Meditation: March 14th, 2025

Nurturing Happiness in Spring's Emergence

Physical Setting & Preparation

Find a space filled with natural light if possible, near a window or outdoors if the weather permits. Arrange before you a small vase with fresh flowers or budding branches, a yellow or gold candle (unlit or lit, as you prefer), and a small dish of honey or sweet fruit. Sit comfortably with your back straight but not rigid, allowing your shoulders to relax and your chest to open. Place your hands palms up on your thighs or knees, in a gesture of receptivity and gratitude. Take fourteen breaths—one for each day that has passed in this month—allowing each inhale to fill you with light and each exhale to spread warmth throughout your body.

Opening Invocation | Fosgladh

Air a' cheathramh latha deug den Mhàrt,
Eadar geamhradh a' falbh,
Agus earrach a' tighinn gu làn neart,
Tha mi a' faireachdainn sonas ag èirigh.
A Mhàthair na talmhainn, daingnich an gàirdeachas seo.

On this fourteenth day of March,
Between winter departing,
And…