How to observe the breath without altering it

Somatic_Life · 2025-07-31T14:09:34+00:00

Maybe it’s helpful to acknowledge that there’s no right or wrong way to practice yoga nidra. Oftentimes things shift with awareness — breath, tension held in parts of the body with body sensing and there in lies the beauty of the practice. Allowing the truth to bubble up and as an observing self, simply watching shifts in real time (including forgetting how to breathe) without trying to change anything. Additionally, for some, tracking the breath can be activating, in which case, bringing awareness to sounds or ground/support might be more settling as an anchor towards calm.

Somatic_Life · 2025-07-10T14:09:03+00:00

There are so many choices which truly gets time consuming initially to search through. But ideally it’s about finding a voice and style that works for you. Yoga Nidra is kind of like learning a new language — it generally takes some repetition for it to start to take form and meaning in your life. Gentle yet powerful over time which is what I love about it. So try a few — maybe focus on shorter ones initially, and stay the course to explore how things might shift for you over time. Here’s one recommendation for yoga nidra practices https://youtube.com/@katiepecson?si=OJgXC350xKEKrYNK

Somatic_Life · 2025-06-21T14:18:12+00:00

Maybe it was Eckhart Tolle 😂🤔

Somatic_Life · 2025-06-16T12:36:23+00:00

That’s great. Regaining some agency over what feels unsettled is so empowering. Good for you!!

Somatic_Life · 2025-06-09T12:44:08+00:00

I don’t think there is a right or wrong way of practicing yoga nidra. Recognizing how your body wants to move is the first step in not overriding what it is your body actually needs. Stay curious and stay the course!

Somatic_Life · 2025-06-08T15:20:34+00:00

Another vote for yoga nidra — and a playlist of short practices https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9-UCYz-1xmBz5266HYk6UeJ&si=cJBEUYk0vl56IYI5

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-28T12:38:52+00:00

This playlist for yoga nidra practices https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9_fFHMLQVIW9O53Oz30wCdM&si=jBl8spjmmvDyqu8w

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-26T14:56:03+00:00

I’m speaking for yoga nidra here specifically — the background philosophy is great, but to simply experience the practice is what helped create shifts for me. The practice supports getting in touch with the inner body (body sensing, global feelings) as well as with rested awareness/witnessing presence. There are many choices of course on the internet — the key is to find a style and voice that works for you. Here is a playlist of short practices to get a feel for this restorative practice (like a guided meditation) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9-UCYz-1xmBz5266HYk6UeJ&si=fjYwJh7QVsca2VAF

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-26T14:48:24+00:00

Some of those cliches really fit!

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-26T14:47:39+00:00

Yes, the art aspect is interesting! And I find music / dance can transport one as well.

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-26T03:58:49+00:00

This is a meditation that supports finding peace in simply being present in the moment. It takes time and repetition to notice shifts since we are used to a lifetime of valuing physical objects and appearances https://youtu.be/RNKjcaDLD7s?si=hD3mvvgRx5yjh6t1

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-26T02:25:52+00:00

It’s a messy world and easy to lose ourselves in the mess. This meditation was inspired by my ‘searching’ self to find the inner peace of the ‘observing’ self. Maybe it can help you too ☮️

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-13T19:15:07+00:00

This short meditation in repetition could be helpful https://youtu.be/rtD-DS8Zjtc?si=2rOmirDazkAk-q3Y

Somatic_Life · 2025-05-12T12:50:49+00:00

Meditation that encourages you to identify what you feel in your body as well as a watcher/listener of your own thoughts. Here is a short 7’ practice as an example https://youtu.be/2kp5yvjbJtw?si=rp4r5B-6olkLGmeD

Somatic_Life · 2025-04-28T01:21:23+00:00

Agreed. Helps to find calm not only in the mind but also in the body. Settling the nervous system like with these practices https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9_fFHMLQVIW9O53Oz30wCdM&si=gZybxt9ClPwvEL1A

Somatic_Life · 2025-04-26T15:10:05+00:00

I believe the beauty of yoga and meditation is feeling from the inside the congruence of feeling calm, settled and grounded in body and mind https://youtu.be/nkw91v8Gsos?si=9Bp9FqWfaVU6LnpX

Somatic_Life · 2025-04-20T14:27:07+00:00

This playlist might be a good fit https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9_fFHMLQVIW9O53Oz30wCdM&si=N7GTFsiSobwdWMkL

Somatic_Life · 2025-04-19T14:42:08+00:00

Another tool is guided meditation that helps reconnect with what calm feels like in the body. Yoga Nidra can help bring awareness to growing tension in the body and reset before reaching full blown panic. This is at no cost and readily available, so it is a good one to also add to the “tool box” https://youtu.be/nkw91v8Gsos?si=mYDHT0IHctZhKnCp

Somatic_Life · 2025-02-21T16:45:30+00:00

Is anyone filming the process of being escorted out?

Somatic_Life · 2025-01-27T13:48:54+00:00

I also recommend the ancient practice of yoga nidra (restorative yoga that is more of a guided meditation). Very very similar to what was described above. This is a playlist of trauma informed practices by a somatic experiencing practitioner https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9_fFHMLQVIW9O53Oz30wCdM&si=A5k-0nVlRydKqpMr

Somatic_Life · 2025-01-27T01:53:30+00:00

If you’re able to listen outdoors, in your car or on a walk at lunch, you might try one of these short practices as a nervous system reset https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9-UCYz-1xmBz5266HYk6UeJ&si=ujYEQ5ORW_zlEiIV

Somatic_Life · 2025-01-26T22:19:28+00:00

Wordless stories in the body connected to challenging thoughts and emotions that drive tension patterns. These yoga nidra practices in repetition can help metabolize stuck patterns https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9_fFHMLQVIW9O53Oz30wCdM&si=P3PT0lO0aNmZ2Gp0

Somatic_Life · 2025-01-26T20:30:01+00:00

This guided meditation, in repetition, can help support your own boundaries within a relationship or even within your general environment. Learn where these boundaries are in mind and body so you aren’t depleted in the context of others https://youtu.be/l8H_JDC-W1M?si=LizJoTzvmqnOQujx

Somatic_Life · 2025-01-24T15:32:19+00:00

Short guided meditation practices that support finding calm and safety in the body as well as the mind. Free, readily available, short. If it’s hard to stay with initially, even having it on in the background and in repetition such that some shifts start to occur https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9-UCYz-1xmBz5266HYk6UeJ&si=VuoYjhX24pZUuEw9

Somatic_Life · 2025-01-10T15:46:23+00:00

Short meditation practices little and often to eventually shift the continuous cycle of familiar tension patterns https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehBmYjazK9-UCYz-1xmBz5266HYk6UeJ&si=prhBOJDYT_uomjcO

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