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Enhance your Yin Floating Fish pose with a Yoga Nidra-inspired mini practice. With gentle breath awareness and full-body support, this pose invites stillness, allowing you to surrender into a state of peaceful ease.
To ease in, place a bolster lengthwise on your mat, with one block at the top and two at the bottom. Sit on the lower end of the bolster, feet on the floor. Loop a strap around your mid-thighs for support. Gently recline back, resting your head on the block and your heels on the lower blocks. Let your arms relax by your sides or place your hands over your heart. Hold ~3–5 minutes.
If you’d like, close your eyes. Take a deep inhale through the nose…and exhale with a soft sigh. Allow your body to feel completely supported. Let go of any need to hold yourself up. Gravity is holding you.
Bring your awareness to the gentle rise and fall of your breath. Imagine each inhale expanding your heart space...each exhale melting tension from your shoulders, chest, and lower back.
Guide your attention through your body, releasing tension from each part with the gentle invitation or your awareness…feel your forehead soften, jaw relax. Feel your shoulders heavy and at ease, your heart space open and receptive. Let your lower back release into the support beneath you, and sense your legs and feet surrender.
Perhaps, you imagine you’re floating effortlessly in a calm, warm lake on tranquil waters. The water cradles you, holding you in perfect balance. There is no effort, only peace. Allow each breath to carry you deeper and deeper into relaxation, as though being gently rocked by the rhythm of the quiet waves.
You might silently repeat to yourself…I surrender to stillness. My body is at peace. My heart is open.
Then, simply surrender. Let go. Just be.
When you're ready to transition out, engage your core and gently press yourself upright.
Sit comfortably on your bolster with your legs relaxed in front of you. Pause for a few moments, allowing the effects to settle, and notice any shifts in your body, mind, and heart. 💙
If you'd like to learn more, I invite you to check out my books, both now available on Amazon!
Yin Yoga & Meditation: A Comprehensive Guide for Your Practice & Teaching
You might also enjoy my Live Online 40HR Yin Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training!
🙏 Sagel
