Yggdrasill Two Powers

For those of you that have been to an ADF rite you will have most likely been through a Two Powers meditation near the start of a rite. A way of bringing you in line with the earth and sky powers, to get you balanced, centered and grounded (always a good thing before doing anything magical too). It's a good starting point for bringing each person to the same state, to then do ritual in a relaxed, calm state.

I use the two powers in many different situations (even to reduce stress), but I wanted to put a slight Norse bend to the meditation, to help me visualize more. It's all part of giving me more tools to do meditation (something I have a hard time with).

I won't say I "Wrote" this, it's a collection of many meditations that I've pulled together from ADF members that I've had the pleasure of being in ritual with, also from Ian Corrigan's written and spoken work (actually, as I read his writing, I hear his voice in my head), and following a Rite from The Covenant of Brighid's Haven here in Erie.

So, here's what I have. Comments appreciated.

Sit, or stand as you are able.

Close your Eyes. Relax your shoulders …Take 3 long deep breaths …settle into a breathing pattern that’s comfortable for you.

See before you a great tree, an Ash tree, spanning left and right as far as the eye can see.
Touch it, feel the bark against your hands, the lines, the roughness.
Smell it, earthy and raw. In your mind, whisper if you want, call its name; Yggdrasill.

Feel its pulse, slow and steady ... beneath the bark, within its veins, feel its spirit, slow and steady.

Feel Yggdrasill’s roots, spanning out beneath you in all directions.

See them pulsing, pushing down … down through the ground …down through the rocks and soil … down deep into the earth.

Feel them touch the waters below, nourishing, tingling, invigorating you.

With each breath feel these waters come up …up through the earth …up through the soil & rocks …. up through the ground.

Feel it tingling, flowing … through your body …through your heart …through your head.

With the waters flowing through you, with your minds eye look up, see Yggdrasill’s branches spanning out above you in all directions.

See them reaching, growing upwards, its leaves, reaching ever higher …

Stretch your arms out, reach up … up through the clouds … up through the air …. up into the dark sky above all.

See above you a light, be it sun, moon, a star shining brightly, illuminating you.

With with each deep breath, draw down that light … down through the sky … down through the air … down through the clouds.

Feel the light strike your head, mingling, lighting the flowing waters within, igniting them, illuminating them.

Feel it as it travels through you, feeding, warming, …lighting up your head … lighting up your heart …lighting up your body,

With the light flowing through you, feel past Yggdrasill's form, past its roots, and branches …past its bark …

Feel the weight of the worlds it feeds, supports, the sky and the earth joined.

Breath deep …you are rooted deep …standing tall …with these two powers balanced within you.

Breath deep …See before you a great tree, spanning left and right as far as the eye can see.

With the earth and sky power feeding and flowing, lighting and warming, passing through you both, balanced.

Breath deep … And when you are ready, open your eyes.