A meditation where we journey from our cave behind
the waterfall for healing and cleansing with our animal guides
Allow yourself to settle into your chair... find the comfortable
spot on your chair and relax as much as you can... allow your breathing
to settle.. to slow
Imagine as clearly as you can... roots coming from
your feet... going deep into the ground... down and down until they
hit bedrock and feel... with a tingle... them binding on...
Once they do... warm... thick... velvety earth energy
flows back up your roots.. Into your feet... your legs... through
your hips and torso... to the tips of your fingers... and the top
of your head
Warm and gentle energy... warming... enveloping
you... filling you with this slow and gentle energy... notice the
colour.. Remember it for when we come back... for a moment... just
sit and enjoy this wonderful earth energy... helping you to relax
Good... I want you to imagine we are in a cave...
a big cave... oil burners cast their guttering flames onto the walls...
on the floor.. rugs and furs... a fire pit is in the centre... the
warmth reaching us as we sit by it... on the walls.. paintings and
markings...
We become aware of a huge rushing noise behind us... we turn...
the far wall is rushing water... ahh its a waterfall.. The cave
is behind it... we're behind the waterfall... the sunlight streams
into the cave... blue tinged...
Herbs and flowers hang in bunches... dry on the
shelves over there... their musty aromatic smells surround and enfold
us.. Really notice them... if you recognise them.. Tell us after..
Maybe you need them in your life...
Notice everything you can in the cave... all you
can see and hear... I can see a drum leaning against the wall...
by that flute... other instruments line the walls... hang on pegs
driven into cracks in the wall... warm fur lined cloaks and boots
are on the wall beside the waterfall opening... we make our way
down to them... put them on... the water roaring over the opening...
blue and clear... so clear... fine mist sprinkles our faces... soon
we are ready... our hoods up.. boots on.
Just at the right side there’s a path.. between
us and the waterfall... we follow it down.. the water inches from
us... fine spray covering us... out into the sunlight... rainbows
dance over the mist... its a chilly spring morning and the spring
flowers are showing their faces to the sun... the ground is still
hard from the frost and spiders webs glisten with dew... but our
boots keep us warm... nice and cosy and warm... the cloaks we wrap
tightly about us... our breath blowing wee clouds
The water pours over the top of the cliff into a
deep cool... blue pool... which feeds the clearest.. cleanest water
I have ever seen... its so clear we can see fish swimming... water
boatmen insects scurry across the rippling pool... dragon flies
dance ... around us.. Their wings afire with colours...
Around the pool... giant ... old oak... birch...
and many other old types of trees... their branches showing their
green buds... gently nodding to us.. making us welcome... the sky
is so blue.. The few clouds freshly laundered... and birds fly and
court each other... looks like a hawk and an eagle flying up there
too
The undergrowth around us.. all showing the new
life growing... some even flowering... reaching for the sun... I
see squirrels scurrying up the trunks of the trees... rabbits over
there busy eating... wow... hares dancing... boxing... in the water...
ripples as a pair of otters smoothly glide into the water... their
dark bodies sinuously flowing through the water...
I'm getting warm now... too warm to be all wrapped up like this...
so I remove my cloak... lay it down on the new grass... and sit
in the sunshine by the edge of the pool to watch the otters... the
sunshine warms my shoulders and top of my head... feel it soaking
into you... warming and easing your aches and pains... stretch and
enjoy it for a moment
As we sit... we notice... a mist forming over the
pool... it seems... blue in colour... its getting thicker... the
otters dont mind it... as we sit here... it seems to flow towards
us... surrounding us... we sit like wee islands in this blue...
allow this mist... this blue fog to surround you... I understand
its healing energy... allow it to go to where the aches and pains
are... where the hurts are stored... and each time you breathe in...
You allow it to come in... bringing you healing... each time we
breathe out... we breathe out negative... aches... pains and hurts...
it knows how much we all need... it acts with a purpose...
When we each are done... had what we need... it
moves away letting us see the otters playing again... just sit and
enjoy... take what you need... dont worry if you sit longer than
the rest of us... all we are going to do.. Those that want to...
is to jump into the shallow part of the pool.. and cleanse ourselves..
Refresh ourselves... those that dont... sit closer to the spray
from the waterfall and allow that to refresh you
There’s a rustling in the undergrowth as we
splash and giggle in the water... our animal guides have come too...
I can see my wolf.. sitting there on the bank.. looking at me with
those old eyes... sighing ... smiling at us... notice your animals...
or birds... joining us... Some of them may come join us in the water...
those who are still receiving healing... can hear us laughing..
can feel the love from the blue energy and from all of us being
sent to you...
I get out and sit back on the bank... drying in
the sunshine... otters darting through the water... the sunshine
dries us... its just good to sit and enjoy the sights before us...
our animals draw close... soon everyone who wants it... has had
enough healing... finished refreshing yourself in or by the water..
is back on the bank..
Just sit for a moment... get your breath back...
see the mist dissolve.. and fade away
Your animal beside you... enjoying the quiet contemplation
of friends... kindred spirit... the sun warming and drying us..
the distant sound of a woodpecker preparing for his family... crickets
singing to the world... the flash of colour from the dragonfly wings...
iridescent... like oil splashed on water... the sounds of the forest
soothing and inspiring us... the smells surrounding us... the colours
helping us see the wonders of our world
Its time we started back... brushing grass off...
we loosely put back on our boots and cloaks... we move back to the
path leading to the cliff and our cave... the spray of the water
cool and refreshing... as we start back up... our animals stay with
us... all the way to the top and into the cave again... the fire
casts a welcome light and warmth to us...
There is a parcel by our place... we take it...
open it... if you cant see it clearly... you will know what it is...
what it signifies... have a good look around the cave... there’s
also some knowledge that you would benefit from learning... you
will remember what.. If anything when we return...
We say a warm goodbye to our animals... close our
eyes... and with a deep shuddering breath.. We are back... bringing
with us... a sense of adventure... of peace... calm... and revitalised
Have sip of water.. Thank you all
