Say my name, sunshine through the rain
~ Eternal Flame by The Bangles
It’s winter here. Reluctantly moving out of the warm bed and to this morning’s group meditation. We looked into a candle flame over an hour and it glowed through the sacrum, up through each vertebrae and to the head. A few tears released onto a palm on my lap and I returned to the flame. It dried my tears, warmed the bones and shone light out and beyond.
This little flame grows. It’s mesmerising nature from a spark burning to embers. The flame re-ignites and as the torch gets passed remaining true to trailblaze. In it’s ability to nourish in a sauna, cook, create and warm us. Providing nurture and sustenance. The bonfire burning what we no longer need, in acknowledgement, ritual, ceremony, warmth and excitement.
An essential flame, providing life giving fire and smoke to Australian grass trees, orchids, banksias, fire lilies and the like. This fire blazes through the plants until charcoal and a soft white ash settles. Undiscerning to fauna and human disruption. To be harnessed in winter season and tempered in an angry summer.
A wake of new growth remains. Shining shoots of emerald green amidst the stark backdrop of black and white. A striking sight for us to behold. A renewel from the fire.
Looking at the glow of the flame brought appreciation and the awe-some-ness of it landed here on this page. In chinese medicine and philosophy there is an area just below and behind the naval that resides the transformational energetic centre. The golden stove…the cinnabar field…the qi center…the lower dantian. It’s the region where our pelvic floor, digestion, reproductive, urinary area resides to stabilise, transform food to energy, regulate and detoxify. This is where iron is absorbed to be available to attach to red blood cells to deliver oxygen qi throughout the systems of our body. The pot belly stove not only heats up the space but has the ability to boil water and soup which provides essential sustenance.
Developing deep and free abdominal breathing tunes into this area. Allowing it’s strength and ease to be more available to yourself and all. Rest your hands on your abdomen lying down and watch it expand and return to resting state. Being well fed, hydrated and the awareness being on the abdominal breathing…..there lies an eternal flame. May it glow in abundance for you always.
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