I am Willow.

I am here.

My smokey velvet flowers mark the shift out of winter.

Here we go!

I am eternally grounding, no matter which part of me touches the earth, roots spring out, grounding - regrounding.

GROWING.

My medicine eases your pain, brings comfort, relieves suffering.

May you feel whole, resilient, rooted, ready for growth.

I grow here.

I am rebellious in my undauntedness.

I am wise in my seasonal cycles.

I am strong in my flexibility.

I can hold this.

No matter what I am given, I find the way to grow.

If a branch of my body gets broken in a storm, the branch will become my baby tree - rooting to the earth. I will send nutrients through the soil to her.

What is lost, can be found again.

We will grow together.

Undaunted.

We will send out our fuzzy flowers just as winter begins to shift away - soft forces of nature that delight and deserve a snuggle.

Yellow pollen sprinkling the breeze, your face, fertilizing so that the tender green leaves can follow.

Leaves of all sizes, but who all dance in the wind with grace.

Our green leaves soak up the sun all summer, feeding us.

And then fall to the ground in the autumn, to feed us again through our roots and give a cozy barrier to winter’s coldest.

So that we may send out our velvet pussy willows again once the cold has loosened it’s intensity.

As Willow, I cycle with the earth in harmony and unique creative expression.

As Willow, I grow with flexibility, strength, beauty, and grace.

As Willow, I sooth the suffering of us all.

Allow me to help you.

I am here.

Let’s grow together.

We are stronger united in hearts, souls, minds, bodies, breaths.

I breathe out, so that you may breathe in.

Mantra: I GROW