From Szémpiňada,
I'm Colleen Thomas.
This is Everyday Magic for Ukraine.
Today we visualize spring fields of renewal and growth.
Welcome to The Circle.
Welcome to Everyday Magic for Ukraine,
Where we honor Ukraine and we also practice self-care to stay strong as allies.
If you're new here,
Welcome.
I'm so glad you've joined us.
So the only item we need today is a plant or something that represents green growing things.
If you have a plant nearby and you can draw your attention to it,
That's perfect.
Maybe look out the window or look around you to see if anything is growing nearby.
And if nothing like that works,
Just imagine in your mind a really happy,
Beautiful little plant.
This meditation is being recorded and released in the wintertime.
The northern hemisphere as we approach,
Well actually we've just passed winter solstice.
So this would mean that those of us in the U.
S.
And Canada,
Mexico,
Europe and Ukraine are all just past the longest night of the year and we have a few more months of winter.
But this is the time when there is activity beneath the ground.
This is the time when there is the promise of spring.
And we may not see any growth now,
But we know it is coming.
And so from this place of being in winter,
Perhaps this is a place and a time when you are wearing a jacket or a sweatshirt as you go about your day,
From this time when we are warming and protecting our bodies,
We'll turn our thoughts to spring,
Which is coming.
And this is the perfect time at the dark of the moon,
At the dark of the sun,
If you will,
To begin planting our intentions like seeds for the spring.
So looking at this plant that you've sourced,
Looking at its green leaves,
Looking at its vitality and its life force,
Knowing this is where we're headed,
And coming to this moment of darkness and of promise,
Let's plant some seeds together for renewal and growth in Ukraine.
So let's go together to a spring field in Ukraine,
Perhaps somewhere near the Carpathian Mountains.
Imagine a spring morning with the sun shining,
Dew on the grass,
The promise of a beautiful spring day,
Just the early beginning spring flowers blooming,
That smell of promise in the air.
The way the spring light falls on the grass,
That particular angle of a sunrise in the spring morning.
Just bring yourself to that field.
And I invite you as you sit on this field to feel down into the earth.
Connecting to the land and saying good morning,
Saying we've arrived in spring,
Saying I'm listening,
Listening to the wisdom of the earth,
Listening to the wisdom of the wind,
Observing the beautiful wisdom of flowers growing,
And of green grasses growing and returning,
Honoring the perhaps melting snow that might still be there,
Honoring that the wheel is turning to spring,
Feeling that renewal that we can feel in the spring coming from the earth,
Coming to us from the changed angle of the sun and the earth.
As we move around the sun and we experience the seasons,
The angle of the light is always different,
The temperature in the air is always different,
The humidity,
There is a flow,
There is a rhythm,
And in spring there is a particular kind of promise,
A rebirth.
And from this beautiful field,
Imagine this rebirth expanding to fill all of Ukraine,
Just as spring is beginning to bathe the northern hemisphere with promise and with coming abundance.
This is a time when we can begin to release the extra weight we were carrying in the winter,
The extra burden of trying to keep warm all the time,
The extra clothing we might have been wearing to be warm enough,
All of that extra energy that went into surviving the winter.
We can let that go because we have arrived in spring.
Notice how that feels in your body.
Notice how that feels in your heart.
And just allow yourself to be re-energized right now.
As we sit together in this beautiful spring field,
Allow its beauty and its clarity to warm you from the inside,
To gently trickle into all of your cells,
Between your toes and in your eyelashes.
Just let yourself really dissolve into this promise of spring.
This sense of new birth and new life.
Just allowing yourself to come present in this moment and begin to gather up whatever you need from this spring field.
Gather it into your heart,
Maybe gather it into your belly,
Maybe gather what you need to make it through the rest of winter.
And now together,
We're going to begin to let this spring morning crystallize and come into a tiny,
Tiny shape to go into a seed.
So this big field we've been on is going to shrink,
Shrink,
Shrink,
Shrink,
Shrink up until it is just a tiny seed.
And we're going to plant that in the earth of the winter and know that it is growing and germinating underneath the ground and knowing that it will be there for us when it is time.
And when it is time,
We will welcome back that sense of a spring morning into our bodies,
Into our hearts,
And we will bathe Ukraine in the beauty and the revitalization of spring.
Welcoming in all of the renewal and growth that it is time for.
And remembering that this is something we can tap into now during winter whenever we need it.
And if it feels good to you,
You might take a breath.
And we will begin to transition back,
You back into your space and me back into my space.
You can let your eyes open if they've been closed and again,
Notice the space around you.
Again,
Perhaps put a hand on your heart or hand on your belly.
Welcome yourself back.
May we remember that the seasons are sacred and invite the power and renewal of spring into our hearts whenever we need it.
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.
And I hope you join us again next time.
Please consider inviting a friend.
