Yew Breath
Breathing in: as if a vortex shape is being imagined pulling deep into the earth – like the action of a diaphragm magnified.
Breathing out: the breath moves out in a widening circle into the world.
( Tree breathing is a technique to integrate and absorb the spirit energies of a tree. It can be used for contemplation, healing and meditation. Because of the combination of breath and body-based visualisation, tree breathing can be very helpful for those who find the concept of meditation, concentration, silence etc. difficult to put into practice. Get a feel for the practice for a few minutes, then relax, then do a few more minutes, then relax and notice the shift of awareness and consciousness. The world is full of deep pools. This is a safe way to get beyond paddling and diving down).
“Infrasound
stirring
healing poison”
The above is the tree sutra of the yew tree. Tree sutras are short, evocative, gnomic phrases and images that attempt to encapsulate in their feelings the way a species of tree interacts with us. They give clues to the energetic substructure of the interactions we experience with what we call ‘tree’. They can lead to elucidation. They can lead to ambiguity. They are signposts, not the road ( which is, as ever, your own). They are an amusement and an oracle. They can lead to the Deep Forest.
” Tree Sutras” is available as a pdf file from http://www.greenmanshop.co.uk
( look under ‘books’ on menu). ” Tree Sutras” contains 101 sutras, with the visual keys ( Tree Spirit Key) for each tree.
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Spell of Yew.
In your deep shade
Time’s whispers
Dull and fall.
Thought cinders:
Feathers of flame.
Centuries revolve,
A round vowel
In the poet-bard’s
Recitation.
The histories
In your deep heart’s remembrance.
Red, dark,
Hub of this land’s
Wheel.
Tree Spirit Healing 