Welcoming Below - January 2024

I've been calling the directions as part of my young children's bedtime routine for several years now. This practice allows us to meditate on the power in the natural world around us. My hope in sharing them is they might also support your connection to the natural world around you.

Transcript

We call upon and welcome the spirits guides and guardians below anchoring into the senses of our body we feel the pulse we feel our breath we create an anchor and tie ourselves into the earth through the floor passing roots our insect friends dug in deep through rich topsoil past the bunnies and the voles burrowed deep beneath our feet down through basements past our plumbing all the stuff we've been through systems connecting us to our neighbors and our cities down deep past roots deep tap roots of trees anchoring into the nutrients below us down through the water tables feeling the moisture rise feeling it dissipate so we anchor in burrowing down deep into the earth we feel the pulse we create an anchor and tie ourselves into the earth burrowing down deep into the earth we feel the moisture rise feeling it dissipate so we anchor in burrowing down down drilling down through bedrock through minerals resource deposits we down drilling down through bedrock through minerals resource deposits we know well that nourish us support our life our home anchoring down deep passing fossils gems beautiful rocks and boulders passing fossils gems beautiful rocks and boulders passing fossils gems beautiful rocks and boulders passing fossils gems beautiful rocks and boulders passing fossils gems beautiful rocks and boulders down through bedrock past fossils down deep through zones of pressure rock down through bedrock past fossils down deep through zones of pressure rock down through bedrock past fossils down deep through zones of pressure rock formation history all around us anchoring deep we formation history all around us anchoring deep we formation history all around us anchoring deep we imagine ourselves reaching deep imagine ourselves reaching deep imagine ourselves reaching deep into the earth where teeny tiny movements can into the earth where teeny tiny movements can into the earth where teeny tiny movements can create enormous powerful ripple effects on the create enormous powerful ripple effects on the create enormous powerful ripple effects on the surface there is constant change even in the surface there is constant change even in the surface there is constant change even in the seeming stillness we trust in that seeming stillness we trust in that seeming stillness we trust in that deep evolution we know changes afoot we deep evolution we know changes afoot we deep evolution we know changes afoot we anchor in we ground ourselves deep into anchor in we ground ourselves deep into anchor in we ground ourselves deep into mother earth deep within her mother earth deep within her mother earth deep within her feeling her constant pull she holds us feeling her constant pull she holds us feeling her constant pull she holds us near all the time holding us mother near all the time holding us mother near all the time holding us mother earth we anchor in welcome below earth we anchor in welcome below