I am Cottonwood.

I am the slow dance out of winter.

My sap, my blood is moving, oozing, returning life to my bare branches.

Soon my heart leaves will dance with the wind again - for another season.

But now, while I pump my sap through every inch of my body, I am generous in allowing some branches to break in the wind storms.

Sending my medicine to the earth, to the people.

We are in partnership.

I can heal you.

My medicine is for all who seek through marshy grasses and rose thorns to find my offerings.

I am here to help you stand tall, speak clearly with devotion and truth, connect to your heart.

Sing out the remembrance from childhood of sap scents on the wind.

I’ve been with you this whole time.

You are safe with me, we can do this TOGETHER.

As Cottonwood, I create the medicine that we both need to grow, I am generous in sharing.

As Cottonwood, I am in partnership with the wind, we dance, we shake, we rattle away the energies, seasons, connections whose time has passed.

Shake it off!

As Cottonwood, I clear the way for truth and heart, balancing of grounded and boundaries growth.

As Cottonwood, I shed what is not necessary, in divine acts of generosity and freedom.

My presence is a blessing.

My medicine is for all who find it.

My scent is known in your bones.

My strength is my song.

My heart dances in the wind.

Mantra: I DANCE