Ngarayamūrah meditation 3: Ngaranga Yurra Barray, listening to sky Country

In this third Ngarayamūrah meditation, Warrimay Birrbay artist Nicole Smede will lead you through a meditation about listening to sky Country, Yurra Barray. Imagine you are laying under a vast, open sky that stretches out in all directions, adorned with mirriiyn (stars).

"See the sky paint itself with hues of gold, pink, and orange. The colours of sunrise and sunset." Source: iStockphoto / Getty

With each breath you become fully present in this beauty, witnessing yurra barray (sky country), its boundless nature and the freedom it represents.

Nicole Smede

Nicole Smede is a multi-disciplinary artist of Warrimay Birrbay, English and Irish descent, living and creating on Yuin Country. Proud of her heritage, she works with language to reconnect to ancestry and culture using voice, song, sound and poetry.

Ngarayamūrah is a Gammēya-Dharrawal word explaining a listening to and connecting with Country. Nicole's three meditations for Great Minds were created along the banks of Bungali (the Shoalhaven River) on Gammēya-Dharrawal lands.

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Ngarayamūrah meditation 3: Ngaranga Yurra Barray, listening to sky Country

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Great Minds is a podcast from SBS Audio that guides you through different meditation styles from around the world.

In season two, experience meditations led by practitioners of Ngarayamūrah, Mettā, Vipassana, Tibetan Tonglen, and sound bath meditation. There are three short episodes in each style for you to try.

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