From Chez Pignata,
I'm Colleen Thomas.
This is Daily Magic for Peace.
Today we will ask for protection for the children.
Welcome to the circle.
So the item I would love for you to grab today if you have one around is a toy.
This could be one of your favorite toys if you're lucky enough to have one of those around,
Or just a toy that's nearby.
It's also totally fine to just picture a toy,
In which case I suggest you picture your favorite toy,
Because why not?
We're going to settle in together,
All of us here in this circle,
The circle that we intend together,
Just by listening,
We build this circle together.
Our first grounding experience today will be something pretty fun.
If you're in public,
You don't have to do it,
But do it however you can.
It's just going to be shaking.
Just gently shaking your body,
Shaking out any stress.
Be really gentle with your body while you're shaking.
Don't inflame anything,
But just let your body kind of shake it off.
Maybe shake your arms,
Or your legs,
Or your belly,
Or your shoulders,
And shake your head if you want to.
Do some breathing and shaking.
Just mix it all up.
Let it all go.
If you're feeling really energetic,
You might jump up and down and shake everything,
But be careful if you're over 18 and you do that.
Certainly if you're over 30.
I invite you to take a breath.
Our second grounding experience today will be connecting in with our heart.
Feel free to put a hand on your heart if that feels good to you.
Maybe close your eyes if that feels good to you.
I invite you to check in with your heart and see what your heart space feels like today.
How big is your heart space?
What's in your heart space?
You can let go of anything you don't need right now.
If you have any concerns or worries or fears even,
Sometimes it's nice to acknowledge those.
Not just to ask them to go away,
But to listen to them and acknowledge them.
Maybe light a candle in your mind for them,
Or give them a stuffy to hold,
Or just give them some love.
They're welcome here too.
What I'd like to do with you today in the heart space is to connect with the concept of joy.
That shaking might have woken up a little bit of joy for you,
Or thinking about toys might have woken up a little bit of the concept of joy for you.
I invite you to see what joy feels like in your heart,
Where you might have joy in your heart.
If you can conjure some joy in your heart,
Or maybe your heart is overflowing with joy right now.
I invite you to share whatever joy you have in your heart with a circle.
This is a magical ritual space,
So we can do things like this.
You can share your joy with the other people in the circle.
They can see a big smile on your face.
They can maybe even see you laughing.
Joy is contagious,
So feel free to share it.
And moving on now to our object.
Our object,
Our toy.
Toys are something obviously we can play with at any age,
But we mostly associate them with children.
And I'd like to turn our thoughts now and our intentions to the children affected by the crisis in Ukraine.
And I would like to ask you to join me in asking for their protection.
Join me in creating magic for their protection.
So I invite you to maybe open your hands with your palms up if you're someplace where that feels good to you.
And let's invoke and intend and invite the elemental energies of the universe.
The parental caring energies that exist around us.
The presence of a deity,
A god or goddess,
If that is something that you resonate with.
Something that we call on to take care of us.
Something that we might ask for help if we needed help.
That wonderfully loving,
Caring,
Protective energy.
Just invite that energy into your hands.
Just invite that sense of care and protection.
And now I invite you to put your hands near or maybe even pick up this toy.
And let's let this toy represent these children.
And let's let this parenting energy,
This protective,
Caring,
Loving energy that we're channeling now through our hands.
Let's allow it to surround this image of the child.
Now let's take ourselves out of the picture.
We don't have to send this energy.
This is us intending it.
So just see it happening now.
Maybe take yourself out of this equation and just allow this cosmic divine parental perfect loving energy to just surround this child.
These children,
This toy as a symbol and sending this energy now over to the area of Ukraine to the children in this part of the world amplifying,
Amplifying,
Amplifying any love that they're already receiving from their families,
From their loved ones,
From whatever goddess or god they might be connected to and they're already receiving love from.
Just amplifying it.
Just allowing their protection to be increased,
Physical,
Emotional,
Spiritual,
Any kind of protection that they need,
Calming them,
Calming them and sending them love.
And also their parents.
Also whatever adults are with them,
Sending them a bit of calming as well,
Fortifying their care and their caretaking,
The caregiving that they are doing for these children because parenting is a job.
Parenting during a war has got to be so much more intense,
So much more terrifying and so much more consequential.
So let's send not only these children but their caregivers so much love.
Again,
Not from us,
But channeling this divine protection and love to them.
See this happening.
Feel this energy going through your hands to this toy,
To this symbol across the world.
And I invite you to breathe in and let go,
Releasing this magic out to the world.
Maybe putting down your toy and holding your hands out to allow this energy to flow exactly where it needs to go.
And then the last step is just letting go,
Just trusting it to go exactly where it needs to go.
May it be so.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
Your presence,
Your energy,
And your heart make all the difference in healing our world.
Remember to breathe today.
Breathe and expand.
And I hope you join us next time.
Please consider inviting a friend.
That's it for Daily Magic for Peace.
Our music is by Terry Hughes.
I'm Colleen Thomas.
Thanks for listening.
