Tree Meditation
Thinking Skills:
CHILLAX!
by Gillie Ithell
Find somewhere safe and comfortable to relax.
Concentrate on your breathing. Notice how
the air feeds and soothes your whole body.
Keep your breathing calm and
your body relaxed.
Is it sometimes just so easy to get
fidgety and cross? Can it be impossible
to concentrate...or even fall asleep?!
Meditation can really help. Try it!
Take some Winter chill-time every day.
This Tree Meditation will get you started
-why not write your own and send it to
[email protected] ?
1
Imagine you are an Autumn tree, growing
firmly in the ground. You have worked hard
all Summer making branches and fruit (-or spikes,
nuts, or whatever you imagination tells you!)
You need some time to relax.
Watch, in your mind, as the colourful leaves fall from your
tired arms and form a cosy blanket around your feet.
Imagine these falling leaves are your stresses or
problems – and just watch them happily drop off
and fly away.
3
Then, when you are ready,
sense the signs of Spring!
Feel the energy coming back to your
roots (legs) and trunk (central body). Now
your branches (arms) are waking up.
2
Winter has arrived in your forest!
(Or perhaps you are a single tree in a field?)
You are now ready to go into a kind of minihibernation.
It is in Winter that nature resets itself – and
so will You. Enjoy a few minutes being still
and noticing what is going on around
you in the landscape of your
imagination.
And what’s that? New Spring leaves are
coming! Small shoots of green...maybe
flower buds too...and is that birds and
squirrels scampering around..?
It's time to gently blink your
eyes open and stretch your body.
You are feeling refreshed and ready to
tackle things with calm and happiness.
Your own Spring is here!
12
FUSE
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• ACTIVITY MIX
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