true and already happening.

Feel yourself open and free,

Radiating light in all directions,

Radiating loving awareness,

And now become aware of yourself as the witness,

The aspect of yourself that observes without judgment and with compassion.

Notice thoughts and feelings arising within your consciousness.

Feel into the breath again.

And as you deepen your breath,

Become aware of your physical body again.

Begin to invite movement into your body.

Take any intuitive stretches your body might be asking you for.

And slowly turn over to your right side.

Mindfully bring yourself up to sit.

Hari Om Tat Sat,

The practice of yoga nidra has come to a close.

Thank you for seeing this.

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