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Renewing Your Bountiful Garden, an Ostara Meditation by Spirit Healer

Which dreams will sprout for you on this coming Ostara, the Spring Equinox?  Which seeds of hope did you plant in 2011, then water with your emotions, warm with your passion, and protect with the darkness in the soft soil of silence?

At the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, the balance shifts from internal to external, from preparation to action.  Eggs are hatching; butterflies breaking from their cocoons; plants celebrating the return of warmth with vibrant greens and flowers of every color.

This meditation will help you nurture those goals and dreams you wish to revive or to help thrive in 2012.

As always, make sure you are comfortable and that you have twenty minutes of undisturbed time.  Record this meditation or have someone read it aloud if you like.  Consider keeping a notebook and writing tool nearby, or a file open on your computer for jotting down any ideas of messages that come to you during this meditation.

In this quiet still moment, imagine a soothing rain of blue light washing away all tension from your space and your body.  The light purifies and calms every thing it touches, saturating you with peace.

All worry and distraction flows from your mind.  With each slow, deep breath you allow the light of peace into your body, where it cleanses and nourishes you.

Your neck and shoulders relax.

Your arms, wrists, hands, and fingers stretch and relax.

Your back and tummy relax.

Your hips roll into a stretch, then relax.

You stretch your thighs and calves, rotating your ankles, pointing and flexing your toes, and allow your legs and feet and your entire being to relax.

You are the fertile soil, the rich, organic earth, warmed by the radiance of our sun star, cooled and cleansed by the rain and the fog.

Inside you are the seeds of your hopes, your dreams, your goals.

There are bulbs and roots of dreams that spring forth every year, and there are tiny seeds of new ideas carried to you on the winds of inspiration and communication.

Each seed has its own color, texture, shape, and size.  Each contains the potential to grow into the tiniest flower or the most gargantuan tree.

But you only have enough resources within you to nourish a few dreams at a time.

How many new seeds can you nourish this season?

Which seedlings have already sprouted?

What kinds of trees and bushes and vines and flowers already feed from your abundant Source?

Some of your dreams have grown over the years and become self-sustaining.  Their fruits and leaves return to you.  How do they nourish you?

Bless them with your awareness and gratitude.

Some dreams need more time to germinate and can wait another season or so.

Absorb them back into the dark safety of your subconscious, with loving acceptance.

Some dreams are ready to sprout.  Spend a few moments exploring each of these.

How do they look, smell, taste, sound, feel?

Offer these new dreams the nourishment of your love and passion.

When you feel ready, choose a dream to follow up through the fertile ground of your being, growing, reaching for the rejuvenating radiance of the sun.

The sun warms your feet, your legs, your knees, your thighs.

The sun warms your hips, your belly, your hands, wrists, and arms.

The sun warms your shoulders, your neck, your face, and your hair.

Bask in that warmth until you feel energized and ready, then open your eyes.

Welcome back.

Now, write down anything that came to you during this meditation.

Then go eat or drink something with the intention of nourishing and grounding yourself, if you feel the need to.  May the seeds of your dreams grow and thrive in the coming weeks and months, and may your harvest come Fall be rich and bountiful.