Enchanted Forest And Love

Welcome to today's meditation.

Jan Bond,

Mind,

Body,

Wellness here.

Join me in today's session.

The Enchanted Forest of Love.

To help us in times of worry,

Tiredness,

And restlessness.

Come with me on a journey to a beautiful,

Serene,

And healing magical forest.

For now though,

Find a nice,

Comfortable position so your body can relax completely.

Close your eyes.

Take a deep breath.

Then exhale and let go fully.

Leaving all your worries and cares into the care of the universe.

Let's do it again.

Breathing in,

And breathing out.

Feeling better?

Allowing your body to melt and your mind to soften.

Okay now,

As you inhale,

Imagine you are taking in pure,

Unconditional love.

As you exhale,

Let go of all the tensions that you might be feeling.

Breathing,

All of your worries dissolving away into nothingness.

A deep sense of peace begins to fall on you.

It's filling your toes and your feet,

Your legs,

Through your knees,

All the way up to your thighs.

Deep sense of peace into your hips,

Through your buttocks.

Feeling now as your spine relaxes,

Melting into the earth.

Peace fills your stomach,

Your chest,

Your shoulders,

Down your arms,

Hands,

And fingers.

Feel your arms get beautifully heavy.

Hands and fingers totally let go.

Through your relaxed neck,

Peace and relaxation,

Taking it through into your jaw.

Feel your tongue fall away from the roof of your mouth.

Your brows relax,

Feeling full of peace.

Peace and tranquility.

Continue to breathe peacefully and softly.

Making us ready now to start our journey,

A journey into the enchanted forest of your mind.

So picture now,

A golden fog of light,

And then allow it to envelop you.

Can you see how warm and soothing it is?

You are safe.

You are loved.

You feel that?

Just know with all of your being,

Your body,

Your mind,

Your energy knows it.

Then you begin to feel the beautiful golden mist start to clear.

And as it clears,

It lifts away from you.

And then through that awareness of lifting,

No more golden fog of light,

You begin to be able to see your surroundings.

In fact,

You're standing on a path.

The path is etching through a forest,

The enchanted forest.

Sunlight smiles down at you from above.

It's beaming itself through the trees.

It brightens the forest floor.

It comes through the trees.

And as it comes through the trees,

It highlights this wonderful soft breeze,

And you can hear the sound of it through the leaves.

The breeze caresses your face.

And it carries a wonderful clean pine smell from pine needles.

The pine needles are scattered all over the forest floor.

And it smells so wonderfully clean.

As you move along the path,

You can feel this comfort of the way the trees arch over your head.

And they make the soft sounds from the breeze and the clean smells.

It's all quite the feast for our eyes.

And there's so much magic,

Growth,

And life.

This certainly does feel and look like an enchanted forest,

A peaceful place.

And it is full of magic.

So as we travel along the smooth path,

We go deeper and deeper.

Deeper into the forest.

And notice as you float along,

You are aware of chattering and twittering as birds move through the branches.

Cheerfully and sweetly,

Their sounds ring out.

And then you notice how the slanting beams of sunlight light up the way ahead of you.

And then the light,

As you now become aware,

Catches dew drops that have gathered on the leaves.

They're sparkling and they're dazzling.

They're like shining,

Sparkly stars.

Tiny pools of dew everywhere.

You reach out,

Picking up one of the leaves.

It has a tiny pool of dew.

Touch it to your lips and feel the sensation.

A velvety,

Sweet dew.

And feel it as it slides down your throat.

Purity and coolness.

Then,

As you continue on your path,

Listen.

What's that?

A soft sound of gently running water.

Curious.

Now you feel drawn further and closer to where the sound is originating.

And looking through the trees,

Just a short distance ahead of you,

You can see there's a small creek trickling,

Cascading down a rocky riverbed.

It's forged its way through the enchanted forest.

And that trickling creek leads to a clear pool.

So,

Very close to it now.

Almost there.

And then,

Unexpectedly,

You see a deer.

It's drinking lazily from the pool.

She doesn't mind that you're close by.

And it is very unusual for us to see a deer in this setting.

It's very fortunate,

It's very magical.

In itself,

It's a sign of magic.

Deer represent magic.

Of otherworldliness.

Then you move up to the pool and you see a deer.

It's on the edge.

Now,

Look down at it.

The refreshing pool.

Then you reach out and you dip your hand into the pool.

And as you do,

You look into the water,

Seeing the reflection of the deer along the surface.

You can also see a reflection of yourself.

And from that reflection,

You can see the deer look up at you and it's not frightened.

It's not moving.

It just watches you.

In fact,

It's not at all surprised.

So,

It just watches you curiously.

You and the deer transfixed by each other.

The deer is your spirit totem.

It appears so calm and so wise and so comforting,

Representing other aspects of you,

Your spirit.

Take this chance,

Speak to the deer mentally,

As this spirit apparition remains so close to you.

You can actually read the spirit's energy and mind as it can yours.

Use these moments to enjoy this encounter,

This magical experience.

The air is now quite still.

Yet all around are the sounds of the enchanted forest.

Sounds of birds and leaves fluttering down,

Of insects among the leaf litter,

And of course,

The trickling water.

Shafts of light,

Golden sun,

Highlights the water.

It also highlights across the back of the deer and you can see its brown hide shining.

Black eyes,

Soft.

Slowly,

The deer begins to move away from the pool and it moves along the path.

With no thought put into this,

You just naturally follow the deer.

It takes you to a clearing.

Notice different scents in the clearing.

Mosses covering the ground,

Delicate and soft,

Earthy and real.

The forest floor here feels springy and ethereal,

Cool.

It feels like a blanket.

So of course,

You want to sit.

Notice the soft springiness as it caresses your body.

And then rest a while.

Enjoy the deep peacefulness.

Whilst close by,

The deer stands under one of the largest trees.

Tall,

Beautiful,

Rich textures and colours fill your eyes.

And then you start to approach the tree,

Getting up close to the deer.

And as you do,

The deer drifts a little further away.

Still,

It doesn't seem frightened.

It's just not ready yet.

This place makes you feel safe.

Even loved.

You're so aware of the life and vibrations filling the clearing.

The trees.

Your imagination even feels the trees' energy as if they're hugging you,

Strengthening the whole of you.

And your sense of peace deepens,

More and more calm,

Deeper and deeper.

The tree is somehow connecting with you,

Just as the deer at the pool.

And perhaps your heart opens.

It receives this magical,

Deep connection.

At this point,

Perhaps you'll notice that your eyes have been shut.

Your spirit has been in full response and acceptance.

Your mind being and experiencing the energy,

The vibrations all around you.

As the trees keep you safe and cared for,

The deer watches over you,

Adding its own spirit into the mix.

All of this reaching into your heart and into the mingling with your own spirit.

Your mind floats,

This wonderful soup of love,

Deep,

Deep calm.

Spirits old and wise,

Spirits young and so alive.

Your eyes now begin to float open and they continue to roll upwards to peer up into the canopy,

The leaves and the birds and the sky.

Drifting and floating energy all around the space.

This space connecting with you somehow,

Your heart opening and receiving.

Just let your mind drift into the upper canopy of the trees.

Shafts of sun once again highlight the leaf textures,

The tiny insects flying through the branches.

And what else?

A real,

Not imagined,

But real glimpses of other winged creatures.

Birds,

Angels,

Fairies,

Or dragonflies,

Butterflies.

Colour,

Opalescent wings,

Glittering,

Wonderful energies,

Goosebumps,

Excitement,

Magic.

Feel and see all of it.

Enjoy this wonder and feel that wonder enter you deeply.

It's so exciting.

Your heart soars as if you too have been blessed with your own wings,

As now you're a part of this enchanted forest.

Magic,

Magic.

Some time is spent,

Who knows how long,

Before there's a sensation of your awareness lowering,

Lowering,

Lowering back to the forest floor.

Love is everywhere and you are love and it is you.

Somehow you're now back on that path that brought you here.

How?

I don't know.

But behold,

There is the spirit totem waiting for you.

Light is more muted now and the leaf litter more moist and heavy.

The deer looks into your eyes.

It conveys its own love and respect for you.

Then it turns and you instinctively follow it again as it leads you back,

Back over the clean pine scents,

The leaf litter,

The quieter canopy of the birds have gone to roost and you feel as light as one of those floating leaves,

So very light and so very at ease and calm,

Yet full of a knowledge of magic.

The deer has done its job.

Graciously you give thanks and know there will be a return here.

You find yourself back in your own physical body time and space and you're slowly aware again of your own rhythmical breathing.

Gently now making it a little stronger and as you do just slowly and gently start your stretching process.

Thank you for sharing today.

Namaste.

Peace and magic to you.

Jan Bond signing off.