Grounded With The Wisdom Of The Tree

This episode of A piece of quiet helps you explore the practice of softening and opening. Paying gentle attention to our belly, home to our wisdom, that soft place that we can sometimes find we hold so tightly.

The session closes with a flow journaling prompt — 'The wisdom of the tree' — for those who wish to carry the practice a little further onto the page. No writing experience needed; just curiosity and a willingness to listen inward.

Rooted in nervous system nourishment and compassionate self-enquiry, this is a space where nothing needs to be fixed or resolved. Suitable for all levels, including complete beginners.

Music credit: Chris Collins

Transcript

Hey, My darlings. Welcome back to our peace of quiet, Our space within everything else that is unfolding in our lives and in the world around us right now. A space of peace and quiet. A space of stillness and calm. Inviting your body to begin to settle now. Sinking deeper into wherever you are sitting or lying or standing. And allowing your eyes to close. And today I have a sense of being grounded. Into the earth grounded in such a way that We sense the full weight and power. And support of the earth beneath us. It's a feeling the energy of the earth. And the way it holds us. And I would love to invite you. To imagine. That behind you there is a beautiful tree. However this appears to you. Maybe the trunk is broad, Wide. Gnarled with age. Maybe it's young and smooth and slender. Looking up into the canopy of the tree. Maybe its branches are slight and you can see through to the sky above. Maybe the canopy is dense. And brings a deep green light to where you are sitting. However the tree appears or the sense of the tree. Or if nothing arises, Imagine how it might be. To have a sense of the tree. And simply let whatever is here to be here. And the invitation is to lean back against the support of this tree. To feel how this tree is rooted in the ground. How its roots extend along and through the ground. And how it supports you. As you lean back against its strength. And simply breathing. Feeling into. The support of this tree. Feeling it strength. Holding you. Maybe noticing the tree's subtle movement as it breathes with you. This living being that is of the earth just as we are of the earth and as you breathe with the tree. Feeling this connection of the support of the tree. Feel how it is to send your love to the tree. So we create this beautiful symmetry. This shared sense of loving support. And sensing into what might be the message that this tree wishes you to receive right now. Listening deeply and if nothing arises at first Imagine what it may be the tree wishes you to know. And. . . Slowly slowly begin to return to this space thanking the tree for its guidance, Its support. Um. . . Blinking open the eyes, Stretching your body And if you choose to write today, Our prompt is the wisdom of the tree. The wisdom of the tree. And see where it takes you. See you here again next week. I send you love, A hug and a wave. You you you you