I AM Yoga Nidra: The Seed

And just come to stillness and close your eyes.

Start to feel energy moving in the body.

Feel the seed within you awakening.

Where do you feel it?

What does it look like?

How would you describe it?

What will it become?

Start to awaken the seed inside to encourage growth.

Just be still.

Let go of all thoughts,

Worry,

And tension.

Give yourself fully to this moment's expression.

Take a deep breath in and exhale with a sigh.

And again,

Take a deep breath in and exhale with a deep sigh,

Letting go even more.

Feel a deep sense of peace and contentment in your heart.

Now allow yourself to receive the following intention as I repeat it.

Let your whole body listen to what I say.

I have all the conditions I need to flourish and grow.

Recognize your body has been entrusted to carry your seed to the best of its ability.

Now it's time for your body to rest and your seed to flourish and grow.

Now follow my guidance as we use the bumblebee sound and breath to awaken dormant and stagnant energies to help nourish and support your growth.

Your hands up towards your chest and just start to rub them together.

And then you're going to gently place the thumbs by your ear flaps,

Fingertips rest on the crown of the head.

And in just a moment,

I'm going to have you close your ear flaps and we're going to use the sound of the bumblebee breath.

You're going to take a breath in and as you exhale,

You're going to make a humming sound.

We'll do it five times.

Close off the flaps.

Take a breath in and hum.

You're going to make a humming sound.

You're going to make a humming sound.

And stop.

Bring your arms by your sides.

And just feel the energetic vibration through the body felt in the form of pulsations.

Allow it to go to every nerve and cell of your being.

Bring awakening from within.

And enter the deepest level of letting go.

Relax,

Trust and let go of all doing.

Allow yourself to feel and see your seed alive,

Vibrant and awakened.

As we continue on this journey to awaken the seed within,

Try to remain as motionless as possible.

Resolve to remain awake,

Staying in touch with the sound of my voice.

Allow any disturbances,

External or internal,

To draw you more deeply within.

As you connect to your breath and your body,

You are providing the soil for your seed to flourish and grow.

In order for the seed to grow,

It needs time to root.

Shift from thinking and doing to feeling and being.

This is your connection to the source within.

Do absolutely nothing from now on.

Simply let go.

As we enter a deeper level of awakening,

Allow your seed to start to grow using the so hum sound and breath.

Take a breath in and exhale slow and steady.

Again,

Breathing in,

Filling the lungs completely.

And exhale slow and steady.

Continue like this for a few breaths.

Now bring your attention to the third eye.

As you breathe in,

Follow the breath from the third eye down the base of the spine.

As you breathe out,

Follow the breath up from the base of the spine to the third eye.

As you continue to breathe in and down the spine,

Imagine sending your roots down.

As you continue to breathe out and up the spine,

Imagine pulling life healing water and nutrients up from the earth to help your seed flourish.

Now imagine the word root as you breathe in and down the spine.

And the word grow as you exhale and move up the spine to the third eye.

Inhale root,

Exhale grow.

Inhale root,

Exhale grow.

I root down so that I can grow up.

Notice where your seed is in your body.

Send life healing nourishment to that area.

Now encourage it to start to root down and grow up and out.

And come to that silent space where all doing stops.

And follow my guidance as we move our attention to different parts of the body.

Let your attention rest on each part with the feeling of heaviness.

Both feet heavy,

Sending roots down into the earth.

Both knees heavy like a rock.

Thighs and hips very,

Very heavy like water.

Dog dim in chest and back,

Heavy and stable like a trunk or a stock.

Ears arms and palms heavy like rooting into the ground for stability.

Feel your entire head heavy like a stone.

Give your body totally and completely to rooting deep into the ground.

Experience your whole body heavy,

Rooted and secure.

Feel your whole body sinking deeper into the soil,

The roots spreading.

Totally let go into the pull of the earth.

The body,

Sinking heavy like a stone.

Now shift your attention.

And as I name the part of the body,

Let all the heaviness drain away.

Imagine your seed growing.

Let your body be buoyant and light like a seed bursting from its shell.

Both feet limp and light.

Calves and knees empty and free.

Feel it growing.

Thighs and hips hollow like a squash vine,

Supporting the seed as it releases.

Shoulders,

Arms and palms floating like stocks reaching for the sky.

Head hollow and empty.

Feel your whole body empty,

Light and free.

Experience the emptiness of your body and the silence of your mind.

Now see yourself as a seed planted in the soil.

It's dark,

Moist and cool.

You know you are here to experience growth in the sun.

You can feel the sun's warmth embrace you and its energy penetrating the soil,

Encouraging you to grow.

We send out roots to the earth to hold you and send out a shoot to explore the earth above.

Feel the ground hold you and the light above invite you.

Feel yourself starting to grow,

Spreading your shoots out farther and farther until you burst forth in your fullest expression.

See what you have become,

A beautiful seed expressing itself as its truest and highest form.

See the plant that you have become.

You don't need to compare yourself to any other seeds expression for you are unique just as you are.

You are you.

Stand fully now in your truest form just as you are.

Feel yourself expressing your fullest self as whatever plant you've become alive and vibrant full of life giving energy.

The light that made you emanates from within you.

Bring your attention to the space between your eyebrows.

Drop into the deepest state of relaxation.

Your plant,

Your body fully free of any limitation and overall fear apprehension and anxiety about all that you want to control,

Change and manage.

Let go of all doing.

Remain empty and free from all doing.

For as long as everything has been in place from before there was a god Hashanah.

Allow this intention to go to the deepest level of recognition with no hesitation.

I have all the conditions I need to flourish and grow.

I have all the conditions I need to flourish and grow.

I have all the conditions I need to flourish and grow.

Know that your higher self recognizes,

Honors and accepts your intention.

There's nothing you need to do about it.

Open your heart and feel content.

Allow these affirmations to go to the deepest level of recognition.

I can trust my own source.

I trust that the earth will always provide for me exactly what I need.

I have all the light I need to be my fullest expression of me.

At this time,

Feel the presence of any guides,

Mentors or teachers or family members that you feel connected to.

Know that this presence surrounds you always.

Trust that the gifts you have received are taken care of by the higher power of the source within you.

If there's any guidance to be received at this time,

As a felt sense,

A word or an image,

Allow yourself to receive it now.

Now begin to feel the rising and falling of the breath.

Slowly start to rise to the surface of awareness.

Sense the body resting on the floor.

If you're ready,

You can gradually start to move as if waking from a restful sleep.

If you'd like to stay here a bit longer,

You're more than welcome to.

And if you're ready,

Bend your knees and take your time and gently rock from side to side.

When you're ready,

Gently roll to your right side and just rest for a moment.

Allow yourself to see the seed.

Bring the seed back inside of you,

Carrying it and sharing it everywhere you go.

Bring your intention back into awareness.

I have all the conditions I need to flourish and grow.

Every time you find yourself in reaction,

You are empowered to replace it with your intention.

And if you're ready,

You can start to move with your eyes still closed and start to come up into a comfortable seat.

You can stay lying on the floor if that's more comfortable.

Take a moment to go inward.

Where is your seed now?

Know that it is always alive and deep inside of you.

Take a deep breath in,

Filling up your seed.

As you breathe out,

Release and reseed.

You can come here as often as you'd like.

I thank you for practicing yoga nidra with me.

Have a beautiful rest of your day.

Enjoy bhikkon!