This yoga nidra meditation takes you into a sacred rainforest in Costa Rica to meet an ancient tree I came to call the grandmother, set to my own field recordings of the jungle and soft 432 Hz music.

I recorded the forest over several early mornings at the base of the grandmother tree, near Uvita on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. The birds and howler monkeys you hear were recorded there, in her roots.

Using yoga nidra, your body moves into deep, conscious relaxation while your awareness stays present. From that mind awake, body asleep state, I guide you into the sacred forest to meet the grandmother and receive whatever she has for you. It might arrive as an image, a feeling, or a quiet knowing you can’t quite put into words.

Then we travel upwards along her trunk, higher and higher. After approximately 34 minutes, my voice falls away and the forest and the music carry you on, into deep rest, deep sleep, or perhaps an out-of-body experience.

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Best experienced with headphones.