Elder's Meditation - April 29

[Ann]

"The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power...The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing..."
--Luther Standing Bear, OGLALA SIOUX

Have you ever noticed the relationship between children and the soil? Watch how happily they are touching the dirt. The children play in it and eat it. If you are stressed, go to a spot on the Earth, sit down, put your fingers in the dirt, dig in it. Wash your hands in the soil. When you touch it, notice what it does to your hands. Our bodies love to touch the Earth. Sometimes we get too busy and forget these simple things. Maybe you'll even want to plant a garden or flowers. These things are mentally healthy.

Great Spirit, today, let me touch the Earth so the Earth can touch me.

[Ann]

I love connecting with the earth. When I walk the beach and feel the sand on my feet and the waves wash over them it is as if I am one with the flow. Or when I smell flowers or pine or the freshness of the morning air, or listen to the birds or the wind, nature flows through my senses

All these things automatically touch my spirit and connect me with the universe and all that is good.

Hugs,