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In this meditation, I use the changing seasons — particularly the movement into autumn — as a way of reflecting on change within our own lives.

Meditation invites us into the present moment, but the present moment itself is always moving. Seasons change, weather shifts and our own circumstances continually unfold.

We begin by grounding ourselves in the earth beneath us and becoming aware of its constant movement. Just as nature gradually passes from spring into summer, autumn and winter, our lives also move through different seasons.

The tree becomes our central image. It does not resist the season it finds itself in. Bud, leaf, fruit and bare branch each belong to a different moment.

In the same way, meditation can help us ask what response is appropriate to this particular season of our own life. What needs nourishment? What needs to be released? What might peace or joy look like here, rather than in some other season?

This practice offers support during periods of transition and change, encouraging acceptance, grounding, compassion and trust in the present moment.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction: Meditation and the changing seasons

00:52 – Opening bell

01:21 – Receiving meditation as a gift

02:24 – Grounding in the earth

03:18 – Moving through the seasons

03:56 – Entering autumn

04:54 – Our emotional response to change

05:32 – Learning from the tree

06:13 – Accepting the season of your life

06:40 – Letting go of the narrative

07:16 – Responding appropriately to the moment

08:07 – What does this season ask of me?

09:00 – Rooted like the tree

09:21 – Growing towards the future

10:18 – Returning to the body

10:32 – Intending to live seasonally

11:08 – Preparing to return

11:16 – Closing bell

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