Dance!

This is a fabulous song to dance to...just let yourself go with the happiness & rhythm.



Dancing is a wonderful way to work with your Root Chakra.  Dance daily! Express joy until you feel it!

(disclosure: Annabanana from Outposts In My Head turned me on to this song)
Wild & Bright Blessings,

~*Rhi*~
    )O(

Meditation for Security & Safety

Start your meditation standing -
Close your eyes & imagine yourself as a tree. You are deeply rooted into the earth - your feet are solid on the ground.
Feel all the negativity, pain, fear, uncertainty draining from you into the earth through your roots.
Imagine your hands & arms are the branches & leaves of the tree.
They are absorbing all the light from above. Energy flows through you from above, into the earth & back from the earth into the world.

You are the respiration of the earth, cleansing
it and being cleansed by it.

Quietly sit in a comfortable, meditative position -

Imagine yourself drawing energy from the moon, the sun, the stars.
Their pure light is directed to you & through you.
It circulates, coming in through your crown, down the center of your body, through the base & dispersing into the earth.
The energy emerges from the earth all around you in the form of a white sphere.
This is a never-ending process, light drawn into you, surging through you to the earth and surrounding you in powerful beauty.

Add to this the energy of the ancestors, those who have gone before you.
Your beloved relations, the honored ones of many cultures.
They are longing to connect with you, to bring you their wisdom & power.
Say their names silently to yourself, imagining the white sphere of light around you spinning more & more brightly as their energies combine with celestial energies.

Welcome divinity to your sphere. See the gods & goddesses join the light.
Call their names silently. Bask in their glory, it is yours.

The power you have called is immense.
Feel the comforting, peace & love that is offered you.
The air within the sphere is warm, soft, luminous.
The vibrations are of the highest order.
You are at one with the Universe & never wish to leave.
Although you know the physical world remains & desires your presence, the peace in your sphere is where you belong.

Enjoy your sphere for as long as you like.

Slowly, with your eyes staying closed, reach your arms above your head.
Stretch.
Move.
The sphere moves with you.
It is always with you.
You may call upon the powers who love you at any moment in your day.
Know this.

You are safe.
You are secure.
You are complete.

Root Chakra - Days 1-3

I've been drawn to the chakra system for quite some time now.  It resonates with me well, as I was trained in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in school.

The colors usually follow the same pattern as the chakra system & there are some significant parallels. 

So, for the next 3 days, I delve into the first chakra, the root, Muldhara.   The root chakra is at the base of the spine, where you're sitting.  It is where the snake, the kundalini, coils when resting. 


The root is concerned with physical safety & security, health & well-being - eating, sleeping, exercising, financial security - basic physical life functions.


This doesn't sound very spiritual, but if we look at it from a Maslow's perspective, we can understand that without physiological well-being, the rest is on shaky ground.  I think of the root chakra as my grounding mechanism.


Activities for Root Chakra Days:

1. Walking to connect with the Earth - a moderately paced walk feeling the connection & support of the Earth beneath my feet.  Special attention to the scents I notice & how they affect me.
2. Nutrition - focus on high-quality proteins mixed with whole plant foods
3. Create a Chakra Altar with Root focus for these 3 days - red altar cloth, bowl of dirt, rubies & garnets, cedar incense, my dragon & whatever else I find that speaks to me of physical safety, well-being & security, grounding, etc over the 3 day time period.
4. Tree grounding meditation (tomorrow's post)
5. Affirmations: I am nourished, I am well. I am one with the Earth. I have all I need.
6. Mandela creation with focus on red & earth.
7. Final ceremony at end of Day 3 recording affirmations (or what ever feels right) onto ribbons for the Earth Pole in my Medicine Garden.

So, that's the plan...time to get up off my root & move!  

Wild & Bright Blessings!

~*Rhi*~

   )O(