Finding Joy in Winter's Last Breath
Physical Setting & Preparation
Find a space where you can see the sky, whether through a window or outdoors if the weather permits. Arrange before you a small flame (candle), a sprout or seed, and a cup of water. Sit comfortably with your back straight and your shoulders relaxed. Place your hands palms up on your knees, forming receptive bowls. Close your eyes briefly and take seven slow, deep breaths—one for each day that has passed in this month and one for today, the eighth day. As you breathe, feel your body becoming lighter, more buoyant, as though joy were a current lifting you gently upward.
"In the hollow places of loss, plant seeds of remembrance. With time, new growth emerges—not to replace what was, but to honor what remains eternal." —Wendy
Opening Invocation | Fosgladh
Air an ochdamh latha den Mhàrt,
Tha mi a' cur fàilte air aoibhneas an latha.
Eadar am fuachd a tha falbh,
Agus blàths a tha tighinn,
Tha mi a' faireachda…
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