The Ripples of You: A Yoga Nidra Practice

Lay down and rest your tender heart in my arms today with this new Yoga Nidra practice...

Hello lovely one,

How is your spirit feeling today?

At the end of last week, unsurprisingly after this post on exhaustion, my body finally succumbed to the germs that have been floating around in our space for a few weeks. The dreaded sickness hit me and totally took me out.

I spent the entire day in bed on Friday, couldn’t get up for anything, couldn’t look at my phone, or look at a screen, just slept and sipped water and rode out whatever nasty bug had got into my system.

While the experience was not pleasant and I am not keen for it again, it made me realise how that was the first time that I have stayed in bed without any responsibilities or demands for an entire day since before I became a Mother. That is over five years! Five years without a day to just lay, and be, and not do ANYTHING.

That really isn’t OK now is it? And yet I suspect it is normality for many, many of us.

It was forced upon me of course, I had no choice, and while physically I was utterly wiped out — and I am still feeling a little weak now — mentally and emotionally I weirdly felt clearer and actually a little replenished.

I realised that I have had a narrative playing out in my mind of… ‘I cannot be ill’, ‘I am not allowed to be unwell’… because in all honesty it kind of feels like that a lot of the time. Any illness I have had over the past few years has pretty much had to be ignored, or pushed through, as I continue to Mother and hold (juggle/dance with) responsibility and demands.

There is certainly some perfectionism at play, some martyrdom and some victim sprinkled in for good measure, as well as a good chunk of control and a belief that I should be doing everything myself AND if I cannot that means I am a burden to others.

All storylines that I am gently and compassionately working on letting go of, but as it turns out, sometimes there really is no choice, and in some strange way the experience has given me a little tiny bit of liberation from a pattern that was definitely not serving me.

So this week, as I take it as gently as I can, I felt it perfect timing to share with you a brand new Yoga Nidra recording to hopefully give you an opportunity to sink into rest…

Ripples from a single pebble dropped into the water at the lake by my home.

I recently held a half day immersion in person, it was four hours of restoration with Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Ceremonial Cacao and Circle connection. The entire focus of the afternoon was ‘ripples’. So in this recorded practice, I wanted to bring you a little droplet of that replenishing ripple magic for you to listen to in the comfort of your own space.

I invite you to take 30 minutes to drop into a space of rest… this practice will be kept free for the next two weeks, then it will be available for those who are paying supporters of my work. If you enjoy this and feel able to support my creations, you can explore all of the other paid practices here and upgrade your subscription below.

A Rest Practice: The Ripples of You, Yoga Nidra

If you find nourishment from this practice please do share with anyone you feel might need to receive it’s medicine too.

Thank you, as always, for journeying with me. I would love to know if you get a chance to receive this, and if you do, how it lands for you.

Until next time

With love

Lauren

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Hello to anyone who is new here… I am Lauren. A Mother of two daughters, Writer, Women’s Circle Facilitator, Sacred Business Mentor & Guide, Soul Branding & Website Creator and multi-dimensional human being. I walk with, and hold space for, others who are treading the tender path of their heart and soul work. You can find out more about this space and what to expect here. Please do subscribe to join the journey, and if you enjoy this, and you do have the means, I would be so grateful if you chose to support my creations for £5 a month…

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