Beltane breathwork or ritual playlist and journal prompts
A Beltane Playlist, with journal-prompts: celebrating the peak of Spring and coming of Summer.
Hello friends. I have been curating and sharing playlists around the Celtic Pagan Wheel of the Year for some time now. Each time the wheel turns I update my post and playlist from the previous year. This is always a really interesting exercise in observing my own repeating themes and cycles. For an overview of The Wheel of the Year you can check out this post.
Today’s post is celebrating Beltane - the peak of Spring and an honouring of Summer’s imminent arrival. At Beltane, animals are out to pasture, flowers are in bloom, and the days are longer and brighter. Beltane is a May Day festival that moves us closer to summer.
We’ve had, what feels like, an unusually warm spell over the past few weeks. I was talking to someone yesterday about the endlessly horrifying cycle of geopolitical events, environmental events and unprecedented events. I won’t get into that here because there are plenty of other places where we can ensure that we’re paying attention. Paying attention, along with taking aligned actions (however small) to make the world and our communities a better place. What’s equally important is ensuring we’re resourced enough not to burn out, crash out or find ourselves in a space of compassion fatigue.
This need to resource ourselves in order to sustain, create, build and grow is incredibly aligned with Beltane where we celebrate fertility, fire, celebration, creativity, and growth. The sun steps into the full expression of its energy and power and we can bring fire to fuel our aspirations and the life, or perhaps the world, we wish to create for ourselves and the collective.
So how can we connect with the energy of Beltane? I’ve shared a Beltane playlist for you to reflect and journal to. You can also incorporate it into a meditation practice or use it as a background for a movement-based practice. You can find some guidance about how to practice breathwork here.
Here are some prompts that you might wish to reflect on as part of your practice:
What do you need to bloom?
Where do you need to bring in the energy of fire and the sun?
What old stories can you let go of?
How can you plant seeds to benefit your community or the collective?
What possibility do you see for the months ahead?
How can you nourish yourself as we move into the dynamic energy of summer?
Beltane Blessings, Friends
