Nid's Nidra

Wash away the night's sleep with this ocean sunrise meditation.  Enjoy the lapping waves against the rock, gentle bird sounds and welcome in the new day. Set outside at Shelley Beach, NSW the gentle sounds of the birds, waves and life.  At a time of great challenge, it is helpful to begin each day with a positive, gentle and nurturing intention of love connected to natural sounds. These sunri...

This yoga nidra is a blend of two Buddhist loving-kindness practices - Metta meditation is where we wish others good, and Tonglen is when we give and receive compassion.  This practice blends both.  To bring a deeper connection to compassion there is also a heart-light breath and the opposite sensations of kindness and meanness.  These practices have scientific evidence for their effectiveness on:...

Welcome your day with the beautiful sunrise sounds of the Australian countryside near Bellingen, NSW.   As the light rises the animals' chatter and connect through sound. This brings sweetness into the start of a new day. Gently surrender the night into the morning body sensations to ground into the physical daily experience with ease.  This practice includes a gentle intention setting for th...

As life brings uncertainty, it can be easy to retreat into our fears. The Witch works with nature and its inherent polarities to show that there is nothing to fear if we flow with the rhythms and changes of life to fully embrace living.  This Yoga Nidra uses the gentle abdominal breath, rhythm of the day, seasons and feminine as beautiful symbols to relax the subconscious and welcome the new oppor...

To become grounded a connection to earth is needed. This meditation focuses on the sounds of a Queensland woodland with wallabies and bird song. There are few prompts, to allow the focus on the sounds. The sounds include Australian bird song, cows, donkey, kangaroos and wallaby movements throughout.  The practice will encourage a sense of being connected to nature, a feeling of rest and soothing. ...

Use the life force of breath to open the heart space and expand softly into your love. Holding your heart space ensures that you can manage healthy boundaries of self-love giving you more capacity to share with others. It aids to keep integrity to what your heart values rather than listening to the external world and judgments of others.  Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions,...

A heart expanding yoga nidra to connect into the love that holds you safe to shine your brightest and radiate to the world. Often we play small and our fears hold us back from being our best self. This practice connects to the light of love so it can hold you in love and compassion through heart expansion phases of life. This is an updated version of the former 'Compassion Yoga Nidra' so...

This yoga nidra practice is for more experienced pracititoners. It is long and contains harder opposite sensations to conjure within. Inspired by the work of Joseph Campell, you are taken on the key aspects of your own hero's journey. Set a clear intention of what you want to experience or achieve in life. Listen to your intuition and inner wisdom. Trust the signs and others to guide you safe...

Acceptance that where we are right now is perfect can sometimes feel a bit of a stretch. Through mantra meditation the mind can be anchored into the present moment, which helps encourage acceptance of things as they are. If you enjoy the practice, please share with others.  Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions, so if you need guidance, please don't hesitate to reach out....

This meditation centres back to the heart before expanding out from the beat of your own heart space. When we are called to help others we have to ensure that we ourselves are centred. When we are in fear we must ensure that our actions come from love. Stay safe and connected to your love. That is what you are here to share. Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions, so if you nee...

Either we lack time or space in life. This meditation is to help cultivate the sense of space within. The pause between the thoughts, the gaps between the tissues and organs and peace between the emotions. When we feel some space we react less and begin to uncover more peace within us. Create more space in life from the inside and then declutter your home with a tidy up! Please let me know any req...

To embrace and fully love our darker parts can be one of the greatest challenges in life. This practice begins the journey to discover love for all parts of the body. Connect to gratitude for the lessons and life experiences that the body part brings, accept them for being a part of who we are and the story that we can tell of our life.  Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions,...

Grow your inner garden and cultivate the life experience that you dream with this integrated practice. Yoga nidra blended with Shamanic journeying is a way to explore creative perception. The inner garden is how we perceive the world and what we choose to experience. A great practice to support starting new projects or a new year, or decade. Let the garden grow from your deepest heart's desir...

Set outside above the South Sea of Tasmania this guided meditation channels the energy of the sea to wash away what no longer serves you. Make space within to welcome the new adventures, lessons and wonders of the next phase of life. A wonderful way to end a year and decade, or just end every day with this meditation to encourage deep restful sleep. Enjoy my meditations? Please share them with oth...

The only thing we can truly control in life is our reaction to the changing world around us. Designed to promote balance & cultivate the witness aspect of ourselves as we witness the changes in life, this yoga nidra works with the fundamental elements & their qualities - or gunas. Through witnessing each element change through its energetic qualities we can remain steady & centred thro...

This short meditation practice is a tool to help come back into the body, relieve some tension and possible pain relief. Observing the body's sensations with the breath into that area can allow the flow back into areas of energy stuck in the body. An easeful breath with some gentle non-judgmental witnessing helps move things along. Enjoy the meditations? Please share with others who might app...

Feeling a need for personal space? This is the aura calling for some attention. This beginner's practice helps build awareness of personal aura. When the aura is filled then space is held better, boundaries are better respected and there is more energy to deal with life. If you enjoy my meditations then share them with others.  Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions, so if...

Meditation is a great way to start any day. When we start each day clear about how we want to feel, we can seek to experience that feeling throughout the day, even when challenges come our way. This practice asks you to feel into how you want to experience your day. Then embed a feeling into the conscious in order to recreate it at will. A powerful tool to acknowledge choice in how to react and ex...

This meditation practice is designed to release physical or emotional pain through the visualisation practice of an 'unhappy pet'. This practice is used in Law of Attraction training to release hidden suffering and enter a dialogue to learn its lesson. Gently guided by Nid to support the unconditional love and acceptance for the darker side of us all. We find that this practice is best s...

This yoga nidra is designed to clear the mind through prompting memories, beliefs and concepts through the use of random image sequencing. Awareness of what words and images are associated in the mind brings a greater inner space and peace in waking life. Enjoy my recordings? Please share them with others so more can benefit.  Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions, so if you n...

The classic meditation focused on the breath is simple yet challenging. This practice has less guidance to allow the quiet and focus on the breath fully. Designed short so it can be practiced often throughout the day. This helps build a healthy habit of mindfulness to the body that is functional wellbeing. Enjoy my meditations? Please share them with others.  Support the show Some practices may br...

This mediation is a 'Sensation Body Scan'. Designed to build a practice that is a check-in approach to reading the body sense experience of life events. This is a part of the 'Somatic' body work that may be used in some treatments. Rather than name the body parts it permits the meditator to go at their own pace. It becomes easily engrained in the body and mind as a 'check-...

Delve into your inner journey in a safe container. Designed for beginners ready to create a container for further inner journey work this yoga nidra provides such a space. From this supported space the practice can begin to work through more layers of the mind to release old baggage and make space for wonderous possibilities. Enjoy my yoga nidras? Share them with others & let me know specific...

Insomnia can be triggered by cyclical thoughts from a wish to change the past. Undoing the day thoughts in the yoga nidra state clears the different levels of thought and emotional patterns. It encourages acceptance of situations to enable forgiveness. Enjoy my yoga nidras? Share them with others & let me know specific requests.  Support the show Some practices may bring up deep emotions, so i...

This meditation style is an awakening, empathy and compassion to all beings on Earth. In Tibetan it means “giving and receiving”, which is the purpose of the practice. It helps to find acceptance of suffering, enhance non-attachment, encourage altruism, purify karma and develop loving-kindness. This is a beginner’s version of the style of meditation so removes the more complex visualisation elemen...