Spring Relaxation Ritual: Cherry Blossom Yoga Nidra
+ create your own Spring Equinox celebration
Happy official spring! 🌷
This season is an exciting time of year, but can also feel overwhelming. (Re)birth is no walk in the park. And blooms don’t last forever. Anchor your spring equinox ritual with this spring’s seasonal yoga nidra practice.
The fleeting nature of the cherry blossoms inspired this season’s nidra. Every March, residents in and around Washington D.C. excitedly await cherry blossom peak bloom. I prefer to avoid large crowds, but there is something magical about being under the peaceful beauty of the cherry blossoms—there’s a hush under those trees, beckoning you to stay awhile and contemplate the fleeting nature of life and death. All it takes is one day of cloudy skies, high winds, and chilling rain, for those perfect petals to scatter upon the ground, the magic lost. A reminder that the beautiful blooms are temporary, a quiet pronouncement before the more enduring green leaves sprout to provide respite from the Spring and Summer sun.
I hope you enjoy this seasonal yoga nidra practice. Welcome in Spring, sit with beauty and impermanence, and discover the unchanging foundation that exists within you beyond the constantly fluctuating cycles and seasons of life.
Create your own Spring Equinox ritual
Rituals are intentional actions designed to direct your awareness. They don’t have to be long, complex affairs. Celebrating the equinox with intentional movement, meditation, contemplation, or small, personal practices aligns your personal energy with the energy and intentions of the season.
Here are some ideas for designing your own personal Equinox ritual to welcome Spring, starting with the Cherry Blossom Yoga Nidra practice. Remember to keep it simple, intentional, and heartfelt. ❤️
Cherry Blossom Yoga Nidra
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Don’t miss out on monthly opportunities to deepen your yoga practice. Create space in your life to rest, find more peace, and build a more authentic yoga practice. Paid subscribers get access to monthly full moon yoga classes (live or recorded replays), monthly new moon nidra rituals with journal prompts, and seasonal workshops to honor and align with the natural transitions of Mother Nature.