Connecting with Gaia: Great Mother Goddess of the Earth

Connecting with Gaia: Great Mother Goddess of the Earth Gaia is the name given to the Earth Mother Goddess of Ancient Greece; she is a primordial deity that expresses the divine feminine principle and is considered to be the mother of all life and all forms of life throughout the entire Universe! Gaia isn’t just a deity, she is also considered to be the physical embodiment of the divine feminine as expressed as the planet we live on. The 3-dimensional, physical earth, is her body; the people and animals are her children and the trees, flowers and natural cycles of the natural world reflect her mysterious and magickal tides. To learn about Gaia, we don’t have to meditate or study special philosophies; we don’t need to attend a church or visit a sacred site; all we have to do, is tune in to our 3D reality and connect with the earth that sustains, protects, nourishes and loves us. Finding our grounding is a vital part of our spiritual practice and connecting with Mother Gaia can help us to do that. Many spiritual teachers put an emphasis on elevating your consciousness beyond the limitations of 3D reality. However, expanding your consciousness shouldn’t take you out of 3D reality but rather, should allow you to connect with higher states as well as your 3D state so that you can fully embody your highest spiritual aspects. Without the 3- dimensional earth-centric connection, your spiritual aspirations remain aspirational because they don’t have any route for manifestation! Connecting with Gaia can help you to find your roots and remind you how sacred and essential your worldly form and the work you do here is. The way you live your life and the way you connect with the earth that is your home can be part of your spiritual practice if you approach it mindfully. In this article I want to discuss a few ways you can bring this earthy energy into your life in ways that will support your spiritual growth. Before we get onto the energy healing techniques, let’s consider a few simple but powerful habits that you could start today to help bring yourself into a deeper alignment with Mother Gaia. My first recommendation is to go outside! Being in nature is easiest way to connect with Gaia. In Japan, a relaxation practice called “shinrin yoku” is also called “forest bathing” and involves getting out into the woods and spending time in meditation around the trees. This practice doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t need to take specialised equipment with you and you don’t need to follow a special meditation technique to feel the benefits. In fact, you don’t even need to sit down and consciously relax to experience the healing power of nature with this method. Going for a slow walk through the woods can relax your mind and open your energy field to the energy of the earth herself. The colours, smells and beautiful scenery can soothe your soul in ways that nothing else can! As the sun shines through the green leaves, the light lends itself to heart-centred healing. The energy of the Heart Chakra is typically depicted as green or pink, so spending time in a place with a lot of greenery can be particularly helpful in balancing the heart centre. If you have no actual woodland nearby, spending time near trees, or even looking at trees in the distance can also have a healing effect. Patients in hospital have been shown to recover faster if they have a view of trees from their window; so even if the weather’s bad or you have mobility issues, you can still connect with nature by observing it from indoors! Another way to connect with Gaia is to bring some symbols of nature into your home. You could dedicate a corner of your home to your Gaia altar, or simply place the items somewhere you will look at them each day so that you are reminded to connect with earth energy as part of your regular routine. Nurturing a houseplant that you dedicate to the goddess might be a good way to do this. Some plants are very easy to care for and bring healing benefits to the home by increasing oxygen levels in the air as well as providing you with something beautiful to look at. Learning about the needs of your plant and taking the necessary steps to look after it, if done with a view to connecting more deeply with Mother Gaia, can become a sacred spiritual ritual. As well as houseplants, your Gaia altar might also house gifts the goddess presents to you when you’re walking with her in nature. A collection of stones, feathers, shells, twigs and dried flowers can create a beautiful altar to Mother Gaia – and it doesn’t need to be a dedicated space; you might create such a spot on a window sill, mantelpiece or bedside table so that you notice the treasures of the natural world every day. You could also add a dedicated crystal to the mix! A nice way to do this is to choose a crystal for the purpose of connecting more deeply with Mother Gaia. Allow your intuition to help you select the right crystal for you at that time because all stones come from the earth so all stones will resonate deeply with Mother Gaia. Once you have a chosen a crystal for this purpose, you can place it on your altar and then, whenever you go out into nature, take the crystal with you with the intention that it receive a “full charge” from Mother Gaia, and then take it home with you and place it back on the altar. Over a period of time, this simple ritual can create a powerful energetic tool that you can use for grounding, healing and balancing your energy. And finally, there are energy healing techniques that you can use to help you connect more deeply with earth energies. I will outline a few of those available from Mayastar that I feel would be most helpful and which can enhance the other practices recommended above. First of all, the Elemental Pentagram & Magic Circle Empowerments course. This modality connects you with you with the five elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water & Spirit and by learning to create a magick circle and then invoke the elements, you can learn to balance your energy and protect your energy field. The ritual of creating the magick circle and invoking the elements is extremely powerful when worked outside in the natural world and also enhances your skills with visualisation, sensing subtle energy and moving energy around. My second recommendation is the Nature Deva & Fairies Attunements course. This modality facilitates connection with the spirits of nature and the elemental beings that tend to the processes of the natural world. Working with these energies can help you to connect deeply with Mother Nature and feel her presence more consistently. And my final recommendation is my personal recommendation because this is the modality I work with most often when I’m connecting with the healing earth-centric energies of Mother Gaia! The Lightworker Animal Empowerments course includes attunement to 17 different energies. Although not specifically for earth-centric energies, working with animal medicine means connecting more deeply with the spiritual aspect of different animals and that can help you to experience a greater sense of connection and openness to the natural world and the power of Mother Gaia. Some of the energies I find particularly useful for tuning into the earth and finding grounding through animal medicine are: Wolf, Bear, Fox, Deer and Domestic Cat. The Lightworker Animal Empowerments course also includes the Animal Path Healing Attunement which can help you to connect with animal medicine and explore techniques that can be used to bring their healing, wisdom and guidance into your life. Go to... Articles Menu Archangel Chamuel: Limitless Love & Healing with the 3rd Ray Animal Medicine Article Developing an Affinity for Abundance | Law of Attraction Article Your Abundance Altar: Inspiration, Innovation & Ideas Ascended Masters Article Rose Quartz Bath | A Healing Ritual 5 Ways to Increase Your Intuition 5 Ways to Use the Violet Flame of St Germain Maintaining a Healthy Aura Psychic Protection on the Healing Journey Best Crystals for Healing Psychic Self Defence & Spiritual Health Mayastar Philosophy