We are not alone. It seems that most living things, in the northern hemisphere anyway, are feeling something similar. Birds busy themselves with courting and nest~building. The dogs in our neighbor's yard seem friskier than usual, tearing up and down the fence line with glee. The trees outside my window have buds beginning to form on still~bare branches, and I'm pretty sure that trees at lower altitudes already have delightful blossoms and fresh green leaves aplenty.
Things have been so dry that hopefully my mountain town will yet get a few more snowstorms before winter bids us a final goodbye, but there's no question that we have been swept forward into something new. What better time to pause, come to center, and sense what calls us forward. Let's do that now.
Begin by bringing your focus to your core, wherever you conceive that to be in your body. Feel or pretend you feel a thrumming there, an energy growing stronger, the expression of your own unique sap on the rise.
With your next inhalation, feel or pretend you feel that vitality intensifying. As the breath releases, imagine that vibrancy extending throughout your body. The next inbreath strengthens this fire in your core, radiating it outward on the exhalation that follows.
Continue this breathing pattern for several cycles of breath, welcoming spring's uptick of energy on the inhalation and letting it move through you on the outbreath. As you do so, also feel yourself dropping into this moment, just as it is, just as you are.
Nothing more is asked of you than this simple opening to the life already coursing through you, and allowing it to grow stronger, brighter, more robust as you offer it the gift of your attention. You may want to close your eyes for a bit, as you continue to breathe in this way.
Are you ready now for some wilder imaginative work? Of course you are! Ask your critical mind to step aside as you embrace your childlike capacity for make~believe and pretend~play.
Imagine a seed residing within your core—an impulse, an urge, a dream, or an unknown something that thirsts and hungers to expand and shine outward, just as you imagined your breath radiating out earlier.
Offer that seed the gift of your presence, and as you do so, see or pretend you see it begin to vibrate. It quivers and it shakes, dancing with the spiritedness of new life ready to burst free and out into the world.
Sure enough, a tiny crack appears on the seed's surface. As you watch, this crack grows larger as the seed begins to break open. This is in no way harsh, but instead has the feel of organic breakthrough with an enthusiasm for expression.
A tender shoot emerges from within that broken~open seed and begins to unfurl. See it stretch itself from a space that has become too cramped for the lifeforce it contains, a life force that wants to move through it and out into the world.
Feel this sprout's delight at the space now available for expansion, for growth, for discovering what and who it can become. As the energy at your core continues to fuel this outward blooming, let your human mind likewise open.
Loosen your grip on who you believe you are and can be. Imagine the energy of this expanding seed flinging off limiting beliefs—self~imposed or those bequeathed by others. Those restrictions are flicked away, becoming sparks that sing out the vibrancy of the new growth that is yours.
As those constraints are hurled away, listen for the voice of your own personal wisdom or of Spirit, however you understand that to be. Open to messages about how this time of new growth, this new spring, wants to express itself within your very human life.
Perhaps you receive a glimpse of who you truly are, and who you could be in the world if you only believed it possible. Let yourself know, in the safety of this meditation, that it IS indeed possible.
The dance of life has your back. It courses through you now, cheering you on and offering its consistent support for your becoming. New growth is on its way. The humming deep in your core proves it. If you don't feel it right now, it's okay. It carries you anyway.
The season of spring has arrived and is laying its claim upon you. Welcome it. Use its energy to send your dreams out into the world. Be all you can be as this season of growth sweeps you forward.
For my part, I will be facilitating Candles In The Dark, A Collage~Vision Board Event, designed for those wanting to find a fitting and soulful response to the events happening in our country. Rescheduled from last month, it will now take place in Pueblo on April 29th.
You can find more on my website at https://www.in~awe.net, including how to contact me with questions or to register.
No matter where spring takes you, I wish you effusive expansion, my friend. Be more fully the gift to the world that you already are, that only you can be.
With love and delight,
Leia
