Yoga Nidra Journey Of Great Love

Welcome.

My name is Julianne Elizabeth and I am so honored to spend this time with you.

In this yoga nidra practice,

You will journey into a heart-centered place and settle into the space of innate and infinite harmony that exists deep within.

It is from this depth of heart that true connection and commitment take root.

And from these nourished roots,

We welcome in greater love and joy throughout our lives.

As we begin the practice,

Take care to make yourself comfortable.

Allow your spine to settle into its natural curve.

Lengthen your neck and soften your shoulders to the ground.

Make any adjustments to settle your bones into a position you can rest in with ease.

And once you do,

Become present with yourself and your connection to the earth below.

Give yourself permission to be held here,

Aware of what your body feels like in this moment,

And inviting yourself to connect with a sense of softness.

Let it be an honest surrender into what is,

With nowhere else to be and nothing else to do.

Breath in body,

Body on earth,

Earth in its perfect rhythm and divine dance with the universe.

Now notice the precise and present perfection of your body in its entirety.

From the top of your head down to the tips of your toes,

Allowing every muscle,

Every joint,

Every cell of your being to release.

It's time to let yourself rest.

Fully rest,

Not just your physical body,

But every aspect of your being,

The entirety of your spirit.

As you allow your body to breathe,

Take your attention to the center of your chest.

Imagine that in your heart,

The center of your chest,

There is a soft ball of glowing light.

Give yourself time to allow this light to come into your inner gaze and welcome it to grow and expand as you breathe.

See the soft edges of this light imbue settled peace and abiding calm.

Witness it expand as you breathe in and soften as you breathe out.

Just watching this easeful energy within ebbing and flowing with your breath,

Filling your entire being with light and letting it flow.

Feeling your entire being with light and softening over your body like a blanket of comfort and ease.

This light is your life force and it will always bring you home.

Now surrender into the space of your heart.

Welcome in the interplay of elevated emotion to arise naturally.

Grateful for this time to rest.

Courageously open to love and joy.

Open to explore this light of home within you.

And as you witness this energy shine within,

Let your curiosity arise.

Within this light is your sankalpa,

Your intention.

It is a call to consider what your heart is saying.

It is a call to consider what your heart truly and deeply desires.

From this light arises your desire right now.

Transform this desire into an I am present tense statement.

For instance,

I am at peace.

I am connected.

I am home.

I am enduring endless love.

Let your heart hold the courage to allow this light to circulate your intention throughout the physical and energetic layers of your being.

Welcome in the potential that you already know this intention is true.

You already feel it to be true within you.

Repeat this intention each time releasing it into the light of your heart's rhythm.

Moving the sankalpa in waves throughout your body and allowing it to effortlessly nurture your spirit.

And it is here with intention that we begin the practice of yoga nidra.

Now see the golden light of your heart expand out to fill your whole chest like the glowing light of the sun.

Watch as a beam of light extends out and begins to travel a path down the outside of your right arm to your right pinky finger.

It meanders down the valley of your pinky and climbs up to the tip of your ring finger.

Down and up into your middle finger.

Down and up to the pointer finger.

Tracing down and up to the tip of your right thumb.

Follow this traveling light as it crawls down the ridge of your right thumb into the inner right wrist.

Following the trail of your inner arm and up towards the inner right armpit.

The light scales the edges of your rib case and waist and lands on your right hip.

From the curve of your right hip it journeys down the thigh to the knee,

Lower leg,

Ankle,

And heel.

Tracing the outer edge of your right foot to your right pinky toe.

The light tracks along the tip of each toe,

Sinking light in between each,

Before curving over your big toe and continuing through your inner arch,

Ankle,

And beginning to ascend through your inner calf,

Knee,

And upper leg.

It passes through the inner thigh,

Crosses the pelvis,

And begins its descent down your left leg and inner left calf to the ankle,

Continuing through the inner arch and climbing towards the left big toe.

The light tracks along the tip of each toe,

Sinking light in between,

Before hooking the curve of your pinky toe and traversing the path of your outer arch towards your heel.

From there it ascends up your ankle,

Lower leg,

Knee,

Up the thigh to the curve of your left hip.

From the center of your left hip it begins to climb the waist,

Climbing the edges of your ribs towards your inner left armpit,

And through the path of your inner left arm down towards the inner wrist and the ridge of your left thumb to its peak.

From the tip of your thumb it follows the path down and up to the tip of your pointer finger,

Down and up to your middle finger,

Down and up to the tip of your ring finger,

And falls down and up the valley of your pinky finger before arriving at the peak.

From the tip of your left pinky finger this beam of light extends out and begins to travel up the path outside of your left arm,

Passing through the curve of the shoulder onwards towards your neck and outer jawbone.

It illuminates the spiraled path of your left ear and follows the trail of your hairline across your crown.

As the light slides down your right temple it turns towards the ridge of your ear and drops into its cavern.

The light of your awareness enters through your ear,

Shining itself straight through and illuminating the cave of your skull.

It weaves itself through the pathways of your brain and casts the entire space with light.

The light expands to bring illumination through your eyes,

Nose,

Mouth,

And into your throat.

The light fills the whole chest,

Illuminating your stomach,

The bowl of your pelvis,

And shining down the bones of your legs into your feet.

From the ground up your whole body is filled with light.

From the roots of your toes through your legs,

Torso,

Arms,

And neck,

Through your head and face you are fully illuminated by the light of your awareness.

From your heart,

And after a long journey,

You have arrived here,

Home in your heart.

Settle into this familiar seat,

This space,

This home,

And begin to witness the light move through its many pathways,

Traveling to,

From,

Around,

And throughout your heart,

Syncing now rhythmically with your breath.

Breathe in and witness the light fill your heart.

Breathe out and allow the light to pour out.

Breathe in,

Allowing the light to fill your heart.

Breathe out,

Witnessing the light pouring.

Allow this heart-centered breath to both illuminate your path and liberate your form.

Allow its freedom within to open you to a deeper sense of connection,

Both to your whole being and throughout your reality.

Aware now of your expanding surroundings,

This life force begins to create new pathways of connection,

Casting a beam of light that expands and grows outwards to fill the space that surrounds you.

As this light extends out from your heart,

It opens to the heart of your greatest love.

Now two hearts come together,

Yours and theirs.

Beating,

Breathing,

Dreaming,

And being.

Two paths begin to weave,

Yours and theirs.

Wandering and seeking,

Discovering,

And coming home as one,

Together.

As you experience yourself connecting deeper in this loving,

Connected energy,

You experience your connection to presence,

Respect,

Honor,

And gratitude deepen until it becomes the ground you and they stand upon.

You experience yourself together,

Deepening roots connecting you to the earth beneath you.

Notice yourself intimately connected to the weight of gravity.

Experience yourself settled in your form,

Held by the support of the ground.

Experience yourself grounded,

Held in the deepening presence of the ground and your deepest love.

You feel weightless,

Almost floating.

Noticing yourself now both rooted and connected,

And weightless,

Light and free.

Rooted,

Connected,

Weightless,

Light and free.

Now welcome the experience of being settled.

Settled in yourself,

Settled in love,

Settled.

Embrace the stillness that comes along with being settled.

Watch as stillness is shifted as you begin to follow a charge of electricity as it moves through you,

Activating you,

Energizing you,

Creating an enduring spark of connection that brings you into deeper love.

Return back to a settled stillness and then release it to follow electricity.

Become electric,

Energized,

And activated.

Notice yourself once again still and settled and see if it's possible for you to stay still and settled in your body as well as energized,

Electric,

And activated.

And in holding both and all,

You notice yourself everywhere,

All at once.

Your energy connected and weaving its own journey and its own path with your great love.

You are everywhere,

All at once.

And at the same time you notice yourself here,

You are safe,

You are home,

Together,

With love.

Welcome home,

Welcome love,

Welcome all of you as you are in your wholeness.

As you experience your whole self in this moment,

Shift into a state of gratitude.

Experience yourself move towards appreciation for everything that has led you here,

For all that you are capable of experiencing,

For the greatest gifts you receive in this moment and the greatest gifts you'll receive in the journey ahead.

Right here,

Right now,

Allow yourself to feel gratitude fully within yourself,

Fully together with your greatest love.

This state of deep gratitude leads you to see yourself exactly as you are today.

You are standing at the entrance of a path,

Waiting with your great love and preparing together to embark on the journey of your lifetime.

Surrounding you both is an undeniable glow that connects you to each other and to the beautiful natural surroundings around you.

You recognize here that with them you feel a buzz of excitement for what lies ahead and at the same time a deep settling to be together with love.

The journey ahead will take you in new and familiar places with the intention to discover a special place that is just for you two.

A view you will return to together,

Time after time.

On land you will journey and build a lifetime of memories through.

You do not know exactly where it is,

But you carry a knowing sense that it lies on this path you'll walk together.

You begin quietly traveling on this meandering path,

The forest alive with sensation,

And you together alive with sensation too.

You follow your intuition up and down valleys and passes.

You scale ridges you've never walked before.

You cross streaming creeks and grassy fields,

Following the sun as it streams through the forest branches and welcomes you at each trail turn.

After ascending together on a rocky path,

You catch first glimpse of them,

The most beautiful mountain range you've ever seen.

Its jagged peaks tucked away and hidden only for the committed to discover.

Tears come to your eyes as you gasp in awe and you meet the eyes of your great love.

Knowing this view means you're close.

With new eyes you begin to seek for a spot to claim,

A perfect and most special space in the wilderness to share with your greatest love,

To claim as yours.

Your journey continues up one more hill.

By now your legs feel rooted and weary,

And you'd almost prefer to stop here if it weren't for your hopeful heart and knowing sense that this final climb will be more than worth the effort.

The path narrows and you walk on feeling your greatest love behind you.

The shade of the canopy above you keeps you cool as you begin this final climb.

And upon reaching the very top,

You see just up ahead a spectacular clearing of trees and the most clear view of the mountains you've ever seen.

You experience your energy expanding in all directions and at the same time you feel immediately safe at home.

You find yourself unable to move,

Rooted in your feet,

Embraced by the light and warmth of the sun,

Surrounded by the wisdom of the forest,

Alive and open to the beat of your heart.

You experience the space of your heart begin to expand,

Light and open,

Alive and in touch with your truest nature,

Expanding beyond your form to meet your loves.

Two beings,

A swirl of energy,

Illuminated and cast aglow,

Expanding together.

The space around you dissolves into light and you and they are able to see yourselves,

Weaving memories into the future,

Decades ahead.

You see the year you visited your spot and all the flowers bloomed at once.

The year you came and it was so cold you had to snuggle close to keep warm.

The year all the bugs were there.

You see the day you caught the most beautiful sunset together.

The nights of staying up all night,

Talking,

Laughing,

Crying,

Breathing,

Cherishing and dreaming together.

A life beneath these skies weaves itself before you.

These memories wrap around you,

Swirl in your life and affirm the love that will carry you through.

You notice each other now breathing as one.

You feel your heart within them and theirs within you.

You trust in this love beyond any doubt and you find yourself deeply connected to the wisdom of your heart.

Your great love leans into you and whispers softly in your ear,

Your Senkalpa.

Your whole body receives it and becomes electrified.

Alive with the frequency of this intention and your love,

You know deeply in this moment that nothing could be more true.

You repeat these words of your Senkalpa and their truth reverberates within you,

Drawing up from your heart's knowing and into the power of your intuitive mind,

Your third eye.

You become aware that you are centered within your physical body,

Connected to heart and mind,

Committed and held in the deepest,

Truest love you could ever know.

True partnership roots into your whole being and your awareness begins to gather into the space of your heart,

Connecting you with each other into this special place.

You find yourself home within each other.

You find yourself whole together and you welcome the feeling of gratitude and profound love to surround you,

To fill your whole being and to weave a home for you both.

In this moment,

You are home.

Breathe deeply in and out.

Breathe in and out and feel the body awakening.

Become aware of the sounds of life around you and find yourself fully awake,

Refreshed and renewed as the practice of Yoga Nidra comes to completion.

Remembering all you have experienced,

You begin to move.

First,

Your fingers and toes and now any other movements that feel intuitive to your awakening.

Eventually,

You'll roll to one side and pause.

Turn your heart towards the ground and use your bottom arm like a pillow.

Allow yourself to be held by the support of the ground beneath you and inspired by the vast world around you.

Come to a seat and sit now tall through your spine,

Connected to your heart center,

Connected to your love,

Breathing fully into your being.

One more time,

Welcome your heart's desire,

Your sankalpa.

Allow it to land in your heart,

Making an impression so that you may carry it with you in your life and into your love.

Reconnect again with a sense of gratitude for this time you have taken to connect,

This time you have given to be,

This time you have allowed yourself to nurture love.

Savor this moment of appreciation.

Honor yourself and honor your great love.

May your journey in all of its directions always bring you home to the love within and to the love you share.

May you all have that.

Namaste.