Yoga Nidra For Sleep: Purify The Five Elements

Elemental purification is a powerful tantric meditation technique that quickly leads to mental silence. First dissolve the five elements into each other, then into pure energy and Universal Consciousness as you merge your mind with the Absolute as you fall asleep and enjoy deep restorative rest.

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Prepare for yoga nidra by taking the next few moments to lie down on your back and become perfectly comfortable.

Make any final adjustments so that you can relax the body fully for a full night of restorative rest.

Return your focus to the body,

The breath,

And mental silence.

Feel the points of contact between your body and the bed,

And surrender your body to the force of gravity,

Feeling the heaviness of the body sinking down into the surface beneath you.

And now feel the spontaneous motions of the natural breath,

Expanding and contracting through the abdomen and chest.

Remain a passive observer to the soothing sensations of each breath.

See a mental image of the sun setting over the western horizon.

And the comforting darkness of night spreading across the eastern sky.

The dark night sky studded with stars and planets.

Breathing in and out.

Drawing in cosmic energy with every breath.

Now remember your sankalpa,

Or your intended outcome for doing this practice,

And repeat it mentally three times in the form of a positive affirmation.

Now return your awareness to the body.

Release every muscle throughout every limb.

And focus now on the right hand.

Feel the flame of consciousness at the right hand thumb,

Spreading to the second finger,

Third,

Fourth,

Fifth finger,

Palm of the hand,

Back of the hand,

Right wrist,

Lower arm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

And shoulder,

Armpit,

Right waist,

Hip,

And left hand.

Thigh,

Back of the thigh,

Kneecap,

Back of the knee,

Shin,

Calf muscle,

And left hand.

Ankle,

Heel,

And sole.

Top of the right foot,

The big toe,

Second,

Third,

Fourth,

Fifth toe,

The whole right side of the body.

Bring your awareness to the left hand,

And feel the flame of consciousness at the left hand thumb,

Spreading to the second finger,

Third,

Fourth,

Fifth finger,

Palm of the hand,

Back of the hand,

The wrist,

Lower arm,

Elbow,

Upper arm,

And shoulder,

Armpit,

Right wrist,

Armpit,

The left waist,

Hip,

Thigh,

Back of the thigh,

Left kneecap,

Back of the knee,

Shin,

Calf muscle,

Ankle,

Heel,

And sole.

Top of the left foot,

The big toe,

Second,

Third,

Fourth,

And fifth toe.

The whole left side of the body.

And now bring your awareness to the crown of the head,

And feel the flame of consciousness descending from the crown of the head to the forehead.

Right eyebrow,

Left eyebrow,

The brow center,

The right eye,

Left eye,

Right ear,

Left ear,

Left ear,

The nose,

Tip of the nose,

Right nostril,

Left nostril,

Right cheek,

Left cheek,

Left cheek,

Upper lip,

Lower lip,

And chin,

Throat,

Pit of the throat,

The right side of the throat,

Right collarbone,

Left collarbone,

Right chest muscle,

Left chest muscle,

The sternum,

Upper abdomen,

Navel,

Lower abdomen,

And groin.

The flame of consciousness consuming the whole right leg,

Whole left leg,

Both legs together,

The whole right arm,

Whole left arm,

Both arms together,

The front side of the torso,

The back,

Both the front and back sides together,

The shoulders,

Neck,

And head.

The flame of consciousness is now consuming the whole body.

Feel the whole body together at once.

And now,

Return your awareness to the natural breath.

Feel all the muscles involved in the act of breathing.

And as you sensitize your awareness to the breath,

You can feel as though your whole body is breathing in and out from head to toe.

Expansiveness with the inhalation and relaxation with the exhalation.

Feel the sensation of air flowing in and out through the nostrils.

Feel the skin surrounding the nostrils and the subtle sensation of air moving in and out with the incoming and outgoing breath.

Feel that the breath is moving in and out spontaneously through both nostrils evenly.

Even nostril breathing.

Now,

Visualize that the breath is alternating between the left and the right nostrils.

Left and right nostrils in the following manner.

Inhale left nostril,

Exhale right.

Inhale right nostril,

Exhale left.

This is one round.

Continue mental alternate nostril breathing.

Breathing each round backwards from 21.

If you should lose count or get distracted,

Just come back to 21 and continue.

Inhale left nostril,

Exhale right.

Inhale left nostril,

Exhale right.

Inhale left nostril,

Exhale right.

Inhale right nostril,

Exhale right.

Now drop the counting and the mental alternate nostril breathing and bring your awareness down to the feet.

Feel the region of the body between the feet and the knees and visualize a large,

Sturdy,

Yellow square.

The mandala of earth between the feet and the knees.

Feel the heaviness and stability of the earth element.

Now,

Ascend your awareness to the region between the knees and the navel and visualize a white crescent moon with open lotus flowers on either end surrounded by a circle of water.

This is the mandala of water between the knees and the navel.

Feel the fluidity and nourishing qualities of the water element.

Now,

Ascend your awareness to the region between the navel and the heart and visualize an inverted red triangle of fire.

This is the mandala of fire between the navel and the heart.

Feel the warm and purifying qualities of the fire element.

Now ascend to the region between the heart and the brow center and visualize six bluish-gray dots forming a hexagon shape.

This is the mandala of air between the heart and the brow center.

Feel the expansive and communicative qualities of air.

Now ascend your awareness to the region between the brow center and the crown of the head and visualize a black circle with many colorful points of light.

This is the void,

The mandala of space between the brow center and the crown of the head.

Feel the all-pervasive and unifying qualities of space.

Now see all these mandalas of the elements once again.

From the feet to the knees,

A heavy yellow square of earth.

From the knees to the navel,

A white crescent moon with lotus flowers on either end encircled by water.

From the navel to the heart,

An inverted red triangle of fire.

From the heart to the brow center,

Six bluish-gray dots forming a hexagon of air.

And from the brow center to the crown of the head,

A dark circle of space.

Return your awareness back down to the mandala for earth at the region between the feet and the knees and feel the element of earth dissolving into water as it ascends to the region between the knees and the navel.

Now see the mandala of water between the knees and the navel dissolving into fire as it ascends to the region between the navel and the heart.

See the mandala of fire between the navel and the heart dissolving into air as it ascends to the region between the heart and the brow center.

Now see the mandala of air between the heart and the brow center dissolving into space as it ascends to the region between the brow center and the crown of the head.

And bring your awareness to the crown of the head and feel the element of space dissolving back into its source,

The element of mind.

Now see the individual mind dissolve back into the cosmic mind.

The cosmic mind dissolves back into nature as pure cosmic energy and pure energy dissolves back into universal consciousness.

Feel yourself now as pure consciousness,

Pure beingness and one with the absolute.

Experience featureless awareness and the bliss of eternal existence.

Thank you.

Dissolve your awareness into the peace and serenity of inner silence.

That is enough for me to go to the See a mental image of the sun and moon merging together into a single orb of white light,

Which is both bright like the sun,

But cool like the moon.

The orb of white light is directly above your head,

Raining down sparks of light upon you.

The orb of white light is directly above your head,

Raining down sparks of light upon you.

The orb of white light is directly above your head,

Raining down sparks of light upon you.

The orb of white light is directly above your head,

Raining down sparks of light upon you.

Now descend back down from the absolute as featureless awareness.

To the pure cosmic energy which animates all creation.

Eternally changing shape and form.

Pure cosmic energy becomes the cosmic mind,

Which becomes the individual mind.

From ego mind comes the element of space between the crown of the head and the brow center.

From space comes air between the brow center and the heart.

From air comes fire between the heart and the navel.

From fire comes water between the navel and the knees.

And from water comes earth between the knees and the feet.

Feel all the elements within your body to now be fully purified and revitalized.

See a mental image of your body shining with the radiant glow of perfect health.

The white light of perfect health is radiating from every cell.

The white light of perfect health is radiating from every cell.

Now again repeat your sankalpa.

And whenever you are ready,

Roll over onto your side and allow yourself to slip into unconsciousness.

As you enjoy sinking down into deep sleep and fully restorative rest.

Thanks for watching.

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