Yoga Nidra For New Year Celebration

Namaste Welcome to 2026.

This is the first Yoga Nidra I am recording in this new year.

This is maybe the first experience that you have of meditation,

Of guided meditation in 2026.

Let's honor that and I welcome you by bowing down.

For full effect for this Yoga Nidra make sure to be undisturbed and try to rest for the full duration of this lesson.

The duration length is one hour.

It's quite deep.

You want to drink something afterwards.

Please lie down in a quiet space,

Arms by your sides,

Palms pointing up towards the sky and eyes closed.

And all starts with the next breath.

Inhale for five seconds and exhale for six.

Let's go again.

Inhale for five and exhale for six.

Namaskar Removing all the obstacles.

Before we head into a body scan we want to check in with our intention or sankalpa.

Make this sankalpa positive and short,

Personal and meaningful to you in the present tense.

I give you some examples so you completely understand and can follow.

I have my back.

This is an intention or a sankalpa.

I feel seen.

I act calm.

I laugh abundantly.

I speak my truth.

I see with clarity.

I know my worth.

You can also say a sentence with I am.

Still,

Let's let this intention come up from your body.

So please be completely relaxed and there is no need to hurry,

To be nervous here.

Just listen into your body for a moment and see what is coming up.

And then just test it that it's positive and meaningful to you and know that it is the right thing.

I give you here a minute to check in with your intention and as soon as you found your intention,

Repeat it three times together with the bell.

Silently,

Or if you like,

You can also say it out.

Letting go of your intention,

Letting go of your sankalpa.

Knowing that it will rest in your unconscious.

It's nothing you need to hold on to right now.

You're kind of like leaving the seed we planted.

And we slowly head into the first body scan of this new year.

Check in with your hands,

With both of your hands right now.

And then as soon as you arrived at your hands,

Check in.

Observe your big thumbs.

Hmm.

How are your big thumbs doing?

How do they feel?

What kind of sensations do you recognize?

Do you feel arriving completely into this new year?

Every part of your body welcoming it.

So that's what we're doing here today,

This body scan.

Resting with your thumb for a moment.

If there is any kind of tingly sensation,

Or vibrational sensation,

That is completely fine.

You can just let it happen.

You also don't want to search it.

So just be as you are.

Observe and see what's coming up.

And that's completely fine.

Let's continue now to your index finger.

Your index fingers.

Arriving there with your awareness,

With your focus.

You're doing great.

And we're continuing to your middle finger.

The middle fingers.

To the ring finger.

And to the little finger.

Coming to your palms.

Coming to the top of your hands.

And arriving at your wrists.

For a moment hold your whole hands.

In focus,

In awareness.

And inhale for five seconds through your nose if possible.

And exhale for six.

Letting go of your hands.

Every time we exhale I invite you to hum.

There's not a must,

This is an invitation.

To activate the vagus nerves.

One more time.

Inhale for five seconds.

And hum,

Exhale for six.

Coming to your lower arms now.

To your elbows.

To your upper arms.

To your shoulders.

To your whole arms.

From the fingers to the shoulders.

And again inhale for five seconds.

And hum,

Exhale.

Feel how your arms can relax more and more and more.

From here we're now moving to our hips.

With our focus,

With our awareness.

Take your time to arrive at the hips.

And from there we're heading to our big thighs.

Both of them we're heading to our legs.

To our big thighs,

The big muscles.

Welcoming them to 2026.

Just honoring them.

And then moving on to your knees.

Further down.

To your lower legs.

To the shin bones and the calves.

And connecting to your ankles.

To the heels.

The sole of the feet.

The top of the feet.

Just honoring your big toe.

Arriving with your big toe.

Focusing your awareness as good as you can.

You're doing just perfect.

And the second toe.

The third.

The fourth.

And the pinky toe.

Holding your whole foot in awareness.

In focus.

Welcoming your whole feet right now.

Your whole feet into 2026.

May your way be blessed.

Every step that you take.

Wish your feet be blessed.

Take an inhale.

For five seconds.

And hum.

Exhale.

Letting go of your feet for a moment.

And then connecting to your legs.

Up to your hips.

And all the way down.

One more time.

To your toes.

From your hips to your toes.

Having your whole legs in focus.

And welcoming your whole legs into 2026.

Honoring and being grateful for your legs.

Thanking them for their service in the last year.

And now welcoming them into the new year.

Inhale for five seconds.

And hum.

Letting go of your legs.

Arriving more and more again at your hips.

And we are connecting to our butt cheeks.

And to the perineum between your anus and your genitals.

And resting there.

Try to feel in as much as you can.

And we like to take an inhale and send the inhale down to your perineum.

And really breathe deep,

Deep,

Deep into your lower belly.

Letting go.

One more time.

Inhale.

And hum.

And let go of your perineum.

Of your butt cheeks.

And let's climb up your vertebras right now.

From your lower vertebras.

Climbing up your spine until we arrive at the belly button level.

Arriving at the belly button level.

Take your time.

Now arriving at your belly.

We want to thank our belly.

That it's still here in 2026.

And we want to give it energy by inhaling to the front,

To the right,

To the left,

To the back.

To all the sides,

Filling your belly completely up.

Let's do it all together right here.

Inhale.

To the front.

Let the belly expand to the right,

To the left,

To the right.

To the back.

Good job.

One more time.

Inhale.

And release.

Giving yourself the permission to breathe deep into your belly.

Good job.

Let's climb up further.

Until we arrive at the beginning of your ribcage.

At the sternum.

And just rest there for a moment.

Feel in,

Observe,

Focus.

And this time,

We try to focus our breath to the sternum.

So not explicitly to your belly.

But really to the start of your ribcage,

To the sternum.

So let's try it together.

Inhale.

Expand to all the different sides.

To the front,

To the right,

To the back.

See if you can create a bigger circumference around your body at your sternum.

At the start of your ribcage.

And release your breath again.

And we're doing it one more time.

Inhale for five.

And hum,

Exhale.

Hum.

Good job.

Now,

Coming up further.

We're climbing the vertebras up.

Step by step,

Until we arrive at the heart level.

Welcoming our heart into 2026.

Take a moment to be here.

And again,

This time,

Take a very soft breath.

Not too deep.

Just a soft nurturing breath.

In to your heart.

No pushing here,

But very soft inhale.

Filling up your chest.

To all the different sides.

And releasing again.

Soft and nurturing.

One more time.

Inhale.

And release.

Hum.

Before we continue,

Take one deep inhale into your belly.

Filling your belly completely.

Filling your chest completely.

Right now,

Inhale.

Feel how your belly is big and tall.

And release.

Hum.

You're doing fine as you're doing it.

And come back to your natural breath.

And we continue further up.

We're now heading up further.

We're thanking our heart.

And we're coming to our neck.

And to our throat.

Hum.

Here we're going to hum three times.

So inhale through your nose.

And really try to feel the vibration in your throat as you're humming.

Inhale again.

Or go in your tempo and your rhythm.

And last time,

You really want to feel it.

Try to shift the hum to your throat.

Great job.

We're coming up further right now.

To our jaw and your chin.

Just feel it.

Check in to your jaw and your chin.

Continuing to your lower lip.

And your upper lip.

To inside your mouth.

To the floor of the mouth.

To the roof of the mouth.

To your tongue.

Let your tongue rest softly on the roof of the mouth.

Have your lips just slightly open.

A really small slit between your lips.

Coming up further to your nose.

To your right nostril.

To your left nostril.

Coming to your right ear.

To your left ear.

Coming to your right eye.

To your left eye.

Coming to in between your eyebrows together.

And here we rest for a moment.

And we want to now hum again.

But this time we want to hum out of your nose almost.

So shift your hum up to your nose.

Meanwhile,

Still keep focused at this third eye position.

This point between your eyebrows.

Inhale together.

And hum very far up.

One more time.

Inhale.

Great.

Connecting to your forehead.

To the back of your head.

To the crown of your head.

To the back of your head.

To the back of your head.

To the back of your head.

To the back of your head.

To the back of your head.

Feel how you can let go of all the tension on the skin of your head.

From there we are going to our throat.

To our neck.

To our shoulders.

And we are allowing all the skin on your shoulders,

On your neck,

On your throat to relax.

Coming to our arms.

Feeling your arms.

And allowing all the skin on your arms to relax.

Take an inhale for five seconds.

And exhale.

Let's continue to our core.

Feel your back.

Feel the front of your body.

Feel the sides.

Feel all the skin of your core.

And allow all the skin to relax.

Into 2026.

Feel your hips and your perineum.

Let all the skin relax there as well.

And feel your legs and your feet.

Let all the skin around your legs,

Around your feet.

Relax completely.

At any point in time,

If you fall asleep,

That's completely fine.

Just whenever you realize,

Come softly back to my voice.

At this point,

Feel a bit of weightlessness.

Feel this almost flying feeling.

Feel this relaxation.

It's nurturing your entire body.

And realize it's not just nurturing your entire body,

But it's nurturing your mind,

Too.

I like to say it's nurturing the entire being.

Without changing your breath,

Observe your breath.

Maybe feel how the cold air is entering your nostrils.

And then the warmer air is leaving your nostrils again.

Here,

We set a clear foundation for the year to come.

Here,

We are being rejuvenated,

Are finding stillness.

Maybe a bit easier,

As usual.

Because it's the beginning of the year.

And it's like an unwritten chapter.

A clean page.

A book that is just empty.

An empty white notebook.

Whatever it is for you,

Check in with that.

And see how you're feeling in this 2026.

Maybe you realize that there's still some thoughts lingering.

About the last year.

So feel free to imagine opening a window and letting these thoughts out right now.

Coming back to this clean page.

Coming back to this unwritten year in front of you.

And imagine you're seeing a portal in front of you.

A portal next to you.

Visualizing this portal.

It is there for you.

It came up for you.

It's been there for you the whole time.

It's waiting for you.

It wants to show you something.

It wants to show you something just meant for you.

Visualize this portal.

See how it's standing.

See where it's standing.

Visualize it.

See what colors are on this portal.

Is the door still closed?

Is the door already open?

What kind of texture does the door have?

Is it metal?

Is it wood?

Is it any kind of other material?

Observe it.

Visualize how you're standing in front of it.

And you're feeling in to yourself.

Checking in with yourself if you're nervous.

Or if you're ready.

If you're courageous.

Knowing that this portal is well meant to you.

It's not.

It's not showing you a false direction.

It is alignment itself showing in front of you in form of a door.

It's not writing inside of your clean notebook.

It's offering perspective.

See this portal in front of you.

See what kind of color it has.

Is there a vibrational color intensity to it?

So it's like you need to step through a color.

If it's like this,

Visualize this color.

If it's transparent,

That's completely fine.

I invite you to bring courage to your being and invite you to step through this portal.

If you still need to open the door,

Open the door now.

Feel the handle.

And without hesitating,

Courageous,

You step through this portal.

Feeling a comfortable warmth around you,

Supporting you.

Behind the portal,

All your senses come to life.

You step through and you see clearer.

You hear clearer.

You smell clearer.

You feel clearer.

Everything becomes more intense.

Feel how your body is warm and comfortable.

Feel you're being held by something bigger than yourself.

You see that you are at the crossroads.

There's so many ways going in all the directions.

And you're just taking it all in.

You're not connecting with any kind of elaborated thoughts,

But you're observing your surroundings.

You're seeing the ways in front of you.

You're hearing the sounds around you.

You're smelling.

You're feeling your feet on the floor.

You feel safe.

This warmth from the portal is still within yourself.

And it's almost like this warmth has a certain color to it.

It is illuminating a path.

It's like you're feeling the warmth.

And by feeling the warmth,

You understand what way to go,

Which way to go.

After millions and millions of ways,

You can easily find the way that is meant for you.

The most beautiful way for you.

Imagine how you're just stepping a few steps on this way.

And you realize the beauty around you.

See where you are right now.

Are you on a forest trail?

Are you next to a river?

Are you on a mountain?

Are you next to a beach?

Are you in the city?

Wherever you are,

See yourself and feel comfortable there.

It's a place where you feel safe and at ease.

A place where you feel rejuvenated and ready.

Ready to be your true authentic self.

See around you.

See this place.

Hear this place.

Maybe there's wind.

Maybe there's sound from the water.

Maybe there's sound from your environment.

Maybe there are birds.

Smell this place.

Wherever you are.

Feel that this is a place where you can rejuvenate.

As we just took some steps there onto your path.

We visualized your path.

The portal calls you.

It's opening up in front of you.

It's asking you to step again through it.

To warm you up again and to transport you back to the here and now.

Without hesitation.

You trust this portal completely and you're stepping through.

Feeling warmed by the portal.

Feeling the warmth in your feet,

In your legs,

In your hips,

In your belly,

In your chest,

In your shoulders,

In your arms,

In your hands,

In your throat,

In your head.

All over your skin from the crown of your head to the bottom of your feet.

Coming back to your body.

Slowly and from here.

Come back to your intention,

To the sankalpa you found at the beginning of this journey.

We repeat the sankalpa,

The intention,

Three times.

If you have not been here,

You missed that part,

Just continue with I see with clarity three times.

If you have your own sankalpa,

Please use your sankalpa right now.

Together with the bell.

Letting go of your intention,

Thanking your intention.

Bowing down in front of your intention.

Coming back to your body more and more and whenever you're ready,

Choose the moment when you start to move your fingers.

Choose a moment for yourself.

Choose a moment.

And start to move your fingers at this moment,

Softly.

Move your toes.

Move your wrists.

Move your elbows,

Your knees,

Your hips,

Your shoulders.

Moving your whole body in any kind of way,

That feels good to you.

Coming back to your body.

You can either open your eyes,

Have them still closed.

You can stay lying.

You can sit up.

Whatever feels comfortable to you.

May there be peace of all beings.

I'm bowing down in front of you for your discipline.

I'm bowing down in front of you for your discipline.

Welcome to 2026.

Abandon love and blessings.