Episode 54: Yoga Nidra | Confetti

Did you enjoy this guided meditation? Rate + Review + Share The Meditation Well.For more information on meditation, mindset, and mindful movement services Jess offers, visit www.yogastorynow.com.Thank you for meditating with me today!Meditation Script:Find a comfortable position to relax your body, supine or side-lying. Begin with eyes open, observing the space around you, the objects, colors, shapes, textures. Gentlyclosing your eyes, observe what you hear. Notice high or low pitch of sound,sounds in the distance, sounds in your immediate space. Notice the sound ofyour breathing. As you breathe in, bring awareness to your sense of smell. Whataromas do you pick up? Notice any taste on your tongue, observing bitter, sour,salty, sweet. Bring attention to your sense of touch. Notice the air on yourskin, the warmth or coolness. Observe the firmness or softness of the supportbeneath your body. Notice any tension in the body. Breathe in to notice, breathe out to relax whatever youcan. Notice your breathing, observing the slight pause at the top and bottom ofyour breath. Feel your belly fill up with breath, the expanse of your front andback ribs as your breathe in. Feel your belly pull slightly in, your ribseasing to center as you fully breathe out. Notice your mental and emotional space. Become aware of your thoughts and emotions, attaching no value judgment to what arrives, instead inviting loving acceptance of wherever you’re at in this moment. Enjoy a deep breath in, deep breath out.Here, set an intention. How do you want to show up in your world, in your life. Perhaps with greater confidence, compassion, boldness, empathy, love, strength, resilience,ability to rest. Whatever your intention, hold that for a moment in your mind,enjoying another deep breath in, deep breath out. Letting go of this intention, direct your attention to your physical space. As you observeeach part of your body, notice any tension, relax whatever you can. Notice yourhead, neck, and face. Bring attention to your shoulders, elbows, wrists, arms,hands, fingers. Notice your chest, belly, upper back, mid back, lower back. Bringattention to your hips, knees, ankles, legs, feet, toes. As you breathe in, imagine bringing air in from the tips of your toes to the crown of yourhead, breathing out, imagine sending that breath down from the crown of yourhead to the tips of your toes. Here, imagine a room filled with balloons and party favors, perhaps you bring to mindpeople with whom you’d enjoy celebrating. Imagine a room full of color, withslightly dimmed down lights sparkling in the eyes of those gathered. Conjure upfor yourself a sense of joy and ease and excitement, letting your whole bodyfeel both settled and delighted, and allowing a gentle smile lift your cheeks. Whateverthe celebration, you hear and see the sudden burst of small, thin pieces ofpaper pop out from some contained space and fall over the entire room. The multicolored tiny papers slowly fall, landing softly on pieces of furniture, your friends’heads and shoulders, and your own. Settled and in a spirit of celebration, bring back to mind the intention you set, nowcelebrating showing up as your whole self, complete in your authenticity, andin alignment with how you want to show up in your world. Bring attention backto your breath, finding a deep breath in, deep breath out. Notice your body, areasholding tension, areas of ease. Gently bringing movement to your body, openyour eyes, keeping with you that sense of joy and celebration. Thank you for meditatingwith me. Peace.