Yoga Nidra To Calm And Harmonise A Busy Mind

If you would like to deeply relax your body, mind, and soul, and calm a busy mind then this Yoga Nidra Practice is for you. Additionally in this Yoga Nidra practice, you'll learn how to tap into higher states of consciousness to cleanse and purify your subconscious mind.

Enjoy, Tony

Transcript

Giselle Prepare yourself for the practice of Yoga Nidra for a calm,

Tranquil mind.

Lie down on your back and adopt the relaxation pose called Shavasana.

In this position,

The body is straight from the head to toe,

The legs are slightly apart and the arms are away from the body with the palms of the hands turned up and curl the fingertips in a little.

Adjust everything,

Your body,

Position and close until you are completely comfortable.

The practice that follows will naturally guide you to develop the capacity to become the witness,

The observer of your thoughts and your thinking processes.

This is achieved by attuning in with the more evolved part of your brain and your consciousness,

Your eternal,

Calm,

Tranquil higher self.

Your higher self does not get distracted or disappointed by your thoughts.

It is the seer,

It just watches and observes from a distance.

And with time and practice,

Your mind will naturally become more calm and tranquil.

So gently close your eyes and just notice the softness between your eyelids.

Take a deep breath in and as you breathe out,

Feel the cares and the worries of the day flowing out of you.

Start to breathe in peace and calmness.

And as you breathe out,

Allow yourself to relax a little more with each exhalation.

Breathing in peace and calmness.

Exhale,

Letting go.

Make a resolution to yourself that you will not sleep and you will remain aware and awake throughout the practice.

No need to intellectualize or analyze the instructions,

Just simply follow the voice with your total attention.

And if thoughts do come from time to time,

It does not matter.

It is natural for this to happen.

Simply let your thoughts calm and go and just observe them as a spectator.

Just like you're watching a movie.

Let them calm and go and focus on your natural breath.

Now bring about the feeling of inner relaxation in your whole body.

Your whole body.

And develop awareness of your whole body from the top of your head to the tip of your toes.

Awareness of your whole body,

The whole body.

Then become aware of the sounds in the distance and the sounds far away.

Just move your awareness like a radar from sound to sound.

Starting with the sounds outside of the room and in the distance.

Then coming back to the sounds in this room,

Just this room.

Then to the sound of your natural breath.

Just listen to the sound and watch your breath at the nostrils.

When you're consciously aware of your breathing process,

It becomes a process with a more evolved part of your brain.

Allowing you to access the deeper levels of your mind and your consciousness.

With your next inhalation,

Follow the breath at the nostrils,

In through the nostrils to the space behind your closed eyes.

This is called the Chitakash.

Chitakash means the space of consciousness.

It's a mind screen.

And it's a seed of visualisation that links you with your consciousness.

Your higher self.

Your centre for your intuition,

Wisdom and knowledge.

The practice of Chitakash dharana allows you to develop awareness of your true self.

Your calm,

Grounded,

Higher self.

It is from here you learn to watch and observe your thoughts and mental tensions.

You develop the ability to become the observer,

The seer and distance yourself from your thoughts.

Like watching a movie.

Distancing yourself from your thoughts allows you a more evolved part of your mind which takes a little more time to process information.

It allows a little more time to wisely,

Analogically analyse the origins and the series of linked events of your thoughts that causes mental tensions.

Once you observe more and more,

Your mind starts to naturally purify and you become more calm and tranquil.

So let's continue the practice.

Observe your natural breathing process at the nostrils.

And then follow your breath back to the space behind your closed eyes,

Your consciousness,

Your centre for your intuition,

Knowledge and wisdom,

Your higher self.

It is from this place that we just watch and observe our thoughts.

Whilst maintaining awareness of your breath,

Just let your thoughts calm and go.

It's natural.

Just observe them as a spectator.

Maintain natural breath awareness and let them come and go.

Let your thoughts come and go and then continually come back to your natural breathing process.

Let your thoughts come and go.

Next we'll rotate awareness around our body.

Guide your awareness to your right hand.

From the space behind your closed eyes,

Observe your right hand,

Your right arm,

Your right shoulder,

The right side of your back,

Your right hip,

Right leg and the right foot.

Move your awareness and observe from the space behind your eyes,

Your left hand,

Left arm,

Left side of your back,

Left hip,

Left leg,

Left foot.

Awareness moves to the back of the head,

The top of the head,

The forehead,

The eyes.

And then the point between the two eyebrows,

The Aganachakra.

And then following the breath once again to the space behind your closed eyes,

Your Chitakash,

Your individual consciousness.

Observe the breath and observe this space behind your eyes,

Your calm,

Steady,

Grounded higher self.

Let your thoughts be,

Let them come and go.

Let them come and go and come back to the breath.

And then we'll start to count the breaths down from 11 to 1.

To relax our body and mind even more,

Observe your breath and then observe the synchronised movements between your breath at the nostrils and your navel.

As you inhale,

Observe your breath and your navel rising and count 11 on inhaling.

As your navel lowers,

Count 11 on exhaling.

Then 10 on inhaling.

And so forth,

Counting down to 1.

And then we'll start to count the breaths down from 11 to 1.

And then we'll start to count the breaths down from 11 to 1.

And then guide your awareness back to the space behind your closed eyes,

Your Chitakash,

Your individual consciousness.

Remember,

Any time during your day or night,

You can tune back into the Chitakash.

Just watch,

Observe your thoughts and then continually come back to the breath.

Let your thoughts be,

Let them come and go and come back to the breath and awareness behind your closed eyes.

Please understand your thoughts are not you.

They are just arising from past experiences in your life.

You are your calm,

Grounded higher self.

It just watches,

Observes and lets your thoughts be.

And with time,

Your mind becomes purified and becomes very calm,

Peaceful and tranquil.

So from the space behind your closed eyes,

Start to visualise your body lying on the floor in this room.

See your body on the floor in the room.

Start to become aware of your body,

Aware of the sounds in the room.

And then we'll slowly start to externalise our awareness.

Start to visualise positive energy flowing back into every cell of your body.

Your body is awakening,

Returning,

Refreshed,

Tranquil and calm.

Have a little stretch now.

Move your body.

Start to awaken.

You can rub your hands together,

Create some heat and energy.

And then gently palm your eyes,

Giving your face a massage.

This completes the practice.

Namaste.

Reviews

The pace was just right! Your voice conveys such a sense of relaxation. My mind had been wildly busy and now is calm. Namaste 🙏

Love this! Totally quietened my mind and it’s been super busy!! Many thanks 🙏

I loved the educational component and explanation. I gained new understanding as well as the benefits of the practice.