Welcome to this yoga nidra practice for restoring your energy levels and supporting your nervous system when you're experiencing fatigue.
I am your guide and I will shortly be taking you through a sequence that targets your energy channels which will restore supportive balance in your system.
Having suffered from chronic fatigue myself and finding yoga nidra supportive in restoring my energy levels this practice has been designed with compassion and understanding of where you're at whether you're experiencing short-term fatigue or chronic fatigue.
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Now make yourself comfortable and take a few moments to move into a position that feels supportive and cozy.
You could use blankets,
Supports for your joints or an eye pillow to get as comfortable as you can be in this moment.
When you're ready close down your eyes and start to gather the sense of your body resting softly on the support below.
As you sense the feeling of the support invite your awareness to drop into your body.
Allow your body here to provide you with any sensations and simply tune in to the sensations just watching and visualizing whichever sensation you're drawn to.
Sense into any part of your body that you feel hasn't fully softened into the support below yet.
Identify that part and imagine that you could soften the part simply with your mind.
You might feel it supportive to whisper in your mind you can soften now to any part that you feel could soften even more into the support below you.
Take a deep breath in through your nose and as you exhale from your mouth make an audible sigh imagining that you could release all the expectations on you today with that exhale.
Breathe in through your nose and audibly exhale through your nose.
Breathe in through your mouth,
Feel your body becoming lighter with each breath out.
One more time,
Breathe in and sigh out,
An audible sigh releasing your heavy burden sinking further and further into the support below you.
Now picture yourself standing in a comforting outdoor environment looking up at an evening sky with stars twinkling.
Feel as you're in this moment looking up at the sky completely free from the weight of anticipation.
Allow a sense of peace and contentment to wash over you here.
You are exactly where you need to be here in this moment.
Take another intentional breath in just as comfortable as you can inhale and as you exhale audibly embrace the freedom of this moment.
Of having no expectations on yourself.
For the duration of this practice you are free of all expectation,
All you need to do is simply be.
As you picture this beautiful evening sky,
Invite the stars to form a constellation of intention for what brought you here to this practice today.
Allow your intuition to guide you,
An intention may appear as a starry symbol in the night sky,
A word,
A phrase or simply a feeling.
Take a moment to watch as your intention forms in the constellation of the night sky.
This intention is your sankalpa,
Take a minute to translate it into a supportive I am statement.
And here is a sankalpa that may resonate with you today.
I am resting deeply to renew my energy and vitality.
Release your sankalpa now and drift your awareness to the sensations being offered to you by your toes on your left foot.
Feel the sensation of each toe together on your left foot.
Add to your awareness your toes on the right foot now,
Feeling all your toes on both feet together.
Now,
Slowly move your awareness up to the top of your left foot.
Now the top of your right foot.
Drift your awareness to the soles of both of your feet.
Imagine now that you could breathe in through the sole of your left foot,
Up through your left leg to the base of your spine to your root chakra,
And back down as you breathe out,
Through your right leg,
Out through the sole of your right foot.
On your next breath,
Switch sides,
So you're breathing in through your right foot to your root chakra,
And back down your left leg out through your left foot.
Maintain this pattern in a tempo that feels comfortable for you.
Now,
Drift your awareness back to the extent that you can feel the sensation of each toe together.
Now,
Drift your awareness back to the experience of holding both heels together in gentle awareness.
Both ankles.
Calves.
The sensations in your knees.
Both thighs.
Drift your attention now from the left of the pelvic pole,
All the way over to the right of the pelvic pole.
Feel your whole pelvis and hips together now.
Feel in to your lower back.
Base of your spine,
And sense the energy in your lower back.
Feel in to your lower back.
Base of your spine,
And sense the energy residing here at the base of your spine.
Just imagining the energy at the base of your spine.
Navel center.
Both sides of your chest.
Your heart center.
Your left shoulder.
Right shoulder.
Whole body.
Your left arm.
All of your right arm.
Sense in to the sensations of both hands together.
Both thumbs.
And now all of your fingers together.
Bring your attention now back to your heart center.
Both collarbones.
Center of your throat.
Your tongue,
And sense your tongue position.
Relaxing it down if you're holding any tension in your tongue.
Feel any sensation in your mouth.
Top row of teeth.
Bottom row of teeth.
Top lip.
Bottom lip.
Both sides of your mouth.
Bottom lip.
The space between your lips.
Both sides of your jaw together.
Both cheekbones together,
And any sensations in your cheekbones.
Your left ear.
Your right ear.
All the way down to your ear canal.
Now sense in to the space in between your ears.
And the right ear canal.
All the way to the right outer ear.
Both eyelids and any sensations in and around your eyes.
Between your brows,
The third eye center.
And see if you can sense in to the energy here in your third eye center.
Forehead.
Top of your head.
Sense in to the space of air just above the top of your head.
Now sense in to your whole body.
Your whole body.
Your whole body.
Feel your whole body resting here deeply as one.
Sense in to your whole self resting completely.
And feel as if you could soften the outline of your body with just your mind.
Now,
Drift your attention to any areas of your body that are currently experiencing stillness.
Simply observing any experience of stillness in your body.
Now,
Release your awareness from stillness to movement or even restlessness.
Allowing your body to guide you to the areas currently experiencing movement.
There is no need to intentionally move any parts of your body.
Just allow yourself to be guided to movement within your body.
Split your awareness now between the areas you experience movement along with the areas you are experiencing stillness.
Hold both experiences in your awareness together.
Hold both experiences in your awareness together in whichever way your intuition guides you to.
Release that now and imagine the sensation of a breeze in whatever temperature feels soothing.
This could be warm or cool.
Feel the breeze brushing over your forehead,
Down your face.
Feel the breeze sweeping down your chest and your arms.
Feeling it on your stomach and your legs.
You may wish to alter the temperature of the breeze to make it even more soothing.
Feel the breeze brushing across from your left side all the way over to your right side.
Feel the breeze moving back up to your face and your forehead.
Bask here in the soothing sensation that you are creating for yourself in this moment.
Feel the breeze moving wherever you need it.
Knowing that you are deepening your rest.
Release that now and rest in stillness.
Feeling into the experience of your connection to the vast web of existence all around you.
Feel attuned to the rhythm of nature all around you.
You may be able to hear birds,
Buzzing of electrics or any energy in your environment in this moment.
Sense into this gentle ebb and flow of energy that is connecting you here to every living creature,
Every blade of grass and every cloud in the sky.
Feel your connection to all that is.
Let your attention expand beyond the boundaries of yourself in this physical space and zoom your attention to the world around you.
Let your attention expand beyond the boundaries of yourself in this physical space and zoom your attention out to the space outside,
All the nature in this space.
Expanding up to the tops of trees,
Into the clouds and all the way up to the stars.
Feel united with all that exists around you.
Feel with love and gratitude as you rest here.
You may find it comforting and supportive to move your attention to your heart center and place gratitude in your heart space as you rest here deeply.
Allow yourself to simply rest here for just a moment more,
Basking in the experience you have created for yourself.
With your attention on your heart space,
Feel your Sankalpa moving back into your frame of awareness.
Whisper it in your mind or simply feel it deeply in your heart space.
I am resting deeply to renew my energy and vitality.
Now begin to focus in on the sounds around you or my voice,
Become aware of your surroundings.
With your eyes still closed,
Gently move in whatever way feels wakeful to you,
Slowly and with lightness and ease.
Open your eyes and allow them to adjust back into your waking life,
Taking your time to relax.
Inviting slowness as you ease back into your day.
Whilst you're adjusting,
Notice how you feel now,
Has anything shifted or changed for you?
If you'd like to share your experience of today,
Feel free to comment,
I would love to hear about your experience of the practice.
Thank you for joining me today and I hope you come back soon to practice here on the wellness words.
