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