A story about crowns and roots for you.
The woman talked animatedly about what had been and all the ideas of what was to come and all the places inside of her that she now understood, and all the things that were ready to be, and there was so much movement my head spun.
"Relearn astonishment. Stop grasping for knowledge.
Lose the knowledge of the past.
​Search + Allow the miraculous."
- Elias Canetti
It wasn’t too much. It was just the right amount of reach, and the right amount of joy for living, and yet something was missing. When we moved into bodywork, I remembered research I had done for the recent Tend the Flame podcast, where I had read Tree Frog Farm’s description of the symptoms of a crown chakra too open and too closed, one being dizziness and detachment, and the other being boredom and apathy. The reminder that soaring up is only one part of us, we need to be rooted.
So instead of focusing on the ideas, the crown, I focused on her feet. I focused on reconnecting to the Earth.
Parents do the same when children are too tired or too bored or not enough of anything, they take them outside, where in the fresh air we reignite our place in the natural world, rooted with crowns to the sky.
I know it is a very, very busy time of year, and we all want you here for it, without your to-do, or what-if list in hand. So if you need a reminder of how to be rooted and rising, I’ve attached the podcast below for you.
🔥Come sit by the fire with us,
Kate
Rooting
It happens
so spontaneously
and effortlessly.
No decision
or deliberate action
is needed.
As soon as I
pause
for a few breaths
in the quiet
green forest,
by a clear
flowing stream,
or among
the tall grasses
of the meadow,
I can feel
my roots
sprouting,
saying
yes, this,
yes, here,
let’s stay
a while,
sink into
the Earth,
and be
nourished.
Published in Space Between the Stones: Poetry and Practices for Connecting with Nature, Spirit, and Creativity
Inspiring writing. Thanks!
Inspiring writing. Thanks!