We call on the medicine of the owl to help us navigate through dark times,
The unseen and unknown,
To find courage and strength and settle in to our own inner wisdom.
Owls see what others don't and is here to help you navigate the darkness,
To find your well of inner wisdom,
And teach you to pause,
Watch,
And listen for signs,
Omens,
From within and from without.
Now take a deep breath in as you bring all of your attention and awareness to your body,
Following the air in your lungs,
Allowing your chest to expand,
And you exhale,
Surrendering all that you are,
All that you feel,
All that you hope for,
As you allow your body to sink deep into the earth.
With every exhale breath,
Surrendering a little more,
A little deeper,
Into trust for yourself and all of the wisdom that lies within.
And as you breathe,
I want you to imagine this energy coming up from the earth,
These beautiful strands of light,
Gentle and glowing,
Come up from the depths of the soil,
From the root of the trees around you,
And begin to wrap you in a cocoon of light.
And then bringing all of your attention and awareness to your heart center,
Your portal to the other realm,
Take a big deep breath in,
Exhale and imagine cracking open the heart,
Allowing your light to shine through,
Out of your body,
Through the cocoon and into the space around you.
Deep breath in,
Exhaling your light,
Expanding all that you are into the space,
Your spirit,
Your soul,
Your divine energy.
And as you create this beautiful space of light around you,
This beautiful ethereal veil appears to the other realm,
And you take your hand sliding it across the veil,
And you step out into a beautiful clearing in a forest with a black sky and a giant moon illuminating the forest floor,
And allowing this sacred landscape to appear,
Feeling the dark earth at your feet,
Giant deep green-leaved trees,
Ferns,
Plants,
And flowers of different colors and smells.
Allow your imagination,
Your creativity,
Your inner knowing to create new plants that only live in the darkness of night,
That might glow in color and light,
That might move and dance with the moon.
Take a moment to appreciate the darkness that allows the moon to illuminate,
The growth that happens,
The awakening of these plants and flowers,
The nourishment of the earth that thrives in the dark.
When we think of dark times in our lives,
We think of sadness,
Grief,
Loss,
And pain.
We think of shadow work,
The unknown and uncertainty.
We've often been taught that the energy of darkness is scary or bad,
Deceiving,
And not in our favor.
It is here we shift our perception and invite ourselves to see the darkness as a place for illumination,
A place of healing,
Transformation,
And growth.
And as you stand in this beautiful sacred forest under the dark sky,
The moon begins to lessen in its brightness,
And you see this beautiful owl flying down from the cosmos right in front of the moon,
Slowly flapping its wings with giant eyes.
Staying with your breath,
Bring all of your attention and awareness into the eyes of the owl.
Begin to see into the beyond,
A cosmic constellation,
A wisdom like none other,
A consciousness expand beyond anything you can imagine,
As this beautiful being makes its way towards you and lands on the stump of a tree right in front of you.
Continue to breathe in and out,
Bringing your attention and awareness to this cosmic being.
Notice the way you feel in its presence,
Knowing that has journeyed all this way to help you find your inner light,
Your wisdom and courage,
To help you navigate through this time you consider dark.
And then I want you to place your hands,
One on the center of your chest and one on your belly,
And in this safe and sacred space created with love and light,
Allow yourself to experience the feelings you might be trying to avoid.
Allow the pain to rise up in your chest,
Allow the fear to come,
And allow the grief,
Anger or resentment,
Frustration,
Anxiety.
Deeply breathing in every time you exhale,
I want you to see it as an energy coming out of your body into this sacred field,
Into this sacred forest,
Sending it out.
Deep breaths in,
Transform the story or the narrative that you have around it into color and energy as you send it out,
Really just focusing on the feeling in your body.
Allow your darkness to fill the whole space until all you can see are the eyes of the owl,
Noticing how the more darkness you move into the field,
The brighter your owl's eyes become.
Stay focused on those eyes,
And through the darkness you're breathing out,
Fall deeper into them,
Asking owl,
What medicine do you have for me?
Show me the inner wisdom that I have forgotten.
Show me,
Illuminate on what I need to know,
Feel or embody to get through this time.
Fall deep into the eyes of the owl and allow it to take you on your own journey through vision,
Color,
Emotion.
Trust what you see,
Trust what you want to see.
Begin to pull yourself back into that sacred forest,
The moon illuminating down once again,
The darkness that you let out of your body sinking deep into the earth as you turn it over to the roots of the trees.
And your beautiful owl sheds one feather from its wing and it floats towards you and lands in your heart.
A never reminder that the medicine is within,
That you have the ability to navigate the dark,
To illuminate what is next on your journey,
To gather your wisdom from experience,
And to trust this is part of your process.
You thank the owl for its medicine,
Your heart for showing you this place that lives inside of you,
Knowing at any time you can return here to journey with the owl.
