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THE PLACE WITHIN


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In times of chaos….pray

Shap Abbey

Divine Mother

My prayer for the year ahead is to meet my edge with more grace. In times of chaos, challenge or conflict help me stand strong and walk towards my boundary, my edge.

Help me be curious and walk towards my uncomfortable feelings with love and an open heart.

In times of mistrust or division help me raise my head, my lungs and breathe in a stride towards that tension.

May I lean towards my limits with a new learned sense of familiarity. Let this become a place I know and a space of recognisable wisdom.

Let my body and spirit know my edge as much as I know my centre. And may the retraction inward be a soft walk back to myself with compassion in tow.

I pray I walk within my self with affirmation of safety. That I being to recognise this boundary as a recognisable place which is part of my whole. So my edge is a place I grow to know as much as my resting repose.

Amen


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Slow Walking

Pilgrim Path

Slow walking this week is teaching me to be present to all that is around me and within me. I can feel the tension in my body and where the tightness lies. I feel every part of my foot on the ground when I walk slow. I can sense where I am out of balance, overstepping, trampling or avoiding. Mindfulness walking helps me read my steps, my tension, my needs, inside and outside my body.
And then there are the birds that fly towards me, reminding me to go even more lightly on this path.
The sounds of the wind come closer to remind me of the things I hear that can be overwhelming, or soft and charming to my releasing breath. There is music that sings inside me and a voice I hardly use.
And the warmth of the sun soothes some of the tension at my back, telling me that there is also warmth behind me not just regret. Some of that warmth can be helpful as I contine to walk my path, always forwards, always slow, and always with every feeling rising up from my feet upon this earth.
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#everystepaprayer

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