TRANSFORMATIONAL TOOL OF THE MONTH

Rooting Into The Earth

The Practice:

To begin choose a straight backed chair where your feet can easily be flat on the floor. Press down through your thighs, knees, ankles and feet.  Take a few moments to feel the connection between the floor and the bottom of your feet.  While still pressing down through your legs and feet bring your awareness to the top of your head.  Lift up through the top of your head elongating your spine. Take a moment to appreciate this stretch.  Notice you can have your awareness on your head lifting upward, and the bottom of your feet pressing into the ground.

Close you eyes and begin to visualize roots growing from the bottom of your feet.  Let them grow deeply into the earth.  Imagine the way the soil feels as your roots find there way down.  See these roots growing horizontally, parallel to the surface of the soil as well as having deep tap roots that go straight down to anchor you.  You may want to create your roots in a bright color so they are easy to see in contrast to the soil they are growing in.  With each breath deepen your roots.

You can use your roots as a conduit to bring earth energy up into your feet, legs and body.  Visualize your roots opening and flowing with vital earth energy.  This is liquid energy.  See this as it flows into your feet, up through your legs and into your body. Nourishing you deeply.  Take a deep breath allowing this energy to easily flow to you and through you.  

A tree has deep roots that allow it to withstand high winds and heavy rains. Notice that Rooting Into The Earth can create this same stability and rootedness for you. This meditation will help you stay centered no matter what happens in the world  around you.

Just as a tree sends deep roots into the earth for support and nourishment...so can we.