The Goddesses Of Ice

This Meditation started with a request; from a gorgeous soul who was seeking a meditation of ice as an element of expansion and protection. And I was instantly inspired by the image of the Ice Goddesses and Giantesses of Norse and Celtic folklore. These huge powerful women of shattering power; makers, breakers, creators of mountains and islands, unafraid to take up space in the world. So, I offer you this gentle story of ice, goddesses and powerful space. The Ice Maidens Cometh.

Transcript

Greetings,

Dear ones.

And welcome to a meditation and story journey today by special request within the realms of a wonderful element that perhaps I haven't thought of before.

We'll work today with the element of ice.

And here for many of us in the Northern Hemisphere,

January is a time of cold,

Of frost,

Of snow and ice.

So maybe it feels particularly relevant in this month.

But ice is also an inspiration if we choose to see it as such.

As water flows and moves,

Ice is strong.

It expands.

It takes up space.

It creates beauty and holds things solidly.

Ice connects to many of the beautiful wintery goddesses.

And so they will also join us on this journey.

And as we think about beginning our journey,

Our meditation,

Our story path,

Take your time.

We may be thinking of ice,

But we want to be nice and warm and cosy and restful.

So take your time to wrap yourself in blankets,

Support yourself with cushions.

Allow yourself to feel comfortable.

Allowing body,

Mind and breath to settle in their own way and in your own time.

Here perhaps we are still with the element of water as we just allow any tensions or tightnesses to flow,

To trickle away from the body.

Flowing away from us like a babbling brook or a trickling stream.

Feel the tensions of the day washed away from us.

Like a sudden downpour of rain just falls upon us and washes away the day.

In our mind's eye we cross over a threshold as we let go of the noise and the busyness of the day and move into our inner world,

Our mind's eye.

We find ourselves in our mind's eye,

In a land of frost and ice.

We are in a place of nature.

We see blades of grass and leaves all trimmed with little sparkling white edges of frost.

A gentle crunch beneath our feet as we walk along a frosty grass path,

Edged with sparkling ice,

Trimming each branch,

Each leaf,

Each plant.

The world is quiet and sparkling here.

And before you on your path you see ahead of you a beautiful frozen lake.

The ice of this lake is thick and strong and you feel safe as you step upon the surface,

Solid ice beneath your feet.

Walking out a little further towards the centre of this lake you see beautiful seams of bubbles and cracks within the ice encapsulated within this frozen substance.

You might also see leaves,

Twigs,

Berries,

Little jewels of nature frozen in time,

All creating this beautiful strong surface.

Each crack is visible but then refrozen,

Each little item adding to the richness of this beautiful structure.

These are not impurities,

They are enrichments.

Standing tall and standing strong on this beautiful icy surface you feel empowered,

A sense of this space around you,

A sense of the ice beneath you,

A sense of standing tall and standing strong,

A sense of expansion.

Just as water expands to create ice you expand to stand in your strength.

And just perhaps in a sense of circle around you there's the edges of the lake,

There are the trees and the plants that all support this circle of support and of nature.

But perhaps within those icy sparkles within the edge of the lake there is also a sense that surrounding you are the great and powerful goddesses of winter,

Of snow,

Of ice.

The great crone goddess,

The Kaliak,

Beautiful white hair and white clothes,

But she moves mountains,

She creates islands out of rocks,

She is so strong,

So powerful she can move the earth.

The Norse goddesses,

Skadi,

The huntress who enjoys being out in the snow,

But also Norse goddesses Freya and Frigg.

At home in that Norse climate of snow,

Of northern lights,

Of dark and long nights,

These powerful women.

And alongside these myths of goddesses there are myths of great giantesses,

Great giants of Norse mythology who moved rocks,

Who created mountains.

There's even a story of two giantesses that took a giant stone salt mill and created salt and they made so much salt that they filled the oceans with it.

They were strong and big enough to create the salt within the oceans.

And when I think of these goddesses,

These giantesses,

They embody ice beautifully because they take up space.

They are powerful.

They are great and powerful women who take up space in the world.

They are just as big,

As huge as they need to be in presence,

In energy.

So do not be afraid to take up space in this world.

That is what the goddesses of ice and winter tell us.

Perhaps you envisage these beautiful goddesses standing around you.

Maybe you simply see them within the ice,

Within the sparkling frosts,

Within the swathes of white around you.

Because they are always there,

Whether we see them or not.

They stand tall with us.

They stand strong with us.

They make,

They break,

They create,

They take up as much space as they need in this world.

Expanding into power,

Into divine feminine.

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As our time upon the ice,

With our beautiful goddesses,

Draws to a close,

As always there is no rush.

You may stay as long as you wish with the elements,

With the ice,

With the frost,

With the goddesses.

Stay here as long as you wish.

But just perhaps if you are ready,

We draw back along our frosted path and maybe arrive somewhere cosy and warm.

Maybe there are blankets and hot drinks waiting for us,

Merriment and love.

Perhaps we are home or somewhere special to us.

And it is beautiful to feel warm and feel cosy.

But also there is an element of our journey with the ice we carry with us.

There is a strength within the ice that we can always connect to,

Whatever the season,

Wherever we are,

Reminding us that we have power to flow as water or to stand strong as ice,

To flow and weave and to expand,

Breathe deep and stand tall.

So as I leave you now,

My ice queens,

My ice goddesses,

I wish you a beautiful day and I look forward to meeting you again soon.

Namaste.

Reviews

The perfect mediation on this frosty icy day in Nottinghamshire, after taking a 4km family walk in the local nature reserve where the ice and hoar frost were so thick and beautiful in the weak winter sunshine ❄️ I adore winter and this was the perfect meditation to rest/nap to after being awake from 2:30 this morning! 🥱 Thank you Sarah.

I almost didn’t play this one because I hate the cold but I love how Sarah started it out by saying “Just because they’re ice goddesses doesn’t mean we have to be cold. Wrap yourself in some blankets and get comfortable.” I also really like how she framed it as empowerment and standing hard as ice.

So powerful!!

Your ability to guide a meditation and weave a story is so beautiful and unique, Sarah. You are positively magical! Love and light to you.
💖🌠

As a follower of the Cailleach, this was one of the most important and empowering meditations I’ve ever come across. She bids me thank you. :)

Magical 💕

Enchanting and powerful! I will listen many times! 🙏🙏🙏

Very calming. Loved the talk about expansion and empowerment 💪🏻🙏🏻

Beautiful and really easy mentally right now because everything is coated in a layer of ice!

That was beautiful and powerful. Namaste.

Thank you Sarah! This was beautiful. I love the expansive strength presented here and the Goddesses of Winter. Helps me to appreciate ice in a new way too. Blessings 💖🕊🙏

An illuminating journey, perfect for these times.
Thank you 🤍❄️✨🙏🏼

Oh my! That was a beautiful journey ❄️🌟. It’s cold and frosty white outside this morning but the sun is streaming in my bedroom window so your guidance to wrap up in cozy blankets was perfect 💝
Thank you for sharing 🙏❄️💫

Thank you for this beautiful journey🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻I loved the “taking up space” and “expansion”, had never really put that together with ice, though now it feels like “ of course”!The strength of the Nordic ice goddesses...really felt good. And one of them already appeared during a winter yoga nidra I just did before this. And that in very sharp contrast to these rather warm winter days- and nights with almost the same temperatures as during the day- right now in Southern Houston. Interesting...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Beautiful! Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for this gorgeous and unique meditation 💜

Such a perfect meditation for winter, thank you. Taking up space and standing tall tied beautifully to the goddesses -and giantesses!! I was really touched by the unexpected theme of ice holding things tightly. Wd can let things go as liquid water, but there are indeed things we want to hold tightly to our hearts and not let go. Ice helps to visualize that. Lovely.

Thank you so much Sarah ❄️💎✨
Such perfect timing to return to this as it is snowing outside here. Beautiful meditation, that brings so much to life of memories and gratitude in me. I also needed to be reminded of the divine strength of the coldness at the moment, and to grow deeper into it.
Ice goddesses are amazing!
The people and women in particular that really can embody them have had great impact in my life.