Clarus Center Newsletter

Green Power

by Nancy Ging, LCSW

     March brings us delightful imagery of the wee leprechaun. Surely a good worker, let's put him to work for us in our imagery for healing, abundance, any form of self-empowerment we seek.
     Leprechauns are, as you know, a class of male "faerie folk" from Irish mythology. These quasi-historical peoples are said to have inhabited Ireland, that land of multi-dimentional beings, before the arrival of the Celts. They are associated with qualities we may want to uplift in ourselves. Qualilties such as thriftiness and the manifestation of good fortune. Accumulating or finding a pot of gold, whether it be financial abundance or a jackpot of health and happiness, is leprechaun imagery and intention we can hold during the month of March when all things green are honored. We might just uncover our own buried treasure, those latent talents this month.
     What else can these wee yet energetic entities do for us? Leprechauns have been described as clever, playfully mischievous yet trustworthy. Good role models depicted as crafty, honest, productive professionals at work in the community. They are often seen as shoemakers, a nice grounding image for fairies!
    Leprechauns are seen wearing bright kelly green coats with seven buttons, reminding us of the seven chakras or energy centers in our body. Green is the vibration of color associated with the heart chakra, center of compassion.   Plenty of good energy for us to play with throughout March.
      Assuming you're already at least somewhat aware of the healing power of imagery for healing, success in sports or other endeavors, I'll skip the science, the research behind visualization and imagery. Let's simply play today with leprachauns, what they represent and get them working with us.
      Putting these images of the lifestyle of the leprachaun into practice, find yourself a comfy, cozy place to sit and relax deeply. After a few slow deep breaths ask your body to remember its most relaxed state. The bodymind holds memories of peace and relaxation which we can call forth anytime upon request. Once relaxed picture yourself in a lovely safe place in nature, perhaps a lush green meadow on the Emerald Isle itself. This vision -- clear green imagery-- may facilitate the opening of your heart chakra or center. The heart is the place where all conflicts are reconciled, the place of wholeness, the holy place from which we can most readily manifest our intentions.
     From this place of open-heartedness, welcome into your midst your new leprechaun helper. He's a fun little guy as well as a hard worker ready to help you in any way you might imagine. So let your imagination go into the area of your concern or desires.
     For example, should you now be or have ever been a smoker, you may want to visualize a leprechaun with a broom sweeping the tar and nicotaine stains from your lungs until fresh, pink lung lining appears. First have him sweep one lung, then put him to work in your other one until you have two clean lungs. If you still smoke at all, the thought of having clean lungs may deter you from wanting to tarnish your breathing apparatus again.
     If you have any other health concern, ask clever Mister Leprechaun to create some type of containment for the condition. Ask for encapsulated containment or entire cure. Should you have an imbalance in your system, ask your leprechaun to get to work in bringing about the balance your Creator has always intended for you. For example, if your acupuncturist or Chinese Medical Practioner says you have the condition or imbalance of "damp heat" ask your leprechaun to call in some dryness for your system. Follow it by a request for a cooling breeze from the coast of Ireland. Let your leprechaun help you balance the polarities that exist within your energy field. Whatever your body or personality has too much of, ask your leprechaun to call in the appropriate amount of the opposite quality for balance. Honor and use the power of imagination. Yours and the little green guy's.
      Since leprechauns are known to be honest and trustworthy, ask your inner leprechaun to help you go to a richer level of self-awareness, deeper levels of honesty within yourself about who you are at both the multi-facited personality level and the level of your greater self, i.e., your soul.
      Should you have financial concerns, ask your leprechaun, that master of frugality, to help you create greater consciousness around spending. Something in a nice budget. And as you hold the focus on your physical heart while doing this, allow yourself to feel worthy of greater levels of success and gratification in your work.
      With the support of your wee yet potent green-clad friend, and your own creative imagination you can create a pot 'o gold, a pile of health, a mound of happiness in March. Remember, the luck of the Irish is with you.
       Note: The writer of this monthly meditation has parents of celtic, Scotch-Irish (and Welsh) descent. Her last name, Ging, comes from her ex-husband and was originally (several generations ago) O'Gin. How fun to be O'Gin again -- if only for this month.

Nancy O'Gin (a.k.a. Ging)
www.nancyging.net