SPRING EQUINOX RESOURCES
Spring Equinox
The Spring Equinox means there is an equal amount of time in the day and in the night, the two are balanced. It is halfway between the Summer and Winter Solstices so can help to mark the shift from inward to outward. Whilst deciduous trees may still be without leaves many bulbous plants and flowers are emerging. It’s a great time for foraging as many plant species that are great for our digestion are beginning to emerge like primroses, ramsons and cleavers. It is a time to connect with new beginnings and welcome into the world that which has been emerging throughout the winter.
Time of Year - March 20th, Spring
Time of Day - Dawn
Human life cycle - Birth
Plant Life - Germination
Attributes of Connection - Inner Happiness
You can do the practices here individually or by themselves at anytime of the year when you’re looking to connect with the above energies. However we recommend doing them in the six weeks after Spring Equinox and before Beltane
These resources are designed so that they build on one another towards a ritual but are also stand alone if you want to find your own flow with them.
Nature Connection
This is a short nature connection video which gives insight into the 8 shields map with a nature connection invitation that you can do at home.
You can find out more about 8 shields and it’s lineage through our friends at Bringing It Home.
Embodiment Practice - Yoga
Just as the sap is rising in the trees, so do our bodies need the opportunity to draw in nutrients and awaken. This practice guided by Anna Ling is a beautiful way to connect to the qualities of this time of year.
Playlist and Altar Suggestions.
Creating an Altar in your home is a great way to tune into the energy of this time of year and what it is you are marking, honouring or bringing attention to in your ritual. It can support you creating an intentional space to step into. We recommend putting on this playlist, clearing your space, gathering up some items and enjoy creating your altar.
Flowers - Primrose and Daffodils
Herbs - Cleavers
Incense - Cypress and Cedar
Food - Foraged Spring Greens
Symbols - The Egg, The Rabbit or Hare
Things that can also be good to include on your altar is something that resembles the five different elements earth, air, fire, water and spirit.
Meditation
Our ability to be present with ourselves is important to becoming alive to our true nature. This meditation guided by Womb Work facilitator Bryony Darbon supports you sinking into the self and letting whats alive and true emerge for you.
Journaling Prompts
Once you’ve done the above meditation, grab a pen and your journal and sink deeper into the intention of this time of year and what you want to bring awareness to.
We recommend turning off your phone and letting yourself free write in response to the following journal prompts:
What are you feeling grateful for from these past six weeks?
What has been challenging over the past six weeks
Where are you finding yourself in our out of balance?
What new beginnings are emerging in your life?
What is being birthed through you?
How can you more deeply welcome yourself and others?
Think about:
How can you create sacred space around you?
Whats the beginning, middle and end of the ritual?
What intention might you carry for the ritual?
How can you include the presence of the elements?
Ritual
Ritual is a container that allows us to enter into a heightened state of awareness. We offer a rough guideline of a ritual you can follow below but we encourage you to adapt and make it your own.
Preparation
You might want to do some of the nature connection practices above or follow the embodied yoga session to transition from whatever you were doing before.
A great way to prepare for a ritual is to take a bath or use the element of water to cleanse yourself in some way.
What You’ll Need
Your Altar, Candle,
The Steps
Listen to the meditation above
Follow the journaling prompts
Turn off all artificial lighting and light a candle on your altar.
Hold the seeds in your hand
Feel into what has been mysterious in your dreamtime.
Notice the emotions that arise as you recall your dream.
Hold the seeds close to your mouth and whisper the dream to them, telling them every detail from the perspective that you are experiencing the dream in the present.
Place them in the bowl
Place your hands lightly over the seeds and listen quietly until three words come to you that carry the essence of your dream. Say them out loud three times.
Then cover over the seeds with the soil as you say out loud ‘I offer my dreams to the mystery’
Blow out your candle when you feel called
If you can plant your seeds in the soil outside at some point in the next week if they are seeds that can be grown.
Integration
Notice what thoughts, feelings, images and dreams come to you in the days after this ritual. You could share the three words that came to you in the members telegram and a bit about your experience. You can also check the members homepage for further resources to support you.