Summer Tree Dance Meditation

"And see the peaceful trees

extend their myriad leaves in leisured dance—

they bear the weight of sky and cloud

upon the fountain of their veins." - Kathleen Raine

(From the Be a Tree Meditation Book):

All summer long you have played and danced in the breeze, soaking in the sun's gift of light power. Effortlessly, your gifts have grown, and now the colors of ripening begin to appear like blush on the cheeks of children.

Soon the fruits of your winter imaginings, your spring flowery starts, and your summer enactments will fall into your hands as you dance the final dances of summer.

A kind of seriousness creeps in with the cool mornings, calling gently that it is time to prepare for the harvest. Indeed, what was effortless for all the mellow summer days now begins to feel a bit like work, even as in the later months of a pregnancy, a woman's steps begin to weigh heavily upon the path to the birthing.

The dance of the summer has roots, unlike the sky flying pollen dance of spring. All of your faculties are fully in play now, expressing all of the grace and nuance of your creative power.

Feel now, in this summer tree dance, roots, leaves, and fruits nearing completion. Feel the swirling magic of summer wind and sun, rain and roots in earth, all combining in the nearly finished creation you focalize now in your matrix-being.

Feel, visualize, and know yourself standing tall and strong, at the peak and height of your powers, the top of your game.