Yoga Nidra For Unveiling The Self (Meditation Version)

Hello,

My name is Niev.

I welcome you to this short Yoga Nidra of unveiling the Self to reveal the hidden secret within.

There is a certain approach to enter this colourful,

Textural world of feeling sensation by first choosing a time and place with no distraction and no disruption and then preparing your space to settle in,

Perhaps drawing the curtains or placing an eye mask on before laying down or sit in a resting position that is comfortable using cushions,

Pillows and blankets where needed.

The Self has everlasting shiny qualities so you can think of this wakeful sleep as a reconstellation of the energetic structure rewiring the nervous system,

Charging the cells.

If you were to fall asleep,

Know this is exactly what you need but also know that your subconscious is still listening and by returning to this with practice,

Over time you will come to realise that you are effortlessly wakeful to all sensory sensations while in deep rest.

I invite you now to journey inward with my voice,

Closing the eyes,

Allowing all movement to dissolve into stillness allowing the mind's activity to begin untethering from thinking,

Becoming aware of the belly breathing,

The gentle rise and fall of the belly breathing noticing,

Welcoming three purifying breaths,

Drawing the breath in through the nose sensing as the lungs absorb the air and releasing a long lazy breath through the mouth as you breathe out again absorbing as you breathe in and as you breathe out,

Detangling residual tension in the body,

Freeing from all that is not you one more time,

Breathe in as if you could aerate the lungs and breath out allowing the breath out to cascade freshness down over you purifying the veils noticing the natural rhythms wakeful to sensory sensations listening to your breath and listening to my voice sensing the back of the body held by the earth that cradles,

Nourishes,

Supports this practice unveils the different layers of consciousness to access the luminous jewel of the multi-dimensional self hidden beneath these over layers may first be experienced as skin,

Bone,

Matter,

Before becoming more subtle so lets begin unveiling by dropping down to enter the night of your inner world where secrets are revealed inside the centre of the chest welcoming feeling sensation of the subtle heart for thoughts and emotions to be absorbed there in wakeful sleep a pure intention is evoked known as a sankalpa your sankalpa is like a pointer to reveal the self for your secret jewel to animate and shine lighting up pure intention just as the subtle force of electricity travels through wires to light up many beautiful things the heart too imparts sentience to the senses by keeping awareness inside the chest listen to these subtle echoes of the heart perhaps a glimmer of nostalgia or a whispering yearn listening to the gentle breeze that stir and blow through the open window of your soul can you sense your inner calling if your pure intention has not yet come to light you might like to bask in the words I am wakeful to pure awareness pure love pure bliss or whisper your sankalpa to your heart three times and now following my voice to rotate awareness through the body feeling sensation inside the mouth the tongue upper and lower palate upper and lower lips behind the right cheek behind the left cheek both ears sensations inside both ears listening with feeling awareness there is no right or wrong way to do this feel what you feel notice what you notice becoming aware of the airflow inside the nostrils behind the eyes and deep inside the eyes seeing with feeling awareness the back of the head the back of the head the back of the head sensations on the crown and the space between the eyebrows if you could imagine yourself as a shimmering jewel placed here in the eyebrow centre and then systematically through the body point by point throat centre heart centre shimmering right side of the chest shoulder elbow wrist shimmering bliss continue to place your jewel on each fingertip from the little finger to the thumb one by one all fingertips shimmering palm of the hand wrist underarm shoulder blade the whole right arm shimmering with sensations heart centre navel pubic bone root all centres shimmering traversing awareness to the left leg inside the left thigh knee lower leg ankle foot placing your jewel from the little to the big toe one by one all toes shimmering together sole of the foot heel of the foot and the whole left leg and the whole left leg and the right arm and the left hemisphere of the brain shimmering together centering in the heart left side of the chest shoulder elbow wrist shimmering bliss continue placing your jewel on each fingertip from the little finger to the thumb one by one all fingertips shimmering palm of the hand wrist underarm shoulder blade the whole left arm shimmering with aliveness again the heart navel pubic bone root all centres shimmering traversing awareness to the right leg inside the right thigh knee lower leg ankle foot placing your jewel from the little to the big toe one by one all toes shimmering together sole of the foot heel of the foot and the whole right leg the whole right leg the left arm and right hemisphere shimmering sensing the whole back body the whole front body and both hemispheres of the brain could you interlace awareness around the whole body sensing the network of nerves as a unified web of dimensions all points of the body a constellation of shimmering dew drops in the light and you in the centre witnessing the whole body charged with light every single cell glistening emanating feeling the body breathing itself the undulation of the natural breath in and out emptying and absorbing in and out sensing and observing the natural rhythms undulating in and out imagining your breath in and out of your heart centre as if gently blowing on the heart polishing the heart with the breath for your jewel to shine just imagining and could you notice the beginning and end of each breath and the space in between as you continue at your own pace could you breathe into the heart and then breathing out down the body through the soles of the feet breathing in soles of the feet up to the heart breathing out down to the soles of the feet breathing in soles of the feet up breathing out down continue flowing sensations charging the cells next time you breathe in up to the heart continue up to the crown breathe out down to the heart at your own pace breathe in heart to crown breathe out crown to heart continue release now noticing flowing currents of energy energy all as one flowing current your heart all about you shimmering all directions in the way the wind stirs and animates the jewel of consciousness could you notice the beginning and end of each sensation now and the space in between listening through feeling awareness as you welcome in your body a warm comforting breeze to inspire you could you now feel cold in the body ice cold again warm relaxed at ease and now feeling a sharp chill in the body sensing the body exposed and vulnerable unease and now feel the body closed and now feel the body unfurling petaling open as a flower shimmering sensing dullness in the body inert body heavy filling the body with earth dark the body heavy feeling the body descend feeling the body lift and now feeling the body awaken,

Alert body light floaty,

Ethereal a shimmery body of light sensing as far as your awareness expands could you feel detached from the body yet in the body feeling sensations in the body yet detached now sensing the body,

The whole body becoming small shrinking point of singularity nothingness and now feeling space inside the body space inside the body boundless space enveloping you who is feeling there's no need for an answer just a wide open attention watching noticing as the unfading self reveals your hidden secret appearing and disappearing paving new constellations new intentions could you see yourself as a hidden oasis as shimmering trees as a blue sky blazing above the sound of summer rain the shining sun a shimmering rainbow the fragrance of a wild rose a towering mountain dew on a blade of grass and your glowing reflection at one with all a high moon in the night sky puffy clouds on a vast endless lake below like thoughts passing by there is a mouth of a cave your heart flickers you know to enter as you move through darkness there is a carpet of marigolds beneath your feet billions of suns shimmering like jewels you know which one is yours floating in space as one sun shimmering in stillness in a wide darkness your jewel floats in the centre of all centres inside the depth of your cave and inscribes your sankalpa on your heart absorbing the echoes of your heart's chambers wakeful to the resound of pure awareness pure love pure bliss basking in the qualities of self your jewel emanates to illuminate others' secrets within their hearts sensing the back of the body resting and just allowing now the light of the breath to ignite the waking of your body gently breathing in and a long lazy breath out again breathe in and a long breath out one more in your own time begin to become aware of the space that supports you and of any sounds that surround you gently moving your toes and fingers thank you so much for showing up today may the truth of who you really are be all about you now and forever know that as the self unveils it stimulates and secretes oxytocin along the way oxytocin is a hormone that imparts trust calmness bonding with loved ones and contentment to the senses as self cannot be seen we can realise its substance through its subtle expressions of trust contentment and bonding and these qualities shine out onto the world touching others too my name is Niamh if you wish to continue your journey with me please follow any of the links below I love hearing what truths and intentions light up for you so feel free to share your experience with me may the jewel of your heart be always known to you and again thank you for taking the time to show up and receive the good welcome back into the world