IRest Practice 36: 7 Minute Full Yoga Nidra IRest Meditation

iRest® is a structured, evidence-informed approach that helps people develop greater resilience, self-awareness, and emotional balance. It teaches skills for meeting thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and life challenges with greater curiosity, clarity, and ease. Through guided inquiry and awareness practices, you learn how to recognize habitual reactions, respond more skillfully to challenges, and access an inner sense of steadiness that remains available even during difficult circumstances.
This practice gives us tools to navigate life. Each tool can be used by itself and supports our ability to use the next tool (Practices 1-35).
iRest Practice 36: 7-Minute Full Yoga Nidra iRest Meditation, from the iRest Program for Healing PTSD: A Proven Effective Approach to Using Yoga Nidra Meditation & Deep Relaxation Techniques to Overcome Trauma. Written by Richard C. Miller, PhD. Recorded by Erin Finck, TCTSY-F, RYT 500, Level 1 iRest Teacher

Transcript

With your eyes open or closed. Welcome the environment and sounds around you. The touch of air on your skin. The sensations where your body touches the surface that's supporting it. Welcome and affirm your heartfelt mission. The feeling of life living you with purpose, Meaning, And value. Welcome and affirm your intention. Your intention that supports you in realizing your heartfelt mission in your everyday life. Welcome and affirm your inner resource. The felt sense of well-being. And of being secure and at ease in this and every moment. Bring attention to sensations in your jaw. Ears. Eyes. Forehead. Scalp. Neck. Shoulders. Arms. Palms. And fingers. Torso. Legs. Your entire body. Your body is a field of radiant sensation. Feel yourself as the observer of all the sensations that are present. Affirm to yourself. I am aware. I am at ease. I am safe and secure with myself. Sense your body breathing itself. Abdomen expanding with each inhalation. Abdomen releasing with each exhalation. With each exhalation. Affirm to yourself. I am aware and at ease. I am aware and at ease. Note and welcome emotions and thoughts that are present. Without trying to change anything. Welcoming your experience just as it is. If it's helpful. Note and experience opposites of the emotions and thoughts that are present. All the while noting actions that these messengers are inviting you to take in your life. Affirm to yourself. I have within me the perfect response to each moment. Welcome the ease and joy of simply being. Welcome yourself as the observer of everything that you're experiencing. Note how everything is arising and passing away in your awareness. Welcome yourself as the spacious openness of awareness. Undeniable. Indescribable. Everywhere. Inside. Outside. Welcome the feeling of wholeness. Yourself as a unique expression of the wholeness of life. While also feeling yourself and everything interconnected and not separate. Feeling yourself as a unique expression of the wholeness of life as you're ready. Open and close your eyes several times while welcoming your inner resource of well-being. Feeling grounded and connected to yourself and the world around you. And the feeling of life living you. Giving your life a sense of purpose. Meaning. And value. As you're ready. Come back to your wide awake state of mind and body. Allowing the feeling of well-being to remain with you as you move back now into your daily life feeling gratitude for taking this time for experiencing your health. Healing, And wholeness. And for taking this time to practice Zairis.