Dear friends
Today I am grateful for the sunshine, and for the cold wind that chases me indoors where it is warm. I am grateful for the design of life, that keeps each day a fresh surprise. Even when the day brings big challenges, I am grateful to be alive and well to face them.
As you pause this weekend to consider what you are grateful for, you may experience the truism that gratitude is the foundation of an abundant heart. In gratitude, we feel our intrinsic connection to our world.
Happy Thanksgiving to you,
Cynthia
Intuitive Coaching and Sound Healing
Extraordinary Coaching Using Extraordinary Means
www.cynthiayoder.com
mail@cynthiayoder.com
Tel. 609-799-6071
|
Gratitude Meditation
Find a window where you can sit and look out at a tree (if it is warm--go outside!). Notice the texture of the bark, the shades of color in the branches. Notice how it is anchored in the ground. Take deep breaths with the tree.
Use this mantra, allowing the words to follow your inhale and exhale:
Breathing in, I am this tree.
Breathing out, my roots are deep.
Breathing in, my trunk is strong.
Breathing out, I am sturdy.
Breathing in, I am these branches,
Breathing out, I am expansive.
Breathing in, I thank this tree.
Breathing out, I thank this life.
| |
|
Giving Thanks for What Is Being Gathered
I raked some leaves today and put them on a tarp. The leaves are all crinkled and brown now, shriveled remnants of their former selves; the trees that held them are all stark naked, yet still looking somehow graceful.
There is a falling away ene rgy at this time of year, but also a gathering energy. As leaves collected and the perennial plants draw energy inward, you can feel this palpable sense of energy being gathered and stored. I can feel the draw of my own energy inward, wanting to stay at home at night, curl up under a throw, and read a good book.
At the
edge of my yard, a huge maple tree stands naked against the coming
winter. Its roots reach down into the earth and spread across my
yard. Its branches reach to the sky. It is stately, calm, even
receptive.
Autumn teaches us the intelligence of falling away energy. Through the lens of this season, we can look at our individual and shared worlds and our global challenges and understand that it is okay to have a time when things fall away and energy goes underground.
When I consider this in the context of my back yard, I see the wind moving the trees, and gently swaying the rope that my son swings on in summer. I know that if I am grateful for what is here now -- the leaves, the naked trees, the cold -- I will not try to push the spring. New growth and life will come eventually, just as it always does.
| |
