The Yoga Nidra Project

Welcome back to the in-between state. Please enjoy this gentle yoga nidra practice, which invites pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses) with the use of sound. It also features a long body scan and a visualisation intended to help awaken creativity, where precious ideas are nurtured and allowed to reveal their potential with patience and time.

This will be the last episode for 2023, I'm looking forward to sharing more in 2024. In this upside down, troubled world, may you continue to find sanctuary within. May we all be safe from harm, happy, and free.

Words: Phoebe Boonkerd

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Sounds: Forest with small river birds and nature field recording, from Pixabay

Thumbnail image: White Oriental Lily Flower, photo by Annie Spratt, courtesy of Unsplash

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Join me for a seated pranayama practice and meditation practice. This practice is intentionally guided yet spacious, particularly in the latter stages, where silence is allowed for you to go deeper into your own meditation space, allowing greater autonomy while being gently guided to that space.

Nadi shodhana is the name of the breathing exercise used, and is intended to 'floss' the major energy channels (nadis) along the spine - allowing for freer flow of energy, and is also thought to support integration and balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

My wish is that this practice acts as a realignment and stress release while helping you gain confidence in your own capacity to 'change dials' through breathwork and meditation, allowing greater awareness and presence to permeate your life.

Words: Phoebe Boonkerd

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Wind chimes: FXSaSc Wind Chimes far, courtesy of Pixabay

Image: Photo by Helen Potter, courtsey of Unsplash

This yoga nidra practice is suitable either as an initiation to sleep, or as means to tap into the in-between state during your day.

Recorded on a balmy night at the height of Australian summer, the sound of crickets can be heard in the background. It is themed around a breath and prana-balancing technique detailed in Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD's radical, wonderful book Yoni Shakti: a woman's guide to yoga and tantra.

Words: Phoebe Boonkerd

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Thumbnail artwork by unknown artist, courtesy of Pinterest.

A gentle and invitational approach to the liminal space of yoga nidra, allowing the possibly of accessing one's own inner wisdom and creative thinking.

Many, many thanks to all my listeners to your patience, lovely messages, kind reviews, and continued connection with this podcast. It means the world to me and keeps me inspired to continue.

If you have any feedback, requests or suggestions, you are more than welcome to send me a DM via Instagram @phoebeboonkerd. 

Words: Phoebe Boonkerd

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Field recording: 산절의 풍경 Wind bells at a mountain temple, by Abyssence, via Internet Archive, under Public Domain Mark 1.0

In this extended yoga nidra practice, we will explore the concept of an inner garden sanctuary, in which to nurture yourself and water the seeds of your heartfelt desires. We also explore themes of unconditional love and compassion, towards yourself and all beings. Greater equanimity is created by observing the way the mind creates, maintains and dissolves sensations and images. It is my sincere wish that you enjoy this practice and that it enhances your own sense of inner peace and wellbeing.

Words: Phoebe Boonkerd

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Music: Andreea2702 via archive.org (https://archive.org/details/meditation-healing-music/Healing+Deep+Sleep+Meditation.mp3)

Find a comfortable seat and explore the practice of sama-vritti, or box breathing.

This is a pranayama practice that activates the parasympathetic nervous system, soothing and calming the mind, as well as enhancing lung capacity. We are using a count of four for each breath in and out, as well as for holding the breath between the two. Move gently, the practice can be challenging initially.

Once learnt, this technique is something you could integrate into daily life, for example while sitting in traffic, needing a mental break from work, or even while out walking, to increase your in the moment awareness, and relieve stress and tension.

Words: Phoebe Boonkerd

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Music and editing: @YogaMuay

Find deep release of stress, tension and whatever you no longer need with this simple yet powerful yoga nidra practice. 

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Words: Tamara Verma (Skyhawk), from the book, "Yoga Nidra Scripts"

Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd

Music: Andreea2702 via archive.org (https://archive.org/details/meditation-healing-music/Healing+Deep+Sleep+Meditation.mp3)

Artwork: Violet Rain by Kinuko Y. Craft