Welcome to this Yoga Nidra meditation to support you when you are feeling overwhelmed.
This is an invitation to pause,
In the midst of it all,
To pause,
To rest.
Simply allow your body to feel supported,
My voice to guide you into deeper rest.
Rest,
Quiet and calm.
Please find a comfortable position,
Seated or lying down.
You may choose to have your eyes remain open or to softly close your eyes.
As you settle your body,
Make any adjustments for even 1% more comfort.
And then together,
Let's take a deep breath in and sigh it out.
Ahhhh.
You've arrived.
You are here.
You are present.
Feel your body breathing.
As you feel yourself inhaling,
Say to yourself,
I am.
As you feel your body exhaling,
Say to yourself,
This breath.
Inhaling,
I am.
Exhaling,
This breath.
Allow all else to move to the periphery as you focus on your body breathing.
I am this breath.
Allow the simplicity of your body breathing to anchor you.
This breath.
As you feel your body breathing,
Feel the support underneath you.
Allow yourself to be supported.
Feel the space around you.
And either looking or in your mind's eye,
See the space you are in.
The colors.
The shapes.
The objects.
See yourself resting here in this space.
Now again,
Experience your body resting here in this safe space.
Experience your body breathing.
This breath.
Now please bring your awareness to an intention.
A positive affirmation.
Something you choose to invite or create in your life.
Repeat this intention three times,
Whispering within.
Let it quietly settle in your heart.
Planting a seed of transformation and healing.
Now feel your body breathing.
This breath.
We'll now journey through the body,
Bringing awareness,
Presence through your whole body.
Please bring the light of your awareness to the center of your forehead,
Your brow point.
Awareness fills your eyes.
Awareness fills your throat.
And rests in the notch at the base of your throat.
Awareness fills your right hand and flows to the tip of your thumb.
First finger.
Second finger.
Third finger.
And the tip of your baby finger.
Awareness fills your right hand.
Right wrist.
Shoulder.
Right armpit.
Right side waist.
Right leg.
Ankle.
Awareness flows to the tip of your big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
The tip of your baby toe.
Awareness fills your whole right foot and flows up to fill the right side of your body.
Coming to rest at the center of your forehead.
Awareness fills your cheeks.
Your ears.
Your nose.
Your throat.
Awareness fills the notch at the base of your throat.
The light of your awareness fills your left hand,
Flowing to the tip of your thumb.
First finger.
Second finger.
Third finger.
The very tip of your baby finger.
Awareness fills your left hand,
Wrist,
Arm,
Shoulder,
Left side waist,
Awareness flows to the tip of your big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
Awareness fills the tip of your baby toe.
Third toe.
Awareness fills your left foot,
Flowing up the left side of your body.
The whole left side of your body fills with your awareness.
Coming to rest at the very top of your head.
Awareness fills your face,
Your whole head,
Flows down through your neck,
Shoulders,
Arms.
Awareness fills your chest,
Shoulder blades.
Awareness fills your torso,
Pelvis.
Awareness fills your whole body.
The whole body fills with the light of your awareness.
Notice the aliveness that fills your body.
Sense the sensations flowing through your whole body.
Like waves on the ocean,
Sensations flowing,
Ever changing.
Like waves on the ocean,
Sense and feel the aliveness that flows through you.
Some sensations peaking,
Some sensations smoothing.
Like waves on the ocean,
These sensations flow through your body.
Notice them,
Be present with them.
Like you were sitting beside the ocean and watching these waves.
Rising,
Cresting and falling.
Let them flow.
Sensations,
Waves flowing.
Not resisting anything.
As you watch these waves on the ocean,
The sensations flowing,
Can you imagine dropping an anchor down to the depths of the ocean?
Or diving down like a deep sea diver to a quiet stillness below the waves.
Imagine diving down.
Deeper,
Deeper.
Waves at the surface drop down beneath these waves.
Deeper.
Notice it is quieter.
Allow yourself to go deeper still.
Sense a stillness,
A calm.
Allow yourself to go deeper still.
To the very depths of the ocean.
To a quiet still point within.
Rest here.
Feel the stillness.
The very depths of the ocean,
Deep below the waves.
A quiet still point.
It holds you,
Embraces you.
Rest here.
Breathe in the simplicity,
I am.
This breath.
Let the quiet of the still point embrace you from within.
This breath.
As you rest in the quiet,
In the stillness,
Notice perhaps in your mind's eye there is a color to this place.
Just allow whatever naturally arises to be.
Perhaps this quiet still point has a shape.
Why?
Perhaps there is a felt sense to it.
A coziness or expansiveness,
An anchoring.
Perhaps an image arises of this quiet still point within.
Rest here in the stillness,
In the quiet.
Allow the stillness to flow through you.
Allow the quiet to seep into every tissue,
Every pore of your being.
Feel the calm.
Please whisper your intention within three times.
Resting in this quiet still point within,
Feel your body breathing.
Feel the softness of your eyes,
Your lips,
Your fingers,
Your toes.
As you feel ready,
Gently roll your head side to side.
Begin to wiggle your fingers and toes.
As your outer body begins to move,
Feel the presence of the quiet still point within,
Carrying you forward with more ease,
Balance and calm.
I am grateful for you and for this time we have shared.
Namaste.
