Relax & Renew For The Summer/Winter Solstice June 2020

Hello and welcome.

Today's session is being recorded in advance for the summer solstice 2020.

This is the summer solstice for the northern hemisphere and it could probably also be used for the winter solstice for the southern hemisphere.

I will be using Reiki and Reiki symbols in this session as well as Yoga and Nidra to help you relax while you listen to this.

So find some place that's comfortable for you,

Preferably lying down.

If you need a blanket,

Go ahead and get one.

You can have your arms out by your side,

But it's not necessary.

Just find a place that's comfortable for you.

I am now going to make the Reiki power symbol,

The Choku Rei.

I am now making the Reiki emotional mental healing symbol.

I am making the Reiki distance healing symbol.

All right.

Now that we're ready,

I want you to take your right hand and place it on your belly and put your left hand over your heart if you are able to.

Now give yourself a moment to tune in and notice your breath.

If you are exhausted or anxious,

Just let go of those labels and those words.

It's okay to let go of those words and what those words mean at the moment in their connotations and just listen to your how your body feels.

Notice if your body feels heavier on one side or the other.

Do your shoulders feel achy?

Is your jaw tired?

What is physically happening?

Remember,

Don't label or judge these feelings.

It's just what your body feels right now.

Can you make your breath a little bigger?

Take some really deep inhales and feel your belly rise.

Watch or feel how the hand on your chest rises and pauses.

And then when you exhale,

Just like gravity,

Take more of you inhale through the belly with the ribs,

Chest rise and fill up.

Breathe in big exhale and surrender.

Inhale big exhale release.

This is a yogi's choice.

You can be breathing in your nose or out the mouth.

It's okay.

These big breaths will help to relax you.

So let's do a few more.

Inhale,

Breathe in big invite and sensations into your body.

And just feel whatever you need to feel and give yourself permission to release as you go ahead and breathe out.

Let's do one more.

Big inhale.

Pause.

Exhale.

Let it all go.

Can you feel your heels on the ground where your heels make contact with your mat or the floor,

Bed,

Your couch,

Your chair?

Can you feel your right heel and send awareness to your right heel without moving it?

Just imagine the neurons in your brain are just swooping around or switching down to that right heel and just feel the right heel in your awareness.

Feel the sole of the right foot holding your awareness at the top of that right foot and send your awareness into your big toe.

Feel that big toe on your right foot and then send your awareness into your second toe on your right foot.

Let's do the same for our third toe,

Fourth toe,

Fifth toe.

Now send your awareness to your right foot as a whole.

Let gravity have more of it.

And let go.

I think letting go.

Let's bring our awareness to our right calf.

Feel the front of the lower leg,

Your shin,

And send awareness to the back of the lower leg.

Where your calf's in contact with the floor or a bolster or a chair,

You think let go,

Release.

Bring your awareness to your right knee.

Imagine your knee softening,

Unwinding.

Feel it all instantly relax.

Slack.

And bring your awareness to your right thigh bone.

Feel the front of your thigh,

The muscles gathered there.

Feel the back of the right thigh,

Your quad,

Where it's in contact with your bolster or pillow,

Bedding or floor.

Hold your awareness through the whole right thigh.

And think,

Let go.

Now bring your awareness into your right seat where it's in contact with the floor.

Think of gravity having more of this seat.

Say to your right seat,

Let go.

Bring your attention now to your left seat.

Feel the left sit bone heavy,

Your left side body heavy.

And release.

Bring your awareness to your left thigh.

Feel the muscles gathered there.

Feel the top of the left thigh and the bottom of the right thigh,

Your quad.

Feel them apart and then together.

Tell that left thigh to get heavier and to let gravity have you.

Say to the left thigh,

Release.

Bring your awareness to your left knee.

Imagine the whole knee softening,

The tissues receiving more slack,

More space.

And say release.

Bring your awareness to your left shin and the top of your lower leg.

Bring your awareness to your left calf,

Your left calf muscles.

Feel the top and bottom of the leg separately.

And then bring your awareness to them together.

Say to the lower left leg,

Let go.

Feel the left heel on the ground.

Let it be heavy.

Feel the sole of the left foot and the top of the left foot.

Say to the left foot,

Let go.

Move that awareness into your left big toe.

Second toe.

Third toe.

Fourth toe.

Feel that awareness in your pinky toe.

Say to the whole left foot,

Release.

Feel both legs completely relaxed.

Moving up the body,

Bring your awareness to your belly.

Imagine your stomach unraveling.

Our stomach holds a lot of knots and anxiety.

We often talk about it in these terms.

Maybe imagine your stomach getting larger and relaxing more,

Creating more space,

Having slack come into the tissues and muscles and all the organs.

If you still have your hand on your belly,

Feel this happening under that hand.

Visualize your stomach uncoiling,

The tissues uncoiling,

More slack.

Visualize to the stomach,

Release.

Now,

Bring your attention to the back of your neck.

Gently,

Gently think of lengthening the back of your head so that your skull lengthens away from your heart.

Just slightly,

Just gently.

Maybe your chin dips a little,

Just a little.

From here,

Take the palms of your hands,

Let them drop to the floor,

Turn them face up,

And bring your energy and your awareness into your right shoulder.

Let it get heavier with gravity and tell it to relax.

Bring your awareness to your right bicep,

To the top of the bicep.

Feel the muscles there,

Let them unwind.

Let gravity have your upper arm and think,

Relax.

Feel that right upper arm where it's in contact with your floor or the mat,

Your bedding,

Your chair,

And tell it to relax.

Move that awareness to your right elbow,

Relax.

Right forearm,

Relax.

Your right wrist,

Relax.

Bring your awareness into the palm of your right hand.

Move that awareness to the top of your hand.

Feel and hold your whole hand in that awareness.

Move the awareness to your right thumb,

To your right second finger,

Your right middle finger,

Your right ring finger,

Your pinky finger.

Feel your whole palm unwind,

Relax.

Bring the whole right side of your body into awareness.

Every piece,

Let it unwind,

Uncoil,

Get heavier,

And relax.

Now,

Moving to the left side of the body,

The left upper body,

Bring your awareness to your left shoulder.

Feel it get heavy on the floor or the mat or your bedding or chair.

Take your awareness to your left bicep.

Feel the top of the arm and the bottom of the arm.

So your whole upper body,

Your whole left arm,

Relax.

Bring awareness to your left elbow,

Relax.

Left forearm,

Relax.

Awareness to your left wrist,

Relax.

Awareness to the left palm,

Relax.

Bring energy to the back of the left palm and the whole left hand,

Relax.

Bring awareness into your left thumb,

Relax.

Move that to your first finger,

Your middle finger,

Ring finger,

Pinky finger.

Feel the whole left hand in your awareness and relax.

Notice the whole left arm,

Relax.

Bring awareness to the whole left side of the body.

Let it get heavier.

Tell it to unravel,

Relax.

Visualize more space appearing between all your organs so everything might feel a little further apart.

Let gravity continue to sink you down.

Get heavy,

Heavier and heavier.

Without manipulating the breath too much,

Just as you breathe out,

See if you can find the space where you don't really need to breathe in again for a moment or two.

If you are able,

Feel your whole body weighted down.

Bring your attention to your right eye.

Relax the space behind your eye.

Maybe send some energy to your left eye.

Relax the eye,

But also the space behind the left eye.

Feel your left cheekbone,

Relax.

Notice your lips and your jaw.

Slacken those,

Relax.

Feel the back of your head,

Where it may be on the floor,

Or a pillow,

Or a chair.

Think,

Relax.

Feel the space between your eyebrows,

Your third eye center,

And say,

Relax.

Maybe you feel yourself now,

And you can feel yourself being held.

This can be held by another person,

Or the most nourishing ocean of vast intelligence,

Where everything feels uncoiled.

Or you can be loose,

Slack,

Unsupported,

At ease,

At peace.

And feel your body relax,

And tell your whole body to release.

Feel the sense that your body is recharging and refueling.

Hold in this healing space,

Whether it's ocean,

Or light,

Or other people,

Whatever you want to visualize.

Whatever you are visualizing,

You are supported,

Suspended,

Recharging,

And refueling.

Take the next 15 or 20 breaths to refuel as much as possible.

We are about to conversation.

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And turning into something gentle and relaxed.

If you haven't fallen asleep,

Let's go ahead and come out of Yoga Nidra and out of this healing practice.

Maybe rub your fingers and your thumbs together.

Rub each finger against your thumb.

Start wiggling your toes.

Maybe draw one knee to your chest very slowly.

Very slowly.

Bring one knee to the chest.

Release it.

Bring the other knee to the chest.

Release it.

Bring both knees to the chest.

Give yourself a hug.

Go ahead and roll over to your right side if you are on the floor.

You can use your right forearm as a pillow.

Maybe your left hand goes to your belly.

And rest for a moment.

When you're ready,

Press yourself up slowly into a comfortable seat.

And go ahead and bring your hands into prayer position.

Thumbs at heart center.

Find a tall,

Tall spine and breathe in.

When you exhale,

Dip the chin just a little.

Let your back soften.

Melt into a gesture of gratitude,

Relief.

And absorb the benefits of this reiki healing practice for the Summer Solstice or Winter Solstice.

Wherever you may be celebrating today,

I wish you a good season.

Namaste.