Grounding Meditation- Rooted Like A Tree

Use this meditation to re-establish your connection to the ground and sky through the imagery of a tree. Meditate along with Stef Bourke of Shaping Reality to tap into your grounded center and build a strong base from which to shine.

Duration: 15 mins

Transcript

Let us begin.

Let's find a position in the body where you feel your body is comfortable and wholly supported.

If you're able to do so,

Find yourself in an upright position with your spine stacked one vertebra against the next.

Creating a column of strength that runs through your body.

Allowing each vertebra to rest on the one below it.

Letting go of any tension.

Letting go of your body's tendency to hold itself up.

Allowing yourself to settle into your inner strength.

Finding that space of ease in the neck.

Allowing the head to float gently at the top of the spine.

Finding that perfect sense of ease and balance,

Effortlessness.

Begin to bring your awareness to the breath.

Breathing in through the nose and out through the nose.

As you breathe in,

Feel the sensation of the cool air entering your body.

And as you breathe out,

Feel the warm air exiting your body.

Breathing in,

Cool.

Breathing out,

Warmth.

Breathing in,

Peace.

Breathing out,

Love.

Breathing in,

And breathing out.

I invite you to take three more deep,

Long,

Slow and smooth breaths at your own rate.

Letting your body expand and open to receive this fresh oxygen.

And your body contract as you expel the air from your nostrils.

Bringing the awareness now to the top of the head,

I invite you to notice the energy at the top of the head.

Without judging,

Just allow yourself to observe what is happening in this space.

And then let's see if we can invite a little bit more ease into this space.

Imagine your energy in this space dripping down like golden honey.

Feeling with it a sense of relaxation,

Feeling the tension melting out of the body.

Allow this golden,

Slow,

Gentle,

Calm energy to drip down from the top of the head,

Down through the forehead,

Down past the eyebrows.

Feeling that space around the eyes relax.

Letting go of the tension in the jaw,

In the cheeks.

Feeling the jaw soften.

Feeling the tongue rest gently on the bottom of the mouth.

Just allowing this gentle,

Calm,

Soothing energy to drip down through the neck,

Through the back of the head,

Down through the shoulders.

Feeling your shoulders melting away.

Releasing the shoulders down the back.

Allowing this calm energy to spread down through the chest and down through the ribcage.

Feeling any tension,

Any stress,

Any energy that isn't calm and relaxed,

Just allowing that to drip down.

Releasing it downward toward the earth.

Down through the midsection,

Down through the fingers.

Inviting this sense of calm to be your new way of being.

Down through the legs and down through the feet.

Inviting a sense of total calm through the entire physical body.

And then taking a breath into this space.

Feeling how our bodies have received this invitation of calm energy.

How we have integrated it.

Now let's bring our awareness to the bottom of the spine.

I invite you to imagine that you have tree roots growing from the bottom of the spine.

These are your energetic tree roots.

They're an extension of your body in energy form.

Imagine your tree roots descending into the space below you.

These tree roots twist and wind their way down below the surface on which you sit.

And down beneath the ground below that on the floor.

These tree roots continue to descend down through the earth.

Down past any rocks,

Fossils,

Evidence of cultures come and gone.

Down through each layer and as they move downward through the earth they spread wide.

Creating a stable base to hold you to the ground to attach you firmly.

Feeling your connection to the ground growing as your tree roots descend even deeper all the way to the center of the earth.

To Mother Gaia.

To the heartbeat of the planet.

And as your tree roots approach Mother Gaia,

This center point of the earth,

This glowing ball of orange energy,

Allow your tree roots to wrap and wind their way around her.

I invite you now to begin drawing that earth energy,

That orange glowing warm comforting energy up along your tree roots.

Using your breath drawing the energy closer.

This energy ascends up through the earth,

Up through the floor,

Up through the surface of where you're sitting and into the back of the spine.

And as it reaches your physical body you begin to feel this orange energy blossoming,

Blooming through your body.

You feel this sense of comfort and belonging.

You know in this moment that you are connected to all things that are living and all things that have lived.

With your tree roots running deep you feel the strength in that.

You feel the stability that you have on the earth.

Knowing that you are a part of the whole.

Taking a moment to tune into that energy,

Perhaps bringing some of this golden light up into the heart space and feeling it mix.

Feeling it blend in with your own heart energy.

Lending to you mother earth slow and steady beat.

Feeling about a deeper sense of calm in your being.

Bringing our awareness now into the top of the head.

And noticing the space around the top of the head,

The shoulders,

The neck.

I invite you now to begin to imagine this space above you stretching,

Unfurling.

Begin to feel your energetic limbs reaching up above you outward and towards sky energy.

Extending into the heavens like limbs of a giant tree opening,

Welcoming,

Inviting sky energy into the body.

Begin to feel through your many leaves through this extended energy,

This beautiful connection to source energy,

This white light that flows down through you,

Down through the top of the head,

Down into the body.

And through this connection to sky energy,

Notice the sensation in your body of limitlessness,

Of infinite potential.

Feeling in this moment that we flow this energy through our bodies to inspire us,

To awaken our creativity,

To bring ourselves back home to ourselves.

And as we bring this energy into our bodies,

Imagine this white light flowing through,

Right down through the center channel of your body into the heart space.

And let it mix with the earth energy found here.

Let it mix with your own inner light.

Let these three light sources combine together,

Filling the heart space in such a way that you feel extended skyward toward opportunity and grounded to the earth in strength and connection.

And feeling how we feel in this moment,

Connected,

Balanced,

Grounded and supported by the earth below us and the sky above us.

I invite you now to slowly and gently bring your awareness back into the body,

Welcoming a deep breath into the lungs,

Welcoming some tiny movements into your fingers or your toes,

Just allowing yourself to fully inhabit your physical form once more.

And when you're ready,

Opening your eyes,

Namaste.

Reviews

Absolutely wonderful meditation. It really helped ease my racing thoughts this morning. The imagery you gave me & the beautiful sounds of the windchimes all gave me chills and tingles. Thanks so much ❤️

The imagery Stef uses to guide this grounding practice is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for this lovely offering.

This was truly amazing!!! I felt so wonderful afterwards.

Wow. So grounding!!! Thank you so much light angel!