The Yoga Nidra Project

Phoebe Boonkerd
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Inviting you to come home to yourself and experience deep rest through the practice of yoga nidra, breathwork and guided meditations. Follow along and tap into your own profound healing potential, simply by giving yourself permission to rest. Lovingly put together as an offering to promote nervous system regulation and inner peace that we all crave. Connect with me on Instagram @phoebe_boonkerd or @womensrites.au. To see more of my work or to book at naturopathic consultation, see www.womensrites.au. To subscribe to my email list In Depth: https://womensrites.myflodesk.com/pc1jbqwofn.

  1. 019: Seated pranayama practice ~ Sama Vritti (Box Breathing) - new edit - no music, gentler timing

    JAN 8

    019: Seated pranayama practice ~ Sama Vritti (Box Breathing) - new edit - no music, gentler timing

    Join me for a seated practice of box breathing - a powerful gateway to calm. This is a newly edited version of a previous episode that was taken down by Spotify due to the music included making it read too much as a music track and not like a true podcast episode. I've left the music out, and kept the originally intended script, with kinder timing for the breath counts, hopefully making it a more accessible practice. Offered with love, Phoebe Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Cover image: Shawn Suttle, via Pixabay   To find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womensrites.au/ https://www.instagram.com/phoebe_boonkerd/

    9 min
  2. 018: Yoga Nidra - For Healing and Inner Peace

    06/27/2025

    018: Yoga Nidra - For Healing and Inner Peace

    Welcome back to the in-between state of yoga nidra. This practice is intended to create space for healing, of body, mind and spirit - by accessing the body's innate wisdom, and the natural intelligent process that is already occurring at every moment in the body. We explore a healing visualisation and some gentle bell sounds are used during the practice. Please let me know your thoughts and any feedback, I'd love to hear how you experienced this practice. It is my sincere wish that this yoga nidra contributes to your life in a positive way.   Much love, Phoebe ~   Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Bells: Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay Cover artwork: Veneris Mater by HHEININGE To learn more about my work: Subscribe to my monthly newsletter In depth -offering gentle guidance and inspirations for healing and wellbeing for women and those they love. Sign up here   Visit my website: https://womensrites.au Or drop me an email: info@womensrites.au   To find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womensrites.au/ https://www.instagram.com/phoebe_boonkerd/

    31 min
  3. 017: Seated morning practice: Strengthening the energy body

    05/22/2025

    017: Seated morning practice: Strengthening the energy body

    In honour of slow mornings, of grounding and centring, this practice is intended to support you in creating a stronger energy body and helping to reduce a feeling of being easily drained and burnt out. With repeated practice, you might find you feel the sanctuary within yourself throughout your days, and those around you sense and be inspired by your quiet strength and calm. In tending to ourselves, we become a healing presence to others. Offered with deepest love and reverence for all of our healing, may each of us contribute to the world becoming a better place for all sentient beings. Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Cover image by Jo Hilton, courtesy of Unsplash. The Yoga Nidra project will continue with more consistency now that I have found some strength and purpose in the project as a part of my offerings as a naturopath and creator of some ritual self-care items, under the name Women's Rites Holistic Health. See more on Instagram @womensrites.au or my (evolving) website www.womensrites.au. To sign up to monthly email musings, podcast releases and updates on health and healing: https://womensrites.myflodesk.com/pc1jbqwofn.

    11 min
  4. 016: Yoga Nidra - The Prayer of the Breath

    12/30/2024

    016: Yoga Nidra - The Prayer of the Breath

    Welcome back to the in-between state. This practice is in the structure taught and recommended by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, whom is a constant reference point for me in the creation of healing, gentle yoga nidra practices. You can learn more about her here: https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/. This practice is intended to support healing and release the effects of stress on your bodymind. In it, we explore the Hamsa mantra, among other techniques. The word Hamsa translates to "swan" in Sanskrit, and in yoga, it also refers to the breath. The mantra's two syllables, ham and sa, represent the breath's in-breath and out-breath, as well as the life force's ascending and descending currents. The mantra is thought to open a doorway to the experience that that we are identical to the Absolute, or transcendental Self, and the great Life of the cosmos. May this practice contribute to your life in a postive way. Much love, Phoebe ~ Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Cover art: by Penabranca (https://www.penabranca.art/) If you have benefitted from this podcast and would like to make a donation, please do so at paypal.me/theyoganidraproject. Your contributions help to keep this podcast ad-free and helps me with the cost of recording studio time and other resources that help to improve the Yoga Nidra Project offering. It is my goal to keep this podcast freely available and ad-free, so your generosity helps me to stay true to this vision.

    43 min
  5. 015: Chandra Bhedana Pranayama and Yoga Nidra for Restful Sleep

    11/25/2024

    015: Chandra Bhedana Pranayama and Yoga Nidra for Restful Sleep

    This is a seated to lying down practice that includes Chandra Bhedana pranayama, or moon-piercing breath. It is intended to connect with the lunar channel in the body, known in the subtle anatomy of yoga as Iḍā nāḍi. We begin in a seat and explore this deeply soothing breath, and follow with a gentle yoga nidra to invoke sleep and rest. This is made with love and deep care for our collective nervous systems, hearts, and minds that are so often overwhelmed by the noise of modern living. May your practice be blessed, and may it be for the benefit of all beings. Much love, Phoebe Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Cover art: Prisca by Heather Heininge - https://hheininge-art.tumblr.com/ If you have benefitted from this podcast and would like to make a donation, please do so at paypal.me/theyoganidraproject. Your contirbutions help to keep this podcast ad-free and contributes to the cost of recording studio time and resources that help to improve the Yoga Nidra Project offering, such a books and training. It is my goal to keep this podcast freely available and ad-free, so your generosity helps me to stay true to this vision.

    21 min
  6. 014: Yoga Nidra - Integration of Heart and Mind

    03/01/2024

    014: Yoga Nidra - Integration of Heart and Mind

    Welcome to a simple and spacious practice for mind and heart integration and meaningful rest and self-care. I have intentionally left space between words to allow you to cultivate autonomy in your meditation. Sometimes words are like weeds (as in, there's too many!) and I want to provide guidance without crowding the mind. I hope you enjoy this practice. Connect with me on Instagram @phoebe_boonkerd to let me know what you think. with love, Phoebe Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Thumbnail image: "Singing Over the Bones" by Lucy Campbell. To discover more of her amazing artwork, go to https://lupiart.com/ If you have benefitted from this podcast and would like to make a donation, please do so at paypal.me/theyoganidraproject. Your generosity helps to keep this podcast ad-free and contributes to resources that help to improve the Yoga Nidra Project offering.

    24 min
  7. 013: Yoga Nidra - Awakening Creativity

    12/20/2023

    013: Yoga Nidra - Awakening Creativity

    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 If you have benefitted from this podcast and would like to make a donation, please do so at paypal.me/theyoganidraproject. Your generosity helps to keep this podcast ad-free and contributes to resources that help to improve the Yoga Nidra Project offering.

    43 min
  8. 012 Seated practice: Pranayama (nadi shodhana) and meditation

    11/06/2023

    012 Seated practice: Pranayama (nadi shodhana) and meditation

    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

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Inviting you to come home to yourself and experience deep rest through the practice of yoga nidra, breathwork and guided meditations. Follow along and tap into your own profound healing potential, simply by giving yourself permission to rest. Lovingly put together as an offering to promote nervous system regulation and inner peace that we all crave. Connect with me on Instagram @phoebe_boonkerd or @womensrites.au. To see more of my work or to book at naturopathic consultation, see www.womensrites.au. To subscribe to my email list In Depth: https://womensrites.myflodesk.com/pc1jbqwofn.

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  • Creator
    Phoebe Boonkerd
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Phoebe Boonkerd
  • Show Website
    The Yoga Nidra Project

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