Diwali Yoga Nidra

[Music] Namaste, everybody. Welcome to this practice of Yoga Nidra. I'm Jennika Losi and you've trust my guidance. We're going to travel through the layers of the body and the mind, the layers of our energy. So get yourself comfortable, maybe wiggle a little bit, find a place. If there are any areas of your body that feel tense, you can give it a little bit of love, give it a squeeze. It's always good to connect with ourselves. And inhale deeply, exhale fully. And welcome to this space of Yoga Nidra. Welcome home. We start our practice of Yoga Nidra with a Sankalpa. Sankalpa is a heartfelt desire. So bring your attention to your heart. Just feel that area bubbling up. Feel what your heart truly desires. If it was the last day of your life, what would you have liked to happen? And formulate your Sankalpa in the present tense, as if it was already so. Repeat your Sankalpa mentally three times now. Welcome to this practice of Yonaka Nidra. Yonaka Nidra means yogic sleep. But if you can try to stay awake for my guidance, if your mind goes in and out to sleep, let it happen. So as we relax on the floor, feel all points of contact with the ground. Waiting yourselves be welcomed by this surface that holds you up. And bring your attention to your heart centre. Can you feel the vibration of your heart beating inside your chest? It might be easier to feel it on your neck. Just feel your heart beat inside your chest. And feel your right lung, the right side of your chest. Feel the air coming in and out of your right lung. Sends your right collarbone, right shoulder blade, right shoulder, upper arm, elbow, forearm, right wrist and right hand. Sends your right thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger. And feel the space between your fingers. Feel the space inside your right palm. Can you feel your heart beat? The fingertips of your right hand, little finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, thumb, palm of the hand, top of the hand. Right wrist, forearm, elbow, forearm, shoulder, shoulder blade, collarbone, right side of your ribcage, right waist, hip, hip flexor, right thigh, hamstring, right knee. Carve muscle and shin, ankle, heel, sole of the foot, top of the foot, right big toe, second toe, third toe, fourth toe, fifth toe. Can you feel the space between your toes? Space and the sole of your right foot. The tips of your toes. And your baby toe, fourth toe, fifth toe, second toe, big toe, sole of the foot, top of the foot. Ankle, carve muscle and shin, knee, thigh, hamstring, hip, waist, right side of your ribs, your heart center. Feel the whole right side of your body. Sends the vibrations and the sensations on the whole right side of the body. Feel the space between your arm and your body. Space between your right leg and the left. Feel the whole right side of the body. And your left brain. Right hemisphere of the body. The left hemisphere of your brain. Feel this connection between left brain, hemisphere, the right side of your body. And bring your attention back to your heart center. Tune into the heart beat. The beautiful peaceful place, center of love and compassion. And bring your attention to your left lung. Fill the air, come in in and out of your left lung, you left for the rape cage, you left collarbone and shoulder blade, left shoulder, forearm, elbow, forearm, wrist, palm of the hand, top of the hand, left thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, fill the space between your fingers, space inside your palm of your hand, can you sense your heart beat, the tips of your fingers, little finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, thumb, palm of the hand, top of the hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, forearm, shoulder, shoulder blade, collarbone, left side of your ribs, left side of your waist, hip flexor, thigh, knee, calf muscle and shin, ankle, heel, the sole of the foot, top of the foot, left big toes, second toe, third toe, fourth toe, fifth toe, fill the space between your toes, can you feel the space underneath, sole of your left foot, fill your heart beats, the tips of your toes, maybe toe, next toe, middle toe, second toe, big toe, sole of the foot, top of the foot, ankle, calf muscle, shin, knee, thigh, hamstring, hip flexor, left hip, left side of your belly, left ribs, heart center, the whole left side of your body, your left arm on your left leg, sense the whole left side of your body, tingling with life, vibrating with energy, and at the same time relax and asleep, and fill the left side of your body and your right brain, left body, right hemisphere of the brain, and you feel this connection. Your body is now asleep, your mind continues listening, following the meditation, bringing attention to your breath, feeling your breath, feeling the quality of your breath, the temperature of your breath, when does your breath change temperature? When is the breath becoming movement on your chest? When you feel which nostril is more dominant, using the power of your mind, allow your breath to come in through your right nostril, through your left nostril, through your right. You will be obviously breathing through both nostrils which has led the direction, happen by your attention and intention, in healing right nostril like selling left, in healing left excellent right. When you can let go of control of your breath, bring your attention to the space between your eyebrows, your jitta kash, this space where your visualization happens, and you see yourselves, walking, perfect, on a clay ground. When you look down towards your feet, you can see that around your toes, around your feet, raise these specks of reddish clay, and the ground is dry and warm, and as you walk around, you see people talking to each other, celebrating. You feel the sense of happiness, sense of union with other human beings coming and feeling your heart, and as you walk on these streets, you are not made of tarmac, you are soil, made out of dust, children are playing football around you, there are cows and chickens, and it smells like cumin, and turmeric, and coriander, and as you look around, you realize that most people are walking in the same direction as you all, and you don't know anyone in here. But you feel at home and you walk with a sense of direction. As you're walking with a sense of direction without really knowing where you're going to be lead. You can see that the sun is setting and the colours of the sky turn from blue to pink. And lights come up in the houses. But as you look at round, you can see that there are more lights that they would normally be. There are fairy lights and oil lump lights. This is the festival of lights that you're here celebrating. As you turn a corner, you look up and you see the starry night. The horizon is still with some lights. And its mildly face gives you an oil lump with a beautiful flame. And you are mesmerised by it. You can't take your eyes off it. And as you continue walking, you see in front of you every river. And this river is being adorned with the lights. Each person, one by one, leans over, puts in their hearts on this lamp and let it go through the water. And your turn is nearly here. And you bring your lump close to your heart and put in it this wish or this desire. A question that you want to answer. And then you put your lump floating on the river. And you sit on the bank of the river. And there isn't a lot of current. So your light sits near you for a while. And your eyes are fixed on its flame. You can see the reflections and the water. You can see when the breeze makes the flame flicker a bit. And slowly your lump starts sailing away from you. Sailing away towards its destiny. But you're sitting in meditation, focusing on the flame that now leaves between your eyebrows and your third eye. [BLANK_AUDIO] So you're sitting in the water. And you sit in the water. [BLANK_AUDIO] Bring your attention back to your body. resting. Feel the touch of your clothes and the blankets and the skin. Feel that flame still light between your eyebrows and in your heart. And repeat your son Kalpa three times. Now, using the same words as you did at the beginning of the class. Practice of Yoganidra is now complete. Hurry on, turn sides. You sit on the bank of the river. And you sit on the bank.