Rewilding Your Spirit - by Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson

COURSE

Rewilding Your Spirit

With Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson

Can we 'rewild' our spirit by reawakening our senses within meditation? I think so. Certainly, it is a vital step along a path to embrace our inner wildness and connect to the natural world. During the pandemic lockdowns, more held within our homes than ever, disconnected from nature. This is a journey of utilizing technology to help rewild, reconnect, and find our balance. This 10-day series will be a powerful journey into rewilding our spirit, as we remind ourselves that we and the natural world are one. So as we seek to rewild the earth, we must also rewild ourselves. Many of us have lost the habit of seeing, listening, and feeling the natural world around us. I hope to guide you on a path of remembering in this special course. This is not a 'how to' rewild course (although that may be a step you wish to take in the future), but one to unite ourselves with the wild in spirit. A rooted foundation from which to take our next steps into learning and being inspired on our rewilding journey. We'll start with the spirit, and the practical actions can follow. In this course, we'll work with meditation styles of guided visualization and mindfulness. All of these meditations can be done at home, or should you feel inspired, take them out into the wild! Each session is about 15 minutes long - some a little shorter, some a little longer. I will guide you through a story, to a place, to meet the wild both inwardly and outwardly, and experience something of this energy, magic, and power. You may find it useful to have a notepad nearby to help you reflect or note down your experiences. The end of each session will also feature a little question or reflection point. This can be useful if you want to spend a little time reflecting on the day's journey. There are no right or wrong answers!

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Meet your Teacher

Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson
Bath, UK

Sarah is an Author, Yoga teacher and Meditation Guide. Specializing in guided visualization meditation that she likes to call 'Story Journey'. She draws on her 33 years of yoga experience woven together with her writing expertise, love of mythology, and Celtic, Norse, and Saxon heritage. You may find yourself journeying through myth, magic, legend, and your own inner world - as well as meeting a few goddesses along the way!

10 Days

4.4k students

4.9 stars

16 min / day

Abundance

English

Lesson 1

Into The Wild

As we start our journey, we are at a threshold and a bridge to another world. Here we prepare for our journey and the idea of crossing over that bridge. What is it we are seeking? What may we leave behind as we walk into the wild beyond? To rewild a space is to return its natural, uncultivated state, and it's not so different for humans. Can we return to nature after a long period in our homes? Today's session will be simple but powerful as we return to the wild, in our mind's eye. Or you can listen to this as you walk into nature, whether that be a park, woodland or forest. Any pathway can be your bridge into the wild.

Lesson 2

Meet The Trees

The sentinels of the forest, like temple columns or a great doorway, greet us on our journey into a wild, sacred world. In this tree visualization, we have a chance to greet the trees and seek their ancient wisdom. Simply being amongst trees or visualizing them can calm stress levels and blood pressure. Tree aerosols released into the air can be healing and soothing to humans. And as the trees are far older and larger than us, they can help us move our thoughts and worries into perspective.

Lesson 3

Forest Folktales

Rewilding is a lovely word. We'll look at another special "re" word today: re-enchantment. Our ancient woodlands are full of fairy tales and folklore to spark imaginations and inspire a journey of creative discovery. Let's take a journey into folk and fairytale to re-enchant yourself with the magical potential of the wild. To see the wonder within the wild is an important step into honouring and valuing it. This tale is called the Forest Witch, and it is a favourite of mine.

Lesson 4

Sacred Wild

The wild world is sacred indeed, and in our journey today, we will create a wild temple in our visualization. This session is an invitation to view the natural world in the same sacred way as we might view a cathedral or ancient statue and to remind us to treat it with the same respect and reverence.

Lesson 5

Wild Roots

We all have roots that run into the earth. We have been on a journey of evolution to arrive at this point in time. This session is a journey of remembering and rooting into the earth as we connect to the global community of the planet and all its inhabitants. This session reminds us of the simple and powerful magic of roots and grounding and what that can mean for people and trees alike.

Lesson 6

Night Wild

The natural world looks very different at night, under a cloak of moon and starlight. Dark shadows under the canopy offer protection to animals and birds, and they explore the nocturnal world. Nighttime is an invitation to grow still, quiet, and calm. This special time offers us an opportunity to see the world in a different light, with potential for magic and mystery.

Lesson 7

Wild Dawn

You may want to get up just before dawn or sit in your bed warm and supported. Or simply embrace the image of a new dawn and new day with its glorious potential. Today's journey is one to embrace hope and possibility. In this visualisation, we'll see the colours of the dawn. Hear birds singing. A beautiful new day has come.

Lesson 8

Wild Waters

The element of water is abundant within the natural world: waterfalls, streams, rain, rivers, and oceans. It is both beautiful and vital to the survival of all living things. The element of water can also offer us ideas for calming and soothing the body and mind. What can we wash away, and how can we flow with the rhythms of life?

Lesson 9

Wild Senses

When we feel disconnected from the natural world, our senses can help bring us back to the wild. The more you utilize your senses, touching leaves, feeling the breeze, smelling the flowers, the more you can connect to the present moment and space. We can visualize this journey, but I strongly encourage you to take a little time in nature; you may want to stand on grass barefoot, sit in a shady space under a tree, or sit by an open window - whatever is available to you. This journey will help us reconnect to our senses. This meditation also features a 5-minute segment of silence, so that you can fully attune to your natural surroundings, whether that is out in the world or in the mind's eye. These will be your greatest teachers on this journey: the wind, the trees, the sun and the sky. These are truly your most valuable guides!

Lesson 10

Wild Wayfinding

Drawing on the image of ancient Celtic goddess ’Ellen of the Ways’ as we come to the last day of this meditation journey, we’ll explore the idea of finding our way, waymarkers and guides, that will help support our onward journey from here, as we continue our journey of rewilding our souls and spirits. The antlered Goddess; Elen of the Ways IS one of the most ancient female deities of the British Isles, dating back to the Paleolithic era (with various names lost to time). Elen of the Ways can guide us on ancient paths; find her deep in the heart of the wood, amongst wild places where the deer roam. Look for the flash in the shadows at sunset, the glimpse of an antler. Once you have met her, you’ll be forever changed.

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