Yoga Nidra For Healing

This is a practice of Yoga Nidra for general healing. Yoga Nidra is commonly known as “sleeping yoga”, but it is more than sleeping. The goal is not to sleep, but instead to achieve a state called “turiya” that is beyond waking, beyond sleeping, and beyond dreaming. Your mind and body are asleep, but your awareness is awake and aware of itself. It is pure consciousness — unconditioned and independent of the physical. One trick to prevent yourself from falling asleep is to bend your elbows throughout the practice. When you begin to fall asleep, your hands will fall over to the sides and you will be aware that you're dozing off. As you continue to practice, you will train yourself into the state of turiya. Hope you enjoy this practice!

Transcript

Welcome to your practice of yoga nidra for healing. Come to lie down on your back. Place a pillow or a bolster or a folded blanket under your head for some support. Something that's not too high just to make sure that your head is slightly propped up and not too uncomfortable on the surface beneath you, Ideally on the floor. You can also place a bolster or a pillow under your knees for some support. Now separate your legs wider than your hips. Allow your feet to fall open to the sides. But make sure that your heels are still grounded onto the floor. Place your arms down beside you. Alongside your body. And face your palms upwards. Make sure that nothing is touching your palms. Lengthen the back of your neck Close down your eyes. You can also place an eye cloth over your eyes but make sure that it is nothing too heavy. Close down your eyes. And make your final adjustments. Once you're done with your final adjustments. Minimize any unnecessary movements. This is your practice of yoga nidra for healing. Relax your body. And have the intention to relax. Your mind will sleep. Your body will sleep. But your awareness will remain awake and aware. Begin to notice your breath. Seeing internally, That as you inhale and exhale, Your belly rises and falls. As you inhale and exhale. Your belly rises and falls while your chest remains still. Now become aware of sound. Sensing sound as becoming increasingly distant. No attachment to any sounds that you hear. Simply move on from one sound to the next. You're simply awareness. Watching your body breathing. Now become aware of sensations in your body. As tightness or holding. Notice where they are. And have the intention to let go. Begin to consciously shape your breath. As you inhale. You breathe into your belly. And as you exhale, You allow your body to surrender deeper. Into the ground beneath you. As you inhale. You breathe into your belly. As you exhale. You surrender even deeper. Into the ground beneath you. Free of any holding. You have now transitioned from abdominal breathing into pure awareness. The body is asleep. The mind is asleep. But awareness is awake and aware. You are the watcher. Experiencing the body breathing. Now move your awareness to the center of your forehead. And have the intention to relax this area. Center of the forehead, Point of light. Healing and nurturance. Now move your awareness to the center of your throat. Throat center, Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Right shoulder joint. Healing and nutrients. Right elbow. Healing and nutrients Right wrist. Point of light. Healing and nutrients tip of the right thumb. Healing and nutrients. Tip of the right index finger. Healing and nutrients. Tip of the middle finger. Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Spring finger. Healing and nutrients. Ring finger. Healing and nutrients. Bright wrist. Healing and nutrients. Right elbow, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Right shoulder joint. Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Center of the throat, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Left shoulder joint. Healing and nutrients. Left elbow. Healing and nutrients. Left wrist. Healing and nutrients. Tip of the left thumb, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Tip of the left index finger, Healing and nutrients. Middle finger. Healing and nutrients. Ring finger, Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Pinky finger. Healing and nutrients Left wrist. Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Left elbow, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Left shoulder joint. Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Throat center. Healing and nutrients. Center of the heart, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Center of the right chest or breast, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Heart center. Healing and nutrients. Center of the left chest or breast, Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Heart Center Healing and Nutrients navel center, Healing and nutrients. Top of the sacrum, Healing and nutrients. Right hip joint, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Right knee, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Right ankle, Healing and nutrients. Right big toe, Healing and nutrients. Second toe. Healing and nutrients. Third toe. Point of Light. Healing and Nutrients. Fourth, Healing and Nutrients. Fifth, Healing and Nutrients. Right ankle. Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Right knee. Healing and nutrients. Right hip joint. Point of light. Healing and nutrients. Top of the sacrum. Healing and nutrients. Left hip joint. Healing and nutrients. Left knee. Healing and nutrients. Left ankle, Healing and nutrients. Left big toe, Healing and nutrients. Second toe, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Third, Healing and nutrients. Step 4. Healing and Nutrients Fifth, Healing and nutrients. Left ankle point of light, Healing and nutrients. Left knee, Healing and nutrients. Left hip joint, Healing and nutrients. Top of the sacrum, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Navel center, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Heart center, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Throat center, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Center of the forehead, Point of light, Healing and nutrients. Become aware of your body as space. As a boundless field of space. See all of these points of lights? Twinkling stars in the night sky. The points of lights. Are bright and vibrant. Your body becomes a constellation. Of these points of lights. You are the points of lights. And you are the space between these points of lights. Pure spaciousness. Your body is asleep. Your mind is asleep. But awareness is effortlessly awake and aware. You are pure awareness. Simply watching the body breathing. Now begin to sense your body dissolve. Your body dissolves. Into a cloud of rose-colored light. No effort. Your body simply dissolves. Into a cloud of rose-colored light. Eventually. Even you dissolve. Into this rose-colored light. No more you. No more body. You are the rose-colored light. Aware of itself. Now release all effort. No more visualizing. No more rose-coloured light. Rest in pure spacious awareness. Asleep to the finite. And awake to the infinite. Sense your awareness. As the link to boundless intelligence. Now begin to very gently Deepen your breath. As you deepen your breath. Guide your awareness back into your body. Allow your breath to expand into your arms. And your legs. Very slowly begin to Bring some gentle movements to your hands and your feet. Stretch out your body in any way that you need to. Now roll over to your right side. And take a couple of deep breaths here. Mind, Body and breath relinking. Practice of yoga nidra for healing is now complete. Whenever you're ready. You may proceed. Gently open your eyes. And bring yourself back up into a seated position. Thank you so much for practicing today.