 Earth is deep and alluring. It’s always steady, dependable, and always has space for growth. Earth is comforting and helps us steady ourselves when things seem chaotic or out of control. Sometimes things move too fast and we just need to slow down and take a moment. Using Earth is a great way of doing that. Earth is our strength when we need it the most and is always the most supportive. Earth changes slowly and can help you adjust to new things by easing you into them at your own place. Sometimes we need to handle things slowly and carefully with intention. Earth guides us with a loving hand and supports us while we grow into ourselves. The deep riches of the earth also allow us to find our prosperity, however it may look to us. Working with earth can really help you find your roots and assist you in discovering who you are. It helps you find your foundation and that is what makes you just as unshakeable as the earth is. When we find our roots, our truest of truths, we have the ground to stand on to keep us safe and warm. To keep us standing and growing tall and moving forward. Earth is where we live and will always be our home. Finding a true connection with it will always help, even in the moment it seems like it won’t. Earth will always be your strength and stability when you need it most. It is the foundation of which the other elements push and pull to grow and improve as well. A strong foundation provides a strong balance that is hard to shake.
Earth Associations: Colors: Green, Browns, Neutrals Rocks/crystals: Hag Stones, Sandstone, Obsidian Plants/herbs: Ferns, Trees, Basil Animals: Deer, Wolves, Bears Season: Winter Time of day: Midnight, my favorite Water Meditation: You’ll need: dirt, or go outside, hold a rock or plant DISCLAIMER: For my fellow neurodivergents, sitting still quietly does not work for everyone, it may work better for you to focus on fire while compiling a bomb fire playlist and taking a hike while you do the following meditation. Don’t let anyone trick you into sitting still! It’s just plain rude. First: Focus on your core or heart, I usually focus on my heart beat over my breath. I focus on my heart until I find my rhythm, or when I feel at ease with my body, or in sync. Second: Let your mind wander to a deeply wooded area. I personally enjoy walking deep into the woods on a dark path, the smell of pine and oak filling the air. Sometimes it feels a little spooky but I keep going because I know I’m safe. Next: Focus on Earth. How does it feel, how do you connect with it, what comes to mind when you think about earth. Enjoy your time here. Let earth show you what it needs to show you, what do you need from earth right now. It’s okay to let your mind wander at this moment and explore deeper. Finally: Come back down, I usually find myself coming out of it toward the end of my playlist, but it helps to walk yourself back down a blissfully sweet trail back into yourself. I always suggest journaling your meditations. It may not seem important at the moment, but it may be later on. Next Reads: Air Fire Water
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 Calm, cool, collected, and a tyrannical hurricane. Water can be healing and devastating, it can bring peace or it can bring sorrow. Water is always exactly what we need it to be when we need it. Water is also tied to our emotions. Refusing to express our emotions can lead to much bigger ones later, that are much harder to express in a healthy way. When we are not in tune with ourselves it can lead us to feeling out of balance and we run the risk of losing sight of our goals and overall sense of purpose. It can lead us down a more depressed mindset which can be dangerous overall. Even if you need to express yourself in a letter you’ll never send, or an art project, water is there to help us work through those feelings and bring us to the peaceful side of it all in the end. Water can clear away anything blocking you properly expressing yourself. It can also help cleanse you when it’s all over, and help wash away the negativity that can be holding you back. Water can help wash away anything you feel is holding you back as well. Not every big emotion is negative, but sometimes when you’re having a big emotion that is negative, you don’t always get the closure you think you’re going to get in the end. It can be hard to carry on with that weight. Water can help wash away those feelings and give you the space you need to heal from carrying such a burden. Working with water can help keep your mind and body in balance and is greatly beneficial to keep on your side.
Water Associations: Colors: Blue, White, Gray Rocks/crystals: Seashells, Pearl, and Lapis lazuli, of course there are plenty more Plants/herbs: Water Lilies, Aloe, Weeping willows Animals: Fish, Crabs, Whales Season: Fall Time of day: Dusk, among my favorite times of day Water Meditation: You’ll need: water, rain, glass, shower, bath, if you’re lucky lake, ocean, river, don’t matter DISCLAIMER: For my fellow neurodivergents, sitting still quietly does not work for everyone, it may work better for you to focus on fire while compiling a bomb fire playlist and taking a hike while you do the following meditation. Don’t let anyone trick you into sitting still! It’s just plain rude. First: Focus on your core or heart, I usually focus on my heart beat over my breath. I focus on my heart until I find my rhythm, or when I feel at ease with my body, or in sync. Second: Let your mind wander to a lake, ocean, or river. I personally enjoy finding a river in the middle of a deep and beautiful wooded area. Smell the crisp air, the clean scent of water. Next: Focus on Water. How does it feel, how do you connect with it, what comes to mind when you think about water. Enjoy your time here. Let air show you what it needs to show you, what do you need from water right now. It’s okay to let your mind wander at this moment and explore deeper. Finally: Come back down, I usually find myself coming out of it toward the end of my playlist, but it helps to walk yourself back down a blissfully sweet trail back into yourself. I always suggest journaling your meditations. It may not seem important at the moment, but it may be later on. Next Reads: Air Fire Earth  Big fluffy clouds on a warm spring day, that chill down your spine when fall is just around the corner, or even that fresh scent right before it rains. These are the things I think of when I think of air. Air is the element of the mind, it’s often associated with communication and knowledge. It can be light and free, or powerful and destructive. I absolutely love dark and stormy days. The energy is always so deep and nothing is cozier than turning on your fake fireplace (I don’t have access to a real one) and curling up with a book. Air is every breath you take and all the music you can consume. Similarly to fire and water it’s a flow, but unlike them, You can’t control air. She does what she wants and there isn’t anything you can do about it. All you can do is embrace it. Many people have a difficult time connecting with air when they feel like their lives are already turned upside down. Although we live in chaotic times, we still shouldn’t ignore air. Even if air has a way of creating change and doing what it wants to, it can be beneficial. Air is a great way to change the way you think, to take a risk and change jobs, move cities. Change is inevitable, and air is the perfect element to help create change in the best way possible. Even in the middle of your most chaotic moment on your worst day, air can help clear away the bad and show you through the chaos and come out the otherside better than you were before.
Air Associations: Colors: White, yellow, pink (pastels) Rocks/crystals: Amethyst, clear quartz, fluorite, others you can see through Plants/herbs: Dandelions, mint, and lemongrass, aromatics Animals: Birds, butterflies, bumblebees, if it flies it counts Season: Spring Time of day: Dawn, a time of day I rarely see (even if I am an air sign) Air Meditation: You’ll need: a breezy day, a quiet space, incense, perfume whatever is airy to you DISCLAIMER: For my fellow neurodivergent, sitting still quietly does not work for everyone, it may work better for you to focus on fire while compiling a bomb fire playlist and taking a hike while you do the following meditation. Don’t let anyone trick you into sitting still! It’s just plain rude. First: Focus on your core or heart, I usually focus on my heart beat over my breath. I focus on my heart until I find my rhythm, or when I feel at ease with my body, or in sync. Second: Imagine a wide open meadow with a nice breeze blowing, I love the idea of lavender fields and just wandering through the tails and rows inhaling the fresh scent just finding the feeling that is air. Next: Focus on air. How does it feel, how do you connect with it, what comes to mind when you think about air. Enjoy your time here. Let air show you what it needs to show you, what do you need from air right now. It’s okay to let your mind wander at this moment and explore deeper. Finally: Come back down, I usually find myself coming out of it toward the end of my playlist, but it helps to walk yourself back down a blissfully sweet trail back into yourself. I always suggest journaling your meditations. It may not seem important at the moment, but it may be later on. Suggested Reads: Fire Water Earth |
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