Celtic Forest Journey
A Storytelling Guided Meditation Healing Journey
Hello! I recently tried something new and recorded a guided meditation that was actually journeying. It is like a guided meditation with storytelling and takes the listener through a specific journey where they can get deep into relaxation and healing through the characters they meet in the story, the places they go, and the things they encounter.
Once I started writing the script it just came flowing out of me and the recording ended up being 50 minutes! I really enjoyed the process and had fun writing the story. I thought that there may be people that would rather read it as a story than listen to it as a meditation (or watch it as Celtic Reiki). Or, maybe some people wanna do all of that?! (Maybe some ppl are none of that?)
As such, I thought it might be nice to share the script here, and potentially some of my readers may enjoy this story/journey in written form. So, without further ado, I hope you enjoy this story of taking a healing journey through the Celtic forest. And, at the end of the post is a link to the YouTube recording where it is soft-spoken in ASMR tones, and corresponding Celtic Reiki is performed in tingly ways.
Hello and welcome. I invite you to find a comfortable position either seated or lying down. Gently make any necessary adjustments to your body to find optimal comfort and ease.
I encourage you to take a deep breath in through your nose… then gently hold for a moment at the top of the breath… then slowly release the breath out through your mouth… Again in through the nose…hold…out through the mouth…Once more in…hold…out…
I invite you to come on a guided journey through the Celtic forest with me. I humbly ask for your trust in allowing me to be your guide through this beautiful, lush, green forest on the Emerald Isle.
In your mind’s eye, I will guide you through this beautiful imagery where we will meet trees, herbs, animals, and forest creatures.
I invite you to step into your inner grove. This is a garden on the edge of the forest that is all your own. Only you can go there.
Standing behind you is a quaint, little, stone cottage. Your home that is nestled in your inner grove on the edge of the forest. Out of the chimney, standing above your thatched roof, smoke billows from the cozy fire in your hearth. The smoke smells of the woodsy logs placed inside, as well as a handful of dried herbs to further enhance the wonderful scents. Dried lavender, rose, and chamomile waft from the chimney as they warm in the fire inside your cottage.
Surrounding your stone cottage are tall, luscious, full beech trees. Providing a dense canopy of green all around your cottage. Keeping it cool and shaded in the summer months. The deep green leaves all sway and flow gently in the breeze. Making little relaxing rustling noises as the cooling wind whips them around. From the trees you can hear the soft hoot of an owl, the meditative buzz of crickets, and the graceful singing of the birds.
Below the trees, on the ground surrounding your cottage, is the most beautiful and lush garden. Filled with every flower and herb you can imagine. Gorgeous pinks, purples, oranges, blues, reds, and yellows are scattered amongst the green grass. Their perfume wafts over to where you are, filling your nose with the most enchanting floral scents. Throughout your garden there are an array of pleasant smelling herbs and a variety of woodland creatures who are having fun playing with each other in the garden.
Above, the sky is a beautiful, sparkling, crystal blue. The clouds are scattered perfectly throughout and are big, puffy, soft and white. The sun shines it’s beautiful warm, golden, yellow and peeks through the canopy of tree leaves above you. A cool, gentle breeze perfectly balances out the warmth of the sun making it the perfect temperature for you to be completely comfortable.
As you look around this beautiful private haven that belongs to you, your eye catches a large, soft mound of moss under a tree. This moss is deep green and full and fluffy and inviting. It is soft and comfy. You make your way over to this moss and take a seat on it, or lie on it–whatever is most comfortable for you. You take off your shoes and allow your feet and body to slowly ground into the moss and earth. This bed provides so much cushiony comfort and allows you to connect fully with the earth. Rooting into its underground network. The root system beneath you is all connected to each other. To the trees and plants in your yard. To the nature in the forest next to you. To the roots in the next town over. The next county over. The next country over. And to all of the world. All the way down to the core of the earth where the tree of life is spreading her long, strong, beautiful roots and connecting the entire world’s network of trees and plants.
On your moss bed you connect to this nourishing nature network and you soak up the healing, cleansing, grounded, protected energy that this root system provides. It moves up through your body filling you with white light that feels cleansing and healing. As it moves up through your body it also helps you feel anchored in a way that keeps you grounded and protected. Take a moment to feel the gorgeous sensations this provides throughout your body.
From the bottoms of your feet, moving up to the tops of your feet. Your ankles, calves and shins. Knees. Moving up through your upper legs. Providing comfort, strength, and energy. Up to your thighs, tailbone, hips, pelvis, and lower abdomen. Up through your lower back and stomach. The white cleansing light and grounding healing energy moving up into your diaphragm and mid back and all around you. Into your chest and upper back. Up into your shoulder and then down each arm. From your upper arms, elbows, lower arms, wrists, hands, and into each finger. This white, grounding, calming, healing lights fills your body. Moving back up your arms into your shoulder and migrating up to your neck and throat. Into the bottom of the base of your head and around to your jaw. Softening and comforting. Up into your cheek bones, nose, ears, and temples, while also moving up the back of your head and filling the space with love and softness. Up into your forehead and all around and finally filling up the last bit of the top of your head. Your whole body is filled with this healing and cleansing white light, and you are now totally connected with the roots of the earth, sharing in her grounding powers.
Above you is the chirping of the birds and the rustling of the leaves. Below you is the soft, cool earth and moss. And all around you is the gentle cooling breeze, warm sun, and the pleasant smells of the earth. Looking above you, there is a beautiful dragonfly with her iridescent sparkling wings fluttering in the wind and her bright turquoise blue body catching the sunlight and glowing and glimmering. This cute little dragonfly looks almost like a fairy as it twitters above you. She has been waiting for you to finish your grounding on the moss, so she can help guide you on your journey into the forest.
She sees you looking at her and smiles sweetly. She introduces herself as Esmerelda and invites you to follow her. You slowly and gently stand up on the moss. As you are readying yourself to put on your shoes, Esmerelda gently tells you that on this journey, your bare feet will be safe. There is nothing on the path that will harm them, and staying connected to the soft and replenishing earth with your bare feet will feel incredibly soothing and healing. So you leave your shoes behind, and begin to follow her on the soft path into the lush and green forest.
As you follow Esmerelda, she gently sings a song to you - her sweet voice floats back to you and you hear her sing “Up in the trees above, and down through the ground below, the universe sends you its love, and helps you reap what you sow.” Everywhere you look is beautiful emerald green. She takes you along this winding, soft, path through the lush green and up ahead you see a circle of trees with a clearing in the middle. She guides you to this clearing and asks you to stand in the middle. As Esmerelda hovers above, you look at the trees around you and recognize them as birch trees.
Their beautiful, white bark and gorgeous, green leaves stand before you. As you take them in, you begin to notice little green fairies no bigger than your pinky finger floating and fluttering out of the leaves. One fairy from each tree around you comes out to greet you. They are incredibly outgoing, friendly, and upbeat. They all begin to excitedly tell you about what the birch tree represents on your journey. Each one takes their turn speaking about these trees.
In the ancient Celtic alphabet, the first symbol is represented by the birch tree. These trees symbolize purification and cleansing, as well as fresh and joyful new beginnings. Take a moment to ground in this circle of birch trees and soak up its healing properties - they will help you start on a clear slate, cleanse old negative energies, assist in the release of old ways that no longer serve you, clear past issues that are holding you back, and gift you with renewed optimism and a fresh approach. They will gently and delicately motivate and energize you to start down your new, clear, joyful path.
With that, the fairies retreat back to their homes in the trees, and you take a moment to soak in all of the fresh, new, beginning energy these trees are raining upon you. After a moment of taking this all in, Esmerelda gently beckons you to continue down the trail.
After a few moments of walking, you see a straight line of rowan trees in front of you. You are struck by their huge canopy of bright, green leaves and bright, red berries. As you near them, you start to feel a change in energy. Esmerelda guides you to stand in front of their powerful line and you stop and take in their power and beauty.
Esmerelda flutters off to the side, and a strong, young, masculine fae appears in the trunk of the tree and gracefully transitions into a young man standing in front of you. He appears like a warrior, but his energy is safe and loving. He smiles warmly at you and begins speaking in a deep and loving voice. He says, “Hello, I am Rowan. The Fae king of the Luis (Lwee) trees. “Lwee” is the 2nd letter in the Celtic ogham and is representative of the rowan tree. I am here to gently guide you into receiving the energy of these rowan trees.
He continues “Lwee is a strong protective energy. They will help you with psychic protection and strong boundaries. Their energy will provide you with the ability to practice discernment and good judgment. They will also help give special protection to children, animals, and the household. As you undertake any spiritual challenges, “Lwee” will help you connect with your spiritual guides and facilitate the messages they are sharing with you. They will show you where stronger boundaries are needed, and they will send you their protective energy. They will help hone your instincts and provide common sense. And they will assist you in being able to look deeper, see clearly, and keep your wits about you. It is our humble pleasure to provide you with this lovingly protective energy.
With that, the Fae King steps back and allows you to soak in this energy from all around you. It permeates through your bare feet into your body, it gently floats in your nostrils through the clean fresh fragrant air you breath, and it envelopes you in a gentle, but firm and protective hug. As soon as you are filled with this energy, the Fae King gently nods, bidding you farewell, and steps back into the tree where he disappears. The branches of the rowan trees in the line in front of you part ways, creating an opening to further journey down the path you have been on. There, Esmerelda excitedly guides you as she flutters about.
You follow her down a short stretch of the path and come to a single tree that you recognize as an alder tree. It stands before you looking mature and enduring. It’s bark is dark brown, and in some spots covered in lichen. It is conical in shape and the twigs are pliable and soft. The tree trunk gives off a gentle reddish brown hue while the dark green leaves are racquet-shaped and leathery, with serrated edges.
A beautiful, mature, fairy warrior gently floats down from the branches and welcomes you. Hello, I am the keeper of the alder trees, who’s Celtic ogham is Fairn. I am here to help guide you into the energy of assertiveness and strength of character. I will help empower you to move forward in new and enduring ways. I provide you with confident progress, stability, and endurance. I am a wise advisor that will help you overcome inaction, weakness, lack of direction, victimhood, and stagnancy. I effectively help you start new projects, and I will also help gently guide you lovingly through heavy spiritual burden, past traumas, past lives, and ancestral karma. I know these can be tough subjects, but I am here to carry you through as peacefully as possible, and move you through to the other side where empowerment lies. I will help you effectively build character and assist in forward movement. May I provide you with a warm, safe hug?
If you choose to, you consent. If you prefer she does not, she understands and simply sends her energy your way. If you have chosen to receive this hug, she glides over and envelops you in a warm and loving embrace. It is strong and firm, but gentle and safe. You feel her energy flood over you and through you, providing you with all the energy of the alder tree. Once you have soaked up all you need, she steps back and floats off up into the green canopy.
With that, Esmerelda excitedly beckons you to follow her down the path. In the distance, you see that she is leading you towards the most beautiful sweeping willow tree you have ever seen. It’s leaves and branches gently sway in the breeze and lightly graze and skim the tops of the clear, sparkling water of the spring it roots next to.
As you approach, you can see the spring water is shimmering like glitter and glass. There are beautiful, colorful fish swimming about. Adorable, tiny, water fairies fluttering above the water and splashing around. Cute, green frogs resting on lily pad tops. And even a mermaid sunning herself on top of a large rock in the middle of the spring.
Next to it, the gentle, soft, alluring, willow tree is beckoning you. The breadth of her green canopy is tall and wide. She offers shelter and shade underneath her long, sweeping, branches and leaves that cascade gracefully down to the ground. She invites you to sit under her and be enveloped by the swaying branches and leaves. As you sit, she gently whispers “welcome, I am so glad you are here.” With this, the section of branches and leaves directly in front of you come together and transform into a beautiful, graceful, and gentle feminine figure. She is wearing a long flowy dress and has a flower wreath in her hair. She introduces herself, “hello, I am Saille (Sal-yuh)”
She continues, I am the fairy goddess of the willow trees and am here to offer you balance, intuition and flow. I can help ease the pain of loss and sorrow. I provide wish and dream fulfillment. I am your connection to the water, moon, and femininity. I can do many different things for you and bestow a wide array of gifts and energies. I will help clarify your life’s purpose, help calm your nerves and bring laughter, release bitterness and resentment from your heart, replace grief with happiness, soothe the pain of sacrifice, provide romantic feelings, help with flexibility and fluidity, increase compassion and a gentle forgiving attitude, help you tune into the heart as well as otherworldly magic, remind you of the healing virtue of tears, provide empathy, emotions, instinct and imagination, give wisdom that comes from dreams and the otherworld, and will help keep you open to a healthy connection with yourself through an intuitive and heart-centered approach.
As you sit beneath her, you feel all of this energy envelop you in a gentle mist that swirls around you and transforms you. It feels so soft and gentle and loving, and it fills your whole body with a tingling sensation that feels like her hands are softly stroking your back and scalp. All around you this mist of energy soaks into your body. Once it has finished, the branches gently part and you are ushered out by Esmerelda who can barely contain her excitement as she tells you it is time to journey to the 5th and final energetic tree destination.
You follow her down the path, further into the emerald forest. You come upon a single, solitary ash tree. Standing tall and grand. Its branches and trunk are so thick and strong that it is hard to see past it. At the base of the trunk, there is an alcove in it that beckons you to sit in it, up against the bottom of the tree. It’s like this hollow was made to fit you perfectly. As you sit upon the soft earth, comfortably within this little nook, you are greeted by an ancient fairy scholar with a very long grey beard. He is wearing a long robe and holds a gnarly walking stick. He slowly hobbles over to you and peers over his round, wire-framed glasses. He smiles warmly and extends his hand. You take his hand and shake it in his kind greeting. He says, “hello, I am Nion (Nee-uhn), and I am guardian of this ash tree. There are much fewer of us than other trees, but we carry great power.”
“The ash is like the professor. It helps you gather and gain great wisdom. It assists in balancing the mind and emotions. It is responsible for expansion and growth. This ash can help you rebalance excess, gain correct focus, and help you get to the heart of the matter. It can not only help bestow direct and focused intention, but also a direct application of power and skill. The ash will help you with self-control, respect and courage. I am the World Tree and can provide knowledge through example. While I am logical and practical, I am also humorous and can provide you with the value and pleasure of fully being your authentic self, even in difficult circumstances. I will help you become effective rather than blindly stumbling forwards, and will provide you with the tools you need to use your strength effectively and wisely.”
“May I bestow upon you the energy this tree can bring into your life?” You gently nod “yes”, and the old, sage professor lifts his walking stick and it transforms into a wand that he waves in front of you as you sit in the cozy nook of the tree. The energy and magic float out of his wand and over to you where it soaks into your body and fills you with a peaceful, balanced wisdom and an intoxicating sense of focus, expansion and growth. After this fully permeates, the wand returns to a walking stick, and the elderly professor bids you farewell and vanishes into the tree.
Then Esmerelda invites you to stand up and she says, “it has been such a pleasure guiding you through this segment of your journey. I hope these trees have been able to help you with a positive energetic shift, and that you feel a renewed sense of hope. As my gift to you, I would like to bestow a sense of harmony in your actions and thoughts, as well as a healthy confidence in your skill and strength. I have been so grateful for your company on this portion of the expedition. It is time for me to take my leave, and put you in the capable and loving hands of the next woodland animal to guide you.”
You thank this beautiful shimmering dragonfly for her support and guidance through the voyage thus far, and she smiles and says goodbye as she flies off back to her home.
As you turn around, you see a cat approaching you warmly and lovingly. This is no ordinary housecat. It is a bobcat. And while in the everyday material world, you may not consider it to be safe to walk alongside a bobcat, here in this otherworldly Celtic forest, this bobcat is genuinely friendly, tame, and safe. He gives you a sweet grin and introduces himself as Bartholamew. He then asks if you will walk beside him to further your energetic, healing journey into the forest. You agree and he tells you how happy and excited he is to introduce you to the next portion of this voyage.
As you walk side by side down the path, deeper into the forest, you begin to see that the pure green is starting to show some sprinkles of colors here and there. You notice that you are entering a segment where there are colorful flowers growing, as well as a variety of herbs. The beautiful, fragrant smells float into your nose and Bartholomew is chatting away with you about where he grew up, what his parents were like, where all of his brothers and sisters live now. It seems as if he hasn’t had anyone to talk to in centuries, and he is so happy you are here to converse with. You happily listen, and he occasionally asks you questions about your life, family, and upbringing. He is as interested in getting to know you as he is to share himself with you.
After a while, you see a little hut in a clearing in the distance. Bartholomew gets a pleased smirk on his face and gleam in his eye and says, “This is where we are going and you are gonna love it so much!”
As you approach the hut, you notice an old woman and an old man hunched over in their garden weeding and pulling herbs. They hear you approach and they look up as if they have been expecting you, and they are so delighted you are finally there.
The woman extends her hand to you in greeting, and the man gives you a kind smile and a nod. They introduce themselves as two of your spirit guides and welcome you to their healing herb garden. Bartholomew starts to walk back and forth and circle around their legs, brushing up against them and giving them gentle head butts. The woman laughs and the man shakes his head in humorous resignation. The man goes inside and fills up a large bowl with warm milk and sets it down under a small tree in the yard. The bobcat hurries over and starts lapping it up without another care in the world.
The woman says, “ok, now that we have that taken care of, let me tell you about our garden. This garden, while appearing small, holds every herb that has ever existed throughout space and time. Each herb has its own unique healing quality. Today, I would like you to take some time to yourself and explore the garden, and choose 5 herbs that call to you, that beckon your attention. Let your intuition and senses guide. Beyond looking at them, please feel free to smell and touch them to truly feel which ones you connect with. And it is ok if you don’t recognize the herbs you are choosing. In fact, it is better if you don’t. Once you have chosen the five, no more and no less, bring them to me and I will tell you what you have chosen, how it will help with your healing, and then I will work with them energetically to transfer those properties to you.”
With that, the woman and man make their way into the hut to give you time alone to intuitively choose your five herbs that the oracles believe you need. Bartholomew has finished his milk and is sleeping peacefully and purring in the shade.
You make your way around the garden. You see some herbs you recognize: lavender, mint, and rosemary. You smell each of them, enjoying their fragrance, but not feeling energetically called to them at this time. As you wander in further, you start seeing the most unique and interesting herbs that you have never seen before. You have no idea what they are, but they are all beautiful and smell so wonderful. You feel so at peace and energetically charged just being in their presence. Just being around them helps impart their healing qualities onto you.
After a little while, you have found your five, and the woman and man step out of the hut right as you are ready, as if they magically knew you were finished.
They approach you and take a look at your gathering, and both exchange knowing glances and secretive smiles. The man says, “we had a feeling these are the ones you would choose.” The woman points at the first bundle in your hand and says “This is macuna. It’s meaning is ‘journey’. It’s planetary rulers are Mercury and Uranus. This herb has been used for a variety of healings for hundreds of years all over the world–India and China to name a couple. In addition to helping many physical ailments, it also has energetic properties that are symbolic of the word ‘journey,’ which is interesting but not surprising since you are currently on one. Energetically this will help you during your state of transition. It will help you leave behind the familiar and move towards the unknown with faith, courage, and calm. This is your connection to your higher mind and trusting your higher consciousness.” With this, the woman rubs the plant between her fingers and gathers it’s essence, she then takes her finger and gently rubs the oil into the space between your eyebrows, anointing you with the energetic healing. Then she moves onto the next stem you hold in your hand.
“Ah, this one is echinacea,” she says. “This one represents destiny. It is incredibly medicinal and used by many cultures for this purpose. It is ruled by Jupiter and Pluto, and it’s healing properties are quite expansive. This is about the wheel of fortune, life cycles, bigger vision and fate. This is a time where life shifts and points you in a new direction. The universe knows this can be scary, but it asks you to have faith that it will never lead you astray, and this is for growth and the higher good. Nothing is by accident, step back and observe this healing transformation. The echinacea is here to assist you with staying centered, fluid, and unbound during this time. It will hold your hand and keep you safe.” With this, she gently blows on the herb towards you, and its essence wafts over you through her breath—bestowing you with its healing properties.
Next, she chooses the third bundle in your hand and says, “this is arnica - the teacher - it is ruled by Saturn and has long been associated with wolf medicine. It symbolizes loyalty, perseverance, commitment, community, stability, companionship, intuition, instinctual intelligence, and unique paths. It is about being off the beaten path and defying traditional patterns of habit. It will help guide you to be fiercely loyal to your people, while also upholding your unique talents. It helps draw upon the power of co-creative spirit with your community. It helps you to experience greater knowing, and then help others on their path to discovery—such as the teacher.” With this, the woman waves the bundle of arnica over your head and lets its healing vibrations come down upon you, soaking into your soul and gifting you their power.
Gently picking up the 4th herb, she tells you “this is dragon’s blood. It is ruled by Black Moon Lilith and Pluto. It represents oneness, merging with the divine, access to the world soul, and initiation. With this awakening, you will discover the unique gifts you contribute to this life. Embrace this great initiation into the unknown, the dragon’s blood is your guardian and will guide you safely.” The woman then taps the herb on your feet three times, and then the top of your head three times. She whispers “Anima Mundi”, and then places the herb in the pile of the previous three.
“Last, but certainly not least,” she says “is your fifth and final herb and it is quite fitting, as were all of these. This is ashwagandha and it represents purpose. It is ruled by the North Node and the Moon and for over 4000 years has been one of the worlds leading adaptogenic herbs. It has a profound ability to restore and rejuvenate the body, mind, and spirit. Energetically, it is used to mirror the potential of your divine purpose. It provides great strength, adaptability, and expanded consciousness. It reminds you that it is not necessary to fully know the entirety of your purpose to pursue it. When you are living in alignment, there is no separation between your inner and outer realities. The ashwagandha is here to assist you with these principles.” The woman then sweeps the herb all around your aura, humming melodically and creating a bubble of this energy around you.
Upon finishing this, the man and woman both wish you the best on the rest of your journey, and they express their gratitude for you allowing them to share this knowledge and healing with you.
Bartholomew then slowly opens his eyes and looks at you and smiles. He sleepily says, “I am so thankful to have met you and that you allowed me to bring you here. Before I send you to your third and final animal guide, I want to impart one final piece of healing upon you for this stage.” He walks over to you and begins weaving in and out of your legs, rubbing his body against them, and then drops onto his back and starts wiggling all over your feet with his belly up. Then he stands up and beckons you to lean down. With this he head butts your hands and rubs the top of his head all over your forehead. Then he takes his nose and touches your nose with it, and then sweeps his nose across your cheek. “I have just imparted my energetic abilities of preparation, patience, and independence to get you through the rocky parts of life, and to help overcome obstacles. I am always here if you need me, just call on me and I will be there.” With that, he walks back over to his spot in the shade, and goes right back to sleep.
The man and woman wave at you as you begin making your way further down the path that brought you here. Just as you start to wonder what animal will show up next to guide you, you hear flapping overhead, and see a majestic and graceful hawk gliding above you. She lands on a nearby low tree branch, and introduces herself to you as Matilda.
“I am excited to guide and support you in the final stage of this journey,” Matilda tells you. “This stage is only a short distance, but covers great lengths in your healing.” She flies overhead just a step above you as you follow her deeper into the forest. You cross a small bridge over a babbling stream, and on the horizon you see mountains nestled on a beautiful sea. You begin to hear the waves and smell the fresh, clean, sea air. The hawk is silent during your walk, and keeps things very peaceful and serene. As the hawk nears the coast, she stops and settles on a nearby rock. She says to you, “I leave you here, but it has been my pleasure to lead you to the final point on your journey. Before I depart, I want to implore you to call on me anytime you need me. I am here to offer you graceful persistence. I can help you act fiercely while maintaining your grace and dignity.” With this, she tips her head to you, and then flies off into the distance, disappearing into the forest.
As you see a final glimpse of her, you then see a beautiful and glowing goddess walking along the sea’s shoreline in your direction. She is wearing a long, billowing, dark, green dress, and her long, reddish-brown hair flows gently behind her in the breeze. She approaches you with an inviting smile. “Hello, my name is Danu,” she says warmly. She invites you into a warm embracing hug, which you are welcome to accept or politely decline.
“I am here on the last portion of your journey to help guide the final pieces of this voyage. I am a Celtic Goddess and I am an earth mother. I am a goddess of fertility, nature, wisdom, and water. I am here to offer assurance. I want to assure you that you are on the right track, your dreams are valid, and you are in the process of becoming. Trust what you have planted. Everything has its perfect season and I encourage you to stay in flow so that you are aligned to receive the fruits of your labor. I am here to remind you that a dry spell is preparation time, and under the ground of your visible life lies a stream of abundance that is feeding the roots of your seedlings of your intentions planted in your field of dreams. Go about your day to day life with faith, I assure you that the form of your desires will show up in divine timing and even more magical than you could have imagined.”
With this, she places her hands above the crown of your head, and shuts her eyes. You close your eyes and feel your bare feet take hold in the earth with the sea water rolling up and back across the tops of your feet. You feel a strong rush of powerful, healing power emanating from her hands through the top of your head and all the way down your body from head to toe. It fills your entirety and imbues you with total assurance. It feels empowering and peaceful all at the same time. Knowing you can have faith that you are on the right track feels like you hold life’s reins, but are also being safely guided all at the same time. Feeling all of Danu’s love and assurance take over your body, mind, and soul.
After a few moments, she softly speaks and lets you know you can open your eyes. Even though she has put her hands down, you can still feel the exhilarating, tingly sensation all throughout your body. She holds your hand in hers and tells you, “I am here for you and I love you. I am now going to send you back through the forest to your grove, but this time, you will walk in solitude. You do not need anyone guiding you. You know the way. Use this time by yourself to reflect on today’s lessons, growth, and healing energy. Integrate it into your body, mind and soul so that you may effectively use it upon returning to your daily life.
Then, she rubs the top of your hand and then gently lets it go. She blows you a kiss as she walks back towards the shoreline and down the beach back to where she came from.
With this, you turn around and make your way back through the forest. Heading through everything you just passed on your way to your inner grove. Contemplating and integrating all you have just received.
You walk assuredly away from the sea with faith in your mind from Danu’s healing. Into the canopy of forest trees where you see Matilda settling into her nest for the night. Remembering her graceful persistence energy she bestowed upon you.
Walking past the healing herb garden and smiling at the sleeping and purring Bartholomew curled up in the same spot you left him. Thinking of his gift of patience that he gave you. Seeing the oil lamp flickering in the windows of the hut as the guides make ready for bed. Recalling the 5 herbs you chose and the healing powers they gave you: Macuna for your journey—helping you move towards the unknown with faith and courage. Echinacea for your destiny—assisting you with staying centered, fluid, and unbound during this time of great transformation. Arnica the teacher—guiding you towards community on your unique and creative path. Dragon’s blood—helping you merge with the divine on this great awakening. And ashwaganhda—guiding you courageously towards your higher purpose.
Once past the healing herb garden, you then encounter the trees again and recollect the healing energies they provided you, allowing them to truly seep into your inner knowing. Each of the trees fairies silently nod and smile at you as you make your way through the ash tree remembering the professors wisdom and expansion. The willow and her gentle balance, femininity and flow. The alder and her strength of character. The rowan and his protection and boundaries. And finally the circle of birch trees and their fresh, joyous, new beginning energies.
Then you see Esmerelda settling in with her family for the night and she blows you a kiss as you make your way out of the forest. You are reminded of her gifts of harmony and self-confidence.
With this, you are at the forest’s edge. You are back in your inner grove. It is now dusk in your garden and nature is turning in for the night. As you walk past your moss, trees, flowers, plants, herbs and woodland animals—you turn back toward the forest and offer your sincerest gratitude and love to mother nature and all of her divine creatures that have guided you today. With that, you head into your cozy cottage for the night. Dinner is ready. And a comfy bed awaits you after dinner. After a good night’s sleep, where the day’s lessons and gifts have a chance to fully integrate, you look forward to waking up to a new, fresh, beginning tomorrow morning.
Thank you for going on this Celtic Forest Journey today. I appreciate your time and participation.
This can be listened to as a meditation with eyes closed, or watched as a Celtic Reiki healing, as well. However you prefer to take it in.
This was a lovely story. I listened to it on a drive between clients— very relaxing and fun to imagine. Thank you. Will have to try it as a journey meditation, too. 🙏 💕