Stand with your bare feet on the Earth.
You can do this indoors as well, but take your shoes off. Start by breathing the colour green, the colour of Earth energy, up through the soles of your feet; feel this Earth energy filling your cells and nourishing every inch of you. With the first in- breath, bring it up as far as your knees, then exhale it down and out through the soles of your feet back into the Earth.
On the second in- breath, bring this green energy up to the base of your pelvis (first chakra), and exhale it back into the Earth, feeling it enshroud your thighs, your knees, your ankles and back down through your feet. As you are doing this, if you have trouble connecting to any particular area of your body, and feeling the energy fill you, continue with the breaths up to that area until you feel ready to move on the third in-breath, bring the energy up to your lower pelvis, just below the navel (second chakra), and release it back downward into the Earth. Be sure to focus on each particular part of your body as you descend the energy; do not just skim over but visualize and feel the energy travelling down and filling your limbs, your muscles, blood, bones, cells.
On the fourth in- breath, bring the energy up to your mid-belly (third chakra) and feel it circulating and penetrating your solar plexus. Many of us carry a lot of repressed emotion in this area of our bodies, which is tied to our will and sense of empowerment, the overall feeling of who we are. You may need to breathe several times to this area. Let the healing Earth energy gently open your belly and loosen those places that are tight, that are holding onto old energies and fears. When you feel relaxed and open, and you can feel a warmth here spreading, then you know you can move on.
On the fifth in-breath, breathe the energy up to your chest (fourth chakra) and feel it envelop and penetrate your heart. Feel it expand in your chest cavity, your lungs, your ribs. The heart area carries so much old emotion, and many of us have deep hurts here. Gently let Mother Earth touch this place in you. Do this breath as many times as you need until you feel warmth spreading, until you feel a relaxing and an opening of this area. Let whatever you have been holding be released back into the Earth, let it melt away and down through the soles of your feet back into the Earth. Just as a mother is not harmed by soothing and receiving her children’s griefs and troubles, Mother Earth is never damaged by your connecting to her like this.
On the sixth in-breath, breathe the energy up to your throat (fifth chakra) and feel it opening this area, which is connected to your voice and speaking your truth. Then exhale it back down to the Earth.
On the seventh in-breath, breathe the energy up to the middle of your forehead between your eyes (sixth chakra—third eye) and feel this part of you, connected to spiritual vision, higher perception and intuition, opening and being gently caressed, connected to Mother Earth. Exhale back down into the Earth.
On the eighth and final in-breath, bring the energy all the way up to the top of your head (seventh chakra— crown) and feel the top of your head opening to spiritual guidance and to light from the cosmos. Feel Mother Earth’s energy caressing and opening this area, grounding you between the Earth and sky, as a child of Earth and the cosmos. Fill your face, your skull, your brain, your glands, your hair, with this green nurturing light, connecting you to all of life. On your final exhale, breathe the energy out through your hands—down your arms and out through your palms and back into Mother Earth. This creates a complete circle of energy. Now you are connected to what is sustaining you in life, what is always there for you. This potent green life force energy can help you heal, revitalize, and balance your whole being.