Hello and welcome to a very special yoga nidra focusing on letting go.
So grab any props that you need to be as comfortable as possible.
And take your time to get totally comfortable.
You could be laid on your back,
On your side,
On your front.
You can even practice this in a chair as long as you're going to be safe.
And get as comfortable as possible.
Starting by checking that all of the touch points between you and the earth are comfortable.
Checking that your heels,
Your feet are comfortable.
Your sacrum,
Your coccyx,
Your shoulder blades,
Upper back,
Arms are comfortable.
And your head.
And allow your body to release heavily down through all of your touch points.
This letting go becomes a process of getting heavier.
Of releasing the body and trusting that the mind will follow.
A surrendering of the activity of your muscles.
A letting go of the weight of your bones.
If you could be even 1% more comfortable,
Go ahead,
Make that change.
Check that you are comfortable after the change.
And then make a commitment towards stillness,
If that works for you.
And turn your attention to your natural breath.
And gracefully accepting that there might be a conditioning.
That when we turn our attention to the breath,
We start to control the breath.
This is all about letting go.
So peacefully,
Calmly,
Compassionately,
Let your body breathe for you.
Let your body breath be your whole world.
Your whole focus.
Let your natural body breath absorb your attention as your muscles let go.
As your bones become heavier.
And then let go of that observation of the breath and be here for a moment.
And taking your attention to your toes.
The left big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
Fifth toe.
The right big toe.
Second toe.
Third toe.
Fourth toe.
Little toe.
Relaxing all of your toes.
The soles of both feet.
The left foot.
And the right foot.
The inner ankles.
Outer ankles.
The calf muscles on the left side.
And the right side.
Both knees.
Left knee.
Right knee.
And both thighs.
The left thigh.
The front of the left thigh.
The back of the left thigh.
And the inner left thigh.
The right thigh.
The muscles at the front of the right thigh.
The back of the right thigh.
And the inner thigh on the right side.
And let both thigh bones rest heavily into your hip socket.
Both sides of your pelvis.
Left thigh.
Left hip.
Right hip.
And taking your attention to your lower back.
Middle back.
Upper back.
The sides of the waist.
The sides of the ribcage.
The tummy.
The chest.
Both shoulders.
The left shoulder.
The right shoulder.
Both arms all the way down the left arm.
All the way down the right arm.
Both palms.
Both hands all the way to the tips of the fingers.
Relax the neck.
The whole head.
Softening the space between the eyebrows.
The temples.
The lips.
And the teeth.
And for a moment,
Resting your awareness at the space between the collarbones.
Feeling the skin at the space between the collarbones.
Spreading your awareness across the skin of your entire body.
Noticing the skin of your entire body.
Holding that,
And expanding your focus to feel your bones,
Your muscles,
Your organs,
Your connective tissues.
Holding your whole being in your awareness.
Holding your whole physical body in your awareness.
And allowing your attention to drift to your energy body,
Your subconscious mind,
The home of samskaras,
Our habitual pathways.
And just be here in the awareness.
This new home of the energy body.
Noticing your energy body and connecting.
Witnessing.
Observing.
And when the time is right,
Allow your attention to move to the mental body.
Just noticing what you notice.
A neutral observer.
A witness.
Is there anything there in the mind body that needs to be acknowledged?
Heard?
Seen?
And when the time is right,
Allow your attention to drift to the wisdom body.
And this is where we will rest.
In the wisdom body.
While we are here in the wisdom body,
Ask yourself.
Where do you need to surrender in your life?
And if it feels like an option,
Allow your attention to drift to your bliss body.
The place inside you that is complete and whole and infinite.
And pure and free.
Staying connected with that sense of everlasting,
Unchanging bliss.
Keeping that connection as you reconnect to your wisdom.
Keeping that sense of bliss.
And as you revisit the wisdom body,
Is there anything it wants to tell you?
And moving to the mental body,
Is there anything that needs to be heard?
Moving to the energy body,
Is there anything there that needs to be acknowledged now?
You've asked yourself where to surrender.
And sensing into the tangible,
Physical body.
Sensing the letting go.
The surrender.
Perhaps associating the sense of surrendering the physical body with the sense of surrendering in your life.
And then let that go.
Just let that go and be here.
Connecting with your physical body.
Your physical body is relaxed.
You have been practising yoga nidra.
Connecting all the way down with your toes.
Connecting all the way out with the tips of your fingers.
And all the way up to the crown of your head.
Holding that connection with the physical body and layering in the breath body,
The energy body.
Starting to breathe purposefully.
The inhale is always an opportunity to come back into this present moment.
And the exhale is always an opportunity to surrender.
And when you are ready,
Starting to wiggle your fingers,
Your toes.
And take that movement into your hands and your feet.
Taking whatever movements feel right for you.
And eventually,
With no hurry whatsoever,
Transitioning back into your day.
I hope you have a beautiful day.
Namaste.
