Position yourself where you can see sunlight playing on snow or ice, if possible. If indoors, sit where winter light streams through a window. Keep your spine tall and let your face relax into a gentle smile. Feel the ground solid beneath you.
Opening - Winter's Light
Tha mi a' gairm air Màthair an t-Solais (I call upon the Mother of Light)
Air latha geamhraidh soilleir (On a bright winter day)
Far a bheil an sneachda a' deàrrsadh (Where snow sparkles)
Mar mìle rionnag (Like a thousand stars)
Feel how winter holds moments of pure brilliance. The Mother's joy sparkles in each ice crystal, each shaft of light through bare branches.
Body - The Dancing Light
A Mhàthair, tha mo chridhe a' dannsa (Mother, my heart is dancing)
Mar sholas air an t-sneachd (Like light on snow)
A' priobadh is a' boillsgeadh (Twinkling and gleaming)
Le gàirdeachas (With delight)
Let joy rise in you like sunlight catching ice crystals. The Mother's love shimmers in every direction, multiplying happiness like reflected light.
Mar ghathan grèine (Like sunbeams)
A' ruith tro gheamhradh (Running through winter)
Tha sonas a' sgaoileadh (Joy spreads)
Mar sholas tro chriostal (Like light through crystal)
Feel how joy can exist even in winter's heart. The Mother teaches that happiness needs no season - it creates its own warmth.
Closing - Light Keeper
Tha mi a' cumail an t-solais (I am keeping the light)
Mar lochan reòthte (Like a frozen pond)
A' gleidheadh gach gath (Preserving each ray)
Na mo chridhe (In my heart)
Let this moment of joy settle into your being. The Mother's light lives within you, ready to shine forth even on darker days.
Afterthought
In this bright winter moment: How does joy transform the world around you? Like sunlight on snow, how might your happiness multiply and reflect onto others?
Slàn leat, a Mhàthair an t-Solais (Farewell, Mother of Light)
Gu robh do shoilleireachd a' fanaid nam chridhe (May your brightness remain in my heart)
This made me cry…unfortunately it’s 65 degrees here