Over the past several months I have added several daily practices of love and reverence for Mother Earth in response to learning from several sources that she is a being of love and nurturance and that she has a soul like we do!
Obviously her physicality is quite a bit larger!
This should have been no surprise to me – that she has a soul as we do. I have journeyed in my shamanic training and in my practice to the spirit of Mother Earth. She has provided me with guidance and wisdom several times.
This year I have made a more conscous effort to spend daily time barefoot outside.
I have also come across several simple rituals to honor the Earth, and I have added 2 of them to my daily practices.
One started about a year ago, before I learned that she has a soul …when I established a simple outside altar with the 4 directions marked on perimeter rocks. I start to sing and speak to the Earth. I did this daily, often singing a song that I sang in full moon circles in the past (I will introduce it to the new circles soon). This Summer I combined this with a practice of pressing my forehead to the ground and breathing in the fragrance of the earth several times. This is a delight for me, because I love to sing, and I love the fragrance of the earth.
I’m not sure how it will go in the winter. I expect to still touch my forehead to the earth. I may not linger as long, singing as I walk, adding my spoken gratitude and prayers inside.
I always thank the Earth for sustaining our lives with food, water, the atmosphere that provides the air we breath and allows the Sun to provide the warmth and light that gives us life. I express my gratitude for the opportunity to live in this physical reality.
The other daily practice is one that I read about this Summer, which deeply resonated for me. I stand with a wide stance (barefoot now unless chilled) on the Earth with arms reaching up to the sky and spread maybe 3 feet apart. I become a conduit between Mother Earth and the Universe and Creator. I serve as a conduit for love and energies coming to support and assist her in the transformation that is occuring at this time – shifts within the Earth that will bring forth a pole shift and more. (I have discovered scientists that are monitoring the core of the earth and discussing the timing of the pole shift – check YouTube!)
On my first IN breath I consciously draw in support for the Earth from above through my hands/arms. On my OUT breath I send it to her through my legs/feet. Then I breath IN her response of gratitude through my legs and breath it OUT through my arms to that which supports her beyond us. I do this 3 times. Sometimes I have a sense of what is being provided …gratitude and love from below …and love and support from above. Sometimes the requests and gratitude come from above. Sometimes I feel a drawing close of the Earth’s being or soul …to me in response.
These practices just take a few minutes and I love feeling a PART of “all that is,” and a part of the love and support that is all around me.
I have also come to realize the love of Mother Earth for humanity …and I feel her love for me personally as well.
I know that I am a recipient of so much that is unseen at this time, as I walk my path.
My love and gratitude for Earth (and Sun, and All …) grow daily – for all that she provides, and to support the shifting that is under way.
We invite you to join us.
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