Mini Bonus Episode: Revitalise Your Mind with Simple Tree Meditation

Ever felt so drained that even the simplest tasks seem monumental? Join me as I navigate through the haze of post-travel fatigue and share a surprisingly simple yet effective technique to regain focus and serenity: tree-watching meditation. Instead of succumbing to the temptation of a midday movie, I explore how the quiet, rhythmic motion of nature can provide a perfect escape from the chaos of a busy mind.

In this episode, I guide you through setting up your space for a calming meditation session focused on observing a tree. Whether you’re staring out your window or imagining a tree from a picture book, this practice allows you to pause, breathe, and find balance. Transforming a low-energy day into a moment of peaceful introspection. So, take a breath with me and discover how simply watching a tree can rejuvenate your spirit and help you find your calm and focus.

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Transcript

Speaker 1 0:00

Hello , dear listeners , and today my energy levels aren't at their most peak . I had a wonderful weekend , but then I was travelling and now I'm very , very tired and I've been trying to concentrate on a few things . I had a plan of all the things I would like to accomplish today and I'd say I've done about 10% of those things . So I could go . One of the two ways I could either tell myself off , try and do stuff when I'm kind of forcing against it , or the other thing is , which I might do later is just to curl up and watch a movie , but then that doesn't feel right as well because it's working hours for me . So what am I going to do instead ? Well , I feel that when there's times when I can't concentrate so well , perfect antidote is to just have a meditation , but then if my mind is over busy and I close my eyes , it might not necessarily be the best thing . So I like to do meditation . Where I watch , there's this tree in the distance and it moves , and especially at this time of year , because even though it's a grey day today there's a lot of greenery , because we're just about to come into summer and so there's a lot to see . But even if it's the winter and you're watching a tree that doesn't have leaves on it , it's still worth a watch . And the good thing about this meditation it's probably a good one to do indoors . If you are doing outside , of course , be a safe distance , because if it's windy , but if you can do it from your window , all the more better . And if you don't happen to have any trees nearby , I suggest instead you look at a picture in a book of a tree and then you close the eyes and imagine that tree in your head . So if you don't have an actual tree , that is the way around it . But you're going to say why , the gentle yoga warrior , why are you talking about watching trees on a working conscious conversations podcast in a conversation ?

Speaker 1 2:00

Right , the pause , the moment , the delicate poses , instead of the ums and ahs which we all do sometimes , and it's not a sin to do that . But those moments of pause , those moments of just to be , those moments to go within , they are just as important to the conversation as the moments when you do say something . So the movement , meditation is a , is a fantastic , delightful way to find that sense of calm , equilibrium and balance when perhaps you're not feeling at your best , your most alive , and , and I just feel like this , there's so much like , there's some radiation , like everywhere , and I don't know . We're spending more and more time indoors instead of being outside . And of course , in the UK the weather's not particularly great , but even if you live somewhere that the weather is good and you can find a safe spot to watch a tree , do so . And if you don't have a tree , like I said , you can look at a picture in a book , imagine that tree and then just close your eyes and do it that way . Anyway , this is , this episode is more about doing than listening , but it's an easy doing . It's not a doing with makes effort , it's more like a doing where you're just being , and that's the perfect antidote . So for this kind of start of the week I'm not sure how I'm going to feel about this week , kind of thing this is the perfect meditation , in my humble opinion , to do as promised .

Speaker 1 3:39

Here is your meditation , inspired by today's show . Top tips for the meditation is either sit nice and cross-legged on the floor with a nice straight back , always nice to sit on a block or a cushion , although that's not available for you . You sit in a chair with the back nice and straight . The important thing is you're not slouching , and if you're doing something that requires your concentration , all you need to do is just pause this and you can reconvene the meditation at a time that is good for you . If you're doing the meditation , let's begin .

Speaker 1 4:15

So if you look at the tree in front of you either that is a physical tree or a tree that you've imagined after seeing in a book and you just have your gaze in one spot and you just allow that tree to move , you allow the branches of that tree , as you look at it , to move in the breeze . Look at it to move in the breeze , the reverberation as the wind hits against the leaves , casting a green and magical breeze like a sea in the air , and just think that wind is blowing away all your cares and you're just allowing yourself to be . Imagine that you're as perfect as can be , as beautiful as you are in the moment . Allow , allow and be . Watch as the leaves move and they dance and they sing and they prance in the wind , and the gentleness of the breeze helps to illuminate a sense of ease within your being .

Speaker 1 5:45

Perhaps today has been a little bit more difficult to navigate than other days . Meditation may feel a strain , but if you look at the tree , it can help you feel this breeze , this sense of ease . As you inhale through the nostrils and you exhale and you let it all out , you allow yourself to be yourself , to be free within this moment . Allow yourself to be the greenery why it resonates with the sense of self-love inner love , outer love , love for others , love for ourselves .

Speaker 1 6:31

Nature is so godly in the sense that it is beautiful , it is there , it is resilient . It's not that nature never has a care for . It can be difficult for nature to navigate who's eating who ? Who's feeding off who ? But within it , nature is in the moment , nature is in the now . Nature is so beautiful , nature just knows . How Can you be in line with that nature ?

Speaker 1 7:06

Take a calming deep breath and just allow yourself to gently listen to the tree as it moves so gracefully in the breeze . And if your mind pops off somewhere , don't despair . Just come back to the breath , breathe deeply as you take in that tree , just allowing yourself to feel completely and utterly free . Allow , allow . Take a calming deep breath in and out through the nostrils as you inhale , as you slowly come back into the moment , come back into the room , knowing that whenever you feel a bit of sense of disconnection , try this meditation as you look towards the tree . So next week we have an amazing guest . And yes , as always , do stay tuned . And if you like the show , please leave the five star rating . And if you would like a shamanic healing session , then do check out our website .