HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED the amazing power of a tree? Truly rooted and grounded in the earth and at the same time as it moves upward, it branches out and expands toward the sky. The higher the tree goes the lighter the energy, as we are able to envision the multicolored leaves dancing in the magnificence of father sky! We are very much like these powerful trees, able to be strongly rooted yet also able to dance in the higher realms...no we don't have to give up one for the other!

So find a quiet place where you can relax with no distractions. Begin to slow your breathing down, quieting yourself. Giving each breath to yourself as it were a precious gift...because it is a gift. Each breath you take nourishes and nurtures you. Before you took your first breath on the planet, your breath was given to you through your mother. As we connect with the essence of a tree we also connect through the mother... Mother earth.

As you take your next breath in, bring the breath in through the bottom of your feet and up to the base of your spine. Do this a couple of times, bringing the breath in slowly all the way up your legs and releasing the breath through the base of your spine. How does it feel connecting the breath from the bottom of your feet? Grounding? Nurturing? Supporting? Good...you are activating your tree essence!

As you bring your next breath in invision your feet as roots of a powerful tree Moving way beyond what others see, your roots go way below the surface, your seeds planted and nourished through mother earth. What seeds have you planted in your life that are being nourished? What are truly the important things to you that are rooted in your life? How are they supported all around you? Be with this for a couple of minutes...

Now that you have connectedness of the mother and have embraced being nurtured and grounded let us bring in the element of water. As the tree is nourished through the rain it allows the water to create flow through its body. Envision yourself being cleansed by the gentle rain trickling on your branches as well as breathing in the moisture if the rain through the earth. The same water but it connects to your body through the masculine and the feminine creating balance and clearing any emotions through your body. I'll give you a few minutes to visualize the rain clearing any lower vibrational energies through the essence of the mother and the father.

Now that we have worked with the earth and water elements, let us now work with the essence of fire. Fire brings in the essence of passion, excitement, movement and activation. Bring a breath into your heart. What excitement and passion would you like to activate in your heart? Give yourself a breath in and gently put your hands on your heart and ask it. Now take a breath in from the bottom of your feet and the top of your head and release a powerful breath into your heart to activate your intention. Give yourself a minute to integrate this new attunement.

Now let us connect with the element of the sky. Visualize your branches reaching out and opening to the ethers. As you open your arms widely you open your heart to receive. Releasing all aspects of control and embracing the magic of the day. Your leaves breathing in the brilliance of springtime as they dance in the freedom of the wind, the air, the magic of your life! Allow yourself to receive messages and guidance for the next couple of minutes.

As you can see all of the elements have a specific gift that they share with the tree. All completely different, all contributing to the whole. There is no competition or anything that needs to be sacrificed to experience one or the other. They each contribute to the benefit of the whole. They all assist in balancing and creating optimal energetic flow to the tree. How does this apply in your life? Sit with this for a couple of moments...

Give yourself a few very deep breaths from the bottom of your feet and release a sound... Now bring in the breath top of your head and release a sound... Feel yourself more present in your own physical body... Notice the balance and flow of your energy...

Thank you for spending this time to connect to your tree essence!

Namaste!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Grammy Awarding Winning Producer, Barry Goldstein is a translator of Sacred Sound and inspirational Song. His passion is sharing music, or has he calls it "The Universal Language of Love" with the world. His music is being used globally as well as individually in Hospitals, Hospices, Wellness centers and individual practices and creates the space for healing to occur.

Barry's musical experience spans many styles and genres from winning a Grammy with Les Paul for Best Rock Instrumental in 2005, to providing ambient music for Shirley Maclaine's latest DVD on UFOs. He has opened up and shared space with New York Times Best Selling Authors Wayne Dyer and James Van Praagh as well as touching the audiences of Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsh and has created music for Dannion Brinkley. Barry has also composed for NBC, ABC, Fox and Lifetime Networks as well as being an award-winning composer for film. He has produced music for EMI, Polygram, Atlantic, BMG and many other Major Record Labels.

Mr. Goldstein also hosts a radio show called H.E.A.R on the World Puja Network and has written articles for Mystic Pop and PlanetLightworker Magazines. He facilitates workshops worldwide on Sound healing and our soul's journey. He performs concerts internationally touching people with "Music from the Heart."