Stand or sit with your feet on the ground.
Take a moment to center and collect your awareness by taking three slow deep breaths,
Allowing your inhale to travel all the way to your feet.
Now settle your awareness on the earth below your feet.
The roots of the world tree,
The place of our ancestors,
Place of collective and individual underworld,
Place of nourishing waters and eternal earth,
Home of the wisdom of depths.
As you explore the energy of these roots,
You notice that there is a sound rising up from below.
What do you hear?
Maybe it's a hum,
Maybe it's a melody.
Is its pitch low or high?
Is it loud or soft?
Listen to the sound a moment,
Allowing your body's energy to intertwine with it,
Feeling as though your feet have become the roots themselves.
Now lift your arms and allow them to become the branches of the world tree,
Place of universal consciousness of spirit,
Place where sacred winds blow,
Home of the wisdom of guides,
Teachers,
Helpers,
Spiritual lineage,
And our own higher self.
In these branches a song stirs as well.
What do you hear?
Allow the sound to become clearer until you can feel it between your fingers,
Until your own arms and hands become the branches of the world tree.
Now bring your awareness to the center of your body,
The very heart of the world tree,
Its trunk,
Place of all living beings in the earthly realm,
Place of the fire of the heart,
Home of the wisdom of the present moment.
Here in your own body you hear your own song which starts at your heart.
Whether it's a single pitch or a melody,
Allow this sound to begin to expand until it resonates throughout your whole being.
Now it's time to connect with all three parts of the world tree at once.
Touch back into the roots and slowly pull energy up until it reaches your heart center.
Feel as if there's a loop,
The energy of the earth constantly feeding your heart and your heart responding in return.
Do the same now for the branches of the world tree,
Allowing the energy to travel down through your hands and arms to meet at your heart,
Forming a loop there as well.
Do you even feel where the two loops meet at your heart as you sense your body as one infinity symbol?
You are the world tree.
See if you can hear all three songs,
The song of the roots,
The trunk,
And the branches all together.
What does this sound make you feel?
Know in your bones in this moment that your body is the nexus of life.
Your body and what you do with your life is the way our ancestors and spirit move through the world.
Your song is the song of the universe.
Now lastly radiate out this song to the whole world,
To every realm,
To every living being so that for one moment you imagine that everyone is drawn into a shared communal music.
For this one moment everyone knows their own song and how we're all connected.
Rest in this feeling.
Gently release your awareness of the energy moving through your body and focus your attention once more on your heart center.
Take a few deep breaths on your own.
Pass your gratitude to the world tree.
If you like take a moment to dedicate this practice so that you continue to live ever closer in alignment with your song and your connection to and commitment to all living beings.
