Yoga Nidra Journey To Meet A Plant Spirit

So just make sure that you're comfortable now to begin.

Just before you close your eyes,

Take a moment to acknowledge the space that you're resting in and just notice some of the things in that space that make you feel safe.

So it might be something like a closed window or the door or the solidity of the room.

It might be some objects and things in the room.

Just notice whatever things around you bring you that feeling of safety and then close your eyes when you're ready.

And just feel into the feeling of your body resting into the surface beneath you.

And feel into all of the meeting points where your body connects to that surface.

And as your breath flows in and out,

Notice the breath carrying any tension out of the body.

So each time you exhale,

The muscles become more relaxed.

Each time you exhale,

The body feels a little heavier on that surface.

Allow each exhalation to carry you a bit further into your relaxation.

And then move the awareness into the nose.

Feel the touch of the air flowing in and out of the nose.

And just observe the air flowing through the nostrils as you breathe in and out.

And then move to the ears and feel into the insides of the ears.

And with the awareness inside the ears,

Just notice any sounds that are present in your environment.

And let the awareness jump from sound to sound.

So without getting too involved in any one sound,

Just acknowledge that those sounds are there.

And know that they are not going to disturb you.

They can only help you to relax even more deeply.

And just take a moment to acknowledge that this is your time for you,

For your rest,

For your healing,

For your meditation.

And there is no way to get this practice wrong.

So you can continue to follow my voice for as long as that's useful for you.

But you're also free to just drift away.

And if you fall asleep,

It just means that your body needs to sleep.

That it's taking advantage of this opportunity for rest and for healing.

So just take this moment to recognize that you can't get this wrong.

And the practice is going to bring you exactly what you need today.

And now see yourself in a place that makes you feel safe and secure.

Invite a safe,

Secure,

Peaceful environment to arise all around you.

You might like to remember a place or time when you felt very safe and secure.

You might like to imagine somewhere that has all of the conditions that you would need to feel safe,

Secure and at ease.

And if there's anything else that you want to bring into that environment,

Anything else that will add to that feeling of safety,

Just bring in anything that you need.

And feel that feeling growing all around you of absolute safety and security.

And now feel into your body.

And notice where you feel that feeling of safety inside your body.

And feel those feelings intensifying.

Feel that sense of safety and security as vividly as you can.

This is your feeling that you have created for yourself.

And you can always come back to it at any time.

If you need to during the practice.

Feeling of absolute safety and security.

Peace and well-being.

And in our practice today we're going to be taking a journey to meet a plant.

And to communicate with that plant for healing,

For insight.

So if you do have a specific question or an intention,

Or a topic or a subject that you want to be open to receive new perspectives or new ideas on,

Just take this moment to bring that into your awareness.

You don't have to have one,

But if there is something there,

Just acknowledge it now.

And then just let it go and know that the practice is going to bring you exactly what you need.

We're going to begin our rotation around the body.

Starting inside the mouth at the tip of the tongue.

Bring the awareness to rest at the tip of the tongue.

And the whole of the tongue.

Rest the awareness on the whole of the tongue.

The roof of the mouth.

The bottom of the mouth.

The teeth.

The gums.

The upper lip.

The lower lip.

The chin.

The jaw.

The right ear.

The left ear.

The right cheek.

The left cheek.

The right nostril.

The left nostril.

The tip of the nose.

The whole of the nose.

The right eye.

The left eye.

The right eyebrow.

The left eyebrow.

The left eyebrow.

The eyebrow centre.

The forehead.

The top of the head.

The back of the head.

The back of the neck.

The right shoulder.

The right upper arm.

The right elbow.

The lower arm.

The right wrist.

The back of the right hand.

The palm of the right hand.

The right hand thumb.

The right index finger.

The right middle finger.

The ring finger.

The little finger.

The palm of the right hand.

The back of the right hand.

The right wrist.

The right forearm.

The right elbow.

The upper arm.

The right shoulder.

The right side of the chest.

The right side of the abdomen.

The right waist.

The right hip.

The right thigh.

The right knee.

The lower leg.

The right ankle.

The right heel.

The sole of the right foot.

The top of the right foot.

The right toes.

1,

2,

3,

4,

5.

Bring the awareness to the whole of the right foot.

The whole of the right leg.

The whole of the right arm.

The whole of the right side of the body.

Move to the left side.

Bring the awareness to the left shoulder.

The left upper arm.

The left elbow.

The lower arm.

The left wrist.

The back of the left hand.

The top of the left hand.

The left hand thumb.

The index finger.

The middle finger.

The ring finger.

The little finger.

The palm of the left hand.

The back of the hand.

The left wrist.

The left forearm.

The left elbow.

The upper arm.

The left shoulder.

The left side of the chest.

The left side of the abdomen.

The left waist.

The left hip.

The left thigh.

The knee.

The lower leg.

The left ankle.

The left heel.

The sole of the left foot.

The top of the left foot.

Each of the left toes.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Seventeen.

Bringing the awareness up the back of the body.

Move to the right heel.

And the left heel.

The right calf.

The left calf.

The back of the right knee.

The back of the left knee.

The right buttock.

The left buttock.

The whole of the spine.

The right shoulder blade.

The left shoulder blade.

The back of the neck.

The back of the head.

The top of the head.

Moving down the front of the body.

We come to the forehead.

The right eyebrow.

The left eyebrow.

The eyebrow centre.

The right eye.

The left eye.

The right ear.

The left ear.

The right cheek.

The left cheek.

The neck.

The nose.

The tip of the nose.

The upper lip.

The lower lip.

The chin.

The chin.

The jaw.

The right collarbone.

And the left collarbone.

The space between the collarbones.

The right side of the chest.

The left side of the chest.

The centre of the chest.

The navel.

The lower abdomen.

The right hip.

The left hip.

The right knee.

The left knee.

The right ankle.

The left ankle.

The right toes.

The left toes.

And the whole of the body together.

Awareness on the whole of the body together.

Together.

The whole of the body together.

Bring the awareness to the breath.

Follow the natural flow of the breath.

Watch the breath coming in and filling the lungs.

And follow the breath back out again.

And begin to count the breaths backwards.

From 27 to 0.

Like this.

Breathing in 27.

Breathing out 27.

Breathing in 26.

Breathing out 26.

Breathing in 25.

Breathing out 25.

And so on all the way to 0.

If you make a mistake or if you reach the end just come back to 27 and start again.

Continue following the breath and counting.

Stop counting and now feel the body becoming very heavy.

Feel the body becoming heavy and sinking into the surface beneath you.

Feel the body becoming heavier and heavier.

So heavy that it sinks into the earth.

Becomes one with the earth.

Feel that feeling of heaviness as vividly as you can.

The feeling of heaviness inside the body.

The feeling of heaviness.

And now feel the body becoming very light.

Feel the body becoming lighter and lighter.

So light that it drifts away up into the air.

Up into the sky.

Becoming one with the sky.

Intensify that feeling of lightness.

The feeling of lightness.

Now are you able to feel both of those at the same time?

Can you feel the body so heavy that it sinks into the earth and so light that it floats away into the sky at the same time?

Can you experience heaviness and lightness together?

Heaviness and lightness together.

And now move the awareness to the eyebrow centre.

And observe the eyebrow centre.

Notice what's happening there.

Observe any shapes,

Colours or patterns.

Or perhaps just darkness.

Without getting involved or analysing anything,

Just watch whatever's happening there.

Keeping the awareness at the eyebrow centre.

I'm going to name some different things.

Allow an impression of each thing to arise as I name it.

There's no need to force anything to come.

Just allow each one to come by itself however it comes.

We'll start with waves crashing on the beach.

White clouds in a clear blue sky.

A rose bush.

A flickering candle.

Stars in the night sky.

A cascading waterfall.

The symbol of Aum.

Spring daffodil.

A storm in the desert.

An elephant.

A rainy morning.

The flower of life.

You see yourself walking through a forest.

It's a beautiful sunny day.

Rays of sunlight shine through the treetops.

And you observe your surroundings,

The trees the plants and the flowers around you.

And you know that there is one plant in particular that you're looking for.

And that when you find it you will know that that's the one.

As you walk through the trees you notice that a ray of sunlight is shining down onto one particular plant or tree.

As you see the sunlight illuminate that plant you know that that is the one that you've been looking for.

And you walk over to it and sit down beside it.

You notice the colours and the shapes.

You notice its smell.

Perhaps touch its leaves and feel its texture.

As you sit with your plant a communication opens.

You feel an energy coming from the plant.

You welcome into your body.

You feel that the plant has some healing that it can bring to you.

It can offer you.

You welcome that healing however it comes for you.

And as your communication with the plant intensifies if you have any questions anything you want to explore or communicate about just gently invite those into your communication.

Listen to what the plant has for you.

Soon it will be time to leave the plant.

So if you have anything else that you wish to communicate with the plant about perhaps the plant has something more for you.

Just spend a little longer here receiving the plant's wisdom insight and healing.

And it's time to leave the plant for now.

So knowing that you can always come back and connect with your plant again at any time.

Just thank your plant now for all that it's offered you.

And then you slowly start to walk on through the forest.

Between the trees.

You find yourself heading towards a clearing.

You enter into the clearing and the warm sunlight shines down onto you warming your body.

You sit down in the centre of the clearing.

You welcome the warmth of the sunlight.

As you enter into a deep meditation.

And slowly begin to turn the awareness back outwards.

Just notice any sounds that are present in your environment.

And let the awareness jump from sound to sound.

Without getting too involved in any one thing.

Just acknowledge that the sounds are there.

Feel the feeling of the air against your skin.

And the feeling of your body resting into the surface beneath you.

Watch the breath flowing in and out.

See the breath flowing into the hands and the feet.

And animating the hands and the feet.

So that the fingers and the toes begin to move.

Start to make some movements with the wrists and with the ankles.

And give yourself a stretch in any way that feels good for you.

Taking your time,

There is no rush.

When you're sure that you're feeling wide awake again.

Slowly open your eyes to complete the practice.