White Paper Birch

Trees
Written By Paula R Winters

There is an elegance that touches a Birch Tree, beauty that radiates from its branches, bark, leaves, flowers and roots. Every part of it is perfect. Birch has a silence that draws us in, a spirit of mindfulness. I want to sit against it in every season and meditate. I want to hear what it has to say. Most of all, I want to embody it, become it, shapeshift into it, let it shower me with its vulnerability.

It catches my breath with its essence. I trace its limbs into the sky, its roots into the earth. It takes me on a journey far into other realms. It gives a simplicity to the air. It is soft and good-natured and it allows my heart and my mind to open, be exposed and vulnerable and oh so safe.

The essence of the Birch gives fresh memories of future and past and now. I flow within the trees. I am rooted and I am reaching for the sun. I give this tree my worries, my utter humanness. And it protects my heart. Its silvery white spirit peels away the layers of a life lived. It raises my vibration to a rhythm flowing and blessed and in continual prayer.

I collect Birch on my hikes to light fire when it is damp. It is everywhere on my land and in the corners of my home. Its energy grounds me, grounds my home, grounds those who enter. It adds stability and balance, a personality so soft and strong you want to tell it all your troubles. You let it light the way for you.

[Use a Birch Broom to brush out the old year on the morning after Winter Solstice.]

Paula R Winters

I came to energy work in 2001 at a time in my life where I was shattered. I had lost myself. There were too many endings and there was no clear path forward that I could see. But as doors closed all around me, I was guided onto a Reiki table. Here I found safety in my body, finally …and an amazing new reality in an unseen world. I worked hard to look at all parts of me as they were offered up. And… I went into total remission and off all meds after 30 years and 7 surgeries for Crohn’s Disease.

All forms of energy work then became my passion. I studied Reiki, flower essences, crystals, essential oils and tarot. I studied with Shaman here and in Peru and climbed high in the Andes mountains. I cleared houses and businesses of unwanted energies. I did Soul Retrievals for my clients. I sat with the dying, helping them in their last moments. I co-taught Medicine Wheel and Advanced Medicine Wheel. I officiated weddings. I had dogs and cats as clients. I studied with Gabrielle Roth, learning 5-rhythm dance. But most of all, this journey brought me to a place where I fell head over heels in love with the healing power of the flowers.

And now I invite you to remember the wisdom Mother Earth offers us.

https://souldancehealing.com
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