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, g ..read more

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 ..read more

Journey with me to the in-between state, cultivating rest and digest, healing, and inner peace. Thank you for listening. with love, Phoebe Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Music: Andreea2702 via archive.org (https://archive.org/details/meditation-healing-music/Healing+Deep+Sleep+Meditation.mp3) Field recording: Tsan-Cheng Wu, tuman, Keelung - Waves. Published: Jun 24, 2012, via internet archive (https://archive.org/details/aporee_17490_20367) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phoebe-boonkerd/message ..read more

In this extended yoga nidra practice, we will explore the concept of an inner garden sanctuary, in which to nurture yourself and water the seeds of your heartfelt desires. We also explore themes of unconditional love and compassion, towards yourself and all beings. Greater equanimity is created by observing the way the mind creates, maintains and dissolves sensations and images. It is my sincere wish that you enjoy this practice and that it enhances your own sense of inner peace and wellbeing. Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Music: Andreea2702 via archive.org (https://archive.org ..read more

This yoga nidra practice is suitable either as an initiation to sleep, or as means to tap into the in-between state during your day. Recorded on a balmy night at the height of Australian summer, the sound of crickets can be heard in the background. It is themed around a breath and prana-balancing technique detailed in Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD's radical, wonderful book Yoni Shakti: a woman's guide to yoga and tantra. Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Thumbnail artwork by unknown artist, courtesy of Pinterest. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phoebe-b ..read more

Find deep release of stress, tension and whatever you no longer need with this simple yet powerful yoga nidra practice.  . Words: Tamara Verma (Skyhawk), from the book, "Yoga Nidra Scripts" Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Music: Andreea2702 via archive.org (https://archive.org/details/meditation-healing-music/Healing+Deep+Sleep+Meditation.mp3) Artwork: Violet Rain by Kinuko Y. Craft --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phoebe-boonkerd/message ..read more

A gentle and invitational approach to the liminal space of yoga nidra, allowing the possibly of accessing one's own inner wisdom and creative thinking. Many, many thanks to all my listeners to your patience, lovely messages, kind reviews, and continued connection with this podcast. It means the world to me and keeps me inspired to continue. If you have any feedback, requests or suggestions, you are more than welcome to send me a DM via Instagram @phoebeboonkerd.  Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Field recording: 산절의 풍경 Wind bells at a mountain temple, by Abyssence, via Inte ..read more

This is a simple, bare bones yoga nidra practice, without music. The practice of Shavayatra is also known as the 61 points exercise, and is a form of yoga nidra from the Sri Vidya tantra tradition of the Himalayas. It helps us to deeply relax  and enter into pratyahara, or sense withdrawal, and merge awareness between the body and the mind. An experience of energy like a network of throughout the body may be felt. The invitation is to just be with anything you experience. The practice involves briefly resting your attention, on each of the 61 points, as you hear them named. These 61 poi ..read more

A practice designed to support you in drifting into deep sleep. Wishing you deep, rejuvenating, healing rest. . Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Music: Akshat Ratanpal via archive.org (https://archive.org/details/@akshat_ratanpal) Artwork: Psyche Sleeping, by Kinuko Y. Craft --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phoebe-boonkerd/message ..read more

Through a web of vibrations and subtle energies we do not fully understand, we are connected to all of life. In this second episode of The Yoga Nidra Project, we move along from the fundamentals of breathing to a 50-minute deep dive into the timeless practice of yoga nidra, exploring our own inner landscape. The theme of this practice is 'Connection'. . Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Music: Akshat Ratanpal via archive.org (https://archive.org/details/@akshat_ratanpal) Image by Greg Rakozy, courtesy of Unsplash Gratefully acknowledging the influence and learning I gained from the ..read more