Deep Thaw Yoga Nidra For Burnout (Pandemic Support Series)

Come to a comfortable seated position or welcome yourself to lie down if that's more comfortable.

Close in through the eyes and turning inward towards what is ever here for you in this moment.

First begin by paying attention to the breath,

Noticing how it's naturally there flowing and supporting you.

Allow it to move through the body,

Just tracking any tension,

Not seeking to change this tension or to worry about this tension or to add any story to why it's there or an idea as to where it should go.

Just let the breath track the tension within your body,

Bringing awareness to the face,

Tightening a bit through the brow and the cheeks,

Coming to the back of the head,

The base of the skull,

The shoulders.

If you'd like you can tuck the chin,

Rolling the neck to the left,

Tucking the chin,

Rolling the neck to the right,

Coming back to center,

Drawing the shoulders towards the ears and then back down,

Feeling the space that's created as you move the shoulders up,

The space that's created in the torso,

How breath might shift and then notice the difference as you bring the shoulders back down.

Tuck any tension in the upper body,

The upper back,

Any tension in the lower body,

The low back,

The hips,

The legs,

The ankles.

Take a big breath in,

Filling the whole body together,

Feeling how that tension expands,

How there's spaciousness that infuses around it and how it might feel just a little bit smaller.

Exhale,

Release,

Softening the whole body together and again taking a deep breath in,

Tracking the tension,

Feeling how it might be even smaller once again as spaciousness is created throughout the whole body.

On the exhale,

Release,

The whole body contracts and relaxes.

Take one warm breath in through the nose,

Out through the nose,

In through the nose,

Out through the mouth.

Stay with the more spaciousness feeling here,

Stay with any lightness that has been created or any lightness that was there prior to this exercise.

Notice any clearance of the mind,

Clearance of any chatter that existed.

Notice the clearance of the body,

The stories of the day that embedded themselves onto you.

See if there's been any shifts in mood.

Take a deep breath in,

Out through nose,

Deep breath in,

Out through mouth.

Knowing that this tool is available to you 24-7,

That you can come back to it at any time.

The light that shines within me honors and respects the light that shines within you.

Namaste.