Relax in the shade of my branches and leaves. Sit and allow your connection to the Earth to drain the stressful energies out of you. Allow the fresh air to pull away worried thoughts. And allow my energy to replace all of these with coolness and a protective energy of love, of balance, of harmony and of peace.

Absorb it. Feel it fully for the time you allow yourself to sit in my shade. Notice it absolutely as you sit here. For it is in this noticing, in paying full attention to how this nourishes you, that you allow yourself to experience the full power of this exercise. When your allotted time has run out, notice for some time afterwards, how this calm balanced, peaceful energy lingers with you, how the stresses that had seemed so important don't carry the edge that they did before you allowed yourself the pleasure of enjoying my shade.

Be ready for anything. As your life moves and changes in its small ways and large ways, be prepared at an energy level to shift your energy - to shift your focus. It can help to keep in touch with the inner flow of your being - with your inclinations and disinclinations. When you become bored with a project or activity, gently move into your next area of experience or move out of the one that you find boring while you wait to see where next to go. And in this way, you will move with the flow of your being throughout the small changes that occur minute to minute throughout your days. That way, when big change comes into being, it becomes easier to shift your awareness.

The underlying sense of who you are remains throughout all change, all expansion, all growth. There is a underlying thread that connects all together in such a profound way, that when you touch upon that, it gives you the foundation for all change, all activity, all growth and expansion.

Listen then, to your body's wisdom - your inner urgings. And as you move into change, you move within the flow of your being. We are Elm.