So begin by turning within,
Allowing your breath to lengthen,
Allowing your breath to just be gentle and to maintain a natural rhythm.
With each breath,
Feel your awareness deepening and imagine that your breath is guiding you more and more into the inner sanctuary of your heart.
And right now,
Imagine that you are walking along a beautiful,
Serene,
Tree-lined path.
Perhaps you might hear birds in the distance or maybe a nearby stream.
And as you are walking,
You come to a clearing where there before you rises a great and beautiful ash tree.
Its vast root system is spread out before you,
Reaching deep and wide into the earth.
And its branches form an emerald canopy above.
You can feel the power,
The presence,
And the ancient wisdom of this tree.
Moving nearer to the magnificent roots,
Find a perfect place where you feel drawn to,
Where you can sit and nestle into the heart of the tree.
Feeling that support,
That deep strength of the heartwood.
And begin to feel how secure it is to be nestled within the roots and beneath the branches of this great tree.
And as you sit,
Begin to turn your focus to your heart.
As you breathe in and out through your heart,
Feel as if each breath is opening this heart space within more and more.
And as you breathe in and out,
Feeling the expansion of this heart space tuning in,
Begin to listen deeply.
As you are listening,
Feeling that you are held in this tree's great strength and wisdom.
On this day of equal light and dark,
During this sacred time of the spring equinox,
It can be a time to shed those past narratives that are no longer aligned.
It can be a time to shed what is ready for release.
So as you sit in this space of contemplation,
Ask yourself what wants to be pruned from my life,
What is ready to be let go.
And imagine that this deep root system all around you is open,
Receiving,
And ready to absorb any old energies,
Any old stories,
Old narratives,
Old patterns,
Any memories,
Any feelings,
Emotions.
Just imagine that you are able to send all of this energy that is ready to be released down these roots,
Opening more and more to a sense of purification,
Feeling that purification of your heart space,
As if these roots allow for a cleaning,
A releasing,
An emptying.
And as you feel this energy is let go,
Allow your breath to continue to expand,
Creating greater space within your heart center.
As you are breathing in and out,
Sense this energy of awakening that the equinox holds,
And listening within,
Begin to get in touch with your soul's call for greater expansion and growth.
What gentle new beginning is wanting to bloom in your life?
And from this vantage point,
Ask yourself,
What is it that my soul thirsts for?
What wants to be cultivated?
You are a microcosm of the earth and the cosmos,
And this divine spark within your soul is always ignited,
Is always a flame.
And so breathe into your connection with that divine spark now.
Feel that light.
Feel that light that is always kindled,
That is always burning so gently in your heart center.
And imagine that that divine spark right now within your heart is activating your sacred impulses for new growth.
These sacred impulses that are the seeds of creation that are ready to be created and planted.
Feel that activation and light illuminating your seeds that are ready to be planted in your life experience.
And as you feel these seeds,
Know they are illuminated by the divine.
They are illuminated by this divine spark in your heart.
And so imagine releasing them lovingly into the deep,
Dark,
Nourishing soil beneath you.
Feeling and knowing that the light within you and the light all around you is nurturing these seeds that you have placed with love so you can let them go fully and completely into the care of spirit.
Now with gratitude and honoring of this great ash tree,
This tree of wisdom,
This tree of knowledge,
This tree that represents the inner self,
Give thanks for its brilliance,
For the strength of the heartwood that has held you.
And begin to stand and walk slowly back to the forest path,
Feeling that cascade of blessings,
That cascade of blessings that is here in the spring equinox,
Blessed by the equal light,
Blessed by the nurturing in the dark soil.
And with gratitude and reverence for this celebration,
Release this meditation and know that the awakened energy within you is now expanding into form and felt essence within your life.
You can open your eyes and return when you feel ready.
