Find a comfortable place near running water - a stream, fountain, or even the sound of rain on windows. If indoors, have a bowl of water nearby. Place your bare feet on the ground if possible, or rest them flat on the floor. The water represents the thawing of winter ice, carrying healing energies from the Earth Mother. Wrap yourself in a warm blanket or shawl, creating a protective cocoon for your healing work.

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A Mhàthair na Talmhainn, thig le do leigheasMother of Earth, come with your healing

Mar a leaghas an sneachdAs the snow melts

Mar a ruitheas na h-uilltAs the streams flow

Sruth do ghràdh tro mo chorpLet your love flow through my body

[Visualize the winter ice melting, becoming clear streams that carry away all that needs healing. Feel the fresh energy of early spring beginning to stir.]

Tha mi nam laighe air do chòirI lie in your presence

A' faireachdainn do chumhachd leigheisFeeling your healing power

Tro gach cnàimh is fèithThrough every bone and sinew

A' sruthadh mar an t-allt earraichFlowing like the spring stream

[Feel the Earth Mother's healing energy entering through your feet, flowing up through your body like spring water rising through soil. Let it pool in any areas that need healing.]

Mar a dh'èireas luibhean ùraAs new herbs rise

Tro thalamh an earraichThrough spring soil

Mar sin èiridh mo neartSo shall my strength rise

Às ùr bhon ghrunndAnew from the depths

[Imagine healing herbs pushing up through spring soil - comfrey, chickweed, nettle. Their vital energy becomes your energy, their strength your strength. Feel the Earth Mother nurturing both the plants and you.]

Take a moment to contemplate:

As the Earth heals herself after winter's cold, what within you is ready to be healed? What new strength is beginning to emerge from beneath the weight of depression?

Beannachd an leigheisThe blessing of healing

Bho Mhàthair na TalmhainnFrom the Mother of Earth

Mar a dh'atharraicheas an t-earrachAs spring transforms

An talamh reòite gu beatha ùrFrozen ground to new life

Mar sin biodh mo leigheasSo may my healing be

[Feel the Mother's healing energy settling deep within you, like seeds nestled in warming soil, ready to grow into new strength and vitality.]