From Chez Piñata,
I'm Colleen Thomas.
This is Daily Magic for Peace.
Today we will honor the fathers in Ukraine.
Welcome to the circle.
So today all you need is a compass.
You probably don't actually have a compass.
I don't even have a compass.
I don't know if I've ever had a compass.
I probably should get a compass someday.
So I invite you to grab your compass in your mind's eye or physically if you have one with you and join me in taking a breath.
To get started today,
I invite you to join me in an experience of the three-part breath.
First,
Breathing into the lower belly as one,
The upper belly as two,
And the chest as three.
And then out of the chest,
Three,
Upper belly two,
Lower belly one.
So breathing in from the bottom,
Breathing in one,
Two,
Three,
And breathing out,
Three,
Two,
One.
Great,
And breathing in from the bottom,
One,
Two,
Three,
And breathing out from the top,
Three,
Two,
One.
One,
And I invite you to do two more at your own pace.
Great,
And now I invite you to just notice,
Are you grounded,
What does your bubble space look like?
Begin to get centered,
Begin to notice your energy body,
Adjust anything you'd like to.
And with that grounding cord nice and connected to the earth now,
Feel that grounding cord and become aware of your chakras,
Your earth star chakra down six feet beneath you,
And your first chakra,
The base of your spine,
Second chakra at the belly.
And now let's come up to that third chakra,
Which is right at the solar plexus.
It's very fiery,
Bright,
Shiny.
Sometimes people see it at a yellow,
That bright third chakra.
This is where we focus our will and our power and our courage.
I can think of like the lion or the sun with this third chakra.
It's a very dynamic,
Very powerful place in our energy body.
Let's breathe in together and brighten it.
See it grow brighter and then breathe out and release.
Anything you might not need,
Release,
Release,
Release,
And again in,
Brightening,
Yellow,
Bold,
Sunshine,
And release.
Anything gray,
Anything muted,
Anything that's not yours.
And one more time,
Really brightening this courage center.
Third chakra,
Bright,
Bright,
Bright,
Bright,
Bright,
And just release.
And from this third chakra place,
I wanna give a special honoring today and invite you to join me in sending out some love to the fathers who are probably feeling a really huge call to defend,
To defend and to protect.
I asked you to grab a compass because in trying to think of what encapsulates a father,
What is a father's job?
What do we tend to think a father's supposed to do or a father might want to do?
Something that comes to me is guidance,
Obviously safety,
But then also guidance.
And I don't imagine that the fathers in Ukraine right now are having a lot of time to guide and support their children because they're probably really spending a lot of time just trying to protect them.
I invite you to look at this symbol or imagine this symbol of the compass,
This symbol that we're using today as a stand-in for everything that a father really does in life.
And just join me in deeply,
Deeply honoring,
Honoring the people serving as fathers right now,
Wishing them the ability to be grounded and calm and have time to recharge their bodies and their minds and their hearts.
Let them have connection with their children.
Let their efforts to protect and to guide their children be amplified and be successful.
Let their children be safe.
Let their family be safe.
Let them feel the love that we are sending,
The support that we are offering in this way on the inner as a circle together.
There's so much more in my heart I would like to offer and I don't even have the words for it.
Fathering is such an important thing.
So I just invite you to fill in the blanks with whatever you're feeling in your heart.
And join me in sending out this prayer,
This magic,
This intention that they have everything they need and they have their own compass to guide their way as they strive to be the best,
Best,
Best fathers they can.
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.
Please be sure to check out the great work that Feminist Workshop is doing in Lviv.
Find the link in the show notes and consider lending your support.
That's it for Daily Magic for Peace.
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Our music is by Terry Hughes.
I'm Colleen Thomas.
Thanks for listening.
