Vocal Mode: Spoken word
Language: English - UK
This is one of the yoga nidrā practices included in the Treasury of Transcripts in ‘Nidrā Shakti: The Power of Rest – An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Yoga Nidrā’.
This practice was co-created in 2017 with a yoga therapy client to support a their experience with breast cancer. The client requested a yoga nidrā of ‘breathing light’ with mantra that could be listened to on a continuous loop during chemotherapy treatments. The practice includes rhythmic, repetitive invitations for a coherent breath of six seconds in and six seconds out, with the intention to encourage settled balance in breath and mind. This technique, using rhythmic phrases and mantra, was included because the client specifically requested to focus on cultivating a sense of balance. It uses a Himalayan style rotation of consciousness breathing light around the body and repeated invitations to balance the breath.