Na’aleh Yoga Podcast: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest‪+‬ Ruthie Ayzenberg

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest+
Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...
 
Sometimes our energy levels and moods fluctuate like the ebbs and flows of the tide. And the phases of the moon. If you're feeling the need for an energetic recharge from a state of deep relaxation, this episode is for you. 
This Yoga Nidra practice is inspired by a full moon desert hike that I went on recently. Traversing the desert hills at night, what struck me most was how clear and visible everything was under the light of the moon. There were no street lamps anywhere--yet every pebble on the ground was visible. Being able to see clearly under the moonlight made me feel safe and I thought of how benevolent Hashem's earth and cosmos are, naturally providing for our needs in the moment. 
In this episode, we embark on a radiant meditation journey of self-discovery and tranquility under the full moon.  Here, you are guided to create a space where all your experiences are welcomed, extending a radiant glow to your soul and mind. The Yoga Nidra journey under the full moon is a spiritual experience that harmonizes your body mind and soul while connecting your inner world with the abundant cosmos.
 
Episode summary:
Intro
Preparation: Ensure a comfortable and safe spot before starting this journey, with your body straight from head to toe, ready to experience a release from the shackles of the body and mind.
Intention Setting: Setting your intentions for today’s practice...
Rotation of Consciousness: A comprehensive body scan
Breath Awareness:  Circular breathing practice representing the female moon energy (Chandra Behdi pranayama--Left nostril breathing) 
Awareness of polarities: Experience and integrate opposite feelings to train yourself to RESPOND instead of REACTING to prompting stimuli
Visualization: A exploration of vivid imagery inviting you to practice non-attachment while experiencing all levels of awareness-imagination, emotions, sensations, and memory associations
Return to your intention: Calling in the sankalpa/kavanah/intention set earlier in the practice and letting it integrate
Externalization: Returning back to the ordinary waking state and taking your yoga nidra practice with you
Outro
As you emerge from this nourishing experience, I'd love to hear your reflections and feedback.
 
Music from Pixabay: Deep Binaural Meditation (loop) 
 
Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—your insights might inspire others on their journey to self-discovery. 
 
Feel free to reach out to me. I'd love to connect with you! 
Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg
YouTube Channel: @naalehyoga
Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com 
 
 May you be peaceful and safe! 

 

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest+
Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...
 
This practice is created in the spirit of Pesach/Passover, a Jewish holiday that symbolizes liberation, renewal, release, and the journey from bondage to ultimate freedom.
We all have our personal shackles--whether it's negative thinking, unhealthy consumption, overworking, excessive screen time, limiting beliefs, etc.  The journey to freedom requires an honest encounter with yourself and your highest purpose--this is your kavanah or sankapla. Sojourning through the vast spaciousness of the desert, where there are no external distractions, you can find stillness in the mind.  
Yeonmi Park writes: "We all have our own deserts. That may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free." 
By leading the layers of consciousness into the alpha, theta, and delta brainwave states, this journey delves deep into exploring the connections between body and mind, inviting access your personal reservoirs of freedom and courage. In this space of deeper consciousness, your personal becoming can begin to crystallize. 
 
Episode summary:
Intro
Preparation: Ensure a comfortable and safe spot before starting this journey, with your body straight from head to toe, ready to experience a release from the shackles of the body and mind.
Intention Setting: Setting your intentions for today’s practice...
Rotation of Consciousness: A comprehensive body scan
Breath Awareness: Calming breathing practice
Awareness of polarities: Experience and integrate opposite feelings to train yourself to RESPOND instead of REACTING to prompting stimuli
Visualization: A exploration of vivid imagery inviting you to practice non-attachment while experiencing all levels of awareness-imagination, emotions, sensations, and memory associations
Return to your intention: Calling in the sankalpa/kavanah/intention set earlier in the practice and letting it integrate
Externalization: Returning back to the ordinary waking state and take your yoga nidra practice with you
Outro
As you emerge from this nourishing experience, I'd love to hear your reflections and feedback.
 
Music from Emuna Beams: Song of the Eagle (loop) by R' Lazer Brody
 
Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—your insights might inspire others on their journey to self-discovery. 
 
Feel free to reach out to me. I'd love to connect with you! 
Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg
YouTube Channel: @naalehyoga
Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com 
 
 May you be peaceful and safe! 

 

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest+
Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...
 
This Yoga Nidra episode welcomes the new moon of the month of Nisan in the Hebrew lunar calendar, which carries the energy of nurturing beginnings and growth.
In connecting this new moon phase, we concentrate on nurturing your hopes and dreams through intention setting, (called Kavanah in Hebrew or Sankalpa in Sanskrit), which is the heart of the Yoga Nidra practice. By planting your intention at the beginning of practice and harvesting it at the end, you can alter deep unconscious patterns, steering your life in the direction of your choosing.
As you follow this Yoga Nidra journey, you'll explore various states of consciousness from body to breath, mind, deep wisdom intelligence, and soul.
 
Episode summary:
Intro
Preparation: Lie down on your back with all the supports you need. You may use a light blanket, pillow, eye mask, or bolster under your knees if you wish. 
Intention Setting: Setting intentions for today’s practice...
Rotation of Consciousness: A comprehensive body scan
Breath Awareness: Conscious breathing practice
Awareness of polarities: Experience and integrate opposite feelings to train yourself to RESPOND instead of REACTING to prompting stimuli
Visualization: A exploration of vivid imagery inviting you to practice non-attachment while experiencing all levels of awareness-imagination, emotions, sensations, and memory associations
Return to your intention: Calling in the sankalpa/kavanah/intention set earlier in the practice and letting it resonate
Externalization: Returning back to the ordinary waking state and take your yoga nidra practice with you
Outro
As you emerge from this nourishing experience, I'd love to hear your reflections and feedback.
 
Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—your insights might inspire others on their journey to self-discovery. 
Music by Into Samadhi: Never-ending Nebula
Check more ethereal soundscapes by Into Samadhi@ https://intosamadhi.com 
 
Feel free to reach out to me. I'd love to connect with you! 
Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg
YouTube Channel: @naalehyoga
Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com 
 
 May you be peaceful and safe! 

 
 

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest+
Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...
 
In a state of confusion and suffering, it may be difficult to feel joy. Psychologists teach us that the most difficult emotion to have is --not anger, or fear, or sadness--its actually joy. Joy is the most difficult emotion. Why??? Because something will always rain on the parade-- thoughts along the lines of "I shouldn't feel so good" or "this happy state is only temporary." And yet, joy is not exclusive of other emotions. Simple joy is at the heart of your very existence underneath the layers of other feelings, thoughts, and stories. 
Our sages teach us that "the greatest happiness in the world is the resolution of doubts" (Metzudas David, Mishlei 15:30).  When we are pulled in opposite directions by our feelings, thoughts, environment, or culture, life can be filled with doubts and confusion. When we provide a pause to the cognitive brain and disconnect from the sensory channels through practicing Yoga Nidra, we can connect to the source of consciousness where polarities and doubts dissolve into the bliss of simple unified being. 
This healing practice of Yoga Nidra for deep rest is created in the spirit of the upcoming Jewish holiday, Purim, and coincides with the Spring Equinox. By embracing life's paradoxes and polarities with curiosity and acceptance, this Yoga Nidra journey carries you towards integrating your polarities, trusting in the inherent goodness of the universe, and celebrating our interconnected experience. 
 
Episode summary:
Intro
Preparation: Lie down on your back with all the supports you need. You may use a light blanket, pillow, eye mask, or bolster under your knees if you wish. 
Intention Setting: Setting intentions for today’s practice...
Rotation of Consciousness: A detailed journey through the body
Breath Awareness: Alternate nostril breathing practice
Awareness of polarities: Experience and integrate opposite feelings to train yourself to RESPOND instead of REACTING to prompting stimuli
Visualization: A exploration of vivid imagery inviting you to practice non-attachment while experiencing all levels of awareness-imagination, emotions, sensations, and memory associations
Return to your intention: Calling in the intention set earlier in the practice and letting it resonate
Externalization: Returning back to the ordinary waking state
Outro
As you emerge from this revitalizing experience, I'd love to hear your reflections and feedback.
 
Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—your insights might inspire others on their journey to self-discovery. 
Music from Pixabay: Strawberry Candy Meditation
 
Feel free to reach out. I'd love to connect with you! 
Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg
Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com 
 
 May you be peaceful and safe! 

 
 

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest+
Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...
 
When the heart is open, the soul can shine. The practice of Yoga Nidra invites you to go beyond the surface level analytical brain to the subterranean centers of deeper innate intelligence, accessing a space of healing between the realms of sleep and wakefulness. 
In this session, you are invited into a state of deep rest, opening the heart to wholeness and forgiveness, and harmonizing the mind, body, heart, and spirit. 
 
Episode summary:
Intro
Preparation: Lie down on your back with all the supports you need. You may use a light blanket, pillow, eye mask, or bolster under your knees if you wish. 
Intention Setting: Setting intentions for today’s practice...
Rotation of Consciousness: A detailed journey through the body, connecting peripheries to the heart center
Breath Awareness: Breath awareness
Awareness of polarities: Experience and integrate opposite feelings to train yourself to RESPOND instead of REACTING to prompting stimuli
Visualization: A exploration of vivid imagery inviting you to practice non-attachment while experiencing all levels of awareness-imagination, emotions, sensations, and memory associations
Return to your intention: Calling in the intention set earlier in the practice and letting it resonate
Externalization: Returning back to the ordinary waking state
Outro
As you emerge from this revitalizing experience, I'd love to hear your reflections and feedback.
 
Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—your insights might inspire others on their journey to self-discovery. 
Music from Pixabay Healing Forest Light_Music
 
Feel free to reach out. I'd love to connect with you! 
Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg
Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com 
 
 May you be peaceful and safe! 

NA'ALEH YOGA: Yoga Nidra Journeys for Deep Rest+
Close Your Eyes and Stay Awake...
 
In this episode are joined by Yoga Teacher and Health Coach Malky Rosenfeld to discuss ......yoga nidra (how did you guess??)
More specifically our conversation focused on the details of why rest is important and the practicalities of how to get the necessary rest in today's busy, overextended modern life.  Malky Rosenfeld has been teaching yoga for over 25 years while also running a successful Wellness Coaching practice.  She is very knowledgeable on many topics and has a great sense of humor. I always learn something new from her and I hope you will too! 
 
Subscribe to Na'aleh Yoga Podcast for more transformative journeys and feel free to share this podcast with a friend. Take a moment to review and share your thoughts—your insights might inspire others on their journey to self-discovery. 
 
Feel free to reach out! 
Biosite: https://bio.site/ruthieayzenberg
Email: naalehyoga@gmail.com 
 
Here is where to find Malky Rosenfeld:
https://www.kosheryoga.co   
https://www.bewell613.com 
 May you be peaceful and safe!