Tree Meditation - Spring
posted in Meditations, Tree Medicine |I thought it was time to post another tree meditation.
The trees not only offer us their wonderful energies but also wisdom when we connect to them. It is so simple to connect to a tree because there are so many ways to do so. You can stand beneath a tree, look at a tree, look at a picture of a tree, visualise a tree in your minds eye or hold a piece of wood from your chosen tree. You can even focus on the Ogham symbol for your favourite tree! All of these will connect you to the trees beautiful energies and bring you the healing and wisdom you desire. Although Celtic Reiki helps to channel these energies, anybody is capable of tapping into them at any time!!
I tend to find myself entering into a state of meditation whenever I connect to a trees energy - which is amazing considering I am the worlds worst meditator!! So I wanted to share with you a beautiful meditation I was shown just now.
Choosing your spot (either beneath a tree or in a quiet space) close your eyes and focus on your breathing.
Ask the energy of the tree(s) to come to you with each inbreath, see it as first white light, cleansing you and let the heaviness of thoughts and worries leave you on each outbreath. Gradually notice the white turning to a beautiful green, the shade of a canopy of leaves. Continue to breath this colour on each in breath and feel it spreading warmth and freshness throughout your being.
Feel or see yourself becoming one with the tree - let the branches and leaves spread around you until you find yourself immersed in the centre of the trunk. Feel the warmth. Smell the unique smell of wood and brak surrounding you. Feel safe and comforted. Realise that although you are nestled tightly within the tree trunk you do not feel trapped in any way - you just feel calm and protected.
Once you are settled, reach out with your mind along the tree trunk, down into the roots and up, high into the branches. Reach out and feel the breeze gently rocking the branches and, if you feel the desire to, hold your hands in the air and sway gently in the breeze.
Reach further and take note of the new growth of leaves. Bask in the gentle warmth of the spring sunshine. Feel the rejuvenation after a long, harsh winter.
Bring your awareness further down the trunk and listen to the sound of birds nestling in their nests. Feel their movements and listen to the sounds of joy coming from them as their chicks first hatch and then begin to chirp. All this new growth makes you smile. You shake off any residual feelings of hardship you carried through the “winter”.
With this joy in your heart return to your centre and focus once more on your breathing. What colour is your in and out breath? Make note of this, for the colour you see here may be a key to what you need to heal or what you have just healed. The trees pass on so much insight to us, if only we listen.
Bring your awareness slowly back to the present moment, clasp your hands together in front of your heart and say a thank you or blessing of your choice.
The reason I feel this is a beautiful meditation is that it not only aligns us to the new growth of spring and therefore bringing us closer to being one with the natural cycles of the earth, but it also helps us at any time of year when we have come through a “winter” of our own and need to release the old and nurture the new.
It reminds us that as the tree nurtures itself and begins to regenerate it also offers shelter and support for all kinds of plant and animal life. We in turn help others by first helping ourselves.
I hope you enjoyed the meditation - it would be lovely to hear what you saw oor felt during it.
With brightest blessings
Amanda xx
p.s sorry about the lack of apostrophes - my keyboard has never been the same since I spilt water over it!!
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